Hustlers lose opening game

Hustlers 2 managed to put in a bad low key performance against Vikings CC in round 1 of the SFSCL and were well and truly beaten by the better side on the day.

Hustlers won the toss and put Vikings into bat first but were soon regretting their decision as Vikings scored all too quickly early on by some wayward bowling by the Hustler bowling attack.

Inquest time

At the break Vikings were at 74 after 13 overs.

The second half of the innings see a better bowling effort to restrict Vikings to 154 for 9.

The Hustler innings started off badly with Chris and Ravi out early followed by John, Mike and Basil. A flurry of middle order wickets saw Hustlers struggle to come to terms with the energetic Vikings side as they outbatted, outfielded, and eventually outbowled the Hustler team and were deserving of their victory.

Hustlers were all out in the 18th over for 94 in what turned out to be their worst batting performance for some 3 seasons.

The autopsy conducted after the game was made and generally it was all agreed that the batsmen all failed and took the blame for showing no application or fighting qualities needed in a run chase.

Next week we hope for a better improvement on our flat performance against Miami Royals in round 2 at the Yard once again.