Scorecard

Bridford v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 16 May 2010 at 14.00
Erratics Cricket Club Won by 62 runs

Match report Match Report: Nigel Rutherford

Another damp, chilly, overcast day. As the Erratics team assembled without sight of the Bridford 11, there was some concern that perhaps the game had been called off without our knowing. Anyway, half an hour later under dark clouds the Erratics lost the toss and were put into bat.

Guy off the back of a 90 last week and skipper Chris Ferro opened the batting. They settled in well on a pitch that changed character almost every over with each downpour or sunny spell.

After a good partnership and some cracking forward drives from Chris, Guy, got out for 17, bringing Sid to the crease. Sid continued his excellent batting form, building another partnership with Chris who eventually went for 60, giving Bridford's sharp keeper a stumping.

Talk in the Erratics camp at this stage was of a score of 200+. Paul, however, hoping to carry on from his 67 the previous week, failed to add to the score; the obligatory batting collapse was now on.

Next in, Mark played a couple of nice shots before Sid, momentarily forgetting that it was not Usain Bolt at the other end, called for a quick single, leaving Mark not quite out of the starting blocks when the bails were whipped off.

Armaan in at 7 played some stylish shots until Sid's dismissal after a good innings of 47 brought me to the crease. Not to be outdone by Paul, I too successfully edged my first ball to the keeper.

Phil, James and James all chipped in a few before the innings ended on a round 150.

After tea the skies cleared. Although this may have improved batting conditions, it also made for a much more pleasant couple of hours in the field.

James Burrows, opening, had to deal with very slippery conditions underfoot but was soon into his stride. However, the first wicket went to James Bryant, who got the batsman to edge one to slip. The outfield was definitely quicker, but wickets fell steadily enough to ensure that Bridford never got away from us. James Burrows bowled a beauty to take the second wicket.

The opening bowlers were then replaced by first Phil, who bowled a couple of tidy overs, then Armaan and myself. Armaan, master of the wicket-taking full toss got 3 and I, running in carefully found more control than usual and managed 4 for 1, one of them caught nicely by Mark in the slips.

The last wicket went to Paul who enabled Sid to add to his tally of stumpings this season and had Bridford all out for 90ish.

In a lesser game taking place simultaneously England thrashed the Aussies in the 20-20 final.

Sunday 16th May: Bridford at Bridford 2.00pm
James Bryant
James Burrows
Guy Clarke
Phil Ellis
Chris Ferro (c)
Armaan Malhotra
Paul Molins
Ed Paleit
Mark Phillips
Nigel Rutherford (r)
Sid Thomson (wkt)

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 3w 4b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
9
150		        
Chris Ferro Stumped  60
Guy Clarke Lbw  17
Sid Thomson Caught  43
Paul Molins Caught  0
Ed Paleit Caught  1
Mark Phillips Run out  7
Armaan Malhotra Run out  11
Nigel Rutherford Caught  0
Phil Ellis Not Out  0
James Burrows Caught  2
A.N. Other1 Caught  0

Bridford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Bridford Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 5w 1b  
for 10 wickets
9
88 (21.1 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
James Burrows5.0012112.002.40
A.N. Other12.002200.0011.00
Phil Ellis3.002000.006.67
Nigel Rutherford6.05140.250.17
Armaan Malhotra3.002337.677.67
Paul Molins2.1010110.004.62