Marress vs Scottish Indians 26/05/07

BRAVE MARRESS GET SHOT DOWN BY INDIANS

Yesterday(26/5/07), Marress lost to the table toppers Scottish Indians Cricket Club. In this titanic tussle, Marress under the stewardship of Master David Ingram won the toss, and elected to field (big surprise there!) Looking at the team we were about to face, and getting the scouting reports from chatty (chaitanya), it was thought that Marress would struggle to get anything out of this game. With the normal skipper Capt. Mike Ingram (aka Captain Birds eye) being called up to the 1sts, it was left to David to captain the team, and with Cyril being asked to be the vice-captain for the day.

Marress decided to open their bowling with David and the Muttiah Muralitharan of Marress, that is Chaitanya Mudunuri. The bowling got of to a good start, and Marress had their 1st wicket from the majestic bowling of chatty, with the opener uday returning to the dressing-room for 1. Shortly after this, chatty repeated his previous result, and bowled the Indians Shiva for 5. The questions on everyones mind at this point where:

a) Was there any stopping this bowling spell from chaitanya
and
b) Could David take a wicket and try to repeat his performance from the Bees game?

The answer to question b was duly displayed, when David darted to the wicket, and bowled the Indians Pratap, thanks to the great catch from the fantastic Robbie Fergusson.
In relation to question a- although chatty managed to take another scalp he was running short of overs and one of the indian batman was getting on top of the bowling. At this point, Marress decided to break for drinks, and then decided on a change of bowling, with both Master Ingram and chatty being replaced by James Cooney and Reuben Tauro respectively. Cooneys bowling at times was erratic, however he did get two wickets. Both these wickets came from some superb catches from Reuben, and from Jamie Doolan (who was still feeling the effects of his previous nights escapades),jamie's catch as good as dericks from the week before. Reuben exhibited some magnificent bowling, and produced 3 wickets from 4 overs. It was then left to chaitanya to take the last wicket from the Scottish Indians, which left the visiting team all out for 140 runs. This was a tremendous effort from the Marress side, with both the bowling and fielding being exemplary from all. With Robbie Fergusson displaying some great wicket-keeping, Euan Bennett really has a fight on his hands to get his place back in the side.
With the Indians all out, it was left to Marress to try and win this game. Although 140 may not seem a great total, it has to be remembered that Marress were without their top run-scorer, Mike Ingram and were playing with few rookies.

David decided that the batting should open with Jamie Doolan and Ram. At 4 for no loss, Jamie was bowled by the visiting sides Kiran for 0. Chaitanya then came to the crease, and looked to build a fine partnership with Ram. This they did do and when they were dominating the bowling chatty was crazily ran out for 17 soon after hitting a big six, leaving Marress on 49-2. The game was still in the balance, and it was clear that the visiting side were worried, and felt that the umpiring may have been a tad harsh (although it was evident who set the standards in the first innings). This was quite clearly not the case, with every call being quite clearly correct from Messrs Cooney and Park. David Ingram then came to the crease, and tried to establish a partnership with Ram. Unfortunately, David was caught, after top-edging the ball from the bowling of the visiting sides Kiran for 2. Gary McMeeking then came to the field, and tried to look at boosting the total or Marress. Sadly, Gary was clean bowled for a duck, which left him wandering back to the pavilion, much to the hilarity of his mates at the side of the pitch. Reuben then came into bat, with Marress on 59-4. Reuben was batting with Ram, and both tried to help Irvine towards reaching their total. Sadly, Ram was soon caught for 9, a decision from the umpire that enraged the man, and left Robbie coming into bat. Sadly, Robbie having no sooner entered the arena, had to depart for 0. Cooney then came into the bat with Reuben, and both looked as if they knew what they were doing, before Reuben was run out in an unsporting manner from the bowling of Avinash. The one-dimensional batsmen that is Derrick Park, then entered the arena, and tried to take the game to the Indians with Cooney, before Conney was sent packing. The KP of Marress, Derrick, was then left to try and salvage some pride for Marress. He was left with the tail-enders, Alistair and Callum Graham, two novices to the game. Callum was bowled from Kiran, which left KP trying to assist Alistair, on what to do. Quite surprisingly, Alistair managed to last an over, before he was bowled for o from the bowling of Kiran. Marress were then left all out for 80, with the surprise being Derrick not out for the first time in his illustrious marress career.
Although Marress lost this game, there were a lot of positives to be taken from this game. The fielding performance was of a high standard, with no-one really disgracing themselves. The batting wasn't of a similar standard, but it can be worked on. Next weeks game sees us travelling to Crow Road, with hopefully Mike Ingram and Euan Bennett being available for selection.



Bowling Figures
O M R W
D.Ingram 11 1 40 1
C.Mudunuri 14 1 34 4
J.Cooney 7 0 30 2
R.Tauro 4 0 27 3

Batting Scores

Ram 9
J.Doolan 0
C.Mudunuri 17
D.Ingram 2
G.McMeeking 0
R.Tauro 6
R.Fergusson 0
J.Cooney 2
D.Park 1 n.o.
C.Graham 0
A.Graham 0

Extras 43
Total 80 runs




Thanks,

Derrick