Scorecard

Marldon v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 21 Aug 2022 at 1.00pm
Erratics Cricket Club Won by 4 wickets

Match report A.N. Other1 was Christina Sharp (married to Rithvik)

The Erratics returned to the “Meadow ground” at Marldon on a fine day with sunny periods.

Five members of the Erratics team came blinking into the light like “Moley” in “The Wind in the Willows” after a thrashing at Dartington on a dark, drizzly evening two days before. As a newcomer to the steeply sloping ground with relatively short off and on side boundaries I was warned of the complex local rules. Apparently, partly as a potential way of reducing the number of lost balls, sixes hit out of the ground laterally were scored as dot balls and sixes remaining within the ground were scored as fours. At each end was an arc within which it was possible to score a six. However, the arc did not seem to be clearly marked and I reckoned that discovering where and what it was might be a journey similar to my sex education and ultimate loss of virginity.

Mark Hailwood won the toss and elected to field. Rithvik Gutha opened the bowling from the upper village hall end of the ground and Marldon’s opening bat, J. Gay immediately looked threatening playing some powerful shots. The other opener gave a nick in the first over which was safely taken by keeper Andrew Forrester. The second over was bowled by Oscar Cammack at a good pace up the hill and he immediately struck when Gay edged a ball to gully where I
somehow held on to the ball like an arcade claw machine. 11 for 2 after two overs. Batter Waugh stayed for a while but was eventually bowled by Rithvik. At times there was fierce bounce obtained bowling down the hill. Rithvik closed his spell with figures of 7-0-25-2 and Oscar finished with an extremely economical 5-2-10-1.

Anuj Tiwari and Mark Hailwood were the third and fourth bowlers, Anuj bowling a mixture of medium pace and spin at his usual brisk over rate that seems to unsettle batters. Mark’s stint from the village hall end was accurate and initially economical but ultimately spoilt by Singh’s later aggressive batting. Claridge resisted for seven overs for his 21 before being trapped Lbw by Anuj. Simcox was also out Lbw to Anuj for 4 and Lovell was spectacularly run out for 0 by Oscar
throwing down the single stump he could see from 15 yards +. Kirkup edged another catch to Andrew Forrester behind the stumps off Tiwari. Andy Singh then set about the bowling with a rapid 52 not out ( 40 in boundaries) and it looked like he might have been able to ramp the score up to more than 150 at one stage but he ran out of partners. Thompson fell to Anuj for 0 and James Smart came on to efficiently dismiss Denega and Bennett cheaply. Marldon 123 all out with 27 extras.

Tea was taken by those well prepared who brought their own picnics and refreshments. I took photographs.

Oscar Cammack and Richard Lindsay opened the batting for Erratics. Bowling the second over up the hill Thompson claimed Richard’s wicket with his first ball. Andrew Forrester came in and helped to see some shine off the ball. Oscar was unlucky to be Lbw to Denega for 6 runs. My short term memory loss (caused by a cricket ball induced severe concussion in 2006) led to my accidentally usurping Martin Weller’s position at number 4. Sincere apologies to Martin who had to wait two overs before Andrew succumbed to Thompson. Martin played an entertaining innings including an extra cover drive which was a candidate for shot of the day. After my slowish start we reached a partnership of 54 before Martin fell to Gay for 30. Gay went on to claim the wickets of Paul Molins and James Smart for ducks when the score was 90 for 6 wickets.

Anuj came in meaning business and dispatched a ball out of the ground to mid wicket only to be disappointed when told this was a dot ball according to the local rules. I enjoyed the entertainment from the non-receiver’s end as Anuj hit 30 not out off 17 balls. I played a few square cuts and was delighted to find myself 37 not out when we reached the winning target of 125 for the loss of 6 wickets.

We adjourned to the delightful Church House Inn across the road (Devon’s Dining Pub of the Year 2013) where we enjoyed some excellent company and drinks in the pretty beer garden.

Hugh

Marldon Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 20w 3b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
27
123 (27.5 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Rithvik Gutha7.0025212.503.57
Oscar Cammack5.0210110.002.00
Anuj Tiwari7.0044411.006.29
Mark Hailwood7.003500.005.00
James Smart2.50924.503.18

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
7w 9b 2lb 
for 6 wickets
18
125		        
Oscar Cammack Lbw  6 17 1 35.29 1 1
Richard Lindsay Caught  1 2 50.0
Andrew Forrester Caught  3 17 17.65 2
Hugh Sheridan Not Out  37 61 7 60.66 1
Martin Weiler Caught  30 32 6 93.75
Paul Molins Caught  0 4 0
James Smart Lbw  0 2 0
Anuj Tiwari Not Out  30 17 6 176.47
Rithvik Gutha  
Mark Hailwood  
A.N. Other1   1

Marldon Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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