Saturday 18th May 2002 | TVL Division 5A

Chesham 2nd XI

189 - 3

Wooburn Narkovians 2nd XI

185 - 3

Wooburn Narkovians lose by 7 wickets

Points: Wooburn Narkovians 9, Chesham 20

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Match Report

A fighting display by the 2nd XI ultimately ended in defeat at the hands of Chesham 2nds.

On winning the toss, with only 6 players at the ground, Angus didn\t have to think too hard before deciding to bat. So it was that Angus and Alan Cuthbert went out to face the Chesham bowlers on the greenest of greentops. Losing early wickets was not an option, and the circumstances contrived to inspire our men. An opening stand of 100, set up the possibility of a decent total, on a pitch made for seam bowling.

After Alan\s dismissal for 40, Angus and Derek Milsom continued the good work with a second wicket partnership of 56. Angus eventually went on to complete an excellent hundred, his third of an already prolific season, and the Wooburn innings ended on a highly respectable 185-3 off the full 52 overs.

Unfortunately, none of the regular 2nd XI seam bowlers were playing, and it was the improving Ben Sturgess and Paul Cuthbert who opened the attack. Chesham\s Brian Shipley immediately went after the bowling, applying the long handle to great effect. It wasn\t pretty, but he reached 50 in the 16th over before departing to a brilliant catch by Phil Clarke in the gully.

Chesham\s two Taylors then carried the score past the 100, before Keith Taylor drove Phil Clarke into the safe hands of Angus at mid off. Soon after, Phil ended the other Taylor\s innings (which included two attempted reverse sweeps) with another fine catch in the gully. There was to be no further joy for the Wooburn bowlers. Faisal and Pothecary carried Chesham home with just under three overs to spare.

Scorecard

Wooburn Narkovians 2nd XI

Batter			Runs	Mins	4s	6s
A. Porter	not out		105	183	10	2
A.J. Cuthbert	c M. Ladyman	b Faisal	40	120	3
D. Milsom	b B. Shipley		16	37	2
C. Hall	run out (∅)		5	13
P.W. Cuthbert	not out		2	13
S.A. Savage			0
N. Purchase			0
P.B. Clarke			0
J. Baylis			0
B. Sturgess			0
Extras	1nb 5w 4b 7lb		17
Total	(52.0 overs)		185-3

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
M. Ladyman	18.0	4	63	0	3.5
M. Adams	20.0	3	51	0	2.6
Faisal	7.0	0	33	1	4.7
B. Shipley	7.0	2	27	1	3.9

Fall of Wicket	Batsman Out
100-1	A.J. Cuthbert
156-2	D. Milsom
168-3	C. Hall

Chesham 2nd XI

Batter			Runs	Mins	4s	6s
D. Taylor	c P. Clarke	b J. Baylis	47	105	5	1
B.W. Shipley	c P. Clarke	b P. Cuthbert	51	50	9
K.B. Taylor	c A. Porter	b P. Clarke	16	35	2
Faisal	not out		35		6
J. Pothecary	not out		30		2
D. Jones			0
I. Campbell			0
S. Pothecary			0
N. Hussain			0
M. Ladyman			0
M. Adams			0
Extras	1nb 7w 3b 0lb		11
Total	(45.2 overs)		189-3

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
B. Sturgess	9.0	1	37	0	4.1
P.W. Cuthbert	14.2	2	60	1	4.1
P.B. Clarke	14.0	4	48	1	3.4
J. Baylis	8.0	1	43	1	5.4

Fall of Wicket	Batsman Out
60-1	B. Shipley
105-2	K. Taylor
127-3	D. Taylor

Chesham 2nd XI

Wooburn Narkovians 2nd XI

Start Time: 13:30

Toss: Wooburn Narkovians won the toss and decided to bat.

Venue: The Meadow, Chesham