All-round display sinks Rugby
OCCC 236 for 6 (B Scriven 65, Waters 49, T Crump 41) beat Rugby Meteors 115 by 121 runs
After a not too troublesome drive, we arrived at a lovely setting – the 1st team cricket pitch, Rugby School. The sun had broken through and it was set to be a cracking day. We again trumped the opposition in a very professional warm–up led by captain Matt Crump! At least Rugby did actually do a warm up…
Our skipper lost the toss on what looked to be a used wicket that would be slow, low and probably get worse, however to our surprise we were inserted and thus ended up doing what we had planned to do anyway.
Seren Waters and Bradley Scriven once again did what they have done throughout the competition and got us off to a very strong start, both looking completely at ease at the wicket and also scoring fairly freely. Seren in particular played some exquisite shots – one to remember a back foot on-drive that was simply breathtaking. One short of what would have been a stunning half century Seren fell breaking yet another 100+ opening stand by these two.
That brought in the younger of the two Scrivens who immediately looked to dominate the bowling and did so. Brad Scriven then fell to a ball that quite literally rolled along the floor for an excellent 65 while Jack then ran himself out (brilliant piece of fielding) for a quick fire 30 odd.
At this point we could have wobbled after such a great start. Alan Cope followed pretty soon after via a similar low bouncing delivery and things were in the balance. The two Crumps then steadied the ship, at first rebuilding and then exploding with a nice cameo also from Rob Jones at the end. We felt that we had put a very competitive 236 on the board on what was a worsening wicket.
Lunch: a Thai Curry – an odd choice for the hottest day of 2013 to date, however it was very nice all the same.
We then took to the field, Will Rollings, on his CC debut, opened the bowling with blistering pace and whilst a couple of wayward deliveries were lashed rather unconvincingly to the boundary he soon found his rhythm and ripped through a couple of the top order. Matt Crump providing the tight lines at the other end and removing the other opener allowed Rollings to bowl aggressively and the partnership worked very well, with Rugby sprawling at 25 for 3 after 10 overs.
The openers were followed by some tight bowling by both Max Barson and Paddy Harman. Then came the nail in the coffin – the spin partnership between Jack Scriven and Waters, in tandem they raced through their overs, not allowing the batsmen a chance to get away. Seren ended with four wickets while Jack went wicketless. However, as with many bowling partnerships both deserved the spoils.
It should be mentioned that the fielding was absolutely first class; ground fielding, catches and with two direct hit run-outs we looked like a seriously well drilled outfit that should compete with the very best.
There were some cracking debuts by both Jack Scriven and Rollings, and while Seren Waters would be my Man of the Match with 49 and four wickets Matthew Crump should get some serious credit for as tight a bowling spell as I’ve seen in the Cricketer Cup.Alan Cope
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| Seren Waters - Alan Cope's Man of the Match |
After a not too troublesome drive, we arrived at a lovely setting – the 1st team cricket pitch, Rugby School. The sun had broken through and it was set to be a cracking day. We again trumped the opposition in a very professional warm–up led by captain Matt Crump! At least Rugby did actually do a warm up…
Our skipper lost the toss on what looked to be a used wicket that would be slow, low and probably get worse, however to our surprise we were inserted and thus ended up doing what we had planned to do anyway.
Seren Waters and Bradley Scriven once again did what they have done throughout the competition and got us off to a very strong start, both looking completely at ease at the wicket and also scoring fairly freely. Seren in particular played some exquisite shots – one to remember a back foot on-drive that was simply breathtaking. One short of what would have been a stunning half century Seren fell breaking yet another 100+ opening stand by these two.
That brought in the younger of the two Scrivens who immediately looked to dominate the bowling and did so. Brad Scriven then fell to a ball that quite literally rolled along the floor for an excellent 65 while Jack then ran himself out (brilliant piece of fielding) for a quick fire 30 odd.
At this point we could have wobbled after such a great start. Alan Cope followed pretty soon after via a similar low bouncing delivery and things were in the balance. The two Crumps then steadied the ship, at first rebuilding and then exploding with a nice cameo also from Rob Jones at the end. We felt that we had put a very competitive 236 on the board on what was a worsening wicket.
Lunch: a Thai Curry – an odd choice for the hottest day of 2013 to date, however it was very nice all the same.
We then took to the field, Will Rollings, on his CC debut, opened the bowling with blistering pace and whilst a couple of wayward deliveries were lashed rather unconvincingly to the boundary he soon found his rhythm and ripped through a couple of the top order. Matt Crump providing the tight lines at the other end and removing the other opener allowed Rollings to bowl aggressively and the partnership worked very well, with Rugby sprawling at 25 for 3 after 10 overs.
The openers were followed by some tight bowling by both Max Barson and Paddy Harman. Then came the nail in the coffin – the spin partnership between Jack Scriven and Waters, in tandem they raced through their overs, not allowing the batsmen a chance to get away. Seren ended with four wickets while Jack went wicketless. However, as with many bowling partnerships both deserved the spoils.
It should be mentioned that the fielding was absolutely first class; ground fielding, catches and with two direct hit run-outs we looked like a seriously well drilled outfit that should compete with the very best.
There were some cracking debuts by both Jack Scriven and Rollings, and while Seren Waters would be my Man of the Match with 49 and four wickets Matthew Crump should get some serious credit for as tight a bowling spell as I’ve seen in the Cricketer Cup.Alan Cope
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