Sony Sixers 2014
23/09/20 12:58 Filed in: 2014
What started off as a beautiful spring evening turned into some of the darkest conditions that cricket has ever been played in. By the time the 40th Over had the day had been bowled only the pink ball and bright orange shirts of the opposition could be seen through the gloom.
The evening started well for the Bar with Chester finding the secret to a great innings. Bat with some else’s bat and pretend you are on the first tee at Hoylake. His fifty came in quick time with a variety of hooks and slashes and wafts before he was required to retire in the 8th over. Morrisey (2), got bowled by what started off being described as ‘one that seamed a bit’ but the end of the night had become ‘the ball of the century’. Rogers (15) and Eastwood (6) kept the scoreboard ticking before ‘two sixes’ Harthan (2) made his way to the crease. The captain, must have felt the pressure of Kenward’s on looking eyes as he succumbed to the full straight one which left Orr to mount somewhat of a recovery. Having abandoned the plank of 1960’s timber that was the ‘ACE’ bat, Orr found that his own particular brand of heaves to the leg side was rather suited to the opposition bowling, ratting along to 40 with a combination of perfectly executed pulls and the odd ‘swing and miss’.
With 6 wickets down, Chester (59no) was forced back from early retirement to join Armstrong (6) at the crease. Chester found that using his own bat was somewhat more difficult, failing to bat with the same panache that had come earlier in the innings. He did however become the Bar’s first ever ‘last man standing’ with Armstrong somewhat controversially run out despite obviously making his ground .The Bar posted 153-7 in 20 overs.
Morrissey looked like he had played before as he opened the bowling finishing with figures of 4-1-9-1 to ensure that there was no sort of challenge to the Bar’s total. In support Rogers (4-0-1-20) and Armstrong (4-0-19-2) also prevented Sony from ever really getting on top although the Sony number 5 with 36 runs off 33 balls caused some problems. To cap a fine evening personally, Chester (3-0-17-1) took a wicket with his first ball, Harthan taking an athletic catch over his head. This was particularly impressive given Hathan couldn’t walk as recently as last Wednesday. Orr (4-0-23-1) saw a less impressive return than his previous match but still saw figures which took him to the top of the Liverpool Corporate League Bowling rankings.
With a lighting storm gathering all around and Sony huddling close to the metal box on the boundary edge, it was left to Eastwood to finish the evening with a single over. There were those who suggested this was somewhat risky for the Bar, given that there had to be 5 legitimate balls in the over and Sony only required 67 more runs to win. Eastwood however stuck manfully to the task at hand with the concession of only 7 to see the bar home by 59 runs.
The game finished with the first drops of what will go down as ‘the great storm of 2014’. It also finished with Chester as the clear man of the match, going to the top of the league batting rankings. Special mention to the debutants Rogers and Morrissey, both of whom looked a little too athletic to be playing for the bar. This match is somewhat of a red letter day for the Bar as it is likely to be the only time in their history that they will be top of the league and have the top ranked players in Bowling and Batting
Liverpool Bar beat Sony Sixers by 59 runs.
The evening started well for the Bar with Chester finding the secret to a great innings. Bat with some else’s bat and pretend you are on the first tee at Hoylake. His fifty came in quick time with a variety of hooks and slashes and wafts before he was required to retire in the 8th over. Morrisey (2), got bowled by what started off being described as ‘one that seamed a bit’ but the end of the night had become ‘the ball of the century’. Rogers (15) and Eastwood (6) kept the scoreboard ticking before ‘two sixes’ Harthan (2) made his way to the crease. The captain, must have felt the pressure of Kenward’s on looking eyes as he succumbed to the full straight one which left Orr to mount somewhat of a recovery. Having abandoned the plank of 1960’s timber that was the ‘ACE’ bat, Orr found that his own particular brand of heaves to the leg side was rather suited to the opposition bowling, ratting along to 40 with a combination of perfectly executed pulls and the odd ‘swing and miss’.
With 6 wickets down, Chester (59no) was forced back from early retirement to join Armstrong (6) at the crease. Chester found that using his own bat was somewhat more difficult, failing to bat with the same panache that had come earlier in the innings. He did however become the Bar’s first ever ‘last man standing’ with Armstrong somewhat controversially run out despite obviously making his ground .The Bar posted 153-7 in 20 overs.
Morrissey looked like he had played before as he opened the bowling finishing with figures of 4-1-9-1 to ensure that there was no sort of challenge to the Bar’s total. In support Rogers (4-0-1-20) and Armstrong (4-0-19-2) also prevented Sony from ever really getting on top although the Sony number 5 with 36 runs off 33 balls caused some problems. To cap a fine evening personally, Chester (3-0-17-1) took a wicket with his first ball, Harthan taking an athletic catch over his head. This was particularly impressive given Hathan couldn’t walk as recently as last Wednesday. Orr (4-0-23-1) saw a less impressive return than his previous match but still saw figures which took him to the top of the Liverpool Corporate League Bowling rankings.
With a lighting storm gathering all around and Sony huddling close to the metal box on the boundary edge, it was left to Eastwood to finish the evening with a single over. There were those who suggested this was somewhat risky for the Bar, given that there had to be 5 legitimate balls in the over and Sony only required 67 more runs to win. Eastwood however stuck manfully to the task at hand with the concession of only 7 to see the bar home by 59 runs.
The game finished with the first drops of what will go down as ‘the great storm of 2014’. It also finished with Chester as the clear man of the match, going to the top of the league batting rankings. Special mention to the debutants Rogers and Morrissey, both of whom looked a little too athletic to be playing for the bar. This match is somewhat of a red letter day for the Bar as it is likely to be the only time in their history that they will be top of the league and have the top ranked players in Bowling and Batting
Liverpool Bar beat Sony Sixers by 59 runs.