A draw for the cricketing Stallions on Saturday after some salvage work with the bat including an outstanding innings of 119 from Jase. Turning up to a soaked and drizzly Macalister, it didn't look likely that we would get through a full day's play. Colls decided to bat on, and continued in the same vein from the week before plundering 115 runs in 11 overs to build up an imposing lead. Their number 10 ended up with 110*, which helped to take them from 148-8 through to 334-9.
Faced with a lot of hard work we didn't get off to the best of starts, but Geoff and Jase put together a tidy partnership before things slipped again and we were 57-3, still more than a hundred behind. Jase and I managed to stick it out for a while and work away on a pitch that was generally not too terrifying to bat on. Rob chipped in with handy runs, and Jase continued to do his thing without looking in the slightest bit troubled. We pushed our lead out past 50 and the clock was ticking as we lost reasonably regular wickets again. Jase picked up his century and carried on through to 119 before their fielders managed to do what their bowlers never looked like doing. When JP was once again robbed of the batting spotlight we had made it close to safety with a second innings score of 241. This left them 76 to win with 5 overs remaining in the day. Their captain asked about fielding regulations- there aren't any... We held them to 39-4 and picked up some handy wickets thanks to Glen and Graham- useful for the points table.
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So just the one game then so far ?
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