Arden Taverners end tour on a winnings note


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ARDEN TAVERNERS END TOUR ON A WINNING NOTE.

With dull skies and persistent rain in the latter stages of the game, Arden Taverners rounded off their three match tour on the Rock with a comprehensive victory against a weakened GCA Selection on Tuesday to finally bring the 2006 cricket season to an end.

Taverners’ batsmen score heavily.

The Taverners won the toss, chose to bat first, and after the loss of an early wicket Matthew Lunn and Phil Dawes set about a moderate local attack, putting on 80 runs for the second wicket before the latter was caught behind by stand-in wicket-keeper, Andrew Chipolina, for 44. This brought Jonathan Hartley to the crease and a ferocious assault ensued against some loose bowling and even poorer fielding, 94 runs coming in just thirteen overs, before Rudi Phillips trapped Lunn leg before for 70. A heavy shower interrupted proceedings for a while but on resumption Hartley raced on to his half century, eventually reaching 66 before falling to one of three catches by George Shacaluga. Contributions of 24 by John Brookes and 26 not out by Chris Smith enabled the Taverners to reach a total of 253/5 in their allotted forty overs. For the local selection Steve Martin returned figures of 2/43.

Local Selection offer poor resistance.

The local selection struggled from the outset, losing wickets at regular intervals, the one bright spot in their innings being fourteen-year-old Scott Chipolina, who opened the innings and carried his bat for 41. The whole side was dismissed for 120 in 36.1 overs. James Smith took 2/20 for the Taverners.