Match: St Andrews Staff CC
Venue: St Andrews
Date: 14 June 2006
Format: Friendly – 20 overs per side
Toss: St Andrews who chose to bowl
Result: DUSCC won by 10 runs
DUSCC innings
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| N Shah | c A Smith | b Richardson | 0 |
| V Gopalakrishnan | bowled | Cackett | 0 |
| A Bell | c P Jess | b Richardson | 3 |
| R Miller | stumped | b Frankland | 22 |
| J Ramsay | bowled | Smith | 6 |
| S Cummings | bowled | P Jess | 8 |
| J Pravin | not | out | 15 |
| S Boarder | not | out | 11 |
| Extras | 13 | ||
| TOTAL | 78 for 6 |
Bowling: S Richardson 2-0-2-2; E Cackett 2-0-2-1; A Smith 4-0-24-1; P Jess 4-0-7-0; P C Jess 4-0-7-1; S Frankland 4-0-26-1
FoW: 1-0; 2-4; 3-6; 4-17; 5-52; 6-52
St Andrews Staff innings
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| C Hall | bowled | Anderson | 18 |
| A Finlay | run out | 8 | |
| J Gilmore | bowled | Anderson | 11 |
| J Darling | bowled | Anderson | 1 |
| A Trew | run out | 1 | |
| E Cackett | c Ramsay | b Miller | 1 |
| S Richardson | not out | 9 | |
| S Frankland | run out | 6 | |
| P Jess | bowled | Pravin | 0 |
| P C Jess | bowled | Pravin | 0 |
| A Smith | bowled | Pravin | 0 |
| Extras | 12 | ||
| TOTAL | 68 all out |
Bowling: J Pravin 3-0-8-3; S Boarder 2-0-5-0; V Gopalakrishnan 2-0-10-0; S Cummings 2-0-13-0; W Anderson 4-0-10-3; T Allen 2-0-6-0; R Miller 3-1-7-1
FoW: 1-23; 2-46; 3-49; 4-51; 5- 51; 6-58; 7- 67; 8-68; 9-68; 10-68
Report
DUSCC pulled off a highly unlikely win in this friendly with our neighbours the St Andrews Staff CC, when John Pravin took a hat-trick with the last three balls of the game – all clean bowled – to help dismiss St Andrews for 68. For the first 95% of the game, a routine win for St Andrews looked on the cards; they took a wicket with the first ball of the game as DUSCC limped to 17-4. Richard Miller’s patient knock of 22 helped to shore things up, and allowed some late hitting from John – who hit an enormous 6, seemingly into the next parish – and Steve Boarder, taking DUSCC’s final 20-over score to 78. I think we were probably indebted to St Andrews’ captain for allowing us to make a bit of a game of it at the end of our innings… When St Andrews batted they started reasonably slowly, and were then snared by the gentle off-spinning wiles of captain Willie Anderson. He took 3 top-order wickets at a cost of just 10 runs, and three run-outs during a good performance in the field then set the scene for John’s bowling heroics.