Surprisingly, Mannes was heard to say later that that was exactly what he wanted to do.

Andrew Noack and Cameron McFadyen opened the bowling with some good heat.

Noack had trouble controlling the new ball, but finished his spell of five overs with figures of 0-5. McFadyen had the openers playing and missing and finished his spell with respectable figures of 0-13.

The captain threw himself into the fray at first bowling change without luck and from the other end, “Mr Casual”, Todd Clark came on with success in his first over supported by a sharp catch by McFadyen.

Then with the first ball of his second over, Clark struck again, clean bowling the opposition’s main striker with a ball that moved a mile.

Mannes finished with 0-8 off his four-over spell and Clark had the respectable result of 2-10 off five.

Mitch Wiseman landed some severe body blows on the batsmen during his fiery spell of three overs, leaving one poor batsman in doubt of celebrating future father’s days.

Jake Breed was expensive off his four overs, going for 20 runs without getting a wicket. Sam Casey bowled a tidy spell, building up some good pace, and was rewarded with 1-5 off four overs.

Clancy Breed was also tidy in his spell of his four overs, with 1-12.

Late in the game the captain turned to his “Mr Reliable” Shawn Iddles, who took a wicket on the last ball of his first over with a ball that skidded through and took the off stump. Then on the first ball of his next over, with a brilliant piece of fielding, ran out the batsman with a direct hit.

Tom Younger chimed in with a late spell of two overs and had 0-10, leaving Hanwood with a respectable 124.

The Coly batsmen were quietly confident of chasing the total as Noack and Wiseman strode out to the crease.

There was silence in the camp when Wiseman was back after two balls without troubling the scorer. Clancy Breed didn’t hang around for long either notching up only two runs.

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