HAVING won the toss, first team captain Vinod Matthew had no hesitation in batting, but must have had doubts when second team opening bowler Milton John got some extra bounce to surprise Joshi Thomas, the batsman unable to get his glove out of the way and Jestus Jerry making a difficult slip catch look easy, Graison John joined Ben Harper, and both looked at ease on the artificial pitch, though Milton John and Anup Menon kept the scoring rate down. Mathur leads feast of batting by Talybont against Aberystwyth 2nds Aberaeron win finely-balanced encounter against Talybont 2nds Six-shooters Bont crowned Aberystwyth League champions Bala Cricket Club: a historic resurgence beckons players of all abilities The change bowling produced an acceleration, though, and Harper’s drives and John’s powerful pulling started to give the fielders food for thought. The pair had put on 122 when John tried to drive Anish Kuriakose immediately after drinks and was bowled.
This brought in the in-form Mohit Mathur, and he immediately started to pierce the infield with ease, his languid elegance belying power with a tremendous six over midwicket. He struck ten 4s and one 6 in a stay of less than 10 overs to get to 53, but left-arm spinner Arun Ravikumar surprised Mathur with a quicker delivery to spear middle stump. With Harper cleverly working the gaps and Phillip Abraham now taking up the attack, the 200 was reached in the 30th over as the onslaught continued.
However, Menon shrewdly brought ba.
