 257 not enough down Chatswood way.
Second grade turned up to Chatswood, and were a little bit surprised at how dry and white the wicket was after a week of rain.BG won the toss and decided to bat. Jordie 'missy junior' Liddle and Logan 'manly' Weston opened up and things started smoothly with singles and boundaries flowing freely from both batsmen.
Weston was first dismissed for 23 with the score on 62, which allowed Jordie and newcomer Nick Dowsley to continue to push the score along with Jordie passing 50 before being bamboozled by the Wests offie being caught and bowled.
Jordan Liddle driving through the covers.
BG suffered the same fate soon after and all of a sudden there were a few nerves in our camp, especially when Dowsley was caught at mid wicket for a well compiled 36. This brought Henry Carmichael and Brett Rosen together who batted well and pushed the score to 191 despite numerous attempts to run each other out, before Henry was caught chasing quick runs. Brett continued to score freely while wickets fell at the other end, and was ably supported by Kurt 'Blacktown male model' Roughley who scored 24 including a very classy lofted cover drive, before he also perished in the quest for quick runs. Eventually Brett was dismissed for 59 which was vital in lifting us to a higher total than we may have expected at one point. The fall of Brett brought together Adair Durie or 'fluffy' as he is affectionately known to the wine club and James 'Hernandez' Campbell who combined well to pinch some quick singles as the Wests bowlers made the rookie mistake of bowling on James's legs which to those who know him is the one place you should never bowl. The innings finished with a bang as Adair deposited the ball straight back over the bowlers head onto fingers hill for possibly the shot of the day and Adair's career, leaving us all quietly confident with 257 on the board.
Adair and James opened up and it was Adair who struck early with the 6th ball of the first over, which happened to be a knee high full toss that found its way between bat and pad thus knocking middle stump out of the ground.
Adair struck in the first over.
James bowled well to the other opener who rode his luck a little on the way to 114 not out. While it may not have been the most elegant batting display seen at Chatswood, he did what none of the Gordon bats could do and batted right until the close of the Wests innings. His mate at the other end looked a little more solid, before he was struck in the head by a shot from his partner and retired hurt. This unusual exit gave the Gordon boys a sniff especially when Chad dismissed the new batsmen LBW for a second ball duck, but all hopes were soon lost as the opener struck consecutive boundaries as Wests cruised to 259 for 3.
Seconds will be looking for a big turnout at training this week as we know we are capable of beating any team in the second grade comp but are yet to put in consecutive solid efforts.
  
Brett Rosen goes over the top, Jordan celebrates his 50 while Nick cuts aggresively
Logan Weston
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