Scorecard

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday II v Boreham on Sat 19 May 2012 at 13:30
Springfield Cricket Club Won 101 Runs

Match report
Full report - http://takingofftheshine.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/roaring-back/

(You really should read the full report - it has photos and everything - TC)

Tim won the toss, chose to bat.

The first twenty overs were a turgid affair, by no means entertaining cricket but were played safe, scoring at 3 an over to build a solid platform.

Tim was the first man to go, playing a poor shot, but thankfully Andy ‘PA’ Frost was able to lift the scoring rate of the next 12 or so overs. PA went, Luke came, and an ever reddening Chalk ground to 50.

Chalk and Luke then took the sword to Boreham, lifting us from around 120 from 35 to 202 from 45 overs. Luke provided vital impetus when it was needed, scoring 36 from 26, whilst Chalk exploded to end on 94 not out. It was an excellently paced innings.

We confidently took the field for the second innings, knowing that our 202 runs were worth upwards of 230 on an average pitch. Attwell and Ovel got us off to a good start. Ovel picked up from where he left off last season, with Boreham unable to lay a bat on his away swingers.

However, it was the change bowlers, Arain and Mr Hartley (on 2nd team début), who did the damage. Mr Hartley confounded the Boreham batsman, picking up regular wickets, to end with 4-21 (which could easily have been more if slip catches were taken by myself, Powell and Chalk, who was by now pretty much immobilised.)

The remainder of the Boreham lineup was accounted for by ‘Apprentice’ Arain, who bowled full and straight with great accuracy and consistency. His 5 wickets (for 20) were very much deserved.

Ultimately, it was a straight forward win of 101 runs. This was by no means sexy, box office cricket. But it was a demonstration of the effectiveness of setting solid platforms, taking risks only at the right times, generating pressure with the ball and most of all, doing the basics well.

Man of the Match

Chalk for showing maturity and commitment to put us in a position we were never going to lose from.

Dick of the Day

Tim. Full explaination on his blog (link at the top of the page....he needs the hits!)

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday II Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
3nb 6w 13b 9lb 
for 2 wickets
31
202		        
Tim Clancy b M Starling 14 64 49 28.57
Matt Chalk Not Out  94 150 154 8 61.04
Andy Frost ct b T Sanders 27 43 32 2 84.38
Luke Southwell Not Out  36 40 26 1 2 138.46 2
Ash Pattani  
Bryn Powell  
Ian Hartley   1
Andy Ovel  
Shaheen Arain  
Josh Attwell  
Cadman Turner  

Boreham Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
A Harrison10.022300.002.30
S Smith9.016300.007.00
M Startling11.0329129.002.64
S Tucker10.043400.003.40
T Sanders5.0031131.006.20

Boreham Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 11w 6b 6lb 
for 10 wickets
25
101 (34.0 overs)		     
T Sanders b Shaheen Arain 52
M Bruder b Ian Hartley 1
G Reddin ct Luke Southwell b Josh Attwel 0
M Starling b Shaheen Arain 2
S Smith ct Ian Hartley b Shaheen Arain 0
A Harrison ct Luke Southwell b Ian Hartley 0
S Tucker b Ian Hartley 14
D Hawkins b Shaheen Arain 0
T Coucher Not Out  7
S Slaughter b Shaheen Arain 0
G Deal b Ian Hartley 0

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday II Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Josh Attwell10.0034134.003.40
Andy Ovel6.031100.001.83
Ian Hartley11.022145.251.91
Shaheen Arain7.002054.002.86

  • Umpire :
    Chalk and Ovel
  • Scorer :
    Pattani