Scorecard

Newton Poppleford v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 24 Jun 2010 at 18.15
Erratics Cricket Club Won by 30 runs

Match report
Erratics 132 for 5 G Richmond 25 rtd., C Ferro 28 rtd., T Pritchard 27 rtd.

Newton Poppleford 101 for 7

Erratics won by 31 runs

Match Report by Mark Phillips

This was a reasonably exciting evening game, with rules of retiring at 25 and bowlers restricted to 2 overs each. Erratics batted steadily and effectively, with no less than 3 batsmen reaching retirement totals very quickly. Greg Richmond retired after 12 minutes at the crease, Chris Ferro after 10 minutes and Terry Pritchard making sure that there was a worthwhile exceedence to his mandatory retirement by finishing with a six. All this gave the impression of the confident acquisition of a very respectable total. Chris Fear was stable for 40 minutes whilst other batsmen came and went, either retired or out, until he was caught and bowled for 18. Chris Cook scored a rapid 14 before being out to a rather good running catch by mid-off.

The first few overs in reply by Newton Poppleford gave Erratics the false impression that an easy win might be in store. After 7 overs, the batting side were at only 29 for 3, with Penny Price, Phil Ellis and Greg Richmond having bowled one batsman each. However, by the 9th over, the scoring rate suddenly picked up and we began to calculate more carefully the required rate per over. Whilst this still looked difficult for Newton Poppleford to achieve, there was a period of a few overs when the result could have gone either way. However, some spectacular wicket taking soon put paid to those worries. Chris Cook took three wickets, one caught and bowled, one bowled and one run out. This last one started life as a skied catch off Phil Ellis’ bowling which was going to land just on the off side of the pitch about halfway down the wicket. Chris had a great run in from slip to get to it, but dropped it, only to gather the ball up and throw it for a direct hit at the bowler’s end, before the hapless batsman could make his ground! A few overs later this was followed by another amazing direct hit for a run out, with Greg Richmond achieving this from deep long-on.

Thursday 24th June: Newton Poppleford at Newton Pop. 6.15pm
Chris Cook; Max Ellis; Phil Ellis; Chris Fear; Chris Ferro (Captain); Jono Gurney (Wicketkeeper); John Nagle; Mark Phillips (Match Report); Penny Price; Terry Pritchard; Greg Richmond.

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
7w 4b  
for 5 wickets
11
131
        
Greg Richmond Retired Not Out  25
Christopher Fear Caught  18
Phil Ellis Caught  0
Chris Ferro Retired Not Out  28
Chris Cook Caught  18
Terry Pritchard Retired Not Out  27
John Nagle Stumped  1
Penny Price Run out  2
Jono Gurney Not Out  1
Max Ellis Not Out  0
Mark Phillips  

Newton Poppleford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Newton Poppleford Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
101 (19.4 overs)
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
John Nagle2.00600.003.00
Greg Richmond2.00212.001.00
Penny Price2.0110110.005.00
Max Ellis2.001900.009.50
Phil Ellis2.02010.000.00
Terry Pritchard2.002000.0010.00
Christopher Fear2.002000.0010.00
Mark Phillips2.00919.004.50
Chris Ferro2.00212.001.00
Chris Cook1.40221.001.20