Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club

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Hornchurch CC v Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club Over 40's Indoor Team on Thu 22 Oct 2015 at 9pm
Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club Won by 5 wickets

Match report Well would you believe it, the oldies turned up and they didn't run each other out and lose. In fact, they turned up, bowled really well and the batted superbly much to the surprise of Hornchurch.
Hornchurch was not full of paid Over 40's player that we had been lead to believe by some person I wont name, Isn't that right Ibrahim?
Anyway, to the report. Please bare in mind when reading this report, there has been some artistic licence used and that the glowing aspects of some of the report have been embellished due to the author being paid to embellish certain roles and parts played.
Right, so the team turned up, one of the six captains lost the toss and forgot to tell the rest of the team that we were fielding. A great start. The resident keeper was awesome. He had said in the previous match that he never wants to be selected to keep ever again. This match...the man is a natural. Nothing could get passed him, from the bionic pace of JC to the spinning of the legend Fayyaz Khan, or the skiddish bowling from Matloob Piracha. Nothing got passed our keeper. Who is this guy? Name him please. Bring him out of his anonymity. (Ed...aah this is one of those embellished moments you referred to earlier...yeh?)Back to the report. When the team actually found it way to the field of glory, the bowlers were practicing bowling at the stumps. Could they hit it. The bowlers were running up and bowling, missing and trying some more. Then in comes the resident chucker and he does what none of the recognised bowlers have been trying for 10 mins to do...hit the stumps. One loopy pie hits the stumps...talk about a stunned silence due to shock and then the ball is taken away from him and a vow never to repeat what happened is made. (OOOOPS Sorry boys, forgot that bit). You would expect, the person who can bowl and hit the stumps should get a bowl...nah. We decided he has taken the only wicket he was going to take in the warm up. So Ibrahim never got a bowl. Thank god we won, otherwise we would never of heard the last of it. In fact I will probably receive a blow by blow rendition of the delivery tonight. Right, enough of the warm up...to the real thing.
JC opens the attack and the bowling is vicious. The Hornchurch player had no chance, but behind the sticks is the hero with the gloves on...what a natural this person is. Dassy...you better watch out, there's an overweight fat guy with gloves on wanting your spot. (Hang on that's not very nice...its supposed to say Over 40 guy with gloves on wanting your spot. The editing function has a 'reality check function' that prevents editing. Back to the bowling...JC, no wickets first over. Into the attack, the legendary Fayyaz. He may be legendary and all that. But he got smacked for what should have been no runs, but a fielder on the boundary (who shall remain nameless again) when trying to stop the ball helped the ball over the boundary for 6 runs and a 4. In helping those boundaries the fielder hurt their hand. I mean they really had to try hard to get the ball over the boundary and they succeeded. How is the hand today Ibrahim?
So, the legend finished his over and into the attack comes Matloob Piracha, the 6XI leading wicket taker and a person who is over 40. Matloob bowls and the ball skids though really low that the fat guy with the gloves on...sorry the awesome keeper has no chance to collect the ball as he is standing up. (What standing up to a fast bowler, wow impressive stuff?...no no no, standing up because he cant sit on his haunches...he's a fat guy).
Can we please refer to the fat guy as the keeper please. Hag on a mo! Thomas the Tank engine has the Fat controller, so why can't the Over 40's have the fat keeper. Okay fair enough. but don't blame me if this report gets edited.
Back to the Piracha over. Two diamond deliveries and two Hornchurch players are bowled out. Great over Matloob. In comes Alan Lord, Mr Loopy Lu himself. He picks up a wicket in his over, another great over. The overs are going by but the total isn't accelerating away as Hornchurch had hoped. A run out occurs Fayyaz takes a wicket, The Fat keeper gets a run out, Hornchurch are all out for 59 runs.
THe teams go off and Wanstead Over 40 pad up for their innings. JC and Fayyaz open the Wanstead response...with style and the score trundles along nicely until Fayyaz gets himself out and in comes Mr Loopy Loo. Well all that we can say is that Alan and JC batted beautifully and brought home the win in 8 overs. Well done Wanstead, that was an excellent win.
Just for future reference regarding scoring, you can have a batting order but it cant have three names at no 6.

Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club Over 40's Indoor Team Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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for 1 wickets
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60		        
Ramon Chesney  
Matloob Piracha  
John Chambers  
Ibrahim Aziz  
Alan Lord  
M. Fayyaz Khan  

Hornchurch CC Bowling

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Hornchurch CC Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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for 6 wickets
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56 (8.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   

Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club Over 40's Indoor Team Bowling

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