Burly Vickers helps OCs regain the Colin White Trophy
OCCC 120 for 5 (19.2 overs, Vickers 42) beat Cranleigh School 118 for 8 (20 overs) by five wickets with four balls to spare
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Following a run of defeats against the school on Speech Day the selectors picked a blend of experience and youth to try and wrestle the Colin White Trophy off the school. With the Cricketer Cup side in action over the road, selection might be the wrong word, but those enlisted enjoyed a game played in brilliant sunshine in front of a large crowd.
Eds Copleston won the toss and elected to field , a decision which looked to have backfired as Hamilton and Thomson were expensive early on as field restrictions were in place and the school started aggressively reaching 50 off the first six overs. The introduction of "Bruno" Broughton and Morgan Fletcher saw us take control - Broughton struck in his first over before a mad run out in the covers saw the veterans Copleston and Jock Vickers combine well to leave the school 70 for 4 at the half way mark. The accurate bowling of Goodie and Broughton squeezed the game despite some dropped catches and the school never managed to accelerate. Stuart Welch found it harder and harder to hide his frustration as the School stuttered to a very reachable 118 off their 20 overs.
Trower and Wescott opened the batting for the Old Cranleighans and provided a solid start before Wescott and No.3 Broughton fell quickly. Enter Vickers, wide of girth and ambition, who was still mumbling about his disappointment at not being selected for the Cricketer Cup side. he is not a shoo-in for any Twenty20 side as his size makes running anything other than a wheezed single unlikely, but if a ball is there to hit he will oblige with real power and the School bowlers obliged and the run-rate rocketed. His 34 ball 42 put us within reach of victory, ably assisted by some patient batting at the other end by Trower.
Both men fell with 30 still needed and, to their credit, the School then squeezed the remaining batsmen well and boundaries dried up. But some excellent running between the wickets by the young Corbishley and the creaking Copleston left us needing five off the last over. Copleston used all his accumulated experience to sneak the second ball wide of the keeper for four and the OCs had finally regained the silverware.
An excellent game and we look forward to playing the school again on Thursday.
Ed Copleston
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| Jock Vickers on the attack |
Following a run of defeats against the school on Speech Day the selectors picked a blend of experience and youth to try and wrestle the Colin White Trophy off the school. With the Cricketer Cup side in action over the road, selection might be the wrong word, but those enlisted enjoyed a game played in brilliant sunshine in front of a large crowd.
Eds Copleston won the toss and elected to field , a decision which looked to have backfired as Hamilton and Thomson were expensive early on as field restrictions were in place and the school started aggressively reaching 50 off the first six overs. The introduction of "Bruno" Broughton and Morgan Fletcher saw us take control - Broughton struck in his first over before a mad run out in the covers saw the veterans Copleston and Jock Vickers combine well to leave the school 70 for 4 at the half way mark. The accurate bowling of Goodie and Broughton squeezed the game despite some dropped catches and the school never managed to accelerate. Stuart Welch found it harder and harder to hide his frustration as the School stuttered to a very reachable 118 off their 20 overs.
Trower and Wescott opened the batting for the Old Cranleighans and provided a solid start before Wescott and No.3 Broughton fell quickly. Enter Vickers, wide of girth and ambition, who was still mumbling about his disappointment at not being selected for the Cricketer Cup side. he is not a shoo-in for any Twenty20 side as his size makes running anything other than a wheezed single unlikely, but if a ball is there to hit he will oblige with real power and the School bowlers obliged and the run-rate rocketed. His 34 ball 42 put us within reach of victory, ably assisted by some patient batting at the other end by Trower.
Both men fell with 30 still needed and, to their credit, the School then squeezed the remaining batsmen well and boundaries dried up. But some excellent running between the wickets by the young Corbishley and the creaking Copleston left us needing five off the last over. Copleston used all his accumulated experience to sneak the second ball wide of the keeper for four and the OCs had finally regained the silverware.
An excellent game and we look forward to playing the school again on Thursday.
Ed Copleston
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