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Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV v Willow Herbs ll on Sat 06 May 2017 at 1pm
Springfield Cricket Club Won 58 runs

Match report Week 1 – Heroes are born

Nervous, excited, optimistic… Just some of the emotions I was feeling ahead of the new season as I prepared to lead out my team of what was, on first glance, a tad on the young side. Arriving in plenty of time, I disregarded all of my duties until the last possible minute and proceeded to give Prudence Jnr a thorough working over in the net, displaying my full array of filth.

Anyway, with the majority of the team now present and the pregame admin sorted it was time for the toss. Willow Herbs were the visitors and as such provided their own umpire. I can only assume their captain had spent the week in Croatia due to the extreme Russell Jones nature of the pre toss chat.

“We’re incredibly weak today, we only have 10, three of them are 13, and one of them is a girl, if you want any sort of a game I suggest you bat first”. It went something like that. Anyway the coin went up, heads was called, and tails! I took the bait and invited Willow Herbs into the field.

Let us fast forward and we were quickly in the mire at 40-5 after no time at all. Atkinson (0), Cook (4), Swann (23), Ashurst (7) and Reynolds (1) all back in the proverbial shed after no time at all. As each one arrived, the same words were spoken, “Keeping low, play forward, straight bat.” Arain joined Gooday at the crease looking for any sort of partnership and a mere 3 overs later, Gooday ignored all common sense and the words he’d spoken to every other player and attempted an ugly looking slog-sweep someone over vacant cow, the result being a long walk back to the pavilion. J Trim joined Arain at the crease, and then M Trim joined Arain at the crease a few minutes later. By now the opening bowlers were long gone and Arain and M Trim set about attacking the change bowlers, Arain displaying a full repertoire of strokes and raced to a much needed 22. However, the next over he attempted a whack straight down the ground and missed the ball by some margin. The keeper failed to take the ball cleanly and the ball dropped down on the bail. At least that’s what I thought happened… after much confusion and a memorised Arain standing his ground, the square leg umpire gave Arain his marching orders, decision – bowled!! I imagine it is still too soon to mention it to him. At this stage Springfield had slipped to 80-8 and my decision to bat first, and their insistence on being a weak side were both looking very farfetched. Little did we know that Matt Trim and Teddy Ashurst, a combined 5 ft. and 7 stone would rally with a much needed partnership of 79 to take us to a quite remarkable 159-8 off the allotted 40 overs, Trim bringing up his maiden adult 50 with a Ponting like pull shot to the square leg boundary. A magnificent effort from the two smallest players in the league.

After indulging in a thoroughly undeserving Vince tea, unless your name is Matt or Teddy, we set about trying to defend 159. Gooday obviously went back in time to 2012 at tea as he gave Arain the new cherry, much to his surprise, and off we went. Arain repaid the faith after approximately 0.1 overs with an away-swinging yorker which was far too good for the guy in the Nike T-Shirt, Diamond Duck, on your way. After some tidy bowling from J Trim and Arain, Arain struck again holding on to a neat caught and bowled at the 2nd attempt to dismiss No.3, should have gone earlier… I heard it was plumb. J Trim finally broke his duck at the other end having No.4 caught unsurprisingly unconvincingly on the 3rd attempt at cover by Gooday (ed. probably the shoes fault). Arain departed after 6 overs, writer’s cramp I think, on came Lorcan and returned a very tidy spell of 6-3-13-1 including 3 maidens on the spin to the same guy playing the same shot (a cross batted wipe more likely seen in Hurling) and he was eventually bowled. Jamie departed after 7 and on came Reynolds returning a wicket in a sharp 4 over stint, dismissing the opening bat caught at backward point by Arain again on the 2nd attempt. Pumped. Herbs were 4 down and Springfield were on top. Men of the moment Ted and Matt were introduced and Ted struck first ball, a neat catch low down by J Trim. M Trim plugging away at the other end and eventually returned figures of 3-12 off 8.3 overs. A decent game for him. J Trim got the nod for his last two after Ted and signalled his intent with a very obvious fist pump, delighted to try and dismiss the lower order (yes I mean the lady). He didn’t, we move on. Willow Herbs eventually stumbled to 102 all out after 39.3 overs.

A thoroughly enjoyable start to the season and I hear Matt is still chewing Shaheen’s ear off after his 55*, Matty quite rightly taking the MOM gong this week.

James

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
1nb 20w 4b 1lb 
for 8 wickets
26
159		        
James Gooday Bowled  13 1 1
Max Atkinson Caught  0
Matt Cook Bowled  4 1
Owen Swann Bowled  23 4
Tony Ashurst Caught  7 1
Ben Reynolds Caught  1
Shaheen Arain Bowled  22 3 2
Jamie Trim Bowled  0 1
Matt Trim Not Out  55 5
Teddy Ashurst Not Out  8
Lorcan England  

Willow Herbs ll Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Willow Herbs ll Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 12w 6b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
24
101 (39.3 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Springfield Cricket Club Saturday IV Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Shaheen Arain6.011427.002.33
Jamie Trim9.0318118.002.00
Lorcan England6.0313113.002.17
Ben Reynolds4.0020120.005.00
Matt Trim8.331234.001.41
Teddy Ashurst6.0115115.002.50