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What
do Essex girls and Cavaliers have in common? Suggestions
to bcrankin@hotmail.com. Thought it'd get everyone reading.
Yes, our third game of the season was in the land of XR2s,
big jewellery and, erm, South Africans. The Cavs came from
the four corners of the UK for this one. The Hat raced down
from Shropshire, Firms, Foster Jnr, and Rankin from Homelands,
Clem from the golf course and Chianti from the confession
box in Harpenden. (Word has it that he's still trying to
exorcise the demons of Minehead 1998). We fielded first
and it wasn't long before Jacques Kallis and co. were getting
stuck in. P Wise, though, struck and early blow and The
Hat dealt the home side a second blow soon after. A run
out throw from the boundary saw their third wicket go down
but, try as we did, we couldn't stop the runs coming and
179/7 was a decent score. Against us. In reply, Rankin got
his toe broken for one run, and we lost our last six wickets
for under 15 runs. In between Wisey hit a nice nifty and
Snr dabbed his way to 45. The match was won and lost in
an instant when Wisey attempted a quick single but failed
to get home. After that the Cavs fell away and apart from
Clem's sweet four the last few overs were painful to watch.
One that got away, was the opinion in the dressing room.
Bring on the Bush.
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