Excitement was high: Cricketers at Richmond 2 Sept 2000
Report by: By our man with the PhD in getting mullah'd

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Excitement was high for this game, as were the charges for parking your car around the well known shopping and drinking spot in West London (Bamber Gascoigne sighted twice watching, many pounds spent by team supporters in local boutiques).  Where else could you buy a cappuccino and take it onto the field with you. 

Winning the toss, the brave Salix team elected to field.  And we pretty much did a decent job.  The pitch was a real bowlers paradise, plenty of lift and even some swing.  Our opening pair swung into action nicely, with Steve Jacobs getting two wickets, one to a spectacular catch by Alex (running backwards behind the wicket, one handed over his head.  Great stuff).  Sadly, even the presence of Andy Bushes new girlfriend (watched a few Overs, went shopping - a theme for the day) did not enable him to get a wicket.  Then Dominic and Alex moved into the attack and the wickets fell fairly regularly, with some excellent fielding and great catches (I mention my humble self here, grabbing a particularly fast one at mid-on that would have rearranged my craggy but still presentable features).  A slight lull towards the 30 over mark ensured, but then Andy Foster and yours truly polished of the tail end.  145.  It looked do-able.

But that was to ignore the Salix Comedy batting routine.  A truly pathetically slow start - 6 runs off the first 6 Overs followed by a brief blitz from Paul (10 off the over) then saw him fall to the first of many catches. Six wickets then fell for only 11 runs - a duck for Dom, a comedy run out for Ben and a duck too for Mark Amselem.  Things stiffened a little when the tail came in: Andy Foster hitting a great 23 and yours truly and Alex both hitting double figures.  Special mention too, to Mr. Jacobs with a  career best  3 not out at number 11.  However it was just too little, too late.  

Special mention must also go to Alex, who got a parking ticket and also the weather, which was just bizarre.  Bright sun alternating with heavy cloud and two torrential downpours during the Salix innings.  Which fairly reflected our mood

Salix CC versus Cricketers, Richmond at Richmond Green on 02-09-2000 (35 Over Game) Salix CC (batting second) 95 for 9 off 35 overs Match Lost Cricketers, Richmond 145 all out off 35 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Mark Rodbert 5 Caught 2. Paul Rogers 17 Caught 3. Dominic Guinness 0 Caught 4. Ben Shaw 2 Run Out 5. Ollie Carter 3 Caught 6. Mark Amselem 0 Caught 7. Andy Foster 23 Caught 8. Tony Fletcher 10 Caught 9. Andy Bush 2 Bowled 10. Alex Newton 14 Not Out 11. Steve Jacobs 5 Not Out Extras 14 Total 95		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Andy Bush 7 0 26 0 - - 3.71 2. Steve Jacobs 7 1 19 2 9.50 21.00 2.71 3. Dominic Guinness 6 0 17 1 17.00 36.00 2.83 4. Alex Newton 7 0 35 2 17.50 21.00 5.00 5. Andy Foster 5 1 26 2 13.00 15.00 5.20 6. Paul Rogers 1 0 13 0 - - 13.00 7. Tony Fletcher 2 0 5 1 5.00 12.00 2.50
		Mark Amselem 2 catches Tony Fletcher 1 catch Andy Foster 1 catch Dominic Guinness 1 catch Alex Newton 1 catch Mark Rodbert 1 catch Mark Amselem 1 drop Ben Shaw 1 drop

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