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Havering atte Bower 1st XI v Great Waltham Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 17 May 2014 at 1.30 p.m.
Great Waltham Cricket Club Lost By 128 runs

Match report A collapse from 69-0 off 9 overs to 84-6 in 15 overs, coupled with a crucial dropped catch by yours truly when R Hurley was on single figures, gave the home side a handsome win and keeps us winless this season.
Fielding a very inexperienced side with only two regular first team bowlers, we started well after winning the toss on a muggy day. Dave swinging the ball prodigiously soon had the home side in trouble at 10 for 2. Lewis bowling a tight line moving the ball away from the right handers, had both batsmen dropped and deserved better reward for a fine spell. Unfortunately Dave sustained an injury and we could not risk him bowling further in the innings. Our inexperienced attack was copping well, Ross especially bowled well, 2 for 22 off his 6 overs. Rules prevent him from continuing a fine tight spell. The crucial partnership between the home captain (Jackson) and Hurley was wrestling the initiative back. Hurley shepherded the tail to such effect that a better than par score was raised at tea. Credit to Sam Harris who is filling the off-spinners role. A fine spell of 4-40 off 8 overs. With regular bowling, the economy rate will improve, Sam now has exam commitments and will miss the next three games, we wish him well.

With short straight boundaries and a fast outfield, 243 to win was not beyond us, even with only 5 regular first team batters. Dave was threatening to make a mockery of the total when the score had raced to 69 at over a run a ball. The home team's first change bowler Beechey changed the game in 4 overs and we were tethering at 84-6!
Lewis batted with great determination, stroking 6 fours in his 27 before mis timing a catch to midwicket, giving the home side a victory by 128 runs.

For large parts of the game we performed well, however we were unable to break the crucial partnership. As a batting unit, one of basic objective is to bat for our allotted overs. Each batsmen have to take responsibility to sell their wicket at a higher dividend. This was one of the youngest 1st team bowling unit I've played with. It shows a lot of promise for the future and no doubt every spell will help.

Weather permitting I look forward to our first home game of the season next week. I'm confident we will get our season back on track.

AP

Havering atte Bower 1st XI Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	8nb 14w 9b 12lb for 9 wickets	43 242 (45.0 overs)
Beechey	ct Patel b Clout	8
Edge	b Clout	0
Hurley J	lbw b Clout	92
Jackson	ct Tucker b Toomey	58
Hurley R	b Toomey	0
Drury	b Harris	9
Walker	ct Dhanjal b Harris	4
Mitchell	run out (Tucker/Harris)	11
Leworthy	Not Out	14
Harley	b Harris	3
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