Scorecard

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV v St Johns Billericay II on Sat 21 Jul 2012 at 13:30
Springfield Cricket Club Won 9 Wickets

Match report Despite the best efforts of the heavy rain, that fell for many hours during Friday, our pitch at Coronation Park had dried sufficiently to enable play to get underway on time and in some welcome sunshine.

Batting first was always likely to be tricky, although if a total of around 150 could be achieved then a run chase on a drying surface could have proved to be very difficult. It was therefore a bold and positive move by the St John's skipper to insert his team in order to post a competitive score.

We've become accustomed to Anthony and Ian bowling well in tandem and this week was no exception. They again bowled beautifully, and with figures respectively of 7/2/16/2 & 7/2/10/2 they prevented the opposition from getting of to a flying start. It then meant that for St John's to recover they needed some big hitting from their middle order, but with two run outs {courtesy of Chay's fine fielding}; excellent catching and stumping by Fran and Steve; and some tidy bowling by Azeem and Martin, the innings was closed out with just 41 runs on the board.

Our reply may well have foundered early on had a couple of chances offered by both Fran and Chay been taken, but with luck on our side both the openers survived until Chay returned to the pavillion a little prematurely. It was then left to Fran and Jack to see us home for a nine wicket victory.

Next Saturday sees us paying a visit to Galleywood where a tough test will be guaranteed from this keenly competitive club.

St Johns Billericay II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 5w 1b  
for 10 wickets
7
41 (29.1 overs)		     
S Spooner ct  Steve Harrison b Ian Bingham 10
W Brown ct  Chay Pollinger b Ant Larcher 4
Z Hibbert Run out  1
A Brown ct  Fran Prudence b Ian Bingham 0
M Simnet lbw  Martin Southwell 7
T Sillitoe lbw  Ant Larcher 0
J Fairclough Run out  0
R Pinchback Not Out  3
D Cripps ct  & b Azeem Akhtar 5
R Carpenter ct  Fran Prudence b Martin Southwell 0
C Levy st  Steve Harrison b Martin Southwell 4

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ant Larcher7.021628.002.29
Ian Bingham7.021025.001.43
Azeem Akhtar8.05717.000.87
Martin Southwell7.15732.330.98

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
4w 3b  
for 1 wickets
7
42		        
Chay Pollinger ct  M Simnet b T Sillitoe 8 16 1 50.0 1
Fran Prudence Not Out  13 23 2 56.52 2
Jack Swann Not Out  14 26 2 53.85
Matt Cook  
Charlie Green  
Russell Jones  
Steve Harrison   1 1
Martin Southwell  
Ant Larcher  
Azeem Akhtar   1
Ian Bingham  

St Johns Billericay II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
T Sillitoe5.4111111.001.94
R Pinchback4.001900.004.75
C Levy1.00900.009.00