Div 1 Match 1: Klemetsrud A vs Aliens
When: 02 MAY 2015
Where: Rommen
Klemetsrud Cricket Club 139/4 (22.5 ov)
Aliens Cricket Club 13/ 10 (32.1 ov)
Klemetsrud Cricket Club - Won by 6 wickets
The 2015 season got underway with Aliens winning the toss and electing to bat on a pretty cold morning. Three month’s of indoor training at the newly built excellent facility at Tvieta did no good, as the alien’s top order fell like nine pins. By the end of the 12th over, the score read 35 for 5 and seemed like sinking further. But a desperate effort from the ever consistent and newly appointed skipper Damon Crawford (53) with handy efforts from Christopher Hinchcliffe (14) and the hard hitting Steve Cluff (33), our blushes. The team crawled to 136. Klementsrud’s medium pacers did find their line and length’s spot on with the 17 year old Junaid Sheikh worthy of a special mention having figures of 7-0-19-2.
Having set Klementsrud a target of 137 off 35 overs, the aliens started of their defense in fine fashion, drawing first blood with the score on 38. But none of the other bowlers supported Steve Cluff, who at the other end was pretty impeccable with his lines. Klementsrud won it easily with 6 wickets in hand and 13 overs to spare. The positive thing for Alien’s though, was their skipper’s form, who looked pretty good for the remainder of the season.