Kai Tak Vs St Georges, Mission Rd

St Georges 233 / 7

Kai Tak 147.

 

Another revamped side took on lowly St.Georges at Mission Road on Saturday 2nd December.
Another half decent performance would see us continuing our climb up the league ladder seeing as St.Georges had only won one game this season.
As happens pretty much every league season we let ourselves down with availability and lack of continuity.
We lost the toss and from that point it was all downhill. The Tak could only muster 10 men for the day which is a gift of 20 or more runs from the outset, especially in 35 over cricket.
Our bowling lacked penetration and along with about 30 wides St.Georges made hay getting away with the most absurd shots ever seen on a cricket field with drop catches putting the icing on the cake. The pick of the bowling was Belcastro picking up 3 wickets as well as Rick Symington steadily improving throughout the day to pick up 2 wickets.
St.Georges ended up on a respectable total of 233 for 8.
 
Bowling figures:
 
Belcastro: 10 overs 3 wkts for 49 runs
Gordon: 3 overs 0 wkts for 23 runs
Patidar: 5 overs 0 wkts for 32 runs
Symington: 6 overs 2 wkts for 14 runs
Ward: 6 overs 1 wkt for 32 runs
Hawke: 7 overs 1 wkt for 46 runs
 
Before you all get excited and wonder why Symington wasn't bowled more, no wides were attributed to him by the opposition scorers and he did bowl a few, nevertheless his second spell was very good.
The target was not that imposing, it was Mission Road and to be honest the opposition bowling was very average so a good start with the bat should see us on our way.
St.Georges only needed to get 9 wickets to win and we decided to help them along by gifting 5 catches, 1 stumping and and 3 bowled. Very irresponsible batting cost us dearly and there is not much more to say. Kai Tak were absolutely thumped being bowled out( not even claiming a batting point) for 147 runs and therefore losing the game by 86 runs.
 
It happens and we move on. We cannot afford any more soft losses, league standing is what counts and we are not helping ourselves by these careless losses. 210 all out chasing 233, I can live with that, 147 all out.........not good!!!!
 
Anyway let's lift it for the next game, HK Under 19's again at Mission Road on Saturday 9th December. Team list will be out tomorrow as I'm off to London in the evening.
 
Best Regards,
 
Tiku