Newlands
won the toss and chose to field to a weakened Goodwill
side. The openers looked fairly well set when Mike Allaway
checked his usual follow-through and dollied up a simple
catch. Colin Correa fell to an edge behind soon
after. A promising partnership between Andy Callanan and
Chris Westwood was broken in controversial style when the latter
was bowled by a donkey drop from behind the umpire which
generated a discussion between the umpires as to whether it was
a no ball - consensus was not. Wickets continued to fall
steadily, with a break for a rain shower, before Gareth Hughes
and Darren Westwood put together an attacking 41 for the
eighth wicket. Two quick strikes by the home team
brought the Goodwill Captain to the wicket to assist in another
useful 20 run partnership. 153 was considered a touch
short for such a good batting track.
The
Newlands reply got off to a terrible start as Colin Correa got
the opening batsman caught with the score still on
zero. An excellent and sustained attack by the Goodwill
opening bowler (Correa and Captain Steve Graves), ably assisted
by some tight fielding (particularly the great catch by Darren
Westwood) saw another five wickets fall quickly, leaving the
hosts reeling at 46 for 6. At this point, however, the
lack of depth of the Goodwill attack became apparent and
Newlands fought their way back into the game, with the aid of
some controversial stumping denials. Eventually Newlands
got the total with six overs and three wickets remaining.
