We won the toss and batted on a pitch which the locals said was a little unpredictable but looked pretty tame. The opposition bowling was, for the most part, lacklustre and we made 5 for 294, declared after 35 overs. I was lucky enough to be at the crease when a good friend of mine scored his 100. That was memorable. I fell a little short of 50, making 43. My season has finished with 212 runs at an average of about 30.
We made early breakthroughs in the opposition innings, including a run-out whereby I hit the base of leg stump from a throw from a deepish square leg. My view was obscured by the square leg umpire and so I wondered why my team mates were so excited.
I also picked up a second run out mid-way through the innings. By that time the opposition were playing for a draw. Very boring but we were slowly making progress.
Finally, with just a few overs remaining and two wickets to get I took a catch at a shortish square leg. Our spinner had bowled a loosish ball which the batsman pulled well to go past me. I got my hand to it but it ballooned up forcing me to take a diving catch to recover.
In the end we got their skipper who hand fought most of the afternoon for the draw.
Probably my finest effort in the field over here and I am really pleased as I have had some rubbish form in the fielding while over here but know what I am capable of.
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