1st Grade Report vs Easts - T20 Round 4 |
After the tiring excitement of the previous day against Manly, the Stags 1st grade team had a new challenge on the Sunday in a T20 contest against Easts. Blair Lindsay performing with the bat after taking 3 wickets Easts had the opportunity to set a total for the Stags to chase, on a pitch which only 24 hours prior had seen 23 wickets fall in a days play. They went about doing so with vigour despite the best efforts of the Stags bowling attack. It seemed the opposition batsmen always had the upper hand, regularly finding the boundary when needed. The Gordon lads were not helped by the fact two of their bowlers succumbed to injuries whilst in the field with Emo dislocating a finger and BG straining his ribs. Blair 'Buffy' Lindsay was the best of the bowlers picking up 3 wickets. Easts finishing with 166 runs from their allotted 20 overs. Gordon started all guns blazing and after two overs, the scoreboard read 1 for 33. A very strong start was not capitalised on with many of the top order throwing their wickets away unnecessarily. Emo was unable to bat and BG was very restricted in his efforts, which did not help the Stags cause. Despite some superb ball striking from Iain 'the Troll' Beverley, the Easts total was out of reach, with Gordon being bowled out in the 18th over, 28 runs adrift. It was a game 1st grade could have won and from the position they were in probably should have. A disappointing end to the T20 campaign, seeing the Stags winless from four attempts after making the semi-finals the year before. Dylan Connell |
1st Grade T20 vs Easts
