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At Belmont Community Centre on Tuesday CCC seemed to be suffering a hangover from their league cup exit the night before - not literal of course, thanks to the Black Bull, Matfen. Belmonte found themselves racking up 50 odd for 1 in the 5th over and it looked like a long evening was underway. Somehow CCC woke up and tight spells from Ru and Guy put us back in contention so that after 12 overs the home side was 105-4. Nico came back after an interesting first spell to bowl the 13th over and took 3-1, then Matty bowled over number 14 and took an all bowled hat trick to reduce Belmonte to to 110 all out.
CCC's response began as ungainly as the first innings with Nico out first ball and Jared to the fourth leaving us 0-2 after one over. Peter (33) and Alan (35) then batted superbly with a partnership of 60 odd to put us within striking distance. With more than a run a ball still required Zac and Simon hit a few quick boundaries, and Ru and Guy saw us home with some scampered singles. The game finished at 9 in almost pitch darkness.
Special thanks go to Zac and Nicky for completing the XI at short notice. It's doubtful that 9 players would have won on that ground.
Chris, Peter, Jared, Alan, Zac, Simon E, Greg, Ru, Guy, Matty, Nicky
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