McComb’s unlikely final-over fireworks

By James Roberts

FORM went out of the window for Steve McComb when he hit 40 runs off the final over to snatch a seemingly impossible victory.
Dorchester-on-Thames needed 35 to win as McComb faced Swinbrook bowler Mihai Cucos at the death of the Oxfordshire Cricket Association Division Four match.
But the 54-year-old – helped by Cucos bowling two no-balls – hit seven boundaries, including sixes off each of the final three balls.
McComb’s 104 not out was made even more implausible by recent struggles at the crease, according to Dorchester captain Adrian...

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