Radlett CC 2nd XI v St. Margaretsbury on Sat 17 Jul 2010 at 1.00

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Radlett CC 2nd XI v St. Margaretsbury on Sat 17 Jul 2010 at 1.00
Radlett CC Won by nine wickets

Match report The weather for this match was cool, dry and cloudy. The pitch was in the lower half of the square, with the top boundary rope set in about 20 yards from the hedge. The wreckage of one sight screen, blown over by the high winds of Thursday evening, lay in the gap in the hedge between the north and south grounds. We understand that Tony Peck hopes to repair it shortly. A moderate breeze blew from the pavilion towards the pitch. The outfield soil looked somewhat dark, suggesting that the effects of the rain earlier in the week had not disappeared completely. The low-mown pitch, which had been used previously, looked dry, with signs of slight crazing in the soil of its repaired footholds. Ben Wallis, StMCC's captain and wicketkeeper, won the toss and chose to bat first.

Deon Carolus and Stuart Browne opened the bowling for RCC, but, as later events showed, the pitch was full of runs, and wickets were hard to come by. Nick Fielden tried seven different bowlers, including a couple of overs of left arm spin from John Barr, in a total of ten bowling changes during the innings. Overall, StMCC scored at about 4 runs per over for their first 40 overs for the loss of only two wickets. The first of these was due to a very good catch by David Robinson off Stuart Browne, and the second was a catch by Ben Charles from Fraser Crawford's guileful spin bowling.

StMCC increased their scoring rate markedly as the 53 over limit approached, with No. 3, Sam Anthony, reaching 95 before being bowled by Stuart Browne in over 50. This did not discourage StMCC as their 5th wicket partnership added 30 runs in the next 18 balls before Nish Selvakumar caught StMCC's No. 5, Ben Wallis, on the long-on boundary off Deon's bowling in over 53. The StMCC innings finished at 271 - 5. This very respectable total included six sixes.

It had been an afternoon when an invitation to try a second or third spell could make a mess of what had been, up till then, quite economical bowling figures. Fraser Crawford's spin accounted for two of the wickets for a modest number of runs. Apart from a single misjudgement by a fielder who ran in a few paces from the boundary edge to meet a catch from a hard drive, only to find it passing overhead, RCC's ground fielding and catching were very good.

The fall of wickets was: 1- 64 (No 2), 2 – 153 (1), 3 – 191 (4), 4 – 232 (3), 5 – 262 (5). Runs and wickets at the end of various overs were: (22 0 5), (39 0 10), (64 1 15), (79 1 20), (98 1 25,) (117 1 30), (147 1 35), (164 2 40), (191 2 45), (233 4 50), (271 5 53). Extras were W 0, NB 3, B 8, LB 8. StMCC received 10 bonus batting points for reaching 200, and RCC got 5 bowling bonus points.

RCC needed a scoring rate of about 5.8 runs per over for victory from their allocation of 47 overs. Nick Fielden, taking first strike, and Nish Selvakumar opened the innings for RCC, reaching a brisk 19 – 0 at the end of over 3. Unfortunately, Nish was caught at the same score off the first ball of the next over, and John Barr took his place. He and Nick continued to score very freely, maintaining a scoring rate close to or better than the target.

Despite StMCC's best efforts, no other wickets fell in the rest of the RCC innings. John and Nick reached their 50s from 48 balls in 56 minutes and from 78 balls in 104 minutes respectively. They reached their centuries from 95 balls in 118 minutes and from 117 balls in 149 minutes respectively. RCC passed StMCC's total with a four by Nick off the last ball of over 42, an overall scoring rate of about 6.5 runs per over, and five overs to spare. John's contribution was 133, and Nick's was 119, not out in each case. They each hit two sixes and 16 fours. Their unbroken second wicket partnership had added 255 runs in 140 minutes, including 90 runs from the last 10 overs of the match. The RCC website has already recorded that this stand established a new record for any RCC 2nd XI partnership. Hearty congratulations are due to both batsmen.

Runs and wickets at the end of various overs were: (30 1 5), (63 1 10), (75 1 15), (114 1 20), (135 1 25,) (172 1 30), (206 1 35), (246 1 40), (274 1 42). Extras were W 1, NB 4, B 6, LB 1. RCC received 30 points for their win, and StMCC received 1 bonus bowling point, taking their total haul to 11 points.

WM
22.7.2010

St. Margaretsbury Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	for 5 wickets	0 271 (0.0 overs)
Giles Tilbury	Caught Ben Charles Bowled Fraser Crawford	49
Simon Tilbury	Caught David Robinson Bowled Stuart Browne	39
Sam Anthony	Bowled Stuart Browne	95
Sam Spencer	Caught Nick Fielden Bowled Fraser Crawford	16
Ben Wallis * +	Caught Nish Selvakumar Bowled Deon Carolus	16
Nick Anstead	Not Out	33
James Scarborough	Not Out	4
Luke Anthony	Did not bat
James Sturgeon	Did not bat
Steve Ansell	Did not bat
Kevin Walls	Did not bat

Radlett CC 2nd XI Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Deon Carolus	13.0	2	79	1	79.00	6.08
Stuart Browne	16.0	4	73	2	36.50	4.56
Lee Fortis	5.0	0	13	0	0.00	2.60
Haydn Smith	4.0	0	18	0	0.00	4.50
Simon Jackson	8.0	0	41	0	0.00	5.13
John Barr	2.0	0	13	0	0.00	6.50
Fraser Crawford	5.0	1	18	2	9.00	3.60

Radlett CC 2nd XI Batting

Player Name		R	M	Catches
extras TOTAL :	for 1 wickets	0 274	(0.0 overs)
Nick Fielden	Not Out	119		1
Nish Selvakumar	Caught Kevin Walls Bowled Luke Anthony	10		1
John Barr	Not Out	133
Fraser Crawford	Did not bat
David Robinson	Did not bat			1
Haydn Smith	Did not bat
Lee Fortis	Did not bat
Simon Jackson	Did not bat
Ben Charles	Did not bat			1
Deon Carolus	Did not bat
Stuart Browne	Did not bat

St. Margaretsbury Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Sam Anthony	5.0	1	22	0	0.00	4.40
Luke Anthony	4.0	0	32	1	32.00	8.00
Kevin Walls	9.0	0	46	0	0.00	5.11
Simon Ansell	16.0	0	103	0	0.00	6.44
Nick Anstead	4.0	0	28	0	0.00	7.00
Sam Spencer	4.0	0	36	0	0.00	9.00

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