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Match Reports

Saturday 5th July 2003

Dulwich 2nd XI vs. Egham

Result: Egham Win

Egham 148 for 9 (55 overs) and Dulwich 135 all out (43.2 overs)

In a week where the form guide was turned on its head (with none of the top five teams able to claim more than a point), Dulwich's defeat away to Egham proved less of a dent to their title ambitions than originally feared. In fact, with previously unbeaten Cheam and 3rd placed Warlingham both losing to sides they have comfortably beaten, 2nd place Dulwich can take heart from the weekend's scorelines. However, this was another game they could well have won.

Having taken in most of Surrey's A roads and tourist attractions en route to the ground, skipper Shaq Farooqi won the toss by proxy and elected to field. With the ball moving sharply off the green pitch, but only beating both bat and diving hands, Shaq turned to his old swingers, Steve 'Sinatra' Hale and James 'Dean Martin' Hemmings to break the opening stand of 63. The Rat Pack instantly hit a groove and laid down some seriously untouchable swing. Sammy Davis Farooqi conducted from the slips while the rest of his band played around the swingers with energy and precision (a shame young trumpeter Lawrence Bernhard played bum note of the season so early in the set then). That didn't matter though, Ol' Blue Eyes and Dino had removed the top order, having a double each - on the rocks, of course. But times have changed and new beats been discovered. For the modern game you need the latest sounds - the soundtrack of today's youth. Farooqi turned to the Dulwich jukebox and selected David 'Pace Idol' Gritton. 5 wickets with a hat trick duly followed and Egham were restricted to 148 after a solid performance in the field.

Then came the batting and it all went a bit Milli Vanilli. In fairness, the Egham attack played a far meaner tune than their batting, but other than Dan 'Blazin' Squad' Colquhoun's stylish 63, the batsmen were all caught miming to tunes they couldn't sing. Dulwich were dismissed 13 runs short of victory. Egham applauded the decision to never give up chasing the total and attempt to reclaim the #1 spot - a decision Dulwich may have rued if results elsewhere hadn't been so favourable. It's home to Brook next week. May we be more Weezer than The Wurzels, more Richard Ashcroft than Rick Astley, more David Gray than Hasslehoff, more Charlie Mingus than Chesney Hawkes ...

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