LOSCC vs President XI.

Report vs President XI

Match Report
Date 28/07/13 
Oppo – President XI (h)
Type – 40 Overs
Report by Les Dennis


Following the amazing tricks at Woodham Mortimer by Harry Potter which included running around a cricket ball 3 times and 
making several cans of beer disappear without producing any money, it was back to 'near normality' for the annual Presidents 
XI game on a sunny afternoon at Barkingside Rec.
The Presidents XI were offered the opportunity to bat first which gave the opportunity to Ajay and Anuj to open the innings 
and with neither batsman managing to hit the ball off the square, Bob Marsh captaining the O's tactically threw the ball to 
Steve Rumbold who bowled very well with some nicely flighted pies teasing the batsman time and time again.
Dan Auton at the other end found the breakthrough removing Ajay with an excellent caught and bowled much to the frustration 
of skipper Marsh who suddenly saw the run rate shoot up to 2 an over.
Mo Zaman was next to fall with a plum LBW decision to which he was not impressed. The slow run rate continued and began to 
cause frustration with both batsman playing some risky shots.
The innings then turned into a battle of the family fortunes - The Naylors v The Rajasegarans

M Naylor making his debut, soon got the score moving to record a quick fire 21 despite two dropped catches from Ricky Saha 
until falling victim to the impressive bowling of Rohit Rajsegaran. Not to be undone by his little brother, Gowtham bowling 
at the other end then made history by stealing the wicket of the first female to play for the Presidents S Naylor.
The 'Daddy' Ryan Naylor then came to the crease and quickly got 10 on the board until being sent packing following a 
stunning catch by skipper Marsh of Rohit's bowling which must have stung the fingers!
Young Rohit embarrassed his brother by picking up his third wicket (his brother only managed two) recording impressive 
figures of 3-22. Mulholland made a quick 27 to lift the score to respectability until being caught off Matt Hiscock to wrap 
up the innings on 141 All out
With the O's having had a troubled season, they called back EPL star (Ethiopian Premier League) Bob James from Addis Adaba 
and having shed a few stone and managing to get his numerous pairs of pants through customs, James looked in good form 
making a nice 20 and getting the O's off to a good start before unfortunately chipping one to second slip off the bowling of 
S Naylor. The young lady then dismissed Ricky following a catch from Zaman.
That brought Marvel (49 Not out) to the crease who ground out a really good knock displaying some excellent shots and with 
the support of Sharma (48) they looked as though were going to see the O's home until M Naylor picked up his first wicket 
with the ball.
The Naylors not happy with the early battle with The Rajasegarans (I am getting fed up of spelling this now!) went for 
double money and managed to take both quick wickets of Gowtham and Rohit to return the favours and give the Presidents XI 
some final hope but it wasn't to be as Marvel saw the O's home.

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