The next fixture saw Hockey bat first against the Chennai Choppers. The result saw Chennai Choppers win by one wicket with 10 balls remaining.
The first few overs were very even with openers Hansey and danger man Whiting restricting runs off the bat, however, as it would do throughout the innings, extras kept the batting side up with a par total.
The inconsistent bowling from the change bowlers and some impressive hitting from Tom saw Hockey start to mount an imposing total.
Some testing bowling at the end and three batsman having to go to work saw Hockey reach the a rather competitive 98.
With only three bowling options to choose from it was never going to be easy but with an early break through for Inch things were looking up for the bowling side.
The consistency of the bowling was in stark contrast as very few extras were being conceded in the opening gambits.
Whiting, at almost 3 runs a ball, retired and just as Willmore was starting to get going indecision caused a run out and lead to a middle order collapse. This collapse saw Inch pick up another wicket and Coleman run out in farcical circumstance: Tomkinson hit the ball off the roof onto the back wall meaning that the ball was still live, Coleman not knowing sprinted towards the strikers end without realising he was being run out at the non strikers end.
With 36 runs needed from 18 balls and one wicket remaining anything was possible. Big hitting from Tomkinson and Whiting saw the Chennai Choppers with 10 balls remaining.
Had there been all six players available for Hockey the result may have been different.
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