On en overcast day Södermalm CC Travelled to the far north of Stockholm to take on 4th place Upplandsbro CC. Winning the toss and electing to bowl was the decision of the day.
Sean Logan became the first South African in the club to obtain the beloved “Baggy Blue”. He was the cap 7 for the club and he was presented with it by club stalwart Andrew “guru” Smith.
After Smithy’s long and uplifting teary eyed speech the players took the field. It was immediately from the outset the opposition was in trouble and unable the handle the pace and swing of söders dominating left arm opening combination.
The movement, line and length was unplayable. After 3 overs the score was 4-10 with a catch going down to give the batsman a chance to make a game of it.
Joel Burnell claimed his 5th wicket in his 4th over putting the home team at 5-16 and becoming only the second player in the club to do so, after the Condor. Joel finish with figures 5-20 whilst newly capped Sean Logan a sharp 0-15.
Captain Kingsley brought on impact bowler Daniel Jordan who took of where Joel had finished. immediately into the action Jordo was looking a club second hat trick on only his 4th ball. There was abuzz around the players as the all come in close for a catch. with 4 slips in place it was a dot ball thru to the keeper.
Finishing the over with 2-0 off 1. Jordo was supported by the fiery and wild Alex Tesdorf. Tesslars pace was too hot not only for the batsman but himself. He was unplayable, batsman only scoring of his 5 wides finishing up with figures of 2-5 off 2.0.
The condor came on the clean up the last batsman with the score on 42. off 11.3 overs.
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Söder lost 2 early wickets to give Upplandsbro CC a glimmer of hope. however after the protest against thirdly dismissed batsman, Sam “big Blue” Austin, for poor uniform and incorrect thigh pad application, it was all over.
Ned hall and “Tip rat” Murphy remained unbeaten and steer the blue cappers to an anstounding thrashing victory chasing the 43 run in 5.4 overs
Södermalm CC now sit in 4th place with 3 wins and 2 losses. Those 2 losses coming off the last last ball of the innings.
Post match drink were enjoyed at Willis Pub and subsidized by the club legend “Guru”.
Next game is September 1st at home against 3rd placed Stockholm titan gladiators captained by Imran khan. Hopefully we can continue our form.
