Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance
Sunday 12 September 2010

A savage hundred partnership between Angus Bell and Professor Andrew Granville blew away the Alliance’s hopes of victory on Sunday. The Pirates recorded their eighth win of the season, by a whopping 55 runs.

Bell smashed an unbeaten second century for the Pirates, in 52 balls, and Granville clubbed 46 – his highest score for the club. The pair added 107 for the second wicket, including 23 boundaries.

Not renowned for their Twenty20 abilities, the Pirates amassed 182 for 2 in their 20 overs. Only Anish Karyat eluded the suffering of the bowlers, finishing with 4 overs for 21.

In reply, the Alliance lost Marsan in the first over, bowled by an in-swinging brute from Farooq Syed. The Pakistani paceman was in terrifying form, removing fellow opener Karyat in similar fashion.

Levin batted smartly for 44, upercutting over the slips and pulling to the leg side fence. His 50 partnership with Muscles Mazzalupi threatened to pull off the chase of the century. It came to an end when Uncle Sukhdeo removed his sweater and snuck one through the gate.

The wickets were shared around. Wigley produced a rare bouncer, unintentionally, and was threatened to be pulled out the attack by the umpire, only to follow up by finding the outside edge. Savage finally did for Levin, enticing the left-hander from his crease to give Horne his second dismissal. Middleton bowled on the money to put on the squeeze.

The introduction of Phil Roche’s Mr-Left-Arm-Spin further defied the stats. He collected two for 12 – one a blinding left-handed effort by Bell at short midwicket – to bring his left-arm strike rate to 6, and average to 4.

The Alliance ended an excellent all-round tour on 127 for 9 in their 20 overs.

Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance
Sunday 12 September 2010
The Candy Fields, Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Match type: Twenty20
Weather conditions: Michael Fish-esque
Toss won by: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Result: Pirates of the St Lawrence won by 55 runs

Pirates of the St Lawrence Innings

Angus Bell (c) retired not out 101 (15×4, 2×6, 52 balls)
Paddy Mahon ct Mazzalupi b Marsan 4 (1×4, 7 balls)
Andrew Granville ct Levin b Mazzalupi 46 (6×4, 40 balls)
Nick Wigley not out 19 (1×4, 16 balls)
Phil Roche not out 6 (5 balls)
Dan Brodie DNB
Richard Horne (wk) DNB
Farooq Syed DNB
Robert Savage DNB
Roy Middleton DNB
Bhajooram Sukhdeo DNB

Extras 6 (Byes 1, Leg Byes 3, No Balls 0, Wides 2)
Total 182 for 2 in 20 overs

FoW (1-17, 2-124)

Bowling

Marsan 4 overs, 1 wicket, 34 runs
Karyat 4 overs, 0 wickets, 21 runs
Persaud 4 overs, 0 wickets, 40 runs
Francis 4 overs, 0 wickets, 36 runs
Levin 2 overs, 0 wickets, 20 runs
Mazzalupi 2 overs, 1 wicket, 25 runs

Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance Innings

Marsan (wk) b Syed 4 (1×4)
Karyat b Syed 13 (2×4)
Levin st Horne b Savage 44 (5×4)
Saheed ct Horne b Wigley 6
Mazzalupi (wk) b Sukhdeo 28 (5×4)
Francis ct Syed b Granville 5
Martin b Sukhdeo 2
O’Brien ct Brodie b Roche 3
Persaud ct Bell b Roche 1
Anderson (c) not out 5 (1×4)

Extras 16 (Byes 3, Leg Byes 0, No Balls 1, Wides 12)
Total 127 for 9 in 20 overs

Bowling

Farooq Syed 3 overs, 2 wickets, 19 runs
Roy Middleton 4 overs, 0 wickets, 21 runs
Nick Wigley 2 overs, 1 wicket, 9 runs
Robert Savage 4 overs, 1 wicket, 41 runs
Daniel Brodie 2 overs, 0 wickets, 17 runs
Bhajooram Sukhdeo 2 overs, 2 wickets, 15 runs
Phil Roche 2 overs, 2 wickets, 12 runs
Andrew Granville 1 over, 1 wicket, 3 runs