CPRE 2018
21/09/20 16:38 Filed in: 2018
On another glorious evening at Aigburth CC the Liverpool Bar entertained CBRE. (I don’t know what it stands for) This was a game that saw the blooding of new cricketing talent, dredged from the depths of Atlantic and Harrington Street Chambers respectively, in the form of two current pupils, Mr D.Riley and M. Conway, who it is envisaged will become significant contributors in this season’s title tilt.
T. Clarke, in his first outing as captain, promptly lost the toss and was put into bat. From the outset it seemed this was a tactically sound choice by CBRE when P. Harthan failed to recapture the form of last week and was promptly bowled in the first over for a modest score of after playing across the line. A. Sinker, battling illness as well as some rough stuff from the opposition caught a couple in the ribs before succumbing for Y. Sensing the need for early order stability T.Clarke came in and began to accumulate runs with the impressive S. Shazad. Both batsmen built innings albeit with S.Shazad doing it with a display of destructive batting that deflated CBRE’s bowlers and quietened the chatter in the field. After surviving a couple of early wickets there were further contributions from A.Shazad and D.Riley whilst A. Jones fell victim to a stumping that can only be described as entirely the correct decision by umpire, opposition and fellow batsmen who all saw a bat left carelessly floating above a crease. The Bar managed to piece together a very healthy score of 171 runs with top scores of 62 not out for Clarke and 53 for S.Shazad.
On debut, D. Riley, with the able assistance of S.Shazad, promptly took the new ball and sought to dismantle the opponent’s whole batting lineup in a matter of 8 overs. P. Harthan caught some smart catches with a generally smart field display given little succour to a beleaguered opposition. CPRE were bowled out for 45 runs after 8 overs with D. Riley now maintaining a bowling average of 13.25 and surely deserving of MoM.
T. Clarke, in his first outing as captain, promptly lost the toss and was put into bat. From the outset it seemed this was a tactically sound choice by CBRE when P. Harthan failed to recapture the form of last week and was promptly bowled in the first over for a modest score of after playing across the line. A. Sinker, battling illness as well as some rough stuff from the opposition caught a couple in the ribs before succumbing for Y. Sensing the need for early order stability T.Clarke came in and began to accumulate runs with the impressive S. Shazad. Both batsmen built innings albeit with S.Shazad doing it with a display of destructive batting that deflated CBRE’s bowlers and quietened the chatter in the field. After surviving a couple of early wickets there were further contributions from A.Shazad and D.Riley whilst A. Jones fell victim to a stumping that can only be described as entirely the correct decision by umpire, opposition and fellow batsmen who all saw a bat left carelessly floating above a crease. The Bar managed to piece together a very healthy score of 171 runs with top scores of 62 not out for Clarke and 53 for S.Shazad.
On debut, D. Riley, with the able assistance of S.Shazad, promptly took the new ball and sought to dismantle the opponent’s whole batting lineup in a matter of 8 overs. P. Harthan caught some smart catches with a generally smart field display given little succour to a beleaguered opposition. CPRE were bowled out for 45 runs after 8 overs with D. Riley now maintaining a bowling average of 13.25 and surely deserving of MoM.