Scorecard

Newton Poppleford v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 04 Aug 2011 at 6 PM
Erratics Cricket Club Lost

Match report Match Report: Jonathan Kirby

It says it all, perhaps, when the captain of the Erratics chooses to open the bowling with the member of the opposition who has kindly agreed to make up the numbers for us. Perhaps it was sound judgement rather than desperation, however. Malcolm Raistrick did take a wicket in each of his first two overs, but he was more than well supported by other bowlers.

Gareth Oughton himself took 1 wicket for just 4 runs in his 3 allotted overs, including the final over which had begun with the formidable Kenny Clay facing him. Phil Ellis too was parsimonious, with just 5 runs and a wicket from his 2 overs. David Wright deserved wickets, but did an excellent job giving just 6 runs off 3 overs.

Furthermore, although not all catches were held, those that were missed were catches that might not even have been attempted by many Erratics. And the ground fielding was pretty good too. There's no way to gloss over the fact that we did give away 21 extras, but to restrict Newton Poppleford to just 118 felt like a good achievement.


In response, we stayed with the run-rate from the off. This is unlike us and would be something to be applauded if we had not also contrived to lose wickets at the rate of about 1 per over. Add to this the fact that David Wright tweaked a hamstring and had to retire hurt and the fact that Phil Ellis' mobility was impaired by a back injury that had prevented him bowling his 3rd over and we were in trouble.

After 10 overs, we had scored just over 50 runs, which might have been a good platform for an assault on a total of 119 to win, but we had not much left to give.

We were also facing, it has to be said, some pretty good bowling from Newton Poppleford and some excellent wicket-keeping from Mr Clay featuring quick stumping(s) and a really sharp catch to remove Gary Russen just as he had begun to threaten.

In the end, we rather petered out. There were 5 overs left, with 10 an over needed when the last wicket fell.

Newton Poppleford Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 6 wickets
0
118 (20.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
David Wright3.0015115.005.00
James Hutchinson2.002100.0010.50
Phil Ellis2.00515.002.50
Gareth Oughton3.00414.001.33
Ed Keedwell2.0021121.0010.50
Christopher Fear1.001300.0013.00
Tristram Neal1.001000.0010.00

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 8w 7b  
for 10 wickets
16
68		        
Ed Keedwell Bowled  0
David Wright Retired Not Out  1
Jonathan Kirby Not Out  29
James Hutchinson Stumped  4
A.N. Other Caught  4
Christopher Fear Caught  1
Phil Ellis Caught  9
Gareth Oughton Caught  2
Tristram Neal Caught  0
Daniel Thistlethwaite Bowled  1
A.N. Other Run out  1

Newton Poppleford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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