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CCC slipped to their first defeat of the league season against an impressive Kingstonian at Percy Main last night.
The home side won the toss and chose to bat. Once again Cliff rose to the occasion, taking 4-25, with Guy taking a wicket and Matthew 2 on his return to first class cricket, restricting Kingstonian to 89-8 from 14 overs.
Such a total should not have troubled CCC, but doubts were sown with the loss of Nick in the first over to the quick left arm seam of Nihalraj. Even Chris struggled to score off this bowler, apart from one sublime pulled four. When he also removed Greg, a decision was taken to play him off, which though done successfully put pressure on CCC to score from the other end.
The loss of Chris, unluckily run out when he lost track of the ball at his crease, meant that the responsibility lay with a set of batsmen who have barely been at the crease this season. The challenge was too much, as on a slow pitch against experienced slow bowlers, Simon, Mudassar, Peter and co were simply unable to maintain the scoring rate. CCC ended on 78-8, taking 3 points against a team who are very likely to challenge for silverware.
CCC 2 Kingstonians 8
Team: Nick, Chris, Greg, Simon E, Mudassar, Peter, David, Matthew, Guy, Cliff, Derek
Cap: Cliff
Duck: Mudassar
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