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League
Week 16
Double Wins
1st XI beat Willesborough
2nd XI take Headcorn
DOUBLE
WIN CONTINUES GOOD RUN
1st XI - Beat Willesborough (H) by 3 wkts
Having won the toss Marden asked Willesborough to bat
first on what seemed to be a two paced wicket . Courtley
and Tomkinson opened the bowling with Courtley finding
success in the 1st over caught behind only not to be given
out and again the batsman failing to walk. Tomkinson struggled
to cope with the severe slope at Marden and was replaced
by Mills after just three overs . Willesborough progressed
fairly briskly from a number of flying outside edges and
mows across the line but the wickets started to fall at
a steady rate with Julian Boucher at keeper taking a fine
catch off Courtley , although Sunnucks at first slip had
it covered! . After Courtley's opening spell he was replaced
by Tomkinson whom now bowling down the afore mentioned
severe slope bowled with pace and aggression . Success
came with a fine wide full toss which the Willesborough
skipper smashed off the inside edge into his stumps .
Samuel replaced Mills and the Marden fielders decided
that the easiest way to get wickets was to drop a dolly
of a catch so as to run out the better batsman at the
other end . Firstly by Thomas and later by Mills. Samuel
bowled with good control and after conceding just 13 runs
off 5 overs was replaced by Mattinson . Having being hoicked
off middle and off for four a couple of times his line
and length paid dividends when clean bowling one batsman
and getting another plump L.B.W. Meanwhile the three young
quickies where rotated at the other end with continued
success for each of them. Finally Mattinson got the last
two wickets firstly with another fine catch by Boucher
and secondly a diving caught and bowled to leave him on
a hatrick the next ball he bowls and figures of 8.3 overs
4 for 20 . Willesborough 168 all out .
Mardens reply start well with Burdge smashing 10 off the
first over however he , Thomas and Sunnucks all went cheaply
and we found ourselves 30-3 . To the rescue came Rupert
Humpreys and Mortimer , Humphreys playing and missing
with undue care seemed to upset the opposition captain
but slowly he managed to find the edge of the bat and
then the middle . Mortimer seemed to find the middle from
the start and these two added 80 odd but on losing humphreys
for 35 and then Samuel and Mills cheaply and then Mortimer
for 65 , sweating on the inside of your contact lens does
not help the seeing of the ball apparently , It was left
to Tomkinson and Courtley to get the last 25 runs or so
which they did with an array of drives and pulls. Marden
eventually winning by 3 wkts and 3 overs to spare. A hard
fought good victory .Bring on Leeds and Bradford!!! this
Saturday. Rgds The stand in skipper
1st XI Team - Leeds & Broomfield (Home) 1pm for 1.30
start
M Blythin
N Burdge
P Sunnucks (Wkt!)
D Thomas
S Courtley
S Mattison
R Mills
B Tomkinson
R Humphrey
A Samuel
TBC
Unfortunately a distinct lack of wicket keepers means
Paul has kindly stepped up - need some decent gloves and
pads though if anyone can get hold of any?
If you are unavailable - please let Matt know asap - mattblythin@hotmail.com
2nd XI Beat Headcorn (A)
After a stressful week the fact that we managed to get
2 teams out felt like a victory even before we had taken
the field. After a senior player think tank the skipper
won the toss and used the advice given and elected to
bowl 1st. John and George took the new ball and found
some early movement. Both bowled well and even though
the batsman scored quickly they both took wickets. George
finding the outside edge and the skipper managed to hang
on to both. Scott took the catch to give John his 1st
wicket of the day and removed the bails of another to
cap a very good day with the ball. Unfortunately John
turned his ankle in the crater made by his front foot
and ended his spell prematurely. Dan took over from George
and bowled with good control in his 4 overs. Kieran took
over from John for his 1st bowl in senior cricket and
got good movement and had the batsman edging him wide
of the slips. Gareth took over from Dan and Sam relived
Kieran of his bowling duties. Gareth bowled with good
control and was unlucky to not get a wicket in his 1st
over the ball just slipping through the normally reliable
Scott’s hands. Gareth ended up with 3 wickets which
remarkably included a stumping from the skipper, a sight
for those who were there to cherish as it’s rarer
than rocking horse manure. Sam collect 3 wickets as he
put the squeeze on the Headcorn batsman and slowed the
run rate, picking up his last wicket in the last over
and restricting the total to 199 all out.
Sam and the skipper opened the batting for Marden taking
the responsibility of trying to keep to the rate of 4.5
and not give away any wickets. Sam kept scoring quickly
as the skipper anchored one end apart from the occasional
swish and miss. Sam continued to score regularly making
his partner run numerous 2’s and 3’s. Eventually
the skipper went for 49 and an opening stand of 154 setting
up the chance of a victory. George came and went quickly
stumped again for 4. Sam soon followed him stumped as
well for 96, another classy, chanceless (yeah right!!!!!!)
innings from Sam taking his tally for the season to over
400. Scott and Will finished the game. Both batted with
caution before Will opened up with some big hitting, including
a 6, to give us a total of 203. Scott ending 22 not out
and Will 17 not out. A very good win! The skipper would
like to thank all the players who turned out on Saturday
but an extra huge thank you to Scott, Simon, Kieran and
Chris Terry for offering their services late in the week
and ensuring the game went ahead and allow us to win 30
points.
No 2's game this week so all welcome up the club to put
some money behind the bar!
If you are not available please contact either myself
Chris Watts or Matt
Blythin ASAP so we can settle the lines up’s
as early as possible and fill anybody who drop’s
out.
Regards
Chris
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