The Rematch Under Lights

Being the fantastic hosts they were, Sunshine CC made up for the moist tie on Thursday by organising a rematch once the rain had stopped and the strip became playable again. For most of us the first time we had played in pyjamas with a white ball under floodlights.

A better pic of the Sunshine pitch under lights will follow shortly

 The hosts looked to match their off-field prowess with some on-field fireworks but got off to the worst possible start, losing their opener to the first ball of the match - a thick outside edge to Martin off Reuben. But that was the only wobble Sunshine experienced in their split 25-over innings. After a partnership of 104, their big-hitting number 5 came in and smoked 2 sixes and 2 fours to bolster their total to 153 for 4.

In reply, BCC needed 5.8 rpo in their second innings, but lost wickets regularly and stalwarts André and Reuben went cheaply leaving the middle order with a chance to be heroes. But when Aaron fell to a freak piece of fielding - run out having smeared the ball back to the bowler only for him to dive and throw in one movement to find Aaron well short - the task of winning looked decidedly Herculean. Despite decent cameos from Martin and Siva, BCC fell short.

Reuben and Volker get stuck in

The free burgers and 'snags' couldn't soften the blow of losing yet another game, but Volker and Reuben did their best to get their money's worth!

After the feasting, we headed back to the hostel for an early night and a chance to get some much needed rest before the last chance to salvage some cricketing pride from the tour.