Run Fest In The Fours
The Fourth Team travelled to Harefield, and captain Andy Grout lost the toss and were sent into field. A very small field to be honest and with a rock hard outfield it looked like it would be hard to contain the batsmen.
This proved very true , the ball flew to the boundary ,sometimes over it and Harefield racked up 300-9 declaring after 46 overs. A few dropped catches didn't help our cause . Nick Wake took two awesome grabs at slip, Krishna Mohan was by far the pick of the bowlers with 5-29 and Freddie Newman on his debut bowled well.
Normally chasing 300 is out of the question but we quietly fancied giving it a go. We lost two early wickets but Nick Wake with 83 and Jim Turner with 76 kept us ahead of the rate and in with every chance . Both were excellent and at 210-4 needing 90 off 14 we had every chance.
Sadly wickets fell and blocking for the draw was our last resort. Going into the last over we looked safe but the captain got himself out leaving young Freddie two balls to face. He survived and we ended up on 266-9. A valiant effort and an honourable draw.
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