Weather hot but The German even hotter: New Barbarian Warriors 11 June 2006 HSBC
Report by: the Nurdler

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Your correspondent had no need to look at the database this week - Cap'n The German produced a mighty 138 n.o. (Salix's highest ever individual score) to achieve victory virtually single-handed. This after one of the more spectacularly inept Salix fielding displays resulted in an opposition total of 207 from 35 overs.

First things first ? the South Circular is still there and Herr Direcktor and I inched our way round it in baking hot weather with the air-con working overtime. Despite the southerly location the team was there by the expected time - everyone by at least 10 minute before, and Bison by half an hour after, the start of play. The German lost the toss and we strode manfully out into the field for a very solid performance from the opening bowlers. The ground fielding was good, runs were at a premium, Andy-the?Kiwi (hereinafter referred to as ?Puff?) marked his debut in traditional Salix fashion by dropping a catch (or 2 Ed) and by 20 overs, run-rate was still under 3 an over.

Then we made the mistake of taking a wicket and the roof fell in. The next batsman proceeded to play a blinder, thrashing the ball to all parts and our fielding went off the boil big-time. Catches were dropped, stumpings missed, overthrows conceded and we ended up chasing 208 to win.

After a fine tea, the openers were sent out with orders from the captain not to come back until we?d passed 200, so 0 for 1 was pretty inevitable, Bison slicing a wide one straight to point. This brought the German in and precipitated a quite stupendous knock. Only marginally assisted by my trademark nurdling at the other end, 130 were added prior to my retirement (retired dehydrated as SteveO put it) (Ed: the score book says Nurdler retired Groin) .

The remaining runs were knocked off by the German, in the company of CK1. The scorebook below tells the one sided story, this in spite of some spirited bowling from the Warriors (a colts side who are mostly aged 13-16) featuring the best leg-spinner I?ve faced, some good fast-medium bowling and a committed and energetic fielding display. The Warriors gave a good account of themselves but were unlucky to meet a batsman in such good form.

Salix CC versus New Beckenham Warriors at HSBC New Beckenham on 11-06-2006 (35 Over Game) Salix CC (batting second) 210 for 1 off 32 overs Match Won New Beckenham Warriors 207 for 3 off 35 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Dominic Spillane 18 Retired Hurt 2. Mark Dyson 0 Caught 3. Andy Rayner 138 Not Out 4. Christy Kulasingam 19 Not Out 5. Stuart Lumsden 0 Did Not Bat 6. Mark Amselem 0 Did Not Bat 7. Andrew Harvey 0 Did Not Bat 8. Tony Fletcher 0 Did Not Bat 9. Graham Nannery 0 Did Not Bat 10. Barrett Hogue 0 Did Not Bat 11. Steve Jacobs 0 Did Not Bat Extras 35 Total 210		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Steve Jacobs 7 1 16 0 - - 2.29 2. Christy Kulasingam 7 2 22 1 22.00 42.00 3.14 3. Stuart Lumsden 7 1 10 1 10.00 42.00 1.43 4. Andy Rayner 5 0 51 0 - - 10.20 5. Tony Fletcher 4 0 44 0 - - 11.00 6. Mark Dyson 5 0 54 0 - - 10.80
		Barrett Hogue 1 catch Stuart Lumsden 1 catch Andrew Harvey 2 drops Andy Rayner 2 drops Barrett Hogue 1 drop Christy Kulasingam 1 drop Dominic Spillane 1 drop

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