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Sunday 15 June 2008
The Chris Tarrant Lord's Taverners XI v Fly Emirates XI, Windsor CastleMatch Report
2008 EMIRATES TROPHY
32-Overs Match at St George’s School, Windsor on 15 June 2008.
Result: LORD’S TAVERNERS won by seven wickets.
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Defying a gloomy weather forecast and a losing record of 8-3 in these fixtures, the Taverners gained their first home win in this series and by the substantial margin of seven wickets.
Warmed first by champagne and conversation with our Twelfth Man in the Housemaster’s Garden at St George’s School, and secondly by a substantial feast emblazoned by speeches from Taverner’s President Bill Tidy and Emirate Airlines Executive Vice-Chairman Maurice Flanagan, the players took the field for a 32-over game in unexpected sunshine.
As the first Lord’s Taverners captain to have an attack featuring three pace bowlers with a tally of 692 victims from 174 Tests, Vince Wells could not resist inviting the Emirates to bat. The artificial pitch produced some alarming, albeit slow varieties of bounce but this was counteracted by a Kookaburra ball that softened after only eight overs. Thus, although the triumvirate of Devon Malcolm, Allan Donald and Andrew Caddick claimed five wickets, they did so at a cost of 5.89 runs per over.
After a third-wicket stand of 71 between experienced UAE internationals Arshad Ali and Khurran Khan, Chris Tarrant’s tall son, Toby, stole the limelight by taking a wicket with his first ball. Currently opening the bowling for Reed’s School in Surrey, he impressed with his accuracy and finished with 2 for 23 off 3 overs. A rumbustious 60 off 45 balls with four sixes and five fours by their captain, the lofty Javed Ismail, took the visitors to a challenging total of 164.
Ian Westwood (25), currently skippering Warwickshire while Darren Maddy recovers from a fractured thumb, immediately launched a spectacular Taverners assault on this target. His superb strokeplay produced 75 runs off just 36 balls, three of his five sixes coming off successive seamers from Arshad Ali, and made him an obvious selection for the match award. With Neal Radford (42 not out) in staunch support but cleverly manoeuvring the strike, the hosts raced to victory with more than nine overs to spare.
For the first time Cricket Manager Roger Oakley was able to transport the treasured Silver Dhow to Taverners’ Towers.
Bill Frindall
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