Scorecard

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI v Allenburys on Sat 02 Jul 2011 at 1pm
Berkhamsted Cricket Club Lost by 69 runs

Match report Berkhamsted III’s vs Allenburys 2nd July 2011

Excellent summer day, we lost the toss and the oppo elected to bat. Josh opened with Suds back from a 2 year injury. Both bowled tight and in the ninth Ian tried the leg stump full bunger and Josh took a good catch of a skied top edge at fine leg. Josh took a caught and bowled before being replaced by Goughie down the hill. Not much happened for another 10 overs until Stephenson senior decided, rather than keep threading his off drive through 3 fielders for four, thought he would go for an on drive. Going across the line he chipped one up to Tim who professionally pouched at mid on. Not much happened for another 10 over and then with the score on 107 off 35 overs Suds successfully completed Goughie’s cunning plan of bowling their no 4 behind his legs.

After 38 overs they were 122 for 4 and a total around 175 looked likely. Suds being protected for next week was turned out to grass and Goughie changed ends letting Ed have the top end. Ed opened well but the seemingly innocuous Stephenson junior sneaked under the radar to his fifty. Suddenly his fire power was unleashed like an apache helicopter piloted by the ginger bullet magnet. Poor old Ed took some tonk and was replaced by Josh. Stephenson junior made a faultless ton before Josh had him dropped with his first chance. Next ball he bowled the number 6. Finally Stephenson gave Goughie the charge who managed to turn a flat one enough to give Gareth plenty of time to complete a stumping. Josh bowled another one and the innings ended after their allotted 53 overs on 215 for 7.

A fine tea again contemplating how we let it slip away in the last 13 overs. Just over three an over to 40 overs and then 92 on the last 13. Where would they have been without the part time player Stephenson junior? Struggling as one man short and no batting after 6. They opened with a proper ginge chef playing his last game hurdling imaginary jumps on his run up with an obvious but devastating slow scud ball. Larry went in the 7th playing a perfect leave and watching his off stump fly backwards. Alex scratched around a bit hit some sweet shots and then uncharacteristically played across a straight one getting bowled for 16. Tim fell for the slow one despite having about 3 goes at hitting it. Puds and Mark looked like holding it together surviving some aggressive appeals and behind the stump sledging. Larry ended up finally fingering Puds on what ironically was probably the least likely shout. Josh played very well hitting 8 fours with one moment of rashness ending his innings. The tail failed to wag and with Goughie “cutting” the slow one to gully we were all out for 146 with 4 overs left.

Apparently today we were a batting team with Josh and 3 lefty slow bowlers. It seems curious we were so easily beaten. But man of the match Stephenson junior batted very well and despite none of their bowlers looking like they did much the slow balled ginge and their left hand over’s off-cutters proved too much. Man of our team has to be Josh with Suds bowling well on his comeback.

Allenburys Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 7 wickets
0
215 (0.0 overs)		     
Wheatley A ct  Roberts J b Sudbery I 10
Mitchell G ct  & b Roberts J 6
Stephenson B ct  Buckley T b Gough M 38
Kerr C b  Sudbery I 18
Stephenson D st  Preddy G b Gough M 101
Brown M b  Roberts J 23
Stark L b  Roberts J 6
Barnard D Not Out  2
Slater R Not Out  1
Griffiths P  
   

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Joshua Roberts9.0030310.003.33
Ian Sudbery19.0349224.502.58
Martin Gough20.0179239.503.95
Edward Sibley5.004600.009.20

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
146		        
Alex Hardwicke b  Barnard D 16
Larry Eaton b  Barnard D 7
Tim Buckley b  Barnard D 5 1
Ian Putman lbw  Stephenson D 35
Mark Sibley ct  Stephenson D 25
Gareth Preedy lbw  Stark L 8 1
Joshua Roberts b  Stark L 34 2
Ian Sudbery b  Stark L 0
Charlie Hussey b  Stark L 6
Martin Gough ct  Barnard D 1
Edward Sibley  

Allenburys Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Barnard D15.5349412.253.09
Griffiths P8.031800.002.25
Stark L13.0149412.253.77
Stephenson D7.0129214.504.14