Odiham & Greywell

Sun 22 May                            Odiham & Greywell                      Lost by 96 runs

    They 255/5 in 40 overs     (Walker 87, Shorthouse 70*, D.Thomas 31, Jon Pickles 3/61)
    We    159/10 in 38.4 overs  (Gore 46, Griffiths 26, Shorthouse 2/11, Davar 2/18)

KCC won the toss and, with tea firmly in Sunil’s mind, elected to bowl first.  A first-over wicket from Jon Pickles and some stinging saves in the covers from Ian McLean kept Odiham quiet and, at 32 for 3, the decision to insert might almost have been justified on cricketing grounds.  Odiham recovered to 255/5, with Walker scoring 87 and Shorthouse an unbeaten 70.  KCC succumbed to a miserable 159, the highlight of which was KCC veteran San cracking Odiham’s left-arm Aussie quick bowler through the covers on several occasions, each time followed by a loud expletive and an inevitable bouncer next ball.  The lowlight was the last wicket, Jon Pickles palpably lbw to what can only be described as a pie.