Two games.. two nail-biters!

Not content with beating the B&D by a single wicket, the Casuals followed up with another 1-wicket victory, this time against Regal, nearly giving even the calmest of onlookers collective heart failure. It all started well enough, for after Floody had won the toss and again put the opposition in, they were suddenly 63-6 in just 14 overs. Good bowling and fielding (not to mention good bowling and fielding changes) made it very hard for any of the Regal batsmen to settle, and when the seventh wicket went down at 86, the game was looking set for an early finish. However, Regal’s Prathik stood out from the rest of his teammates and put together a valuable 61. Only when he was out did the innings finally fold at 158. All Casuals bowlers did well, especially Farhad (5-0-15-2) captain Floody (4-0-8-2) and Adnan (6.2-0-39-3). Regal’s opening bowlers moved the ball all over the place for the first 10 overs, but Casuals batsmen knew that survival and wickets in hand were vital. Openers Lynchy and Rameez dug in, scoring slowly but carefully, to take the score to a satisfactory 33 before Lynchy was out. All of a sudden, a mild panic seemed to set in amongst the Casuals – Adnan and Asif again played useful knocks to support Rameez, but from having the game in the bag at 117-3, nobody else could make double figures and when Rameez was finally out for a truly excellent 74, 17 runs were still needed. The previous game's heroes, Saquib and Omair, fell in quick succession and once again it was left to Floody, again batting himself at 11, to see his team through. “Pressure..? What pressure?” he must have said to himself as he steered a catch skillfully right through a fielder’s hands for the winning single!