LOSCC vs Cheshunt.

Report vs Cheshunt

Match Report
Date 05/09/10 
Oppo – Cheshunt (a)
Type – 40 Overs
Report by Liam Mulholland.

The O`s finished the season in fine style with a thrilling 5 run victory at Cheshunt. The week has been one of total chaos 
after the club had the ICC anti corruption unit check out some dubious bowling spells from the O`s, the unit can`t 
understand how a certain bowler who shall remain nameless due to legal reasons can have deliveries registering 
4,6,4,W,4,6,4,W on a regular basis why are there no dot balls only boundaries and wickets?, also in their mandate to clean 
up cricket they are concerned about the outcome of the POTY vote for 2009 which quite frankly so am I. On winning the toss 
skipper Riches had his hand forced by the absence of 2 key players in Tooth & Ramanuja so had no option to bat first. One 
bounce Kumar going quickly for a duck in the second over not the start they were looking for but L.Mulholland & Marsh quickly 
moved the score on to 66 in the 15th over before Marsh was bowled by his old team mate Watkins for 15 at the other end the 
old boy Mulholland looking in ominous touch. Heed then added 32 in a stand of 75 in 15 overs to rush the score along to 
141-3, 68 minutes into the game our intrepid duo finally arrived via Cowdenbeath due to Tooth`s sat Rav giving instructions 
in Hebrew. Tooth eventually made it to the crease with the help of ropes and grappling irons at No 7 in the order and quickly
added 26 with 5 fours in a stand of 47 in 6 overs before being stumped to finish the season with the remarkable stat that 
he has never been out bowled in a Sat or Sun fixture in 2010. At the other end that old stager Mulholland in his 400th game 
for the club finished unbeaten on 103 with his 4th ton in 6 matches full of trade mark cuts, pulls and drives. O`s closing 
their 40 overs inning on a very handy looking 220-6. Tooth quickly removed opener Bloomfield with a good delivery that 
ripped through his defence but the arrival of England stunned the O`s as he crashed 5 quick boundaries meanwhile Revell 
bowled a very steady spell of 8-3-22-1 those 18 dot balls proving very useful indeed. The people`s champion was brought 
into the attack and yet again his experience and control was evident as he finished an excellent 6 over spell for only 15 
with the wicket of England for a classy 46. At 70-3 after 19 overs Cheshunt had plenty to do but they really pushed the O`s 
hard forcing the field deeper and deeper, the O`s dried up the boundaries and made the batters run 2`s and 3`s but the 
fielders were also made to run far more than certain players were looking for old boy Mulholland being run ragged after 
finding himself away from the sanctuary of slip. The two Richardson`s scampered a 57 run stand before Aidan played on to 
Hillier for 36. Hillier bowling by far his spell of the season when the pressure was on and as we know from past experience 
his bottle does go big time but not today. Skipper Matt Richardson was dismissed by fine glove work by Riches off Hillier 
for a brave 54 to reduce the hosts to 166-5 in the 35th over to surely end the run chase but Cheshunt would not lie down 
repeatedly getting the required rate needed, 49 off 5, 40 off 4, 29 off 3, 23 off 2 before Tooth was trusted with the final 
over and 13 required, Tooth held his nerve to make Cheshunt require a 6 off the final ball of the season for victory and he 
bowled a precious dot ball to secure victory by 5 runs in one of the best matches of the season, a very good effort by all 
5 bowlers who showed great control not to concede any wides or no balls.

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