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Denham Sunday XI v Birkbeck College

July 5th 2009

NEW BATTING SENSATIONS THRILL THE DENHAM CROWDS

Denham batted first against Birkbeck College with an untried opening partnership of Sir Stuart Payne and Dick Philson. They produced an entertaining partnership of 62 in 13 overs with plenty of “waiting....” and edges interspersed with many firm blows. Both fell in two overs, Payne for 19 and Philson for 38, having provided a superb start.

This brought to the wicket a subdued Bobby Rai and new batsman Tamour and for a while the momentum sagged and after 20 overs Denham were 92 for2. Denham “special” drinks were taken and the partnership really started to blossom with Bobby scoring from nearly every ball and Tamour taking the aerial route with anything pitched short. The stand was finally broken on 191 with Tamour runout on 75.

This brought the imperious Richie Braithwaite to the wicket, who wound himself up for some glorious singles. At 40 overs, Denham had reaches 232 for 3 with Bobby not out 65 and Richie not out 14 – a decent score but with a good batting wicket was it enough?

After a healthy vegetarian tea, courtesy of Harish Bhatt, with optional meat supplied by Sir Stuart, Denham took to the field trumpeting their chances. Sir Stuart revealed his master plan of opening the bowling with opening bat’s twin brother Phil Dickson and wily spinner Hemen Mehta. This paid dividends with Birkbeck quickly slumping to 34 for 3.

Excellent support bowling from Alex Marman and Bobby Rai continued to apply the pressure, despite a number of dropped catches (again!). Richie and Harish also bowled, but it was agreed that Harish had expended all his useful energy on the tea preparation as 5 overs went for 34 runs.

Despite the dropped catches, Birkbeck were always struggling to be up with the run rate and they finished on 209 for8 with Hemen taking 3 for 33, Bobby 2 for 23, Alex 2 for 48 and Phil 1 for 45.

We then retired to the bar to consume even more tea and took the p*** out of the smelly teenagers who refuse to have a shower.

Only once was the chairman heard to say “nice bloke, but a bit of a tosser”.

**** STOP PRESS - MISSING PERSON **** The man seen posing as Harish’s friend in a recent report disappeared from the clubhouse on Sunday 28th June after becoming very subdued and circumspect. We are becoming increasingly concerned as to his whereabouts and state of mind.

Whatever the truth, a lesson has been learned - do not mess with Bitchie Raithwaite.

Next week Thorpe.

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