London Erratics Cricket Club

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1. The Erratics team in full: Rivington, Dunabin, Miliband, Khawaja, Meller, Evans, Bush, Neal, Parsley M, Heller, Middleton G
2. Partnerships of 56 for the second wicket and 52 for the sixth helped Great Milton post a testing target. The middle over of Martin Parsley’s three-over spell featured two wides and two wickets. The final total could have been even bigger if Giles Middleton and Richard Heller hadn’t returned to the attack and taken the last three wickets for just a couple of runs.
3. Chris Dunabin perished second ball to make it 0 for 1. But the next two partnerships were much more profitable. James Rivington and David Miliband put on 54, and then David and Nasir Khawaja put on another 53. Felix Meller hung around while Nasir advanced the score, and all was looking pretty rosy. A target of four and a half an over off the last twelve overs, with seven wickets in hand? — very gettable. Then N Cotterell came back for his second spell ...
Cotterell’s first over: Felix is caught (127 for 4). In the next over from the other end, Nasir is stumped off the last ball (131 for 5).
Cotterell’s second over: Michael Evans is caught and bowled, then Matthew Neal is caught second ball — double-wicket maiden (131 for 7).
Cotterell’s third over: Bill Bush is bowled (134 for 8).
Cotterell’s fourth over: Martin Parsley is bowled — wicket maiden (140 for 9).
Cotterell’s fifth over: a maiden. The next over from the other end is a maiden too. Just two overs left to block out, can we escape?
Cotterell’s sixth over: second ball, Richard Heller is caught, the Erratics have crashed to defeat, and Cotterell has dazzling figures in his second spell of 5.2 overs, 3 maidens, 3 runs, 6 wickets.