Scorecard

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI v Hemel Hempstead V on Sat 09 Jul 2011 at 1pm
Berkhamsted Cricket Club Lost by 12 runs

Match report Despite the result this was an enjoyable game played in the right spirit by both teams and the game could easily have gone in our favour. Returning skipper PW won the toss and inserted Hemel, although remind me never to go to a casino with Joe and Rajib, the unlucky twins. Bowling great line and length they must have beaten the bat 15 times in the first 10 overs. However we glanced up at the scoreboard and they were 50-0 - not helped by having 10 men with Shakeel AWOL. Guy helped out for a while and Jacob was called from the sofa to bowl a great spell but the saviour again was OC, who wheeled away for 15 overs and grabbed a five-for including 4 clean bowled - Joe and Rajib take note! Undoubted champagne moment was a Joe Atkins catch at square leg - sensational. We had them 100-8 and an early tea beckoned but then 4 dropped catches in quick succession (none of them easy) allowed veteran Ratcliffe to prosper before we wrapped up the innings. These runs were to prove crucial.

After tea Hemel opened up with 2 spinners and runs were hard to come by. Andre went cheaply but Rajib struck 5 boundaries before departing for his night shift. Thereafter our downfall was the short ball as 3 batsmen tried the pull shot only to give their young keeper catching practice. The skipper played well and top scored, only for he and Peter D to fall in the space of 3 balls. The 2 Oli's batted in the rain but soon got out and suddenly we were in dire trouble needing 45 with 2 wickets left and not many overs. Joe and Mark adopted a push and run approach and runs started to flow as the opposition began to worry. It was looking good then Joe played round a straight one. 28 to win with 1 wicket and 6 overs left - could it be a father and son triumph with Mark and Jacob at the crease. Lewarne junior looked in no trouble and with 3 overs to go only 13 were needed when Mark got a tiny edge, the keeper snaffled it and it was all over.

Hemel Hempstead V Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
140 (0.0 overs)		     
Locke b  Campbell 31
M Ridgewell ct  b Holderness 28
Walters b  Campbell 15
Breed b  Campbell 4
Liddar ct  Rajib b J Lewarne 7
Linbrook ct  Atkins b J Lewarne 0
Radcliffe b  M Lewarne 35
R Kedia lbw  Campbell 1
J Ridgewell ct  Atkins b Rajib 2
Rikas b  Campbell 14
M Bateman Not Out  0

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mohammed Rajib9.0330130.003.33
Joseph Atkins7.023100.004.43
Jacob Lewarne6.0121210.503.50
William Holderness5.0114114.002.80
Mark Lewarne3.0016116.005.33
Ian Campbell15.032655.201.73
Andre Machon0.00000.000.00

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
128		        
Andre Machon ct  b Kedia 5
Mohammed Rajib ct  Breed b Kedia 24
Phillip J 'Opera' Brown ct  Breed b Liddar 9
Peter Drury ct  Breed b J Ridgewell 9
Peter Wale b  Bateman 30
William Holderness ct  Breed b Liddar 0
Oliver Buchanan Run out  7
Ian Campbell ct  b Liddar 4
Mark Lewarne ct  Breed b Locke 14
Joseph Atkins b  Ridgewell 7
Jacob Lewarne Not Out  8

Hemel Hempstead V Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Radcliffe8.042800.003.50
Kedia14.0335217.502.50
Liddar8.031936.332.37
Bateman6.0019119.003.17
J Ridgewell5.0125212.505.00
Locke0.30010.000.00