On came Tom Gardner, one of our several mystery men. His slow left armers, no spin, just slanting it, went a bit awry early on, but he recovered well, forcing an edge to point. Sadly, Yoda dropped it. Then on came the skipper, Jason “Jase/J” Cardy. He bowled very good as well, taking a fantastic wicket maiden in his spell. Tom also took a wicket, with the same batter playing the same shot as before, but this time, Yoda held on well. After 3 overs each, Tom “Gunny/Gunner” Guntrip, our 2nd mystery man, came on. His first over went well, going for only two. Then on came another mystery man. Dan Torrance, our regular quick spinner. His strange action confused the batters, getting a wicket and going for not much. Then Gunner came on again, but a left-hand/right-hand combo disrupted his rhythm, and he went for 12. Dan than fared little better, his juicy leg side bowling going for 10. Replacing Tom at his end was Luke Casey, a regular big hitting lower order feature. He bowled well to start, but then went for 2 fours by fine leg, our fine leg being short and a bit off the ball. He went for 9. Then came on J. again. He bowled another good over, keeping it tight when we needed it. By then, they needed about 20 off the last 3. They then needed 16 off the last 2 overs, with Yoda coming on and bowling great. A skied shot was unluckily dropped by Gunny at short cover, diving backwards with his weaker left hand. However, he made up for it with some sharp fielding after it, the over going for only about 4.

H. bowled the last over, and it went well, until a four put us on the back foot again. Suddenly, a four was needed off the last ball. Everyone went on the boundary. They then flicked it to Gunny at Mid wicket, where he fielded comfortably and threw it in, the batters runnnig regardless in case of a bad catch by the keeper. That was not the case, and Vale won by one run! A great performance.