Scorecard

Shenley Village III v Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI on Sat 28 Aug 2010 at 13:00
Berkhamsted Cricket Club Won by 10 wickets and 60 overs

Match report The runes were good as the 4th XI fixture had been cancelled due to poor availability. Having been advised to meet at 12.00pm, not many good men formed the basis of the squad at BCC and we looked around nervously. Despite detailed instructions, the wicket keepers kit remained absent and a return to somewhere off Bridgewater road further delayed proceedings. Charles decided to share some of his previous meals with the team and he has was banned from the executive German saloon before he had finished his cornetto. A repeat visit to somewhere off Bridgewater Road rescued the kit and we were off.
It took as long to circumnavigate Hemel as it took to win the game but we all arrived in sunny Shenley for a 1.00pm start.
In his usual shambolic fashion, our captain went to the middle and won a very important toss. It was most fortunate that the groundsman had been left behind with the 2nd XI as had he seen what awaited us he would have entered a parallel universe and chuntered for evermore.
Anyway, the tossers having tossed, Chas emerged from the mud glorious. A rather youthful attack featuring PC Roberts junior and Ezard started well. Unfortunately Ezard tweaked something rather badly and needed to be replaced but Josh bowled beautifully (if a little too short) and we had the first Shenley man back in the hutch with very few on the board. A swift change to Gough meant that runs soon dried up and the pressure started to tell. Josh soon picked up another as Gough just could not bowl straight and hit the wickets. Julian failed to catch the ball being thrown back to the bowler regularly and soon he was chuntering so we almost forgot about Puds and Ezzie.
Josh finished his overs and was then replaced by Philip “Pavarotti” Brown. His high notes soared and he bowled with excellent accuracy and variation. The Maestro would have been proud.
Gough furtled away at the other end looking a bit expensive as he was pulled for ones occasionally. Julian continued to drop the ball on the way back to the bowler and started to mumble but we concluded it was the way that he was being thrown the ball.
After a few swift slogs, a bit of poor running and a generally inept batting performance, Shenley wilted to 53 all out and the boys smelt blood.
Alex was a very tidy occasional keeper and despite the absence of little owls to entertain him, he did well. Charles ambled happily off for tea looking forward to texting Ed, and other missing team mates how well we had done. Special mention must go to Ed Sibley who despite being a bit expensive, finished with 1 over, 1 maiden, 1 for nought. Great things beckon for the young man as he possesses a super loop and will feature again in 3rd team colours.
Tea was brief.
Alex having kept nicely and got the feel for the pitch was quickly padded up and we again arrived at the middle with no opposition. The first over went for a few and we awaited the second. It went for plenty and Goughie cheerfully remarked that that the second over had been more expensive than his entire spell. In fairness the second over was absolutely useless and Goughies spell had been merely average. With Alex clearly having been invited to a dinner party starting at 5.30pm, it became a nonsense. The ball saw more of the outfield than it had in the previous 27 overs and despite Buckley’s efforts to make the bowlers look good, it was all wrapped up in the 10th over. Alex slogging his way to a useful 40 something.
We enjoyed tea post match and credit to those unusual players who helped the team cause. We await the return of the holiday makers for the final flourish but having reviewed the results we need 12 points to secure promotion. Credit to our skipper who has led from the front and thanks to all those who have contributed. Special thanks to Peter Drury who it seems managed to fulfil last week’s challenge to mention Fairy rings in a televised commentary. Agreed nobody cared who won and with the master featuring on ITV4 at gone 10.30pm, it was likely nobody watched the game but it seems that the Berko chat influences ITV4 and for that we should be most grateful. Apparently Rafa blamed Fairy rings as the reason his team lost so it must be true. If Pete can get a little owl to land on the centre spot at Wembley and sip a pint of cider , we will be most impressed.
Onwards to div 9!

Shenley Village III Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
53 (0.0 overs)		     
A Lewis run out  M Gough 10
G deVilliers b  J Roberts 4
W Seeley ct  T Buckley b J Roberts 7
M Chohan ct  C Hussey b M Gough 5
K Wood lbw  P Brown 0
S Dempsey ct  M Burgess b M Gough 12
C Kelly b  P Brown 1
C Roseman b  P Brown 0
S Hameed st  A Hardwicke b E Sibley 0
J Sheldon ct  J Ezard b M Gough 4
M Shepstone Not Out  0

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Joshua Roberts5.011728.503.40
Jon Ezard1.00600.006.00
Martin Gough13.451434.671.02
Phillip J 'Opera' Brown9.031434.671.56
Edward Sibley1.01010.000.00
Alex Hardwicke0.00000.000.00

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 0 wickets
0
54		        
Alex Hardwicke Not Out  44 1
Tim Buckley Not Out  9 1
Aaron Todd  
Mark Burgess   1
Julian Dent  
Phillip J 'Opera' Brown  
Charlie Hussey   1
Joshua Roberts  
Edward Sibley  
Jon Ezard   1
Martin Gough   1

Shenley Village III Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
K Wood5.022200.004.40
A Lewis2.001800.009.00
S Dempsey2.511000.003.53