Despite being 15/2, my team battled their way to a 7 wicket win, ending up on 245/3. Hodgson didn't give us the best start with a golden duck and number 3, McDonald, only made 2 runs off 7 balls. We needed a big partnership and we got it. 205 run partnership soon came about with Wylie and Hendrie scoring freely and as fast as they wanted to. Hendrie's innings came to an end, 25 runs from our target score, falling just short of his century as he made a valiant 83 off 124 balls. Pilkington then came in to finish the innings with Wylie as we get our first victory over Mental Blank, following our loss to them late last season. Wylie was the man of the match and a title he deserved after making a massive 145* off 128 balls. A great batting effort from him indeed.
The bowling saw some mixed performances. Tim Mohato only had 8 overs and the spinner was very uneffective and could only manage 0-44. Not inspiring figures. Coutts and Burger were both average, with 1-48 and 1-49 respectively, which meant we had to rely on Sotho, which seems to always occur, and Nkoe. Sotho didn't disappoint and was the most economical of the bowlers, getting two wickets in the proccess. 2-32 off 8.2 overs is very good for the seamer. The best bowler, by far, was Bruce Nkoe. The 18 year old all rounder picked up a brilliant 5fer which included some very impressive wickets. 5/63 was his final figures and despite being expensive, he made up for it. He got the wickets when we needed them and was the head of our bowling attack.
A great start to the division for my team, beating the team that has come down from the division above. 8k isn't bad moneywise either, I guess.
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: Com'on boys!:upray
