Scorecard

Broadclyst Pins v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Wed 20 Aug 2025 at 6.00pm
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 2 Wickets

Match report President's Day might not be until Bank Holiday Monday, but this week's T20 fixture presented an early opportunity to celebrate our Dear Leader.
Five days, one month and 48 years ago, a young and fresh-faced debutant marked his guard, checked the field placings, tapped his bat on the crease
and, glancing up at the approaching bowler, began the longest Erratics career of them all. The scorecard records that we lost that day to the
Torbay Post Office by 2 wickets, Martin Weiler hitting 1 run and bowling 3 overs.

Fast forward past 6,230 more runs and 366 more overs to 20 August 2025, when, at the picturesque Broadclyst ground on the Killerton estate,
we find Martin poised to make history in his 669th game, passing Richard Hitchcock to become the most capped Erratic ever.

Fittingly, Martin had the honour of opening the batting for the visitors, alongside young pretender Duncan Chave (he of a measly 309 caps).
Together they raced past 40 in within the first 5 overs, a mixture of leg glances and deft cuts behind square complemented by some meatier blows
from Duncan, one of which shattered several tiles in the facade of the old pavilion (the invoice from the National Trust is in the post).
Duncan retired not out on 30 and soon after Martin played on for 15—one deft cut too many—bringing Rick Lindsay and Jonathan Kirby to the crease.

JK’s 598 caps mean he may well be the one who eventually overtakes Martin, but before that there was another important milestone to tick off:
11 runs into his innings, he passed a whopping 8,000 career runs for the Erratics (Fraser Chave is drawing up the wagon wheel as I type) — a fine
achievement for a much-valued teammate. R ick joined in the celebrations by smiting an enormous six over long-on and then was caught next ball,
while JK, the shackles freed, soon passed 30 to join Duncan in retirement. A useful innings from Matt Crawford (24) and some lusty lower-order
hitting from Fraser (18 not out) brought us to a decent total of 138 for 5, done and dusted in just under an hour.

As we took the field for the Broadclyst innings, their umpire announced: “I've never done this before, so I warn you there might be a few
dubious decisions …". Hardly the most encouraging sign, and all the more reason to hit the stumps directly—which Lee Grant duly did with
a peach of a leg-cutter, only for the bails to stay firmly in their grooves. Mark Hailwood had more luck from the other end (a top-spinning slip
catch held by Duncan) and wickets began to fall at regular intervals, thanks to two run outs (one a sharp direct hit by Fraser at mid-off), a testing
spell from Ben Youngman (2 for 17) and a sit-down forearm/elbow catch by Rick off Lee. By the end of the ninth over, the home side were 41 for 6
and looking in serious trouble.

Then the momentum suddenly shifted. Some powerful straight hitting by Yogi Jaat, ably supported by P. Walker Junior (20 not out) and
H. Whiting (30 retired not out), accelerated the score past 100 in the 16th over without the loss of any more wickets. Fraser and Anuj Tiwari did
their best to stymie the flow, but their efforts were undermined by some catastrophic damage inflicted on the wayward sixth Erratics bowler
(apologies—my photo of the scorebook accidentally cut off the name, so nameless they shall remain). Anuj, fine as ever at the death, picked up
2 for 29 and took the game to the final ball, with six more runs needed. But there was to be no sweet victory to mark El Presidente’s 669th game:
Yogi, returning from retirement, finished the job with a massive straight hit over the sightscreen in the gathering gloom.
Nonetheless, another enjoyably close finish to a very significant game in Erratics history.

Eight of our XI (your correspondent included—just!) were not yet born when the Torbay posties won that game all those years ago.
James Callaghan was in office, Messrs Jobs and Wozniak had just launched the Apple II computer, coloured kits were a glint in
Kerry Packer’s eye and Donna Summer was replacing Hot Chocolate at the top of the charts. The world has changed beyond recognition
in that time, but through it all, Martin Weiler has kept on playing cricket. Long may he continue.


Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 5 wickets
0
138		        
Martin Weiler b R Meakings 15
Duncan Chave Retired Not Out  30
Richard Lindsay ct Y Yogesh 10
Jonathan Kirby Retired Not Out  31
Matt Crawford ct S Tregedeon 24
Anuj Tiwari ct Y Yogesh 1
Ben Youngman ct D Parker 2
Tim Fawcett Not Out  1
Fraser Chave Not Out  18
Lee Grant  
Mark Hailwood  

Broadclyst Pins Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Justin Bell4.002700.006.75
Robert Meakings4.0037137.009.25
Yogi Yogesh4.011628.004.00
Philip Walker Jr3.002300.007.67
Steve Tregedeon2.00515.002.50
Thom Higgs1.00600.006.00
David Parker1.00919.009.00
Dean Roger1.001200.0012.00

Broadclyst Pins Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 8 wickets
0
139 (20.0 overs)		     
Steve Tregedeon ct M Hailwood 1 5 20.0
Dean Roger Run out  14 14 3 100
David Parker Run out  0 9 0
Priyadharsan Prabhakaran b B Youngman 0 1 0
Thom Higgs ct B Youngman 5 12 41.67
Geraint Thomas ct L Grant 4 9 44.44
Yogi Yogesh Not Out  39 15 3 3 260.0
Philip Walker JR Not Out  20 20 1 1 100
Harry Whiting Retired Not Out  30 21 4 2 142.86
Justin Bell b A Tiwari 11 7 2 157.14
Robert Meakings ct A Tiwari 4 5 80.0

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Hailwood4.0022122.005.50
Lee Grant4.0118118.004.50
Ben Youngman3.001728.505.67
Fraser Chave3.002200.007.33
Anuj Tiwari4.0029214.507.25
Tim Fawcett2.003000.0015.00