Cricket

St Paul’s won the toss and elected to bat on Saturday, 20th February in their match against Cambridge.   St Paul’s found themselves two wickets down early on.  However, the ship was steadied thanks to good knocks by Martin Kerr and Andrew McPherson.  The pick of the batsmen was Freddie Walker who compiled a controlled half century, ably supported by Andrew Collie.  A number of the St Paul’s batsmen were guilty of giving their wicket away through injudicious shot selection on the slow wicket.  However, St Paul’s compiled a solid 225 all out just short of their allotted 40 overs.

Thanks to some excellent opening bowling and superb catching and fielding, Cambridge never had a hope.  Navdeesh Singh-Thandi, with four wickets and Jason Coventry with three wickets, along with an excellent run-out, saw Cambridge slump to 23 for 8.  Some hitting and hoping from the last two wickets added a few runs but they were eventually bowled out for 53.