Bedouins v Wilkes Tranter at Enville – Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Beds win by 9 wickets

As this is being written, the skipper is packing his budgie smugglers and heading for sunnier climes so just a few brief notes from the game versus Wilkes Tranter. Team news: Hill A was still sidelined but Johnston made a return to the side and there was a debut for the Skipper’s old school buddy, Rob Lock.

Beds won the toss and put WT into bat, with Spratley taking the new ball and using it to good effect with 1 for 4 from 4 overs. Pearson was tight at the other end and after 7 overs WT had edged along to 17 for 2. Lock bowled a couple of overs and demonstrated that having started his cricket career as a pacey opening bowler, he is now very adept at tweaking off-spinners.

WT never really got going and finished on 85 for 6 from their 20 overs, with the skipper mopping up at the death and finishing with 3 for 3 from his two overs.

The Bedouins never looked in any trouble with the bat. Branch opened with Johnston and both retired on 33. Hancock (now known as Conan the Destroyer) was possibly unlucky to be given out LBW off his backside but did manage a run to christen his new bat (a Grey Nicholls ‘Destroyer’).

Hill J (11 not out) finished off the game in the 16th over with another huge six and is fast getting a fearsome reputation for hard hitting.  Bedouins made light work of this win and should take confidence from that into the next home fixture with Kinlet.

Adios……