Its's a record: vs Gentlemens Relish CC 30 May 2010
Report by: Yesterdays Man

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A new fixture for Salix, we were introduced to the Gentlemens Relish by CGC. Or maybe St Annes. After a poxy Bank holiday Saturday it dawned clear and bright, if a touch windy, on the blasted heath that is the QPR training ground. But a superb wicket, with a bit of ping

Whilst CGC and CK1 were swanning it off to play cricket in the land of super sized humans, Salix plus a couple of new chaps assembled under the wisdom and guidance of Herr Padhore. Winning the toss, we had a little bat. However a good opening spell by the Gents saw us in a little bit of strife and the usual talk of "whats our lowest ever score etc" ran round the prostrate players like a nasty dose of the Norwalk virus. But steady hands were on the tiller as our new lads (from Deloittes, natch) took the crease. And within a couple of overs Abdullah had swapped his bat for the meaty new Salix SS and bingo, it was biff, bosh, bash to all corners. I think the scorebook tells it own story as he glided us effortlessly to a huge, record, score ably supported by WeeMan, and the Golfer.

An excellent tea (way better than the crap they served at Glaxo - I can safely say this now they have knocked it down) saw us ably refreshed and into the field. A storming set from Mr Padhore and Chris saw the openers crumble and whilst Elvis kept his end up, new chap Karan ripped through the middle and late order to see us all in for an early bath.

Truth to tell this game wasn't quite as one sided as the score book makes it look, several outstanding performances from our lads were what did it. A pleasant game against some excellent new opponents, gracious to a man and a welcome break from our losing streak. As ever we were magnanimous in victory with Dazzler sending many, many texts to CGC to let him know how much we missed his leadership and captaincy skills and how he should hurry back.

Salix CC versus Gentlemens Relish CC at Harlington on 30-05-2010 (35 Over Game) Salix CC (batting first) 305 for 7 off 35 overs Match Won Gentlemens Relish CC 66 all out off 17.4 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Vikram Bhalla 15 Caught 2. Darren Gavigan 0 Bowled 3. Abdullah Pandit 116 Not Out 4. Karan Ghuwalewala 16 Bowled 5. Ben Shaw 8 LBW 6. Nat Young 41 Caught 7. Kunwar Singh 63 Caught 8. Chris Milton 0 Bowled 9. David Padmore 5 Not Out 10. Tony Fletcher 0 Did Not Bat 11. Mike Ellis 0 Did Not Bat Extras 41 Total 305		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Chris Milton 6 1 21 3 7.00 12.00 3.50 2. David Padmore 4 1 5 1 5.00 24.00 1.25 3. Mike Ellis 4.4 0 15 2 7.50 14.00 3.21 4. Karan Ghuwalewala 2 1 4 3 1.33 4.00 2.00 5. Tony Fletcher 1 0 5 0 - - 5.00
		Mike Ellis 1 catch Ben Shaw 1 catch

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CGC left the following remarks on 3rd June 2010

Good all round job lads - I'm happy for Padders to take over if he feels so strongly about it...

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