Scorecard

Clyst St George v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 20 May 2018 at 2.30pm
Match was Drawn

Match report In recent years the first Clyst game of the year has settled into calming, relaxing groove of draws (some people would call them losing draws but I prefer the more positive style of thought). In fact if you look up the first game from 2016 you will find a scorecard that closely resembles the one you can see below. There has been two major differences however: firstly that we did better with the bat, secondly so did they (alternatively we did worse with the ball and so did they but again we’re trying to think positively), these two differences will be discussed in a moment but firstly I would like to remember a moment from the match: Tea was provided by Chris Ferro and whilst we were collecting our food he bought out a plate of peeled and chopped banana, one of which was slightly brown. I pointed this out to Martin Weiler, saying something along the lines of “that banana is slightly brown” to which Martin replied “Ooo yes, don’t you like them like that?” Anyway, on with the game.

The second difference: I think the most easy thing to spot from Clyst’s innings is that we didn’t take any wickets (this leaves us in the situation of having played two afternoon matches having taken 2 wickets). Whose fault was this? A tough question. And probably not the one you should be asking, after all “there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.” Did we bowl well? This is a better question, but it still it requires a better understanding of what you’re comparing us to. For example if you compare us to a troupe of sunflowers then I expect we bowled better (at least we had the ability to walk). So perhaps the best question to ask would be did we bowl better than normal? Well no, we didn’t take any wickets.

In 2017 Ben Pullan and Freddie Creer opened the batting for Clyst, both got about 80 before getting out and Clyst continued to get 273. This year Ben Pullan and Freddie Creer opened the batting for Clyst, bot got over 100 before retiring and Clyst continued to get 254. According to this it is easy to predict that next year Ben Pullan and Freddie Creer will open the batting for Clyst, both will get 120 not out leaving the team total as 235. Admittedly this might not pe possible.

The first difference: when did we start batting for the draw? I don’t think that we ever started batting for the draw. Notice that everyone out was caught. There was a general feeling that we weren’t going to win, there was also a general feeling that we weren’t going to lose. The draw felt inevitable. It’s worth pointing out that we haven’t actually lost to Clyst since the 27th of May 2012, in the cases that we can’t win, we draw and if we can win, we do.
By Fraser Chave

Clyst St George Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 23w 5b  
for 0 wickets
29
254 (42.0 overs)		     
Ben Pullan Retired Not Out  108
Freddie Creer Retired Not Out  104
G.Hall Not Out  12
E.Cragg Not Out  1
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ben Youngman7.004400.006.29
Jayakrupakar Nallala4.003400.008.50
Chris Ferro11.003600.003.27
George Greaves7.004800.006.86
Mark Hailwood6.004300.007.17
Fraser Chave6.013700.006.17
Sivaraman Subramanian2.00700.003.50

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
3nb 8w 9b 1lb 
for 7 wickets
21
156		        
Martin Wright Caught  12 1 1
Chris Ferro Caught  29 5
Jayakrupakar Nallala Caught  28 5
George Greaves Caught  9 1
Matt Crawford Caught  0
Martin Weiler Not Out  37 5 1
Jonathan Kirby Caught  12 2
Fraser Chave Caught  0
Sivaraman Subramanian Not Out  7 1
Mark Hailwood  
Ben Youngman  

Clyst St George Bowling

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