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Old Record Players won the toss and invited Rowlands to bat on a suspect sunset strip at Bullocksteads. Their bowling proved to be well suited to the conditions and Rowlands were held to a very disappointing 58-8 off 16 overs. Wickets tumbled steadily from the off: Wayne 1, Matt 1, Craig a boundary 4, Roy 5, Peter 4, Ian a duck. Alan then stuck around well for a few overs and scored 14 with two 4s, supported by the resiliant Guy Scholes with 16 not out (3 fours off well selected balls and many dots), after Chad went for 1. James Slater made a start to his Rowlands batting career with 5 not out. Not many runs to defend and Monday's opening strike pair unavailable. The opening bowlers were Bablani 4-0-10-3 and Colin Quiqley 4-1-13-3. Xohaib Shahid then kept up the pressure with 3-0-8-1.
Chad was welcomed back to the team and he opened the bowling to good effect with 12-1 off his first three overs with LBW of Ayan for 1 and denied a confident stumping appeal by Wayne and others. Don bowled a disappointimng over for 11 off and was replaced by Ian who 'Don style' immediately took a wicket, LBW of Bablani for 10. Chad's 4th over was hit for 16 although he had the pleasue of watching Matt perform a splendid man-of-the-match winnnig catch in the deep to dismiss opener Adam Holroyd for 22. Chad completed 4-0-28-2 and Ian 2.3-0-19-1 as the ORP men spun their final shots around the boundary to also take 2 batting points in defiance of the pitch. No points for Rowlands but pointers perhaps for the next game with YAARS!
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