Erratics Cricket Club Erratics v Sunsets on Fri 27 Jul 2012 at 6pm

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Erratics Cricket Club Erratics v Sunsets on Fri 27 Jul 2012 at 6pm
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 12 runs

Match report Match Report by Jeff Haynes:

We had been waiting for this day for 7 years. At last, the waiting was over, and as the rest of the world settled down to watch Danny Boyle's remarkable opening ceremony for the Games of the Thirtieth Olympiad, the Sunsets arrived at Dunsford, seeking revenge for defeat at County Hall in May. A mere 80,000 welcomed the athletes to the Olympic Stadium. At least 200,000 welcomed the Sunsets to Dunsford - at least that was my estimate of the number of ants crawling under, over, through and all around the pavilion.

(Photo of ants)
"Oh no, no, the ant invasion..." (for those who remember the '80s...)

The many other attractions of this evening frustrated Penny's task of team selection, but she finally had managed to put out a full eleven, thanks to the sporting generosity of the Sunsets who provided Paul Russell and Steve Broom as honorary Erratics. Now that's something you never see at the Olympics... when Gareth Bale pulled out of the Team GB football squad with a back injury, did Brazil offer to let Neymar play for us? Not a chance!

On a sunny evening - perhaps I should repeat that: on a sunny evening! - the Erratics took the field under Chris Ferro's captaincy. Dominic and Mithun opened the bowling tidily, but without success. Matt and Chris took over and rather too soon the Erratics found themselves in the tenth over with the Sunsets past 50 without loss. Suddenly the match turned as Matt clean bowled Bridge as he went for one lusty shot too many, and then bowled Johns for a duck. In the following over Ed bowled opener Perryman for 19 and Walters for another duck. From 54 without loss the Sunsets had crashed to 57 for 4, the stumps being broken four times. [At this point it was rumoured that Geoff Boycott lost patience watching the batsmen give up their wickets and went off to watch the Olympic ceremony in stead.] The Sunsets continued to accumulate runs, with only on-loan Russell managing to pin them back, taking another two wickets. The Sunsets ended on 113 for 6.

Some pre-match talk had revolved around whether your reporter might not try his hand at captaincy one day. (This fate would befall the reporter within a week. Ed.) Part of my well-rehearsed excuse is that I have difficulty setting my own field, let alone anybody else's. I also now clearly have difficulty keeping field placings in my head, as Chris twice had occasion to politely remind me where he had moved me to! Chris is, of course, a master of placing a field, and this evening he had players in the right positions for several catches, yet every dismissal was bowled! I would like to think it was the unexpected appearance of the sun, after several months'absence, which dazzled the fielders (even if they weren't all facing the sun).

114 was not an unreasonable target, but after Bernie Wilson's excellent opening spell it soon looked an uphill task. Wilson's flight, line and length were perfect and on a largely flat wicket he pinned down Mithun, Jonathan and Chris, before eventually bowling each of them. His figures of 4-1-7-3 speak for themselves. It was left to Martin and Matt to stage a mid-order recovery, which they did by taking the score past 50 in the 12th over, and taking 14 runs off the 16th over, during a partnership of 56. But when Bridge bowled both of them in quick succession the Erratics' tail was seriously exposed, and with no big-hitters remaining, the Erratics limped to 101-7, still 12 runs short. Apart from one run out, all the other 12 wickets were bowled, which I guess says something about the pitch - though not being a captain, I'm not quite sure what it says about the pitch!

A very friendly evening was rounded off in the pub, over several plates of sausages and chips. Your reporter, marking the occasion (the one seven years in the making), awarded his "gold medal moment" award. Contenders included Ed Keedwell's first, double-wicket over, which took out the heart of the Sunsets' innings, and Martin Weiler's straight driven boundaries, but my award went to Matt Cook for making the first breakthrough, clean bowling the dangerous Bridge, at which point the Erratics really entered the match (and also because Matt had just bought me a drink at the pub!).

A.N.Other was Steve Broom
A.N.Other1 was Paul Russell

Sunsets Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	7nb 9w 6b 2lb for 6 wickets	24 113 (20.0 overs)
E Bridge	b M Cook	31
N Perryman	b E Keedwell	19
W Johns	b M Cook	0
S Waters	Not Out	25
J Hill	b E Keedwell	0
R Watts	b P Russell	1
C Price	b P Russell	3
R Jones	Not Out	10
D Mason
J Dunk
B Wilson

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Dominic Prosser	4.0	20	0	0.00	5.00
Mithun Mazumder	3.0	14	0	0.00	4.67
Matt Cook	3.0	15	2	7.50	5.00
Chris Ferro	1.0	12	0	0.00	12.00
Ed Keedwell	3.0	11	2	5.50	3.67
A.N. Other1	4.0	18	2	9.00	4.50
Jeff Haynes	2.0	15	0	0.00	7.50

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting

Player Name		R	B	4s	SR
extras TOTAL :	11w 6b 2lb for 7 wickets	19 102
Mithun Mazumder	Bowled	10	16	1	62.50
Jonathan Kirby	Bowled	0	7		0
Chris Ferro	Bowled	12	17	2	70.59
Martin Weiler	Bowled	23	38	3	60.53
Matt Cook	Bowled	33	28	5	117.86
A.N. Other	Not Out	2	7		28.57
Dominic Prosser	Run out	1	1		100
Ed Keedwell	Bowled	0	1		0
Jeff Haynes	Not Out	2	4		50.0
Daniel Thistlethwaite
A.N. Other1

Sunsets Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
J Dunk	4.0	0	22	0	0.00	5.50
B Wilson	4.0	1	7	3	2.33	1.75
R Jones	3.0	0	10	0	0.00	3.33
C Price	3.0	0	18	0	0.00	6.00
E Bridge	3.0	0	12	2	6.00	4.00
D Mason	1.0	0	14	0	0.00	14.00
N Perryman	2.0	0	11	1	11.00	5.50

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