Adam Robinson and Julian Worthington were the stars of the show as Oakley ran out winners in a rain affected game that wasn’t short on controversy…The tension the drama, the buzz, it was all happening.
The Oaks were put into bat and Adam Robinson began cautiously, smearing the first delivery for six into cow corner to set the tone on a day where he rode his luck with a flurry of sixes, some which should land around about Tuesday or Wednesday.
Cricket is often a game of injustice and it is quite remarkable that club chairman, Bob Lethaby, who plays with utter class and grace, has a high score of just 36 NOT OUT compiled over two and a half painful hours, whilst Adam can fluke his way to 141 in approximately twenty minutes.
Makes you sick it does.
Anyway, at the other end, the smiling assassin, Julian Worthington, was also making steady progress and it wasn’t to long before he passed the 50 mark as a willing onlooker to the carnage being unleashed at the other end.
Julian was eventually caught on 84 and the partnership of 234 was the highest by an Oakley opening pair since the 350 put on by Steve Savage and Gordon Scott last summer against Hook in the Guy Jewell Cup Final at Mays Bounty.
Julian and Adam: 234 Partnership
The game then descended into chaos as the rain came down, meaning the the umpires had to get the calculators out and check the rule book that, by sheer coincidence, was written by the worlds most pedantic man…An evening with him would surely result in a short walk in the woods with a revolver.
Anyway, luckily for the Oaks, Over Wallop just wanted to finish the game and after some hefty blows to the Oakley attack the wickets fell, with Clive Welsman being the pick of the bunch picking up three wickets as the light faded and the rain continued to threaten.
So another great points haul for the Oaks as they maintain their position at the top of the league, a big well done to all, as well as opposition captain, Paul Cullen and the other players from Wallop, who were willing to get the game done when they could have easily escaped with a ‘No result’ because of the conditions.
Up the Oaks!