Ware v Radlett CC 4th XI on Sat 07 Aug 2004 at 1:30

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Ware v Radlett CC 4th XI on Sat 07 Aug 2004 at 1:30
Match was Drawn

Match report Tony Johnson made his highest league score for Radlett as the fourths emerged from a battering at Richard Hale School in Hertford with some credit, if only eight points and a drop to fifth place. Radlett had six changes from their winning side at Abbots Langley the previous week and did not win the toss as they had hoped.

Johnson batted through the Radlett innings in intense heat with a broken finger on his right hand and battered finger on his left, which bled dramatically through the plaster during his 84*. It was a shame such heroics did not produce the victory that for a while looked more than possible against a huge Ware score of 261.

The hard weed-choked outfield was devoid of grass and the pitch looked a mess -- scarred and tufted with a clear ridge and green patch at one end which made the occasional delivery rear past the batsmen's teeth off a length. There was no devil in the turf, but a fast bowler, even the absent Sheri Jahangir, might well have caused injury.

The fact that 420 runs had been scored by the time the day's fifth wicket fell suggested the bowlers in the main had not performed. Only six maidens were bowled in the day’s 100 overs. However, a hat-trick by Ware's McClary - bowling to the docile end -- was a shock. Radlett’s final assault petered out before the chaps even cleared the top of the trench.

Radlett's veterans outshone the rest as Meepa bowled 18 overs and would have collected more than two wickets if the catching had been sharper. With the bat Johnson was outstanding, unzipping some destructive off-drives, and Charlie Randall scored all round the wicket in a fluent 55 that gave Radlett a winning chance.

Left 49 overs, Radlett were given a flying start by Mark Sellars and Johnson with 51 off 12 overs. The score rose to 159 before Randall miscued to extra cover, leaving 103 required off the last 13 overs with plenty of wickets in hand.

Ware had launched their declaration assault from a less promising position, but Radlett's 191 for three became 201 for seven when Matt Bell was caught in the deep hooking and then Manjeev Arora, Meepa and Jamie Wells perished as hat-trick victims.

Radlett CC 4th XI Batting

Player Name		Runs	M
extras TOTAL :	for 7 wickets	0 223	(0.0 overs)
Tony Johnson	Not Out	84
Mark Sellar	Caught	26
Charles Randall	Caught	55
Tony Peck	Caught	5
Matthew Bell	Caught	6
Manjeev Arora	Lbw	5
Chandana Meepegama	Caught	0
Jamie Wells	Bowled	0
Toby Sutherland	Not Out	14
Duncan Fraser
Jeremy Menzies

Ware Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
No records to display.

Ware Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	for 3 wickets	0 261 (0.0 overs)

Radlett CC 4th XI Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Toby Sutherland	12.0	2	55	1	55.00	4.58
Jamie Wells	6.0	1	23	0	0.00	3.83
Jeremy Menzies	9.0	1	38	0	0.00	4.22
Chandana Meepegama	18.0	0	82	2	41.00	4.56
Charles Randall	4.0	0	30	0	0.00	7.50
Mark Sellar	2.0	0	24	0	0.00	12.00

Umpire :
Irwin
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