Rain briefly threatened to upset Dodgers' match against South Bank at Turney Road, Dulwich, but after a short delay we embarked on a most enjoyable 18-over encounter against an opposition we know well.
Charlie opened our account alongside Mike, captaining the side in Ralph's absence, but both were contained by some excellent bowling from the Dean brothers. Savan and Dilpreet came next to the crease, with the former playing an important anchor role for almost the entire rest of the innings. He was duly joined by Satya, who raced to an unbeaten 29 with three exceptional sixes, and Abhi, who decided to make his way to this week's retirement in fours. Will and Niket finished off our innings with some crisp boundaries, leaving us with a respectable total of 122 for 4. Not insuperable, but sufficient for us to put up a brave defence.
Abhi and Will launched our attack with their customary accuracy, although South Bank opener Nas showed his ability to hit any ball out of the park when he connected. Satya and John dialled down the pace and turned up the pressure, with Satya dismissing two of the middle order and John bowling the resistant opener in a pleasantly economical spell of 3-0-11-1. Aamir and Niket tightened the screw still further, so that South Bank were soon requiring over 10 an over. Savan delivered the coup de grâce with a smart run-out off his fingertips onto the stumps at the non-striker's end, with the result that we won by a good 14 runs - an excellent team effort in the field, with Charlie strong behind the stumps throughout.
Man of the Match votes: John 5, Abhi 2, Satya 2, Charlie 1
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