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AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 v High Wycombe 2 on Sat 20 Jun 2009 at 13:30
AMERSHAM CC Won by 7 wickets

Match report SPITTY POLISHES OFF WYCOMBE

Amersham recorded a comfortable victory against High Wycombe 2nd XI on Saturday. Skipper Luke Jackson won the toss again, and it was no surprise that he chose to bowl first. Alex Lines and Chris Cann got the game off to an exciting start-within the first 8 balls a catch had been missed, a good catch held at 2nd slip and middle stump rocked back. In more detail, Chris Owen held a low catch at 2nd slip to dismiss Robbie Jones for 2-a key wicket-and Chris Cann beat Russell Curzon Thompson's forward push to bowl him and break a bail. Cann followed this up by finding the outside edge of Zaib's bat, leaving Wycombe in some trouble at 15-3. Keith Stone dug in for Wycombe, batting for 1h 40m for his 22, while S Hussain and Lee Hardy played a few attractive shots in their knocks of 21 & 23 respectively. Hussain, however, chipped a return catch to Andy Viney to end his innings, while Hardy and, eventually, Stone fell to Amersham's pair of spinners who again controlled the second part of the opposition innings.

David Atkinson (4-26) & Abhay Mayer (2-13) bowled in tandem for 22 overs and Wycombe had no answer to their accurate & miserly spin. Atkinson struck first as Hardy perhaps frustrated after becoming bogged down, lofted a catch to Richard Stephenson on the long on boundary. Shortly after Stone played on to Mayer, leaving the visitors on 90-6. This perilous position soon deteriorated further as the last 4 wickets fell for 6 runs courtesy of the spinners. Mayer induced a skier from Robinson (19), while Atkinson removed the tail, all of whom failed to trouble the scorers.

111 was not a daunting target, and an excellent innings from Chris Fleming made sure of victory for Amersham. His unbeaten 60 was punctuated with typical drives and he received good support from Rob Viney (29).

As I conclude this report in the bar after the match we can reflect on a good win and some confidence that all the admin, including the match report, hae been completed before the other games in the league will have reached their conclusion!

Champagne moment: Chris Owen's catch in the first over.
Man of the match: I asked the captain and found him in indecisive mood, perhaps because he was surrounded by the possible candidates. He therefore offers a choice of 4: Atkinson, Lines, Fleming & Mayer. You'll have to make your own mind up.

High Wycombe 2 Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
111 (0.0 overs)		     
R Jones ct  Owen b Lines 2
R Curzon Thompson b  Cann 4
S Zaib ct  R Viney b Cann 6
K Stone b  Mayer 22
S Hussain ct  & bowled A Viney 21
L Hardy ct  Stephenson b Atkinson 23
P Robinson ct  R Viney b Mayer 19
A Higgins b  Atkinson 0
M Brightwell lbw  Atkinson 0
D Mammen ct  H Jackson b Atkinson 0
B Hussain Not Out  0

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alex Lines7.0112112.001.71
Chris Cann7.00221.000.29
Chris Owen5.021400.002.80
Andrew Viney2.01919.004.50
David Atkinson12.532646.502.03
Abhay Mayer10.041326.501.30

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 3 wickets
0
112		        
Chris Fleming Not Out  60
Andrew Viney lbw  S Hussain 11 1
Robert Viney st  Stone b B Hussain 29 2
Chris Cann ct  Jones b B Hussain 0
Luke Jackson Not Out  9
Alex Lines   1
Richard Stephenson   1
Chris Owen  
Abhay Mayer  
Hugh Jackson  
David Atkinson  

High Wycombe 2 Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
P Robinson5.012600.005.20
S Hussain6.0222122.003.67
R Curzon Thompson5.002600.005.20
B Hussain4.3031215.506.89
L Hardy1.00600.006.00

  • Umpire :
    League
  • Scorer :
    Peter Davies