Blues defeat Quidnuncs
Sunday 05 July 2009
CUCC vs Quidnunc CC 28/06/2009
Cambridge University won their final pre-Varsity one day game to beat the Quidnuncs by 3 runs at Fenners. 4 wickets by quick bowler Ruel Brathwaite was the key to the victory os the old Blues failed to chase down a target of 213.
At one stage the ‘Nuncs looked in trouble as openers Chris Grammer and Anand Ashok got off to a cracking start, and with a desperately slow over rate, it was looking like a long day in the field. The introduction of Liam O'Dirscoll stemmed the flow of runs by taking 4 wickets.Chris Grammer top scored for the University with 43 before he was the second to be stumped down the legside off O'Driscoll in as many overs. Tight overs were also provided by Jacklin, Hemingway and Celliers.
In reply, Brathwaite struck early as Hemingway was the first of 5 victims for keeper Ananya Sen. O'Driscoll bolstered his bowling efforts with 63, ably supported by Richard Timms (43). However, wickets fell too regularly for the 'Nuncs and left arm spin from Grammer and Frankie Brown made life very difficult. Braithwaite finished the game off in tremendous style in the last over by uprooting the middle stump as he ran out Matt Austin off his own bowling.
