Exiles v Strongroom, Honor Oak. 20 June 1999Exiles v Strongroom, Honor Oak. 20 June 1999Several weeks have passed between this match and my report, two of which were spent on holiday in Corfu, so the details may be fuzzy. Therefore I will just give the bare facts and allow the game to reveal itself in in the analysis.
| S O'Connor | Run | Out | 23 |
| G Sneesby | Bowled | Alli | 92 |
| J Booth | Caught Alli | De Bauni | 13 |
| W Holder | Bowled | Davey | 28 |
| A Evans | Caught Mellor | Alli | 16 |
| S Brown | Run | Out | 3 |
| C Evans | Not | Out | 20* |
| E Usman | |||
| P Shorrock | |||
| V Khatri | |||
| S Howard | |||
| Extras 23 | Total | 222 for 6 |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| M Mellor | 8 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| Glover | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Alli | 8 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| A Horne | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| De Bauni | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Davey D | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
Fall of wickets: 23-59-160-191-199-222
Another Exile fails to convert a 90 in a Strongroom game, but Guy must have been very pleased with his return to form after a patchy start to the season. A century partnership with Wayne, good acceleration through the innings culminating in some "Kluseneresque" hitting from new signing Chris Evans, another product of this website,
Stronroom's innings:
| Al | bowled | P Shorrock | 5 |
| Adrian Horne | bowled | E Usman | 14 |
| Peter | bowled | A Evans | 61 |
| Mark Mellor | Ct C Evans | W Holder | 8 |
| Omar | Run | Out | 4 |
| Jamie | Ct P Shorrock | C Evans | 1 |
| David | Bowled | C Evans | 17 |
| Will | Not | Out | 30 |
| Steve | Bowled | Shorrock | 0 |
| Vince Brookes | Bowled | Shorrock | 0 |
| Absent | |||
| Extras 21 | Total | 151 in 30.3 Overs |
The Strongroom manfully kept up with the big asking rate but lost wickets at crucial moments and in spite of fine batting from Peter, and some late heroics from David were never in a threatening position.
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