Buckhurst Hill
35 overs
2pm
Dry, sunny in parts
Toss: Won by Buckhurst Hill and elected to Bat first.
Buckhurst Hill 200 for 5 (Shimoga (NJ) 2/24, Hillary 2/30 & Anand 1/17) beat Dodgers 183 for 7 (Shimoga (NJ) 61, McBarron 39 & Anand 25) by 17 runs
MOM: Shimoga (NJ) 10 & McBarron 1
The opening game of the 2014 Dodgers season defied the Met Office's grim forecasts and gave us a pleasant afternoon's cricket at the Buckhurst Hill upper ground. Tight bowling from Prem and Jason started us off well and our fielding was secure throughout, but BH opener Hermes was soon despatching us to all corners in a blinding innings of 158 not out. Only the most curmudgeonly commentator would ruminate on what might have been had he fallen to the stumping chance when in his 50s...
The total of 200+ still seemed well within reach at just 6 an over, but the rapid departure of our top order batsmen to some very slow and bounceless bowling turned the game against us. Phil and Vijay stopped the rot before Shimoga (NJ) treated us to a sparkling innings, including three sixes, but we were now too far behind the run rate and the lower order sacrificed themselves in a lost cause. Once again a strong Dodgers side lost when we should really have won, but the rest of the season will surely redeem us.
The match was notable for two Dodgers milestones. Thanks to a rank long hop botched by the batsman, John H became the first player in club history to take 200 wickets. Less embarrassingly, Sacha passed the 1,000 run mark and is now threatening to overtake Sir Guy Westhead in the all time rankings.
Note: As per score card 200 but the opposition some how got 210!
35 overs
2pm
Dry, sunny in parts
Toss: Won by Buckhurst Hill and elected to Bat first.
Buckhurst Hill 200 for 5 (Shimoga (NJ) 2/24, Hillary 2/30 & Anand 1/17) beat Dodgers 183 for 7 (Shimoga (NJ) 61, McBarron 39 & Anand 25) by 17 runs
MOM: Shimoga (NJ) 10 & McBarron 1
The opening game of the 2014 Dodgers season defied the Met Office's grim forecasts and gave us a pleasant afternoon's cricket at the Buckhurst Hill upper ground. Tight bowling from Prem and Jason started us off well and our fielding was secure throughout, but BH opener Hermes was soon despatching us to all corners in a blinding innings of 158 not out. Only the most curmudgeonly commentator would ruminate on what might have been had he fallen to the stumping chance when in his 50s...
The total of 200+ still seemed well within reach at just 6 an over, but the rapid departure of our top order batsmen to some very slow and bounceless bowling turned the game against us. Phil and Vijay stopped the rot before Shimoga (NJ) treated us to a sparkling innings, including three sixes, but we were now too far behind the run rate and the lower order sacrificed themselves in a lost cause. Once again a strong Dodgers side lost when we should really have won, but the rest of the season will surely redeem us.
The match was notable for two Dodgers milestones. Thanks to a rank long hop botched by the batsman, John H became the first player in club history to take 200 wickets. Less embarrassingly, Sacha passed the 1,000 run mark and is now threatening to overtake Sir Guy Westhead in the all time rankings.
M O R W Avg SR Econ Best Hilary (J) 180 802 3,662 201 18.22 23.94 4.57 4-4Scorecard
Buckhurst Hill CC batting
R B 4s 6s SR
Hermes Not out 158
Ashley C: Hatteea* B: Hilary 11
Ash C: De Bono B: Hilary 8
Imran Bowled B: Shimoga (NJ) 0
Sharad C: Cooper B: Shimoga (NJ) 2
Joe C: Cooper B: Anand 5
Barry Not out 1
Hugh Do not bat
Hamad Do not bat
Dilip Do not bat
Mark Do not bat
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Sub total 185
Extras 15
Total (5 wickets; 35 overs) 200 (5.71 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-53 Ashley, 2-88 Ash, 3-89 Imran, 4-93 Sharad, 5-186 JoeNote: As per score card 200 but the opposition some how got 210!
Dodgers CC bowling
O M R W SR Econ
De Bono 5 0 19 0 0.00 3.80
Naidu 7 0 38 0 0.00 5.43
Hilary 5 0 30 2 15.00 6.00
Shimoga (NJ) 5 0 24 2 12.00 4.80
Cooper 4 0 33 0 0.00 8.25
Saunders 5 0 36 0 0.00 7.20
Anand 4 1 17 1 17.00 4.25
Dodgers CC batting
R B 4s 6s SR
Hatteea* Bowled B: Wheelar 17 28 3 0 60.71
Dollin† Bowled B: Joe 1 5 0 0 20.00
Malins Bowled B: Joe 0 1 0 0 0.00
McBarron Bowled B: Hermes 39 70 4 0 55.71
Anand LBW B: Ash 25 27 4 1 92.59
Shimoga (NJ) Not out 61 43 3 3 141.86
Saunders Bowled B: Hermes 2 4 0 0 50.00
Hilary Bowled B: Joe 15 18 1 0 83.33
De Bono Not out 13 14 1 0 92.86
Naidu Do not bat
Cooper Do not bat
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Sub total 173
Extras 10
Total (7 wickets; 35 overs) 183 (5.23 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-7 Dollin†, 2-7 Malins, 3-27 Hatteea*, 4-60 Anand, 5-114 McBarron, 6-130 Saunders, 7-161 HilaryBuckhurst Hill CC bowling
O M R W SR Econ
Joe 7 0 33 3 11.00 4.71
Hamad 3 1 10 0 0.00 3.33
Wheelar 7 0 23 1 23.00 3.29
Ash 7 0 40 1 40.00 5.71
Sharad 2 0 16 0 0.00 8.00
Hermes 5 0 18 2 9.00 3.60
Hugh 2 0 29 0 0.00 14.50
Dilip 2 0 14 0 0.00 7.00
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