VPCCL League Match vs Sky, 25th April 2006, Victoria Park

Night Falls Over The Victoria Park Astrodome
by our occasional correspondent, Chris Skinner

The Fields took a giant step into the, er, dusk, as they entered the Victoria Park Astrodome for the first time to debut in the Victoria Park Community Cricket League. A challenge made all the greater as our first opponents were Sky, one of the leagues strongest sides.

Losing the toss and fielding, we were consistently sent running as their batsmen clubbed the ball around the park. They finished their 12 overs (will be 16 when the light improves) with a massive 150. Sadly, this doesn't reflect the fact that our bowlers did a decent job and that the fielding was of a good standard. Special mentions to Rhod's keeping for preventing at least 20 more extras, Will for taking the first wicket - thanks to a great catch from Jakob, and Lester who took one in his first over for the side, this time Will was the fielder. Robin deserves credit for (just like in the climax of the Bollywood epic Lagaan) taking a great catch on the boundary, only to realise he was stood over the boundary line.

With a massive target to chase, The Fields reached a respectable 84 for 3, with Lester carrying his bat, scoring 33 not out.

It's an incredibly fast paced form of cricket - there's fun to be had and lots of scope to improvise. It seems like a friendly league and we look forward to the next fixture.

Here's the scorecard:

Sky Batting:

150 for 2 off 12 overs

London Fields Bowling:

Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Robin	1	0	13	0	-
Jakob	3	0	33	0	-
Will	3	0	25	1	25
Chris	2	0	30	0	-
Steve D	2	0	31	0	-
Lester	1	0	17	1	17

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London Fields Batting:

Batsman	Scoring	How Out	Bowler	Total
Robin	-	bowled	Hasan	10
Lester	-	not	out	33
Chris	-	bowled	Hasan	0
Jakob	-	caught	Ahmed	9
Will	-	not	out	9
			Extras	23
Total: 84 for 3 in 12 overs