Well all good things come to end and the boys fell to their first defeat of the tour to a combined island side at the National Stadium in Carriacou. Kirkham's batting didn't deliver and our professional, Marcus Mollinga, failed with the bat for the first time on the tour. Batting first Kirkham lost wickets regularly and were all out for 53. In reply, the islanders knocked off the runs for the loss of only two wickets to win by 8 wickets.
Offical match report:
In their final match of their excursion to Carriacou Kirkham finally met their match as they met a combined schools side consisting of players from the two secondary schools played so far, plus a few extras...
Kirkham failed to apply themselves on a testing wicket livened up by a rainstorm just prior to the start of play and the threat posed by more demanding bowlers. Only Adam Galley (26) made double figures in a pretty dismal performance.
Chasing only 53 the combined schools set about the bowling attack. A wicket by Fraser Burnie and a run out instigated by Adam Galley were the only positive features of a hopeless defence of such a low score. If Kirkham had managed to muster over 100, this could have been a different story, but harsh lessons must be learnt from this defeat as we head back to Grenada for the final three games of the tour.
What a shame but I have to say they must be exhausted, still waiting for some photos???????
ReplyDeleteI agree the boys are tired but no excuses! Still having technical problems as the computers in the hotels are rather old!
ReplyDeleteJust a blip. They'll bounce back in the next match.
ReplyDeleteThey still won the series :)
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