Harrow dispatched in Cricketer Cup warm-up

OCCC 293 for 5 (Waters 113, Jones 92*, J Scriven 46) beat Harrow Wanderers 163 (Jones 3-15, Watkinson 2-25, Broughton 2-22) by 130 runs 

Seren Waters on his way to his hundred

Put into bat on a cold blustery Cranleigh School Lowers, OCCC lost Brad Scriven B early, well caught by a wide fin- leg hooking. Despite the early setback Seren Waters and Rob Jones set about a decent attack with maturity and some urgency. Although neither innings was faultless ( three reasonably difficult chances went begging)both played excellently all around the park making field placing tricky.

 An excellent innings by Waters was ended soon after he got to three figures at a score of 212 for 2. Jack Scriven added even more urgency while Matt Crump fell for the cause in the last few overs accelerating the run rate while Max Barson’s cameo was exciting and useful at the end, aiding Jones who ran out of enough of the strike to get to his deserved three figures.

 The Harrow reply never really got going with a steady opening burst from Barson and Crump not yielding any wickets but keeping the run rate below four-an-over. A Henry Watkinson first-ball loosener yielded the breakthrough as Harrow’s opener put it straight up in the air (he was surprised by the pace). The second opener followed soon after for Watkinson (again undone by the lack of pace) as he and Upper Sixth former Broughton kept the run rate down well below what was needed.

 As Harrow fell further and further behind the run rate Man of the Match Jones picked up three late wickets while good fielding yielded a run out. Crump and Waters both picked up a wicket a piece to complete a pretty comprehensive victory against a side who had six players from Harrow’s 2012 campaign which saw them lose in the final.

 A good warm up which one would hope could be converted into a winning start to the Cricketer Cup campaign next week when the stakes are much higher.