MANDARINS

Both teams took drinks at this junction with the Mandarins at 93 for 5, Healey kept alive the left handers union batting strike by getting out for 0 just like his predecessor, clean bowled by a ball that beat his outside edge and cluttered onto his off stump as he tried to flick one on to the legside. Debutante Ben Ackland-Snow walked in at #8 to the complete ignorance of the Mandarins that he is actually as good as good as the Kiwi - Ben Stokes . Our Ben is a towering figure and there was debate on the sidelines about who could be the tallest Mandarin. Soon the chatter turned into cheers as we saw the ball being plundered to all parts of the ground. Ackland-Snow beautifully struck the ball, stood his ground stoically when called upon by Baxter to go on his dangerous excursions and the shot of the match was the lofted one-bounce boundary over cover. The duo added 61 runs before Ben was out bowled for 26. We were 155 for 7 when Hawkins walked in and Sutton CC crowded his bat with..

Also known as: Mandarins and Sutton CC

Primary location: United Kingdom