Game 4 v Rat Pack

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Rat Pack
Date	:	5 June 2004
Venue	:	WFUS
Result	:	Won by 6 wickets

Innings of: Rat Pack

1	Lawton	LBW	Cannell	35	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	Parish		run out	12	M Baker	8	1	27	1
3	Renda	ct Swann	Baker	3	M Swann	5	1	8	0
4	Earl	ct Harrison	Geddes	23	R Palangi	4	0	12	0
5	Middlewood	b	Marlow	0	T Marlow	8	0	24	1
6	Nash	LBW	Cannell	7	I Geddes	8	1	30	2
7	Bundy		run out	3	S Cannell	7	1	17	3
8	Debenham	LBW	Geddes	3
9	Eaglen	LBW	Cannell	2
10	Lovell		not out	3
11	Chesterman		not out	3
	Overs	40	Extras	32
	Wickets	9	Total	126

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D Harrison	ct	Bundy	15	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	R Palangi	b	Bundy	18	A Lovell	7	0	27	0
3	J Phillips	b	Bundy	0	M Chesterman	8	1	23	0
4	W Kingston jr		not out	47	N Bundy	8	2	12	3
5	M Swann	LBW	Middlewood	3	G Middlewood	4.2	0	30	1
6	T Marlow		not out	30	A Debenham	3	0	20	0
	Overs	32.2	Extras	15	M Nash	1	0	14	0
	Wickets	4	Total	128

Match report

St Michael's eased into the semi-finals of the Garnett Cup with a comfortable 6 wicket over Section 2 side Olivair on Saturday.

St Michael's veteran skipper Ian Geddes won the toss and asked the visitors to bat. And they made a steady start on a slow Weston Favell wicket. The first wicket to fall was Parish in the 15th over when he lobbed up a catchable shot to Will Kingston at short square leg. Kingston bottled out of the catch attempt but did scoop up the ball on the bounce and with Parish wondering down the wicket in no man's land he smartly removed the bails. Renda soon followed, caught by Malc Swann off Martin Baker's bowling a t mid wicket, and Earl could have followed him back to the pavilion 2 balls later, but Tom Marlow put down a simple chance at gully.

The Rat Pack score was being considerably aided by a vast number of wides coming from all bowlers (yes, except you Simon), adding a huge 22 by the end of the innings. However once the top order had been removed the Rat Pack scoring dried up with some tight bowling by Cannell and Marlow. The final total of 126 would prove challenging an a pitch showing signs of low bounce.

The reply started slowly. Rushon Palangi chanced his arm on several occasions and was dropped twice before being bowled for 18 having one swing too many. At the other end the bespectacled Dale Harrison was quietly going about his business, scoring 15 before his misjudged a delivery that slowed on the wicket and was caught at cover off Bundy.

James Phillips missed his first two deliveries before the third one proved too straight for the youngster to handle and he was comprehensively bowled. Malc Swann prodded around for an unconvincing 3, and with the reply at 58 for 4, an upset was on the cards.

However Messrs Will Kingston and Tom Marlow soon were tucking in to the change bowlers who were unable to keep up the good work of the opening attack. Soon the boundaries were flowing, including 3 huge sixes, the last of which from Marlow's blade won the game with 8 overs to spare.

Fines

Player	Reason	Amount
Martin Baker	Hole in trousers in an uncompromising position Odd socks Dropped a simple return catch off his own bowling	�1
Dale Harrison	Anonymous in the field Watering the plants	�1
James Phillips	Using feet to field the ball Dropped catch Wearing trainers and unofficial cap Duck Left early	�1
Ian Geddes	Being ginger Dropped catch Bowling himself because others were throwing down too many wides, and then throwing down too many wides yourself.	�1
Rushon Palangi	Bowling wide upon wide upon wide... Drop at slip Lethargy in the field Leaving early	�1
Malc Swann	Poor throw from boundary, missing a probable run out Looked unconvincing when batting	�1
Gary Marshall	Using feet upon 2 occasions in one over Trainers	�1
Simon Cannell	Anonymous in the field Only able to get wickets by LBW	�1
Tom Marlow	Too many wides Dropped catch at gully Poor fielding Hitting 6 to win the match, depriving Will Kingston a half century and a jug	�1
Will Kingston jr	Jug avoidance with 47 not out When keeping wicket, dropped catch, missed stumping and numerous byes	�1
Malcolm West	Drop avoidance Dropped catch Trainers	�1
Matt Collier Brian Ahearn Bill Kingston	All unavailable - lack of commitment	�1 each