Quokkas 266-4 (Faggie 100no, Irfan 68, Rashid 38, Marcus 26) beat Croxley Guild 232-9 (Faggie 3-16, Irfan 3-20)
Perhaps the most important prerequisite of writing a quality Quokkas match report is witnessing the encounter. Watching others play the game is perhaps my strong point, but this year eve doing that is proving challenging. This week my vantage point was supping gin and tonics on a sunbed at Profs villa in Majorca. When Paolo is batting, that is perhaps the best seat in the house, but when trying to offer you some insight into the game it is unhelpful. All I can offer you is that there was no shortage of runs but there was a lack of sausage sizzle. Depending on whether you were scoring an unbeaten century as Faggie was, or hankering for hot dog like Radio will determine how much you enjoyed this game.
Going by the scorebook, we batted first. Faggie was obviously skipper. Initially it looked a poor decision as Ali was out second over for a duck. But Irfan and Faggie then put on a century partnership before Irfan was out caught and bowled. Rashid and Faggie then put on another century partnership. Faggie retired, Rashid was out and then Umair and Marcus added another 40 odd. Outstanding batting performance.
I’ve no idea the quality of the teas or the topic of the day, but I can recommend a few places to partake in a menu del dia should you visit Majorca. I’m on my third glass of ‘driving wine’ as I type this out, so am excited to learn how the bowling went.
In Evils Dave’s case, badly by the looks of things as he went for 60 from his six overs, but he did take the all important first wicket. Marcos faired a little better, but our opponents did make a hundred before Ali took a wicket. 38 more runs were added before 4 wickets fell for no runs. Irfan and Faggie sharing the spoils and ripping the heart out of the Croxley middle order. They did rally, but third wickets for Irfan and Faggie, a run out and a wicket from the Egg sealed the victory. Tremendous.
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Note to self: appoint new match report writer at the AGM.