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Chorleywood Sunday 1sts - Friendly v Stanmore Jafferys
27th Jun 04 - Friendly - The Common
Won by 92 runs

On the second day of a wet and gloomy English summer weekend, the Wood faced up to a Stanmore side who it seemed would be short of practise for the game after turning up 2 minutes before a 2pm kickoff. Though they could be forgiven as they put into the fixture late in the week, after Harrow were clearly not keen on playing in the cauldron like atmosphere that comes with playing on the Common on Sunday.

Unsurprisingly captain Tonker chose to bat after winning the toss, and sent in experienced duo Toms and Rothband to anchor the innings. And drop anchor they certainly did, with a miserly 22 runs off 10 overs curing all insomnia that any teammates may have had. Both were then bowled after making starts, bringing in two Antipodean batsmen to steady the ship. Rothband in particular must be careful of losing the Midas touch he had early in the season, especially when so many club members look up to him for guidance and strength. The Kiwi was again out to a poor stroke after a well timed 6 into a BMW's bonnet, but the responsibility was accepted by Oliphant who stroked a chanceless 60 to head 'Wood over 200. 240 was posted after some lusty blows late in the piece, and some believed the declaration was left too long (although the belated arrival of the icecream man was rumoured to have something to do with this).

The reply from the oppo was swift and left Chorley staring down the barrel, until an inspired piece of captaincy turned the game on its head. Dave Brabham was hauled into short leg, which rendered the batsmen incapable of seeing any gaps on the legside or indeed being able to score runs through there at all. Therefore they were forced to change their game and wickets tumbled as a result. Shortly after a cunning plan was employed by Tipping D, who decided to get his moneys worth out of the track by bouncing one delivery half a dozen times, then surprising the batsman soon after by bowling one straight that bounced only once to have him caught at cover. Some disciplined batting left 4 wickets to be taken in 8 overs for victory, so the captain unselfishly threw himself the ball in search of personal glory and cheap bunny wickets. Along with the Kiwi he achieved just that, both snaring 2 late clean bowleds to seal victory. The win was especially sweet after needing the last wicket to fall in the last over, with motivation of beer and curry being offered to Wedlake in exchange for the last scalp. So a rare and memorable win was achieved, the beer tasted good and all was hunky dorey. Special mentions today fall to Steve Toms, who kept wicket very competantly after being thrust into the role at a late stage, and Luigi who was sent packing to fine leg all day and soldiered on bravely in the freezing conditions.

Tough choice for man of the match, with performances from young 16 year old Asad (quick runs and tight bowling, plus one brilliant one handed catch- a fine prospect), Rob Oliphant (60 odd well hit runs and steadied the ship through the middle stages) and a few others. But the award had to go to captain fantastic. 4 vital wickets, a run out, well thoughtout field placings, strategic placing of certain shaped players and above all what proved to be a pinpoint accurate declaration. With such an outstanding performance from 11 very dedicated cricketers, it is very hard to see how last weeks star performer Ret will fit in again at all. It would be a huge risk to change the winning chemistry and bond of this side, so the Count may be advised to make plans elsewhere this coming weekend. Sorry mate.

Chorleywood Innings Stanmore Jafferys Innings
  Name How Out Bowler Runs
1 Nigel Rothband Bowled Sajjad 30
2 Steven Toms Bowled Zoheb 38
3 Robert Oliphant Caught (Sajjad) Zoheb 68
4 Dean Wedlake Caught (Murtaza) Zoheb 18
5 Mike Reeve Caught (Muntazir) Ali 19
6 Richard Shepherd Caught (Sajjad) Zoheb 3
7 Asad Ladha NOT OUT   13
8 David Brabham NOT OUT   11
9 Martin Tyler DNB    
10 Nigel Tyler DNB    
11 Danny Tipping DNB    
      Extras 41
    Total for 6 241
 
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  Name How Out Bowler Runs
1 Murtaza Caught (Asad Ladha) Nigel Tyler 15
2 Rizwan Run Out (Nigel Tyler)   19
3 Hamid Caught (Dean Wedlake) Danny Tipping 15
4 Imran Bowled Nigel Tyler 4
5 Musa Caught (Richard Shepherd) Asad Ladha 4
6 Zahid Bowled Dean Wedlake 20
7 Sajjad Caught (Asad Ladha) Richard Shepherd 37
8 Muntazir Bowled Dean Wedlake 20
9 Ali Bowled Nigel Tyler 3
10 Munna Bowled Nigel Tyler
11 Zoheb NOT OUT   0
      Extras 12
    Total for 10 149
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Chorleywood Bowling
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average S/R E/R
Nigel Tyler 11 1 36 4 9.00 16.50 3.27
Martin Tyler 8 3 12 0     1.50
Asad Ladha 6 2 10 1 10.00 36.00 1.67
Danny Tipping 4 0 35 1 35.00 24.00 8.75
Richard Shepherd 4 0 28 1 28.00 24.00 7.00
Dean Wedlake 4.3 0 21 2 10.50 13.50 4.67
Fall of Wickets
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Run Rates
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