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Cheriton Fitzpaine v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 26 May 2011 at 2:40 PM
Erratics Cricket Club Won

Match report Match Report and Photos: Daniel Thistlethwaite

“It’s not a proper bolognaise if it doesn’t contain carrots and celery”, Matt Cook.

This was not quite the erudite cricket conversation I thought I would be listening to, whilst sharing a car with some of my cricketing heroes from the Erratics en route to Cheriton Fitzpaine, two of whom went on to effortlessly guide the ball to the boundary and over it into the field of sleepy sheep (apparently completely unaware of the skills on display right in front of their woolly faces).

With our skipper warming up his batting one handed, and his left wrist strapped up, I wondered if this might be a sign of British trenches spirit or a new technique for me to learn, given this was only my 5th match ever. To put this into perspective, a certain Brian Carpenter was making his 100th appearance in another Erratics game at the weekend. Respect!


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Erratics v Cheriton Fitzpaine
Thursday 26th May 2011
20 over game
Summary: Erratics win by 12 runs

Erratics: 150
Matt Cook 34* Chris Ferro 33* Jonathan Kirby 31*

Cheriton Fitzpaine: 138 for 7
Will Chambers 31*, Jeremny Tricks 30*, Mike Foan 23

Match Report and Photos: Daniel Thistlethwaite

“It’s not a proper bolognaise if it doesn’t contain carrots and celery”, Matt Cook.

This was not quite the erudite cricket conversation I thought I would be listening to, whilst sharing a car with some of my cricketing heroes from the Erratics en route to Cheriton Fitzpaine, two of whom went on to effortlessly guide the ball to the boundary and over it into the field of sleepy sheep (apparently completely unaware of the skills on display right in front of their woolly faces).

With our skipper warming up his batting one handed, and his left wrist strapped up, I wondered if this might be a sign of British trenches spirit or a new technique for me to learn, given this was only my 5th match ever. To put this into perspective, a certain Brian Carpenter was making his 100th appearance in another Erratics game at the weekend. Respect!





We batted first.

On a chilly, late afternoon with the threat of some showers, it was a day for those colourful V jumpers. Batsmen were scampering their runs as fast as possible and then racing even faster to the warmth of the pavilion.

After the prompt 6.0pm start, the score in this 20:20 game leapt along with boundaries hit left, right, and edged.

I know one isn’t supposed to mention one’s own efforts if reporting but hey, I hit my first boundary (and only) but you would think I had hit a six for the winning runs, such was the applause from the pavilion. Great support - thanks! It might have been a long way from the silky skills of Cook and Ferro, or the aggressive and surefooted-as-a-goat prowess of Kirby, all of whom contributed extremely well towards the win, but for me it was a start.

Cheriton came out to chase down 150. Not beyond them, but a challenge with all those sheep in the surrounding field whose sledging was becoming more vocal by the hour.

Our fielding was pretty good, if not exactly pretty, with three fine catches and the bowlers, (all eight of them), stuck to their task. Gareth Oughton bowling a line as tight as my father-in-law’s when hooking a 7 llb trout, and Greg Richmond a fine 3-12-2 and restricted the run rate from all but the talented Mike Foan, tricky Jeremy who had plenty up his sleeve and Will Chambers.

The weather prompted discussion of Duckworth Lewis but we managed to complete the match with a satisfying win.

The return journey, after a toasty few pints in the local village pub, finally yielded lots of the legendary cricketing lore of the Erratics that I had been hoping for plus some obscure umpiring rules, of which I know very little, developed into a quiz and finally a monumental list of all the openers that the Erratics have at their disposal with their individual special skills. A formidable statistic for any opposition.

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
9w 9b 2lb 
for 7 wickets
20
150		        
Matt Cook Retired Not Out  34
Greg Richmond Bowled  10
Chris Ferro Retired Not Out  33
Jonathan Kirby Retired Not Out  31
Mark Hailwood Run out  3
Simon Orpen Bowled  1
Jeff Haynes Run out  3
Phil Ellis Caught  8
Daniel Thistlethwaite Caught  5
Gareth Oughton Caught  1
Mark Phillips Not Out  1

Cheriton Fitzpaine Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Cheriton Fitzpaine Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 5w 6b  
for 5 wickets
12
137 (20.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Matt Cook3.0022122.007.33
Greg Richmond3.001226.004.00
Simon Orpen3.0027127.009.00
Chris Ferro3.00500.001.67
Jeff Haynes3.003300.0011.00
Gareth Oughton3.001800.006.00
Mark Phillips1.001200.0012.00
Phil Ellis1.00111.001.00
 
Photos and video of Cheriton Fitzpaine v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 26 May 2011 at 2:40 PM

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Chris Ferro (right) and Matt Cook (left) boht retired at 30 in the T20 match at Cheriton Fitzpaine in 2011

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Jonathan Kirby also retired on 30 at Cheriton Fitzpaine in 2011. Here he plays a characteristic pull behind square.

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Matt Cook retires his innings at Cheriton Fitzpaine in 2011

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Chris Ferro retires his innings and is replaced by Mark Hailwood at Cheriton Fitzpaine in 2011

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Greg Richmond (hard-hitting batsman and accurate medium-pace bowler) at Cheriton Fitzpaine in 2011