Captains Report (Crow Road v Marress)

This was a match that had the expectancy of an all time great performance. The team line suggested that this was probably the strongest 2nd Team that Irvine had put on the field in over 3 years.
Could the Marress men live up to the expectations that were talked about during the week's practise sessions.
The day started off with the weather being very unpredictable, a few light showers during the morning time and then it began to brighten up as the morning developed.
The game thankfully was on. And off set the Marress team.
On arrival at GHK everything seemed fine, at 12.55pm the Captain was frantically on the phone to Messr's (Reuban, Bennett, Ram & Sachin) somehow none of them could find the biggest Sports complex in Glasgow(even with sat nav). After a few sharp words & directions from the local lad (Ronnie Gilliland) the 4 of them arrived just before start time.(Phew!)
The Captains made the toss and Mike Ingram won (3rd time in a row) and elected to field first.

The Marress men entered the field eventually, and the game began with Mike Ingram opening the bowling along with Josh Conway. The opening spell had limited success and the Crow Road team were slightly on top, although runs were quite hard to come by.
Eventually Mike Ingram made the break through and had the middle stump ripped from the ground and the Crow Road opener was on his way. Very quickly after that Mike had the next man out with a piece of brilliant fielding. The batsmen thumped a shot from his bowling and must have thought it would get past the diving Mike Ingram's left hand.(obviously looks are deceiving and Mike flung himself to his left like Petr Cech, grabbed the ball and threw it like a bullet to keeper Euan Bennett and the batsmen was on his way).
The game then went through a dull period where not a lot was happening(the squirrell was sleeping, so much so that Ronnie Gilliland had to wake him up under the rugby posts), it was the time of the match in which both teams were searching to gain the initiative. At this point commeth the hour, commeth the man (Dr. Chaitanya Mudunuri) After a few different bowling changes the captain turned to the Dr. to make something happen. And happen it did, unless you were their to witness it yourself, you wouldn't believe it. Chatty gave one of the best bowling displays ever seen in the 2nd Team. He ripped the heart, lungs and soul out of the opposition and had them all back in the pavilion for 111 all out. With figures of 14.2 overs 7 wkts for 21 runs (fantastic).

This brought the interval and as the Marress men left the field they were very buoyant, but not over confident. The team went for a well earned break and to settle down to a cup of tea and a few sarnies/cakes etc.
Unbelievably as we all arrived at the table for a bite to eat, we quickly realised that (Gordon Ramsey had not been at the GHK kitchen) and had to be very quick to grab one of the door wedges(sandwich) and if you were like grease lightning you might get a biscuit. We all squabbled to see who would get the last sandwich and kit kat and then tried to force it down without so much as a cup of tea. (thank you for the delights GHK).
Never the less, we departed from the room (I would like to call it a dining room, but you need to be dined to call it that). and began preparation for the 2nd innings.
Captain Mike Ingram took the fight to the Crow's along with Euan Bennett. Sadly Bennett was bowled early doors and this introduced the Man of the Match the Dr.
Together with Mike they put on a partnership of 60 and were cruising to victory when the Dr. was given LBW by his ex best pal James Cooney. The Dr. departed and this introduced David Ingram. A few cautionary words by the skipper as he entered the arena and obviously this meant nothing as David tried to knock the ball out of the ground first ball. Luckily the delivery was not on target and he was given a rollicking by the skipper to sort his batting style out.
From that moment onwards Mike Ingram took control of the match and dispatched all the bowlers around the ground, which took the team within sight of victory.
With a momentary loss of concentration, Mike was given LBW with only 3 runs required for victory. Josh Conway was ecstatic at the opportunity to finished the match and he did so in style with a fantastic top edge for 4.
A very well polished performance, which will be hard to match in the coming weeks. A lot of the players will be promoted to the first team next week and this will require the need for the remaining players to continue the excellent work.
Well Done

SCOREBOARD

crow road batting
G.Smillie....lbw C.Mudunuri..18
A.Rixon......b M.Ingram......16
M.Hussain....run out..........1
B.Hussain....b C.Mudunuri.....1
H.Livingstone.b C.Mudunuri....0
I.Thompson....not out........18
J.McGrath.....b C.Mudunuri...5
S.Alcock.ct E.Benett b R.Tauro.13
G.Reid........b C.Mudunuri...0
R.Iqbal......lbw C.Mudunuri..0
D.Tate.......b C.Mudunuri....3
...total..111 allout in 41.2 overs

MARRESS bowling
..............O....M..R...W
M.Ingram.....9....3..23..1
J.Conway.....6....2..17..0
C.Mudunuri..14.2..4..21..7
D.Ingram.....7....1..22..0
R.Tauro......5....1..19..1

Marress batting

M.Ingram...lbw b.hussain..57
E.Bennett..b G.Reid.......0
C.Mudunuri..lbw G.Reid....29
D.Ingram....not out.......10
J.Conway....not out.......5
....total..115 for 3 in 22 overs