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Great Waltham Cricket Club 2nd XI v Great Wakering 1st XI on Sat 14 Jul 2018 at 1pm
Great Waltham Cricket Club Won by 4 wickets
Match report
The Bamboo needs nurturing, care and faith. Faith because the growth in the early years is less than half a metre. However, after a few years the growth can be over four metres - standing tall and strong, resisting the fiercest conditions. Yesterday on another sunlit day with the backing of raucous crowd (observing silence like the Wimbledon Centre court as the opposition bowlers ran in), 44 required in 24 balls. Our own bamboos were showing signs of growth, Harrison and Cameron. Exuberant running peppered with the occasional boundary, left us with 20 off 8 balls. Our side does not possess a Clout, Swan or Bloom, with all mature/experience/not so quick players dismissed, Harrison pull-drove over mid-wicket fence (6) and followed with flatter strike squarer (4). The roars bellowed from the home supporters, 10 required off 6 balls, six of the Great Wakering players gathered, wondering how did the divisions' top side allowed a relegation battling side to be on the verge of an genuine upset.
Cameron was run-out going for a improbable 2. 9 off 5, Matty's drive through the covers allows a 3. 6 off 4, Harrison holes out with the batsmen crossing, 6 off 3. Cometh the hour, the final act, pièce de résistance - Matty Reed, stepping inside the line to drive over the long on, six! Pandemonium , hysterics, disbelief, joy and probably tears of joy (yours truly), players hugging players, players hugging supporters. Ah and that's why we play this beautiful game, for days like this.
Earlier Robbo won the toss and a bit like Kohli prefers to chase. Bunce intend on playing in T20 mode had stroked 5 boundaries when Joe finally bowled a straight full shaping in yorker. Two overs later the other opener was dismissed inside edging a full toss onto his stumps. Nindi then defecting a firm drive onto the stumps to have Cooper stranded, 55-3, Smith looking like a batsmen who should be playing in a higher division deposited Nindi effortlessly into the cow fields. Having raced to 33, the repeat stroke found Luke catching more casually than Gower! 98-4 wickets fell at regular intervals, however I've not known a side who want to constantly hit boundaries with little regard for singles (that's not Pro-per Crick-ket). The runs flowed and our bowlers were making a valiant attempt to limit our target. Some notable figures Joe 3-44 off 8.4; Harry 3-60 off 7 could have had 4 (see Isla's match report); Robbo 2-34 off 10. A special mention to our Bamboo's (Cameron, Harrison and Joel) who all bowled some important overs at the innings that prevented us having to chase 300+.
So at tea, 269 to beat the table toppers. The wicket was good and the outfield as fast as I've played on. With Nindi, having pulled a hamstring, my opening partner was Luke, who is not shy of teeing off. Sadly for us Luke mistimed to mid-off. Nindi marched in, little time to rest the 'hammy' and played..well like he has all season, beautiful stroked boundaries. he had raced to 28, we were 59 off 10 overs when he was dismissed in similar fashion to Luke. Enter the 'King of Essex' Phil and together with yours truly, we were able to maintain within touching distance. We'd added 131 with the opposition arguing with each other seeing us nearing our target, Phil top-edged to cover. With Harrison we'd crossed past 200 and on the home straight when I edged the returning opening bowler Mayhew behind. Scoring runs is such a lovely experience, however always feels hollow in defeat.
Thankfully our bamboos are standing tall and asking to be noticed. A note to Robbo, who I thought should have batted at 5...what the hell do I know. Now what was I saying about keeping the faith.
What a marvelous weekend for the club with victories for the 1st and 3rds. Let savour this moment, next week is a long way. Long may this Indian summer continue, ah the Indians are here:)
ap
ps I'm always looking for volunteers to write match reports - to read Isla's version (Robbo' Daughter) click this link: https://gwcc.secure-club.com/gallery/galleryid_18553/IslasMatchreport.aspx# - brevity is key
Great Wakering 1st XI Batting
Player name
Runs
M
B
4s
6s
SR
extras
TOTAL :
8nb 5w 13b
for 10 wickets
26
268 (44.4 overs)
G Overall
b J Reed
12
L Bunce
b J Reed
25
A Cooper
run out (Dhanjal)
10
N Smith
ct Tanner b Dhanjal
33
C Short
ct Tanner b Duncan
35
J Cooper
b Robinson
10
D Overall
st M Reed b Robinson
30
D Deadman
ct Robinson b Duncan
24
R Accelton
b Duncan
9
R Wigins
b J Reed
22
A Mayhew
Not Out
18
Great Waltham Cricket Club 2nd XI Bowling
Player Name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
Joe Reed
8.4
1
44
3
14.67
5.08
Harry Duncan
7.0
0
60
3
20.00
8.57
Nindi Dhanjal
7.0
0
38
1
38.00
5.43
Neil Robinson
10.0
0
34
2
17.00
3.40
Cameron Brown
5.0
0
38
0
0.00
7.60
Harrison Elles
3.0
0
17
0
0.00
5.67
Joel Barker
4.0
0
19
0
0.00
4.75
Great Waltham Cricket Club 2nd XI Batting
Player Name
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
Catches
Stumpings
Run outs
extras
TOTAL :
3nb 21w 2b 4lb
for 6 wickets
30
269
Atul Patel
ct wk b Mayhew
106
13
1
Luke Tanner
ct Mid-0ff b Wiggins
3
2
Nindi Dhanjal
ct Mid-Off b Wiggins
28
6
Phil Whettell
ct Cover b Deadman
37
4
Harrison Elles
ct Point b Mayhew
40
2
1
Cameron Brown
Run out
11
Matty Reed
Not Out
9
1
1
Neil Robinson
Not Out
0
Joel Barker
Joe Reed
Harry Duncan
Great Wakering 1st XI Bowling
Player name
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Economy
Mayhew
9.4
1
53
2
26.50
5.48
Wiggins
5.0
0
40
2
20.00
8.00
Overall
10.0
0
51
0
0.00
5.10
Deadham
10.0
0
42
1
42.00
4.20
Appleton
10.0
0
76
0
0.00
7.60
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