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Dark practice  He done no wrong: Hosking taps the ball away from his wicket, only to be given out hit ball twice Crock of gold: Out of darkness came light -- but not enough to finish the game You won't find it down there: P Barrass searches for inspiration after an airy miss Slow game. It rained, got dark, match abandoned. Paul Hosking was given out hit ball twice, but shouldn't have been, because he was only defending his wicket in accordance with Rule 34.3:  "Solely to guard his wicket and before the ball has been touched by a fielder, the striker may lawfully strike the ball more than once with his bat or with any part of his person other than a hand not holding the bat." Personally, I blame the umpires...  Click here to see in living motion of how Hosking reacted when his mighty vengeance reaped a Martians wicket  (will take a couple of minutes to load on a slow connection) And here's a pic of MAN OF THE MATCH Jim Thornhill. He retired on 50 not out and caught a super-soaraway ball off his own bowling in near darkness. Good thing he wasn't wearing his glasses. Bare chest: Thornhill shows where he caught the ball others would have missed (picture taken with Night Vision) Back to top of page

Old Fallopians

	How out	Bowler	Runs	Sixes	Fours
Jim Thornhill	retired		50	2	4
Philip Barrass	ct & bowled	Bohla	28		4
Paul Hosking	hit ball twice*	Chris	6
Jonathan Stebbins	not out		30		6
Tim Castle	not out		9		1
Extras (nb 1, w 2, b 1, lb 6)			10
Total			133
Progress: 28-0 (4 overs), 52-1 (8), 103-2 (12), 132-2 (14)
Nick Clarke, Fred Barrass, Colin Muir did not bat
* But shouldn't have been given out

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Hall	2	0	15	0
Bohla	4	0	15	1
Chris	4	0	35	1
Ru	3	0	48	0
Zuber	1	0	9	0

Martians

	How out	Bowler	Runs	Sixes	Fours
Stan	not out		25		4
Zuber	bowled	Hosking	42	1	7
Bohla	ct & bowled	Thornhill	17	1	2
Alan	bowled	Stebbins	0
Ayoub	not out		0
Extras (nb 1, w 4)			5
Total			89

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
F Barrass	1	0	9	0
Clarke	1	0	20	0
Castle	2	0	18	0
Hosking	2	0	17	1
Stebbins	2	0	12	1
Thornhill	1	0	12	1

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