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Kings CC V Strollers CC 02-Sept-07 |
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Kings hosted Strollers, a side beaten only once all season, and that by Kings landlords Kempton CC, in a match arranged at the last moment. A highly entertaining match ensued in which it could arguably be claimed was very much Simon Pipe's day! Kings skipper for the day Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first in a 40 over a side match. Kings made a solid start with Dave Perry and Dave Blissett leading the way soon scoring freely. However Blissett was then dismissed following a sharp catch at slip by Aziz (59-1) and then Robinson struck in quick succession, first bowling Evans (66-2) and then having Melligan judged leg before first up (66-3). There then followed a period of consolidation between Perry and Joel Miah as the visitors bowlers started to rein in the scoring rate. Dave Perry fell just short of yet another half century and Miah also went as Kings faltered to 118-5. Things went from bad to worse as Samuel Tighe (118-6) and the Gordon Young were dismissed (132-7). With just five overs of the innings remaining and the score at 138-7 Kings were in danger of setting a total well below par. However a superb partnership between Simon Pipe and Nick Tighe rapidly turned things around, the two all rounders went totally on the attack with some superb running and well struck boundaries they took the bowling for close on 10 an over for the last five overs - including an all run 5! By the close of the innings they had ensured Kings had a reasonable score to defend, 187, with Pipe finishing 44 not out and Tighe 37 not out. Strollers response
was sedate to say the least as Joel Miah and Richie Sones restricted
them to just 5 runs in the first 9 overs. Miah then struck dismissing
Baric for nought (5-1) and then Sones had Gosden caught by Perry
for 4 (9-2). At this point Kings seemed to relax and paid the
price. An excellent partnership ensued as the impressive Aziz
and skipper Krunic started to impose themselves. The family Tighe
took over the bowling, with Nick bowling without any luck, whilst
young Samuel was picked out for punishment. However the game was
about to turn with the introduction of Pipe (who had had a lengthy
recovery in the changing room, following his efforts with the
bat - and the effects of too much ale the night before!) Krunic
was Pipe's first victim (111-3), and French followed soon after
(115-4) to give Pipe two early wickets. Robinson came to the crease
and kept Aziz company in taking the score onto 150-4 with five
overs left. However any chances Strollers might have held on winning
were soon blown away as Pipe took centre stage - Robinson, Mahendra
and Arnold were all bowled as Pipey joined the hat trick club
becoming the fourth Kings bowler to take a hat trick (the 5th
hat trick in all) - and the first to all bowled (158-7). Strollers
may still have had hope whilst the excellent Aziz was still there,
however when he became Pipe's 6th wicket (to make it all 6 bowled)
the game was all but won. There was still time for Joel Miah to
take his second wicket (for figures of 2 for 3 off 7.1 overs)
and the Strollers were all out when Thomas was run out. 164 all
out and Kings won by 23 runs.
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