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Saturday Third X1 Match Reports
Spencer home on 26th May 2007 in the Surrey Championship Spencer 118 all out in 41.1 overs (K. Dawkins 4-26) Dulwich 69-5 in 29 overs (abandoned with at least 20 overs of 2nd innings completed) Result: Losing draw 1 point
Spencer 3rd XI are a side limited in talent yet full of irritating chat in the field; this makes it particularly annoying that they enjoyed winning draws against us in both fixtures last season. Signs were looking good that that was all set to change when Spencer turned up without their outstanding contributor of last season – their umpire. Things looked even better after Jose won the toss for the 3rd time on the trot, inserted, and former Dulwich player Shak Farooqi ran his opening partner out without facing a ball in the first over with no runs on the board. Thereafter the Dulwich bowlers had it almost all their way. Spencer limped to 55-2 against tight bowling from openers Frankie Howard and Kanak ‘the Legend’ Patel, but their remaining 8 wickets only managed to put on a further 63. There was nothing special in the wicket for the seamers, beyond a slight lack of pace, and this underlined the quality of the Dulwich seam bowling. Keith Dawkins in particular showing exemplary control and making good his pre-match promise to inflict ‘prison-style’ degradation on the Spencer batsmen by returning figures of 4-26. Spencer were bowled out for 118 and things were looking rosy as long as the weather and the Dogs’ nerve held. Spencer declined to take the new ball and opened up with 2 spinners who found their line and length and significant turn straight away. Batting was distinctively uncomfortable; wickets began to fall, the unimaginative irritating chat started up and the drizzle began to set in. Muhammed ‘Barry’ Nauman and Ted Heath tried to loosen the stranglehold exerted by the Spencer spinners with some positive shots (and a rash slog in Ted’s case), but when the drizzle became rain and the game was abandoned the Dogs’ 69-5 off 29 overs was behind the rate and Spencer took the 4 points. Sadly the performance of the day was from a former and not a current Dulwich player with Shak Farooqi scoring a 50 and taking 4 wickets.
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