London Maccabi Vale 2nd cruised to a 10-wicket victory as they demolished London Marshes Select at Chaseville CC.
After moving the stumps to and fro between two very unkempt wickets, the LMS captain decided on using the least dusty of the pitches. With LMV bowling first,it was obvious from the first ball that a) the wicket was poor and b) the opposition were even poorer.
An early wicket for Jonathan Freedman followed by several overs of stalemate as LMV bowled accurately and LMS defended obdurately. With the score on 35-3 at the drinks break LMV expected some type of acceleration from LMS but in the end it turned into a procession of wickets as all the bowlers bowled very tidily.
Chief wicket taker turned out to be David Marks, making his debut for the season in a brand new pair of hiking boots. To be fair his first two overs warranted him going for a walk a long way from the ground. However following a particular feisty talking to by the captain, which consisted of two words, no not those two, "too slow", a now inspired Marksy quickly got into his stride.
