Sawbridgeworth – mid week

Thur 25 August                        Sawbridgeworth                          Won by 6 wkts

    They 151/6 in 35 overs     (Spring 43, Chellew 34, Manas Roy 2/19, T.Khan 2/48)

   We    153/4 in 31.2 overs  (Ledger 46*, Shahzeb 45, Ghosh 29, Howard 3/22)

Heavy rain poured down late morning as we made our way along flooded roads to Sawbridgeworth.  Prospects for play looked hopeless but the rain eventually stopped and quite remarkably, after superb work from the groundsman, the game started in sufficient time for us to play a 35 over match.  KCC won the toss, and with batting conditions very difficult, asked Sawbo to bat first.  On a wet, green, seaming pitch, KCC’s opening bowlers Amit Shanker and Manas Roy bowled beautifully, making runs extremely hard to come by.  Needing to increase the slow scoring rate, both Sawbo’s star batsmen then holed out to Tabrez Khan having a heave, and with the rest of the batting line up tied down by an excellent tight spell of bowling from young Stefanos Nayar, the home side ended up 30 runs or so short of a decent total.

In reply,Shahzeb Mohammed andRohan Ghosh got KCC’s innings off to a fine start, putting on 69 runs before Rohan was adjudged LBW.  Skipper Chris Ledger, next in, seemed emboldened by getting off the mark with a straight six back over the bowler’s head, and despite some tight bowling and the fall of 3 quick wickets, KCC went on to reach the target comfortably with over 3 overs to spare…  A fun game that never looked like being played – ‘Man of the Match’ should have gone to the groundsman!