Meadows misery as 3s get mauled by Morton

In what proved to be a dark day for the Cross with a trio of disappointing defeats, the 3s were simply outdone by promotion candidates Morton at the Meadows.

A partnership of 102 from Sri Lankan pair Aron & Vaaj saw Morton post a tough target of 248 at the end of an innings that started off well for Cross when Bell was caught by Nevin from a Geddes delivery in the 3rd over.

Geddes claimed the wicket of Farrell with the hosts on 38 and when Turton nicked Jones' delivery to the juggling McGill (what, haven't you heard about the athletic dive & control yet?) 70 for 3 seemed like a great start.

Martin went for a duck on 86 then Ellis pushed Tuarangaraj into Captain Ken's gloves as the century was posted on the scoreboard at the end of the 26th over. So, half of the order back on the boundary and at 100-5, the thought of an early tea sounded appetising!

What followed must have been great to watch - just not from inside the boundary if you were the fielding side!

Aron & Vaaj knocked up a 102 partnership off 46 balls inflicting pain on the bowlers and tiredness upon the fielders having to run to collect the ball from various parts of the Meadows!

Tea was had and the Cross were in bat, looking for Ken and Mike to take the game to Morton's bowlers.



Teegarden & Farrell were both economical in their bowling as the opening pair looked to chase a formidable total on a useful wicket. Nevin produced a fine display, reaching 38 before being bowled by Vaas - a decent partnership of 54 with his Captain.



Ken went for 18, Ellis for 12 and CoCo for 6 leaving the Cross looking at salvaging pride in whatever batting points they could aquire. Geddes, Williamson & Jones ALL went for ducks to Teegarden in the American's 7th over leaving a tail looking unlikely to threaten the Morton total.




However, credit should be given where credit is due! None of the final 4 batsmen sold themselves for no runs, with Robertson (7), McIntosh (3), Brown (2) and Michael from the Rugby Club (1) all putting vital runs on the board despite the lone piper in the park trying to pollute everyone's ears with his tuneless drivel!



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