23rd May, 2021 | Charlatans | Charlton, SE London
ACME 250/7 (35) lost to Charlatans 253/3 (32.5)
Charlatans dominant on devilish pitch
Charlton House
Editors Note
This week saw ACME begin its annual 'Urban Series' of matches, finally heading into the city-proper after traipsing around the home counties for the past month. The first of the urban duo saw us in South London. SE7, to be precise.
Someone tried to tell me this was Greenwich. I may be from Hammersmith, but even I know that this is the other side of the Blackwall Tunnel Approach and that's like claiming Car Giant is in Fulham. Nice house, regardless.
However, I digress (regular readers should not be surprised by this);
Tom Brown reports;
Grey skies, drizzle falling on an uncovered pitch at Charlton Park. ACME skipper Haris wins the toss and opts to BAT against the Charlatans. Perhaps the element of surprise, maybe unbridled belief in the batting power of the ACME line-up?
It was a tale of two ends for the hosts. Parag bowled with pace and accuracy from the Charlton House end, removing Acme opener Vathsan.
Sandeep and Suva settled in for a fine second-wicket stand. Targeting more profligate bowling at the other end, the pair added 60 off 44 balls.
Sandeep struck eight boundaries and cleared the rope three times to inject early impetus before being bowled by seamer Mandeep whose seven-over spell of 2/35 pegged back the visitors.
Suva accelerated after the loss of Sandeep, reaching three figures with seven fours and seven sixes before a spectacular catch at long-on removed him next ball for 100 off 82 balls.
Haris dug in and shepherded the tale with a gritty 48, leading to a competitive total of 250.
Sheltering from the showers, tea and tiffin from the cafe was much needed.
Charlatans chased a smidge over seven-an-over with opening duo Tom and Asif failing to get an early breakthrough as the top three all passed 50.
A splendid catch in the deep seemed to remove the opener Deepak but bowler Haris clipped the stumps in his follow-through.
The reprieve added to the frustration as ACME dropped a couple of sharp chances before a wonderful diving catch behind the stumps by wicketkeeper Vathsan sparked hope.
The home side's middle order punished the spinners in tricky bowling conditions to get ahead of the required rate. Consolation wickets for Sandeep and Tom were not enough to prevent a seven-wicket defeat.
Next up is a trip to N10 next Sunday to play Palm Tree at Highgate Wood (1pm for a 1:30pm start).
And finally, we may have lost, but as a consolation, here's some video of Suva batting.... to Beethoven.
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