Tasmania University Cricket Club
Scores and Reports
Season 2003/04
Third Grade
Round 10 v. Glenorchy
Played at KGV Oval, 25th. January/1st. February 2004.
(Toss won by : University)
Paul Hudson 3-21 Rowan Oliver 2-10 Rod Purves 2-39 |
(DAY 1) Round 10 saw the clash of 3 v 4 on the third grade ladder, with Uni keen to get back on the winners list after a disappointing game against Kingborough. A pre-game inspection of the pitch saw us staring a the surface of the moon - cracks and craters everywhere. Not what we expected to see, but the KGV pitch is always a bit different to others around the place. Upon 12:30 Rocket summoned the umpires and wandered over to the opposing captain for the toss, and once again called correctly. The decision of bat vs ball was a tough one, but with the desire to go for maximum points in the game the decision to bowl was made, even though it was the least popular choice among teammates. We welcomed Matt Green to the club for his first game, and it wasn't long before he was in the action. 
The "sultans of swing "were back together
doing what they do best - bowling tightly and using the conditions to their
advantage - and Rocket had his 1st scalp in the 5th over of the day,
courtesy of a screamer of a catch at square leg from Greeny, who was caught
wrong-footed walking in and had to throw himself backwards in the air to
take the catch one-handed.
In his next over Rocket (2/39) had victim number 2, as a simple catch was spooned to Bolts at mid off, and the Magpies were choking like their AFL namesake at 2/13 in the 7th. However, their number 4 batsman took the 'Babe Ruth' approach to batting and swung hard at everything, and the scoring rate soon climbed. A 50 run partnership was soon undone by a tremendously thought out field placing by Bolts, with Stuey (1/37) finding the edge of the hard swinging batter and the catch being taken nicely at fly slip by Greeny. Huey Lewis (1/18) delivered some good news in the very next over, with Bolts taking another solid catch, and Glenorchy had slipped to 4/63 in the 17th. 
The introduction of spin proved to be a good decision, as Huddo bowled 2
maidens before striking with the 1st ball of his 3rd over. A devastating
delivery had the batsman scared and he soon departed after having trodden
on his stumps, much to the amusement of the Lions.
The tight bowling continued, and Huddo (3/21) soon had victims 2 and 3, courtesy of a catch by Streety and a generous LBW decision (no arguments from us though, and bugger the spirit of cricket!). Glenorchy were reeling at 7/89, and the Uni boys were after the kill. The sultans of swing renewed their partnership and bowled tightly, but failed to do any further damage, so spin was reintroduced. Huddo again bowled tightly, but it was Gibbsy (2/10) who knocked off the tail courtesy of a catch from Stevo and a caught & bowled. These 2 wickets were separated by a brilliant run out at the bowlers end from a direct hit by Tiernan O'Rourke at square leg, and Glenorchy had been bundled out for 133. A fine display of tight bowling, and the fielding was flawless for the first time this year. Due to his dogged resistence in prior games Streety was promoted to open the innings with Hicks, and a minimum of 12 overs had to be faced. Emphasis was on protection of wickets rather than runs, and the openers managed to do this exceptionally well under tough batting conditions, as 6 of the first 9 overs were maidens. Unfortunately for us Glenorchy bowled their overs at a good rate, which meant more opportunities for them to take wickets. In the 15th over Hicks was out stumped with the score on 26, and Huddo had to go in to bat for about 15 minutes. From ball 1 he looked like a player in form, as he cover drove his first ball for 4. Streety continued to show his fighting qualities, and these 2 carried us into the last over of the day comfortably. However on the 2nd last ball of the over Huddo tried to go over the top, only succeeding to sky a catch that was comfortably taken at mid on to be dismissed for 18. Thankfully the umpires called an end to the days play, so Stevo didn't have the unenviable job of facing just 1 ball, and Uni ended the day at 2/51 off 19.5. (DAY 2). Match abandoned due to rain. |
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