Scorecard

New Milton v Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday on Sun 01 May 2005 at 1.00pm
Thatcham Town Cricket Club Won 85 runs

Match report THATCHAM TRAVELLED DOWN TO NEW MILTON IN THE 1ST ROUND OF THE 2005 COCKSPUR CUP AND CAME AWAY WITH A WELL DESERVED 85 RUN VICTORY TO TAKE THEM THROUGH TO A HOME TIE AT BROWNSFIELD AGAINST CHALLOW & CHILDREY ON MAY 8TH.

BEING INSERTED ON A DAMP, GREEN NEW MILTON WICKET WAS NO PROBLEM TO ROBB FRASER AND DANIEL STONE WHO BOTH BATTED WITH GOOD INTENT, FRASER IN PARTICULAR GOING FOR HIS SHOTS WHILST THE 15 OVER FIELDING RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE. HE HIT A BREEZY 23 BUT IT WAS ONE SHOT TOO MANY AS HE WAS BOWLED BY SNELLGROVE. CHRIS WRIGHT ADDED 20 WITH STONE BEFORE A MIX UP SAW THE LATTER RUN OUT FOR 16 AND YOUNG PROSPECT PAUL JENKINS JOINED WRIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS JENKINS FIRST REAL TASTE OF COMPETITIVE 1ST XI CRICKET AND HE ACQUITTED HIMSELF WELL PLAYING GOOD SHOTS ALL AROUND THE WICKET BEFORE HE FELL TO THE SPIN OF STEVE TAYLOR FOR 14. DUNCAN JOHNSON JOINED WRIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND A GOOD PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPED. WRIGHT REACHED A TYPICAL SWASHBUCKLING 50, WITH 3 6’s AND 4 4’s, BUT JUST AS THE HARD WORK HAD BEEN DONE HIS SHOT SELECTION FAILED HIM AND HE WAS BOWLED BY THE SPIN OF R BECK FOR 57, WHICH LEFT NEW MILTON CURSING THEIR LUCK AS THE THATCHAM KEEPER HAD BEEN DROPPED ON 2 !! JOHNSON HOLED OUT TO TAYLOR OFF L BECK FOR 14, BUT MATT DENNESS CAME IN AND PLAYED A GREAT KNOCK TO PUSH HIS SIDE UP TO A DEFENDABLE TOTAL. HE HIT 30 QUICK RUNS AND TOGETHER WITH ANDY HARLAND, 7 NOT OUT, GOT THATCHAM UPTO 179-6 AND A TARGET THE VISITORS WERE CONFIDENT OF DEFENDING.

WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF NICK BISHOP AND PETE EDGCOMBE OPENING UP, THATCHAM ARE A VERY DIFFICULT SIDE TO GET A GOOD START GOING AGAINST AND SO IT PROVED AGAIN AS EDGCOMBE IMMEDIATELY GOT THE HOME SIDE ON THE BACK FOOT WITH THE WICKET OF HOWARD IN HIS FIRST OVER. R BECK CAME IN AND SHOWED ATTACKING INTENT
AND RODE HIS LUCK ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND IT WAS EDGCOMBE WHO MADE THE VITAL BREAKTHROUGH WITH THE LAST BALL OF THE 15TH OVER AS BECK TRIED TO MAKE ONE LAST SHOT COUNT AND WAS BOWLED FOR 39. IT WAS A VITAL WICKET FOR THE VISITORS WHO THEN WENT ON AND SHOWED THE CONTROL NEEDED IN THE SITUATION. BISHOP PICKED UP A DESERVED WICKET AS BOTH HE AND EDGCOMBE BOWLED UNCHANGED FOR THEIR 9 OVER STINTS, EDGCOMBE 2-33 AND BISHOP 1-23 AND THEY BOTH GAVE THEIR SIDE THE PLATFORM WITH WHICH TO GO ON AND WIN THE GAME.

ANDY HARLAND AND CHRIS BIRD THEN JUST DESTROYED THE HOME SIDE AS WICKETS TUMBLED. HARLAND REMOVED L BECK FOR 3 AND TAYLOR AND NEAL FOR DUCKS IN A FANTASTIC 5 OVER SPELL IN WHICH HE RETURNED 3-7 AND BIRD AGAIN SHOWING IMMACULATE CONTROL PICKED UP WHITEHURST AND DYER-SMITH IN A 9 OVER UNCHANGED SPELL OF 2-18. IT WAS LEFT TO JOHNSON TO WRAP UP THE INNINGS DISMISSING SNELGROVE COURTESY OF A FINE CATCH OFF THE INSIDE EDGE FROM KEEPER WRIGHT AND MARSH WHO WAS LBW TO THE CHINAMAN CHEAPLY AND NEW MILTON ALL OUT FOR 94.

ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER SUPERB ALL ROUND TEAM EFFORT FROM A THATCHAM SIDE BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE AHEAD OF A TOUGH THAMES VALLEY DIVISION 1 CAMPAIGN.

Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 6 wickets
0
179		        
Robb Fraser Bowled  23 1
Dan Stone Run out  16
Chris Wright Bowled  57 3
Paul Jenkins Caught  14
Duncan Johnson Caught  14 2
Matthew Denness Bowled  30
Andy Harland Not Out  7
Nick Bishop   1
Chris Bird  
Peter Edgcombe  
Steve Bartholomew  

New Milton Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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New Milton Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
94 (0.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Thatcham Town Cricket Club Thatcham 1st X1 - Sunday Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Peter Edgcombe9.0133216.503.67
Nick Bishop9.0123123.002.56
Chris Bird9.031829.002.00
Andy Harland5.01732.331.40
Duncan Johnson6.011226.002.00

  • Umpire :
    TBA
  • Scorer :
    TBA