Ivor Thurston reporting breathlessly after Bayshill’s stunning victory over Tresco.
Put in to bat, Bays made the worst of possible starts on the artificial strip on the Tresco Oval.
3 of the top four batsmen went for just 3 runs between them, leaving the mighty Bays as deep in doodah as it was possible to imagine. 22/3 of 5.4 overs!
Then something miraculous happened. Rhys Kreuchen, recently engaged and clearly out to impress, put together a partnership not with his betrothed, but with Crazi Horner (virtual pipe smoker no.2). 114 runs amassed between them blew away the Tresco attack pushing the Bays supporters towards a dangerous delirium of dreams that surely couldn’t be dashed.
Horner made 58 and Kreuchen 63 – in thirty years people will say I remember what I was doing when the boys did that.
Whitnell was the pick of Tresco’s bowlers taking 2/16 off strangely just the three.
Bays were in dreamland pretty soon, with Nobster Pierce Cappuccino of serious standing, starting his bowling with a triple wicket maiden. Steve Liley (virtual pipe smoker no.1) taking a catch behind for the first, followed by two clean bowled.
H James held the Tresco team together batting defiantly as wickets tumbled around him. Slowly but surely the overs passed, with Tresco falling further and further behind the run rate.
At the end Tresco were just 30 runs short and the Bays retained the Liley Memorial Cup, which can now reside happily in the House in The Tree for another year!
Most importantly a thrush was spotted on the outfield, cocking a snoop at the pelagic birds with a little low key hopping.
Bayshill 143/4
Horner 58/50 7&1
Kreuchen R 63/45 4&3
Whitnell 3/0/16/2
Tresco 113/7
James 60
Pierce 4/0/12/3
Liley T 4/0/20/2
Kreuchen 4/0/15/1
VanDyke 3/0/22/1
Liley S 2 catches
Liley T 1 catch