Scorecard

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI v Chorleywood IV on Sat 09 Jun 2018 at 1pm
Berkhamsted Cricket Club Lost by 86 runs

Match report Here was a “Royals” XI whose average age had possibly trebled over the course of a week...and - whilst that meant we were “rich” of experience and know-how - it left us short of penetrative bowling and athleticism.

Having lost the toss and been invited to bowl, it began gloriously...as Phil “opera” Brown produced a middle-stump Yorker with the first ball of the match. Phil’s certainty of line married nicely with the excellent debut spell of Thomas Dalgas...and Chorleywood were quickly 40-odd for three. But the good news was suspended there...and no further wicket fell for another couple of hours.

There were positives, of course. Alec Clarke kept wicket with great enthusiasm and produced some lovely takes. He (and fellow colt Thomas D) could have done no more. Steve Potts reeled off his full 8 overs with metronomic excellence and economy. Beyond the full-time bowlers there was a substantial “chorus”of part-timers pleasingly willing to fill the gaps. Nobody let themselves down. Quite the opposite. But our wicket-taking potential always seemed limited...and - until a late flurry of wickets - we were essentially “containing”for the duration.

In reply...things might have been different had Matt Dale not been triggered after a positive start...or if Puds hadn’t defied physics with an impossible deflection onto his own stumps...or - especially - if Tim B (who absolutely nailed 2 or 3 quite glorious straight drives) hadn’t inexplicably lost his bearings and missed a nicely-flighted spinner.

Once those three were out, an “improbable” chase melted into an impossibility. The principle beneficiary of this was Peter D who was - for the second week running - permitted to enjoy a pressure-free net and made it his business to clock-up an average-enhancing “not out”!

In the end, we pulled up about 80 short...but we banked a few bonus points, we played some decent, purposeful cricket, we enjoyed each other's company and we appreciated some very pleasant opponents.

The firsts won...and the bar was full! What's not to like?!”

Chorleywood IV Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 10w 2b 1lb 
for 6 wickets
14
224 (40.0 overs)		     
Roadknight b  Brown 0
Dare ct  Buckley b Brown 1
Lyons ct  Dale b Murphy 35
Lad ct  Potts b Brown 79
Shirazi Not Out  98
Rose Run out  0
Lad ct  Drury b Dalgas 1
   
   
   
   

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Phillip J 'Opera' Brown8.002638.673.25
Thomas Dalgas8.0037137.004.62
Neil Murphy4.0027127.006.75
Steve Potts8.012700.003.38
Derek Pratt5.004100.008.20
James Westley3.002300.007.67
Ian Putman3.003000.0010.00
Tim Buckley1.001100.0011.00

Berkhamsted Cricket Club 4th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 15w 3b 1lb 
for 7 wickets
21
138		        
Matt Dale Lbw  14
Alec Clarke Bowled  1
Tim Buckley Bowled  30
Ian Putman Bowled  9
Peter Drury Not Out  33
James Westley Lbw  4
Neil Murphy Bowled  0
Phillip J 'Opera' Brown Bowled  12
Steve Potts Not Out  11
Derek Pratt  
Thomas Dalgas  

Chorleywood IV Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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