Schoolboys dominate Blues at Fenner's
Thursday 24 June 2010
It was the schoolboys of the Cowdrey XI who taught the Blues a cricketing lesson on Monday, running out convincing winners by five wickets at Fenner’s.
Batting first Cambridge failed to capitalise on a positive start and became completely becalmed in the middle overs against the accurate left-arm spin of Leith and Cowdrey. Of the top order only it was only really Ashok (36) who made a significant contribution, with successive batsmen finding ever more elaborate methods of discarding their wickets. It looked as if the Blues might suffer total embarrassment when skipper Ansari departed to leave the score at 107-6, but a dogged vigil from Frankie Brown (41), ably supported by Goodwin and Taylor, edged the target over 200. This effort was soon put into perspective, however, as the opposition top three of Vanderspar, Elliott and Cowdrey set about the Cambridge bowling. Particularly impressive was Captain Elliott, who, after making just 3 off his first 17 deliveries, proceeded to blast the next 19 he received for no less than 48, including three big sixes. Indeed at 195-1 it looked as if the schoolboys would record a comprehensive 9-wicket victory, and it was only the late introduction of the part-time spin of Ansari (2-11) and Timms (2-25) that to some extent saved face.
With the one-day Varsity Match at Lord’s less than two weeks away, the Blues have much to work on ahead of the final warm-up game against the Quidnuncs on Sunday.
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