Match Report By : Old Colfeians CC





I won the toss and thought we'd have a bowl- it was cloudy, and our track has been particularly suspect in recent weeks, so thought maybe we could apply some pressure with some early wickets.





Unfortunately things did not exactly go to plan! The ball barely swung and we didn't see a bad bounce all day.





Add to that our surprise to find out that Hayes' opening bat is Alexandra Blackwell, current Australia vice-captain! She batted beautifully, with the best technique of anyone I've ever played against (by a country mile!) She didn't even give us a half chance, despite batting for 46 overs. We did manage to just about keep it together at the end of the innings, and it felt like a small triumph that we were chasing 227 instead of 260.





We just didn't have the batting to make that kind of score, but the tail wagged to make things at least respectable. I just hope we are not the only side in the league to have to face her this season!

This was another really tough week to get players out, with both the 3s and 4s going out with 10 players. Bloody bank holidays!

Author : Mathieu Pendergast

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Date: 24/05/2015