Strong Room (134 all out) lost to The Village (173 for 8) by 39 runs
03 September 2011
To Highgate Woods, then, to play Strong Room. The pitch looked a belter, but within a few balls it became clear it was going to be very hard work to make a big score - it took sharp turn from ball one and the bounce was extremely low. Pleas for the VCC Mongoose have hitherto gone unheeded by our Iron Chancellor, and in the absence of any shovels in the kit bag it was clear our batsmen were going to have their work cut out. Huge credit, then, has to go to Tarka and Farmer McDonald for the way they handled the opening exchanges. With the seamers struggling to find their line there were a lot down the leg side, and those that weren't were proving very hard to time. They made the first 100 opening partnership for the Village in a very long time (no idea when the last one was), with Sam spanking it everywhere and Hindle more cautious, though there were a couple of sweet off drives in there.
Sadly the innings began to tail away with the introduction of left-arm spinner Joe, who bowled a brilliant spell to turn the game around. Flighting the ball craftily and...
