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Chorleywood Sunday 1sts - League v Abbots Langley
15th Aug 04 - CV - The Common
Won by 131 runs

On a cloudy and at times damp afternoon on the Common, the Sunday 1sts faced a bottom of the table dog fight against local rivals Abbots Langley hoping to dodge relegation and see another year in Div 2. The pitch looked dodgy and some light rain had livened it up even more, so the smart vote was for captain Butcher to call correctly and ask the opposition to bat first. It is then believed that in his infinite captaincy wisdom, Mr Ret predicted the coin would land completely up on its side and called accordingly. Surprisingly enough this did not happen and the Wood were asked to negotiate the tricky pitch first. After a speedy start from openers Rothband and Shammy 69, a deluge of wickets fell to leave the middle order to take over. Past Auckland rep Andy McKay showed good technique at 3 before falling to some dodgy bounce, and the overseas players lack of runs on a Sunday continued. This however could not be soley blamed on himself, and was praying for usual umpire Graver to come back after a ridiculous decision by one of his own teammates.

Another Sunday, another butcher masterclass. Himself and Rothband pushed the Wood into a strong position by first showing sound defensive technique as the oppositions tails were up, then seizing on any loose bowling in dashing fasion. Rothband was unlucky to be dismissed by another rising ball after a timely and well overdue return to form. His 74 was laden with vicious cut strokes and blazing drives, some of which even reached the 200 yard boundary markers he had set out before hand. Robin the chav came in to partner the crafty one, and was an ideal foil. Whilst the butcher smashed the wayward bowling all over the common in disdainful fashion, the chav complimented him beautifully by blocking the living crap out of it. Keeper Andy O was most complimentary of Webbs batting prowess, many times admiring the way he was almost blazing it off the square and urged him to continue in the same fashion. After a couple of brief cameos by Worzel Radley and Asado Ladhaski, a very competitive total of 236 was posted where a lot less may have been expected. The former male model ending up on 60* after some lusty blows in the last 5 overs, none more entertaining than the full toss deposited over the clubhouse and landing in a bush beyond the kitchen window.

The Wood could not afford to relax however, with the huge threat of the opposing overseas West Indian, who had notched several lightning quick centuries in the past couple of months. The Howick Pakuranga premier opening duo were sent out to start the battle, and early on it seemed there would be only one winner. Left arm paceman McKay scaring the opposition into submission with some Road End fireworks, with his NZ clubmate Wedlake bowling a steady off stump line. First McKay sent down a brilliantly pitched slower ball, which gripped and presented an easy catch to the captain (to be honest there was a lot of money being wagered on the ball winning that particular catching battle). Then the wicket that effectively ended the game as a contest. The West Indian faced up to a fired up and angry Wedlake, whos day had been going from bad to worse ever since the moment he walked out of the door that morning with his keys still inside the house. His first ball was fast and straight, and only gave the batsmen enough time to shuffle right in front of his stumps to present the umpire with a very easy LBW decision. His golden duck spelt mortal doom for Abbots , who never recovered. Wedlake was rewarded for his vim and vigour with 2-11 off 8 furious overs, and McKay 2-7 with an inside edge for 1 and a dropped catch being the only runs off the bat. Ret then matched Wedlakes 2 wicket haul to leave them even on league scalps this year, and the tasty off spin of Radley accounted for two more. Andy Spurrso was unlucky with missed chances, and Chris Horne was as ineffective as ever. It was then left up to all round talent Rothband to clean up the tail, with his drastically underused seamers accounting for 2 final wickets. Abbots could only manage 106 off 44 overs, and victory was comprehensively awarded to the home side.

Once again there are strong cases for man of the match, but todays choice is quite rightly awarded to N.J.L Rothband. His 74 was the perfect catalyst to a big score, although he may feel a 100 was easily in the offering. Then he destroyed the lower order with his offering of dibbly dobbly seamers, as he had done on the Kent tour only a month ago. This win lifts the Wood out of the relegation zone for the moment, and will take two similar efforts against Bessborough and Finchley in the last 2 games to consolidate this position. So if you are reading this, and you can bat/bowl/field (and you arent the umpire I referred to above) contact the Butcher on his usual numbers and make yourself available!

Chorleywood Innings Abbots Langley Innings
  Name How Out Bowler Runs
1 Nigel Rothband Caught & Bowled R. Mohammed 74
2 Shamil Mubarak Caught (R. Mohammed) B. Brown 16
3 A McKay Caught (M. Wareham) L. Watson 11
4 Dean Wedlake LBW S. Taylor 12
5 Robin Webb Bowled A. Byrne 31
6 Neil Ret NOT OUT   60
7 Paul Radley Caught & Bowled R. Mohammed 6
8 Asad Ladha NOT OUT   0
9 Andy Orange DNB    
10 Andrew Spurr DNB    
11 Chris Horne DNB    
      Extras 27
    Total for 6 237
 
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  Name How Out Bowler Runs
1 C. Jervis Bowled A McKay 3
2 M. Wareham Caught (Neil Ret) A McKay 2
3 R. Mohammed LBW Dean Wedlake
4 S. Taylor Bowled Dean Wedlake 4
5 J. Humphrey Bowled Neil Ret 1
6 B. Brown Bowled Neil Ret 14
7 I. Khan Stumped (Andy Orange) Nigel Rothband 48
8 B. Crook Caught (Chris Horne) Paul Radley 10
9 A. Byrne Caught (Andy Orange) Paul Radley 4
10 L. Watson Caught (Neil Ret) Nigel Rothband
11 D. Taylor NOT OUT   2
      Extras 18
    Total for 10 106
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Chorleywood Bowling
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average S/R E/R
A McKay 5 3 7 2 3.50 15.00 1.40
Dean Wedlake 8 4 11 2 5.50 24.00 1.37
Neil Ret 4 2 11 2 5.50 12.00 2.75
Paul Radley 10 3 21 2 10.50 30.00 2.10
Andrew Spurr 5 2 12 0     2.40
Asad Ladha 5 1 14 0     2.80
Nigel Rothband 4.4 1 21 2 10.50 14.00 4.50
Chris Horne 2 2 0 0     0.00
Fall of Wickets
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