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Berkhamsted Cricket Club 5th XI v Totteridge Millhillians IV on Sat 16 Jul 2016 at 1pm
Berkhamsted Cricket Club Won by 2 wickets

Match report THE RETURN OF THE INTREPIDS

When Simon Atkins started skippering the 4th/5th team a few years ago he christened them "The Intrepids" - which made them sound like a bunch of globe trotting cavalier cricketers when in actual fact they were often just making the short trek to Haslam's Fields on Shootersway. Or walking through the gap in the hedge onto the school field. So, when we saw we had 60 players available on Monday we decided it was time to bring the Intrepids out of hibernation.

The usual cocktail of ages in the Intrepids is nursing home meets kindergarten and true to form 4 senior players took the field with 7 lads under 18. Mark lost the toss and Totteridge decided to have a bat. Their openers were in good form and thrived on the short ball on a bouncy wicket, but their innings subsided following a silly run out and the introduction of spin, especially Will Currie who tied the batters in knots and took 4 quick wickets. The oppo lower order launched some big hits which progressed their score towards 200 but then Jess took a fine running catch off Derek's bowling and Mark mopped up the tail leaving us going into tea with a good chance of a win.

After tea, we set about the total, but 2 smart slip catches saw the back of Charlie O and Dan which left James & Charlie M to repair the innings. At 61-2 it was looking comfortable but then we lost 3 quick wickets to leave us struggling. There were then 2 excellent partnerships between Mark and Jess (49) and Mark and Will (36) which got us to within 30 runs of victory. Will then clipped 3 lovely leg side fours and although Will was then bowled for a superb 27, Oscar and Steve saw us through to victory, with an over to spare.

A really enjoyable game played in very warm conditions as the summer finally arrived in Berko. Next week the Intrepids hit the road provided we can find enough adults to drive! Man of the Match goes to Will Currie for his all round contribution.

Totteridge Millhillians IV Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
4nb 15w 7b  
for 10 wickets
26
187 (34.3 overs)		     
George run out  (Lewarne) 34
Kiann st  Ormerod b Currie 38
Parth ct  Clarke b Mann 0
Rahul b  Currie 18
Jazz lbw  Currie 0
Manns st  Ormerod b Currie 4
Kamlesh run out  (Lewarne) 24
Mukesh lbw  Lewarne 20
Vishal ct  JPotts b Pratt 21
Jamie Not Out  2
Mahtani lbw  Lewarne 0

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 5th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jack Spencer5.004000.008.00
Mark Lewarne6.3023211.503.54
Charlie Mann6.0026126.004.33
Jess Potts4.002600.006.50
William Currie4.001443.503.50
Oscar Dale4.002800.007.00
Derek Pratt5.0025125.005.00

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 5th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 18w 22b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
43
191		        
James Clarke Lbw  25
Charlie Ormerod Caught  4
Daniel Frawley Caught  6
Charlie Mann Bowled  17
Jess Potts Bowled  4
Jack Spencer Bowled  9
Mark Lewarne Caught  42
William Currie Bowled  27
Oscar Dale Not Out  7
Steve Potts Not Out  5
Derek Pratt  

Totteridge Millhillians IV Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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