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Lympstone v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 07 Jul 2011 at Unknown
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 27 runs

Match report Match Report: Greg Richmond


The Lympstone ground looked vast, with boundary flags spread far and wide. This looked like a game destined for few boundaries, and so it transpired. Lympstone went into bat on the back of a season that had seen them hammer many of their opponents.

The Erratics had to deal with the problem of no experienced keeper. Martin Weiler gamely volunteered for the role. He had never kept before, but cheerfully took up the challenge as if ticking an item off cricket’s version of ‘50 things to do before you die’. He went on to keep remarkably well throughout the innings.

Lympstone made steady early progress but were slowed down by a couple of wickets each from Phil Ellis and Jeff Haynes. Jonathan Davies came into the attack on the back of 2 years in Italy and no cricket. He started with a wide either side of the wicket and an overhead no ball, as if testing the outer ranges of the target area. As his accuracy came back he conjured a hat-trick, ably assisted by the Erratics catching, in particular Matt Cook. Indeed the Erratics catching was uncharacteristically excellent all innings. After this flurry of wickets, Lympstone ended on 118-8.


The Lympstone opening attack was pretty challenging for this level of cricket and Mark Hailwood was bowled in the first over. Matt Cook was the only batsman not to struggle against tight early bowling, and even Matt found it hard to reach far distant boundaries, before retiring at 26.

Jonathan Davies completed a fine return to cricket with an unbeaten 14 towards the end of the innings, but the Erratics fell well short at 91-6 by the end of the 20 years. (sic. Ed - is this what it felt like?)

Lympstone kindly laid on ale and hot food at the Globe after the game.

Lympstone Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
8w 1b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
11
118 (20.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Matt Cook4.0026126.006.50
Greg Richmond4.002100.005.25
Gareth Oughton4.002000.005.00
Phil Ellis2.001125.505.50
Jeff Haynes3.011628.005.33
Jonathan Davies3.002137.007.00

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
11w 9b 1lb 
for 6 wickets
21
91		        
Greg Richmond Bowled  12
Mark Hailwood Bowled  0
Matt Cook Retired Not Out  26
Jeff Haynes Caught  5
Jonathan Davies Not Out  14
Martin Weiler Bowled  5
Gary Abrahams Caught  1
Christopher Fear Bowled  5
Phil Ellis Not Out  2
Gareth Oughton  
Daniel Thistlethwaite  

Lympstone Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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