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Mount Edgcumbe v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 21 Aug 2016 at 2.00pm
Erratics Cricket Club Won by 4 wickets

Match report Ben Youngman reports...

“Whatever happened to crop circles?” A question posed by skipper-for-the-day Martin Wright en route to Mount Edgcumbe. Neither Chris Ferro, Paul Molins, nor myself, ((stuck) in the car with Martin) knew the answer, but Martin did correctly identify that a cereologist (a word he perhaps frequently uses) would be a good source of the answer. In fact I was able to quickly find the answer by with a few choice robot commands: “Ok Google: whatever happened to crop circles?” Milliseconds later I got the response: “The aliens have stopped coming because of the robots.” That solves that then. I suspect Siri thinks the same.

One of the most scenic grounds that we encounter was resplendent in the drizzle. So much so that we holed out in the car once we arrived, along with the Penny Price car, and Chave family car, and ate lunch. Poor visibility allowed Paul Molins to speculate whether we were looking at the Tamar, which turned out to be a block of flats and a telegraph pole.

As the skies opened the day’s cricket belatedly started. Captain Wright over saw a toss, and Mount Edgcumbe went out to bat. And bat their opener, A. Ware, did. So much so that he eventually retired on 130. Although he gave a couple of early chances, once in his stride boundaries flowed, summarised with a well-distributed wagon wheel. In the mean time, Ben Youngman, Phil Power and Chris Ferro helped the wickets fall, but only 5 in the end, for a rather daunting 217.

It was quite a chase, which nearby resident Steve Berry came to watch. Fortunately the top-order batters were motivated for the task: contributions from Danny Williamson and Phil Power, and especially Krupakar and Martin Wright, helped the runs accumulate. But it was Fraser at the other end that was responsible for the greatest proportion. Fresh from leaning on the fence at fine leg, and perhaps in slightly redemptive mood, his 64 was his first Erratic fifty, notwithstanding his century against the Cavendish Caveliers. Time, though, was not on our side. Ten overs left. Seven wickets left. 61 runs to get. Fortunately, Chris Cook’s measured performance, alongside Chris Ferro, and finally Duncan Chave, guided home the necessary runs, with five balls to spare.

A somewhat indirect and iterative route out of Mount Edgcumbe’s grounds took us to the Edgcumbe Arms, where we joined our opponents. A drink being well-earned was clearly the consensus.

We stuck to land to return to Exeter, and made up for the lack of ferry novelty with a game of village-name-based cricket word association. At the risk of providing too much entertainment in a single report, I’ll leave the reader to acquire a map of the Rame Peninsular and to indulge in their own game.

Mount Edgcumbe Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 5 wickets
0
217 (41.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ben Youngman12.0440220.003.33
Fraser Chave7.007900.0011.29
Phil Power7.0128128.004.00
Jayakrupakar Nallala4.003100.007.75
Chris Cook6.001500.002.50
Chris Ferro5.0016116.003.20

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 6 wickets
0
218		        
Fraser Chave Stumped  64
Danny Williamson Bowled  12
Jayakrupakar Nallala Caught  38
Martin Wright Caught  35
Phil Power Caught  11
Chris Cook Not Out  15
Chris Ferro Caught  6
Duncan Chave Not Out  7
Paul Molins  
Ben Youngman  
Penny Price  

Mount Edgcumbe Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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  • Umpire :
    Jonny Hayes
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