Sunny day clear sky, 24 degrees, a 40-over match. The Valley of Peace won the toss against the Team Boon XI & elected to bat first.
In typical tradition Team Boon had all the field in the slips region. Right from the first ball of the innings, Team Boon’s Welsh had VOP on the back foot with an LBW to start the game off followed by another couple of quick wickets VOP were not many for 3 down until Hugo Davison 35 and Brian Plaskett 18 came together to try set some sort of respectable target with a decent partnership. Ramesh and Jesse also tried to wag the tail leaving VOP a total of 139 all out in 38 overs.
Team Boon came at VOP hard early on in their bat chase also giving plenty of catching chances which VOP were unable to hold on to. VOP tried various bowling options to stop Pullan who ended up playing a good knock of 75 to guide Team Boon to 140 in just 30 overs and only 3 wickets down.
VOP look forward to a rematch next year and definitely eager to get back to winning ways at a new and improved look VOP home ground for this great fixture.
Tim Frickleton
