Scorecard

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI v Redbourn III on Sat 11 Aug 2012 at 1pm
Match was Drawn

Match report An excellent match where any of 4 results was possible from the last ball of the game ended in a draw.

Redbourn won the toss and asked us to bat and it became obvious pretty quickly that the wicket was slow - highly unusual for a Berkhamsted wicket on the top square. The start was good and Machon, Dudley and George Lewarne took the score to 51-1. However, once wicket started going then an all too familiar cascade began and soon we were 91-7. Long time absentee David Westley and Hamish Jarvie batted positively and hit the bad balls well to give us a target to bowl at at 142 all out.

We opted to stick with the old ball for the entire Redbourn innings, to give them a tougher time of scoring on the slow wicket and with Ian Campbell wheeling at one end and Hamish nagging at the other the scoring crawled. The scoreboard pressure told and wickets started to fall. Two stonking catches in the covers by the brothers Lewarne - Jacob and George - helped and when they were 90-7 we felt that we were on top. In an exact mirroring of our innings, though, the lower order batsmen batted well and there was a tussle for the balance of the game as overs were running out and they ticked the score along. With 8 wickets down at the start of the last over and 4 runs required, it looked as if Redbourn had it in them to make it, but OC, bowling his 24th consecutive over, had their no. 9 out on the 2nd ball and the no. 11 was looking dodgy. he managed to scramble off strike and it came down to 3 runs to win off the last ball and 1 wicket left. Only a single was managed and all shook hands on a great game played.

OC and Hamish bowled excellently and the Lewarne brothers, too, contributed good overs where it was needed. The fielding was of a top order for a 3rd XI game and nothing was given easily to the batting side. Well done all for nearly pulling it off.

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
142		        
Andre Machon ct b Spier 12
Peter Dudley st b Arnold 14
George Lewarne b Arnold 19 1
James Westley ct b Arnold 4
Simon Atkins b Cloosen 5
Oliver Buchanan ct b Cloosen 6
Ian Campbell ct b Aarnold 5
Oliver Storey b Cloosen 1
David Westley b Arnold 27
Hamish Jarvie Not Out  19
Jacob Lewarne b Lockhurst 0 1

Redbourn III Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
No records to display.

Redbourn III Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 9 wickets
0
141 (47.0 overs)		     
Arnold b J Lewarne 23
Morino lbw Campbell 6
Jackson ct J Lewarne b Dudley 16
Green Run out  3
Cloosen ct G Lewarne b Jarvie 22
Smyth b Jarvie 15
Amos b Jarvie 0
Spicer b Campbell 1
Mulholland b Campbell 15
Luckhurst Not Out  19
Toomey Not Out  1

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ian Campbell24.0940313.331.67
Hamish Jarvie12.0240313.333.33
Jacob Lewarne6.0125125.004.17
Peter Dudley2.00818.004.00
George Lewarne3.001000.003.33