Scorecard

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Radlett CC 3rd XI on Sat 13 Jun 2009 at 1.30 p.m.
Radlett CC Lost by 2 wickets

Match report Radlett 3rd XI v Chipperfield Clarendon (away) 13th June 2009

Radlett lost their fifth of seven games yesterday. Again the batting was at fault, totalling a meagre 150. The fact that the margin of defeat was just 2 wickets is hard to take, indicating that just twenty more runs might easily have brought a much needed win.

If the batting was poor, the bowling was good, and the fielding sensational. The ground fielding was led by an outstanding performance by Dinesh Yogendra, and although two sharp chances were missed, Matt Bell took three catches at slip, one sharp, one just excellent, but the first barely even a half chance. But underpinning and even instigating this showing was Josh Charles’ superb wicket keeping. He was energetic and precise, and gave his best keeping display of the season, and his enthusiasm is infectious. And at his age and stage of experience, there is better to come.

We lost the toss and were put in, and the scoreboard ticked over healthily until Matt Bell was lbw for 21. Momentum was lost, but at 90 for 2, the foundations were laid, but our middle order failed and we subsided to 150 all out in the 53rd over. Only Dom Ingram with 54, and later Arif Rahman with a bumptious 23 threatened to worry the bowling. Ingram’s half century was significantly the first for the team this season. It was a solid effort after a very scratchy start, which he grafted out to become almost fluent. But he lost his wicket unnecessarily, and after he went there was little left.

Defending 150 proved tough while Chipperfield’s tall Australian thrashed the bowling to all quarters brilliantly, until Shameel Ahmed had him well caught by Ingram in the deep, and the game was back on.

Yasir Sayed took three wickets in two spells, and was well supported by the increasingly threatening Dan Cohen and Robin Willis who bowled well without luck. Arif Rahman, in his debut for the 3rds bowled his left arm seamers well and picked up a wicket. With his batting ability Arif is a very useful addition to the side.

The game might have been even closer had a run out from which the umpire was unsighted, been turned down. Yet the spirit never waned, and the effort was unabated.

Iain Edwards leads this side expertly, and has managed to put back the enthusiasm from the nadir of the Baldock game. This shows in the 3rds obvious enthusiasm and enjoyment during matches. But until he is given the luxury of a decent total from his batters he will always be on the back foot.

Dominic "Wordsworth" Ingram

Radlett CC 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
150
(0.0 overs)		    
Dominic Ingram Bowled  Bertwhistle 54 1
Matthew Bell Lbw  Saj Mahmood 21 3
Dinesh Yogendra Lbw  Nigel Cousens 10 1
Yasir Sayed Caught  Smith b Cousens 5
Robin Willis Caught  N Read b Bertwhistle 4
Shameel Ahmed Caught  N Read b Cousens 3 1
Tony Peck Lbw  Bertwhistle 0
Iain Edwards Bowled  Cousens 6
Arif Rahman Caught  Hampson b Bertwhistle 23
Joshua Charles Not Out  5 1 2
Daniel Cohen Bowled  Saj Mahmood 0

Chipperfield Clarendon II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Saj Mahmood14.1425212.501.76
Rob Sampson-Barry6.012300.003.83
George Wheeler7.02700.001.00
Nigel Cousens12.003448.502.83
Mitchell Bertwhistle13.0144411.003.38

Chipperfield Clarendon II Batting
Player name Runs
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TOTAL :
 
for 8 wickets
0
151 (0.0 overs)
Nick Crumpton Caught  Matt Bell b Yasir Sayed 6
Freddie Hampson Caught  Matt Bell b Daniel Cohen 13
Mitchell Bertwhistle Caught  Dom Ingram b Shameel Ahmed 50
Richard Hudson Lbw  Arif Rahman 29
Nathan Wyles Not Out  32
Nick Read Run out  (Yogendra/Charles) 2
Nigel Cousens Caught  Matt Bell b Yasir Sayed 2
Phil Smith Run out  (Ahmed/Charles) 4
Rob Sampson Barry Caught  J Charles b Yasir Sayed 0
George Wheeler Not Out  1
Saj Mahmood  

Radlett CC 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Daniel Cohen9.0132132.003.56
Yasir Sayed12.0344314.673.67
Shameel Ahmed8.0135135.004.38
Robin Willis7.102300.003.21
Arif Rahman4.02919.002.25

  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    T.Cohen