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After Saturday's wet patches had dried
it was down to the cricket. A sunny afternoon saw The Bottoms basking
in sunshine, and the 1sts made hay and ensured their lead at the top
of the table was assured for another week. In the first over Adam
Young bowled Moses for 0, hitting the sticks again a couple of overs
later to leave Penryn struggling. A small recovery began when Booth
and Snowdon knuckled down, beating off the Australian to the long
on boundary towards the end of his spell.
An inspired piece of captaincy (who writes this?!) saw a double bowling
change bring immediate results, JJ Walker trapping Snowden LBW with
his first ball for 21, the gaelic spud muncher laying down the gauntlet
which Cif Carvelly took up, his first ball being short and fast, Booth
ducking under it but leaving his bat to flail at the ball, only for
it to loop up in the air and back onto the stumps. Carvelly's tail
was up, and bowling with the wind his pace tore through the middle
order, the smooth talking South African firing down 6 overs and grabbing
4 wickets in a deafening yet deadly spell. At the other end JJ was
juggling his lucky charms, so he was, taking a sharp caught and bowled
chance to expose the tail. 'The Duke' Stokeld was brought back on
to improve his figures, and he did his job well, taking the last 2
wickets to leave Port with a small total to chase. With Penryn's innings
ending at 3.45 it was decided to bat until 4.30 and with a tricky
session to survive Port succumbed to temptation. Wee Wee's mind was
as always, on his next meal and a lack of concentration saw him gift
the simplest of chances to point for just a single. JJ came to the
crease as his wife was preparing her melons for the players to enjoy.
With just 1 over before tea he mis-timed a mull to mid-wicket and
left Port on 47-2 off 9 when tea was taken. The Duke began to find
the boundary, sliding into the number 2 slot in the absence of Andy
Bonnett, he caressed the ball around at will, perhaps becoming a little
careless when flicking the ball to the man on the deep mid-wicket
boundary and departing for 29. This brought in Colin Lee-batting as
if he had a plane to catch, although with the huge chain around his
neck it was doubtful he'd be gettin' on no plane, sucka! No special
milk was required, but three huge 6's in his brief stay ensured the
target was in sight and despite his demise another beautiful cameo
from Carvelly saw 20 points in the bag after just 18 overs.
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