AMERSHAM CC

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AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 v Harefield on Sat 16 Apr 2011 at 13:00
AMERSHAM CC Won by 6 wickets

Match report Amersham got the 2011 season off to a winning start with an ultimately comfortable victory over Harefield on Saturday. Both sides were taking their first tentative steps into the new season, but the Amersham side was pleasingly lacking in early spring rust.

On a pleasant afternoon Harefield batted first on a good looking wicket. The opening pair of Simon Macey and evergreen Richard Mcleod settled quickly and put on 53 before the first wicket fell. Macey mistimed a drive and was taken by Paul Weston at midoff off Andy Viney. Jack Rogers bowled well for Amersham throughout his opening spell, nipping the ball off the seam and was rewarded when McLeod edged to slip. 13 more runs had been added before Viney struck again, removing former Zimbabwe international Nkala and Ollie Richards with consecutive balls, leaving Harefield teetering on 66-4. Matt Lench (25) rebuilt the innings, with support from Luc Baldwin (27), but all the Amersham bowlers bowled well. Abhay Mayer picked up 2 wickets and Luke Jackson 3 as the Harefield innings came to an end. A flourish from Dale Morris (23) pushed the run rate above 4 an over, but the Amersham batsmen were in confident mood at tea time.

This confidence appeared slightly misplaced when the scoreboard showed 21-3 after 11 overs, however. Doug King (3-20) removed Abhay Mayer, Hugh Jackson & Dan Colquhoun for low scores, but Rob Viney (28) batted grittily through the opening overs. When he was dismissed with the score on 66 Paul Weston (55*) joined Luke Jackson (64*) and this pair took Amersham to victory with a stand of 104. Weston punished anything overpitched with well timed drives, and Jackson hit the ball into the gaps effectively.

All in all, this was a good performance from Amersham, who visit Chesham this Saturday.

Harefield Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
169 (0.0 overs)		     
S Macey ct  Weston b A Viney 26
R McLeod ct  L Jackson b Rogers 23
M Lench ct  Colquhoun b L Jackson 25
M Nkala b  A Viney 8
O Richards b  A Viney 0
L Baldwin ct  Weston b Mayer 27
R Petley st  Langley b L Jackson 6
D King ct  Mayer b L Jackson 0
T Crick Run out  17
D Morris b  Mayer 23
J Knife Not Out  5

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Matthew McKay7.014100.005.86
Jack Rogers7.0218118.002.57
Andrew Viney6.302638.674.00
David Atkinson8.012400.003.00
Abhay Mayer8.0134217.004.25
Luke Jackson3.002337.677.67

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 4 wickets
0
170		        
Robert Viney b  Morris 28
Abhay Mayer ct  Nkala b King 5 1
Hugh Jackson b  King 2
Dan Colquhoun lbw  King 0 1
Luke Jackson Not Out  64 1 1
Paul Weston Not Out  55 2
Ben Langley   1
Andrew Viney  
Jack Rogers  
Matthew McKay  
David Atkinson  

Harefield Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
D King6.222036.673.16
T Crick7.022300.003.29
O Richards7.023700.005.29
M Nkala8.014500.005.63
D Morris8.0039139.004.88

  • Umpire :
    Phil Sidebottom
  • Scorer :
    Peter Davies