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Sunday 5 June 1994
London Erratics v Evenley
at Evenley
One of these two teams kept its nerve under pressure — guess which
40 overs match
Erratics Captain: Chris Dunabin
Evenley won the toss and elected to bat
| EVENLEY — 162 all out in 39.3 overs
Wallace 3-34, Truscott 3-35, Cheney 2-26, Evans 1-6, Heller 1-28 |
LONDON ERRATICS — 161 for 8 in 40 overs
Khawaja 51, Andrews 41, Long 34 |
Erratics lost by 1 run
NOTES
1. Ten Erratics lined up against a full Evenley team. The Erratics team in full: Andrews, Dunabin, Khawaja, Long, Truscott, Baldwin, Evans, Bush, Wallace, Heller
2. Evenley started well with a first wicket partnership of 37, but the Erratics fought back well. Evenley slumped
from 74 for 5 to 74 for 8. But the ninth wicket partnership exactly doubled the Evenley total. Catches by
John Truscott (off Richard Heller) and by Richard (off Andy Wallace) received oscar nominations.
3. Two early partnerships put the Erratics firmly in the driving seat: 73 for the second wicket between Peter
Andrews and Nasir Khawaja; and 50 for the third between Nasir and Mike Long. By the end of the 37th over,
Mike and John Truscott had taken the score to 151. Three overs left, 12 runs to win, six wickets in hand —
shouldn’t be too difficult ...
The 38th over: disaster, Mike is run out (151 for 4); never mind, here’s Matthew Baldwin and
he’s just whacked a boundary; oh bugger, he’s skied a catch (155 for 5).
The 39th over: Michael Evans is bowled first ball (155 for 6); four balls later Bill Bush is lbw
(155 for 7); last ball of the over, Andy Wallace loses his stumps (155 for 8).
The 40th over: a no-ball, priceless; John hits two; John hits a single to make it 159 for 8 —
four to win off four balls, come on Richard Heller; dot ball; dot ball; dot ball; it’s now or never ...
it’s ...... a two.