Cricket at the Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2

CUHK Cricket Club vs. Sri Lanka Casuals

Sunday October 20 was another glorious day for cricket at the salubrious Sek Kong Grounds, where the CUHK Cricket Club met the not-so-casual Sri Lanka Casuals. We were delighted to see the return of David Gilkes to our side, albeit temporarily.

Batting first, CUHKCC faced the a string of accurate bowlers. Despite this, our batsmen put-up a stiff resistance, captain Pradip Nath showed the way with another sterling performance, scoring 38 not out. He was ably assisted by the spirited batting of David Gilkes (17), David Johns (22), Tony Chung (21), and Andrew Laslett (15). However, we could not match our earlier performance against City University (162 for 2), being all out this time for 139 in 34 overs.

When the Sri Lanka Casuals batted, Andrew Laslett lived up to our expectations with a spell of accurate bowling to capture 3 wickets. However, that could not stop the Sri Lankans from reaching our total in the 19th over.

So, the scores:
CUHKCC : 139 (David Gilkes 17, Paradip Nath 38 not out, David Johns 22, Tony Chung 21, Andrew Laslett 15)


Sri Lanka Casuals : 140 for 4 (Andrew Laslett 3 for 48)

Thanks to Fawzia Braine and Sonya Saunders for keeping the scores, and for all our supporters for turning-up to cheer the side. We hope to see more of you in the future.

We next play the Inter-Varsiy Sixes on Saturday October 26 at Sandy Bay. Play starts at 1.00 PM.

Note: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Cricket Club was dissolved in 2004. New staff from cricket playing countries like England, Australia, India, and Sri Lanka were not joining the university, and the team was losing players every year due to their retirement from the university. In the end, the club did not have enough players to field a team.