Match report 24 August 2009

A highly competitive 4v4 tonight.

With a team as packed with talent and spirit as the bibbed ones Chris, Rory, Jason and Paul, it would have been a brave man that would have predicted that they could be tamed.

Yet, step forward newcomer James, Luke, Andrew and Danny who linked as naturally as a horse and carriage, and played with the determination of a Bert Trautman injected with adrenalin.

The game came hot on the heels of the Ashes victory for England and more than one player remarked that the stats would probably have favoured the bibbed ones just as they did with Ponting's men.

Many people staked strong claims for man of the match - Luke and Andrew were like Alan Mullery and Jimmy Greenhoff; the former effective in defence and attack and the latter combining style and flair in attack, finding space and cutting through the opposition like a samurai sword through some Flora that's been left in the sun, but man of the match goes to James who showed a great footballing brain, a lethal pass, and beautifully turned defence into attack.