Hatfield Heath v Hounslow Leisure. 2 innings game of 20 and 30 overs each. HH 110/3 (20ov) and 217/4 (30ov), beat HL 84/7 (20ov) and 78/8 (18.4ov) by 165 runs.
A sorry story of 2 batting collapses in our worse defeat, ever..., only Paul with 30's in each innings showing any resistance as wickets tumbled, losing by a whopping 165 runs with 11.2 overs remaining,
A sunny, cloudless blue Essex sky met the Hounslow Leisure as we arrived for the 11am start. Rick was skip for the day and I don't know if we won the toss or not but we did well to keep HH in check in their first innings, with tight bowling and keen fielding on a sticky and slow wicket, keeping them to just 110. We failed to follow up that performance with the bat, when our turn, falling to 34/5 within 8 overs before Paul, Knobby and Rick dug deep and ground it out to the end of the 20 for a slightly less than half respectable 84.
The wicket by now was drier and HH, in their second innings, went hard from the start, running well, pushing the fielders, and cruised at 7/8 an over throughout the innings, 3 of their chaps retiring on 50. Paul took all 4 wickets. Adding the 26 run deficit, our chase was to be 243 from 30 overs. Not beyond the realms, but it did need Wendel, Swain, Waseem, Steve, Paul, Hardeep, Rick, Ian, Knobby all to fire 2020 mode. Sadly, none really did as HLs season ended on a whimper...all out for 78. It didn't help that due to a communication breakdown our 2 ringers didn't turn up. It would have made a difference. However, poor batting on the day, with 13 scores in single figures, including 5 ducks taking the blame for the defeat. Great hospitality, as always, from HH.
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