Buccaneers v Hurlingham Sunday 27 May 2012
Blessed with beautiful sunshine and a fantastic batting strip amid the Elysian gardens of Hurlingham, hopes were high for a free-scoring and victorious day for the Buccaneers. Alas, having lost the toss, the prospect of an early breakthrough was instantly shattered as each of the first 4 balls was creamed for four and the 2nd over carted for a further 5 boundaries. Opener Olly Logan reached his 50 in 21 balls as Hurlingham raced to 57-0 in just 4 overs.
The early introduction of Jono Gordon (16-4-45-0) on debut and the evergreen Hack (10-2-34-2) restored some control but the openers reached 129 before Si Razvi (39) was well caught behind by Jim Harcourt standing up. With Hack soon adding a 2nd wicket, Hurlingham had been pegged back to a respectable 131-2 off 30 overs by lunch.
Andy Owen (14-0-77-2) recovered from his rusty start with a fine spell after lunch. With Luke Radford (9-2-30-1) keeping the other end tight with some nice variation, Logan had to graft for his 107 before Dave Russell (3-0-13-3) snapped up some late wickets to precipitate a generous declaration at 225-8 after 54 overs.
But what should have been a relatively easy target in the batsman-friendly conditions soon became a tall order. Left handed openers Sathish Subbiah and Kim Ross became the 4th and 5th LBW victims of the day. Crucially, with no DRS or hotspot available, Kim’s inside edge went undetected. With Radford bowled 2nd ball having a swish and Gordon popping up a lifter, the Buccaneers were looking down the barrel at 22-4.
Will Noble (50) and Harcourt (26) mounted a spirited counter-attack. But when Harcourt was caught at mid-on after smiting 2 successive sixes and Noble caught at slip at 109, the writing was on the wall again. With Russell (22), Owen (15) and skipper Ed Cunynghame going down with all guns blazing, the Buccaneers had surrendered 93 runs short in only the 28th over.
Hurlingham
Logan c Cunynghame b Owen 107
Razvi c Harcourt b Gwynn 39
Atkinson lbw b Gwynn 1
J Redmayne c Harcourt b Radford 6
T Redmayne lbw b Owen 0
Chapman b Russell 26
Kennedy lbw b Russell 25
Hatteea lbw b Russell 5
Salt not out 8
C Redmayne not out 2
extras 6
Total 225-8 dec (54 overs)
Owen 14-0-77-2
Kayes 2-0-30-0
Gordon 16-4-45-0
Gwynn 10-2-34-2
Radford 9-2-30-1
Russell 3-0-13-3
Buccaneers
Ross lbw b Redmayne 5
Subbiah lbw b Salt 1
Noble c Redmayne b Kennedy 50
Radford b Redmayne 0
Gordon c Chapman b Redmayne 0
Harcourt c Salt b Kennedy 26
Russell lbw b Atkinson 22
Kayes b Kennedy 7
Owen c Kennedy b Atkinson 15
Cunynghame st Logan b Kennedy 10
Gwynn not out 0
extras 6
Total 142 (27.5 overs)
C Redmayne 9-1-47-3
Salt 6-0-32-1
Kennedy 7.5-3-38-4
Chapman 2-0-10-0
Atkinson 3-2-14-2