AFTER getting caned to the tune of a record 469 runs in 49 overs, one might have expected the Dragons to think twice of playing Pakistan Association again. But undaunted, the Dragons are hoping to meet their tormentors again on February 25.
'We dug our own grave against them last Sunday with our poor fielding,' said James Lamsam, one of the members of the Dragons outfit who were hopelessly outplayed by the champions Sunday League team.
Dragons captain on the day, Eddie Tse, concurred: 'We dropped about 10 catches that day. It made a huge difference. Instead of scoring 250 runs, they hit 469.' But both Tse and Lamsam are not shirking away from the prospect of playing the Pakistanis. The Dragons hope to honour a postponed first-round match on October 29 against the unbeaten Pakistan Association at their Kowloon Cricket Club home pitch.
'I don't think we will concede that match even though the result is academic in regard to the outcome of the league competition,' said Lamsam, the father figure of the son-father combination in the Dragons.
The 47-year-old Lamsam and son Roy, 15, were among the few batsmen to enter double figures in the Dragons innings as they crumbled to 135 all out by the 25th over. James scored 18 while Roy went two runs better to finish second highest-scorer.
The comprehensive thrashing can only prove that the old cricketing adage 'catches win matches' still holds true.