Scorecard

Belhus Cricket Club Midweek XI v LASHINGS WORLD XI on Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 2.15pm
Belhus Cricket Club Lost by 84 Runs

Match report Lashings World XI 256-6
Belhus XI 172-8

An estimated crowd of 600 thronged to the North Stifford village green on Friday afternoon as Belhus Cricket Club adventurously hosted a team of full internationals from most of the World's test playing nations. And in a surprise move, esteemed BBC Test Match Special radio commentator Henry Blofeld set up his microphone to provide commentary on the game in his usual inimitable style. James Marshall (New Zealand) and Australia's Ian Harvey got Lashings off to a fiery start by scoring 62 and 75 respectively in an opening partnership of 126. Marshall hit nine boundaries including one six, while Harvey hit nine fours and three huge sixes. The momentum was continued when Wasim Jaffer (India) hit 30. West Indian Jimmy Adams was undefeated on 32, while Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) scored 22.

The Belhus team did well to contain their illustrious guests; none more so than Belhus man-of-the-match Paul Bennett. He took two catches in the outfield, one to dismiss Phil Defreitas (England) off the bowling of Gavin Jefferies for just 12 runs, while Bennett also caught Mushtaq from the bowling of Billy Winter for 22. Bennett continued his great display by scoring 81 for Belhus, batting at number four. He was eventually caught by Defreitas on the mid-wicket boundary off the bowling of Harvey having struck seven fours and five sixes from 67 deliveries. He received a standing ovation from the huge crowd and the whole of the Lashings team for his efforts. Also in double figures for Belhus in a spirited reply were opener Gavin Jefferies with 29, despite having to face the opening pair of Mohammed Akram (Pakistan) and England's Devon Malcolm. Nick Marns hit a patient 16, Winter finished unbeaten on 13 while Michael Fogg ended on 10 not out.

For Lashings, Defreitas concluded his four-over bowling spell with 2-10 while Harvey went for 2-43, also from four overs, while John Emburey, Malcolm, Mushtaq and Jaffer took one wicket each. Lashing's twelfth man Henry Olonga (Zimbabwe) played his part in the day by entertaining the club's corporate guests by singing and then later joining Blofeld at the microphone. Fred Taylor, Belhus Chairman said: "It was a super day enjoyed by everybody and I would like to thank our sponsors, corporate guests, officials, the Lashings team and support crew, not forgetting our own volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the day".

LASHINGS WORLD XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
10w 4lb 
for 6 wickets
14
256 (35.0 overs)		     
James Marshall lbw  b Paul Bennett 62 45 39 8 1 158.97
Ian Harvey ct  Billy Winter b Paul Bennett 75 59 48 9 3 156.25
Ian Butler ct  Scott Bayford b Billy Winter 1 5 4 25.00
Phil Defreitas ct  Paul Bennett b Gavin Jefferies 12 18 15 1 80.0
Wasim Jaffer ct  Stuart Morris b Paul Bennett 30 37 28 5 107.14
Jimmy Adams Not Out  32 60 38 2 84.21
Saqlain Mushtaq ct  Paul Bennett b Billy Winter 22 23 28 1 78.57
John Emburey Not Out  8 8 9 1 88.89
Ed Giddins  
Mohammed Akram  
Devon Malcolm  

Belhus Cricket Club Midweek XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Dale Kenyon7.006100.008.71
Scott Bayford4.004100.0010.25
Paul Bennett7.0045315.006.43
Billy Winter7.0042221.006.00
Martin Guilbert6.003500.005.83
Gavin Jefferies4.0027127.006.75

Belhus Cricket Club Midweek XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
3w 4b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
9
172		        
Gavin Jefferies ct  Ian Butler b Saqlain Mushtaq 29 40 50 4 58.00
Stuart Morris ct  James Marshall b Devon Malcolm 0 9 9 0 1
Joe Joyce ct  Ed Giddins b John Emburey 8 24 22 36.36
Paul Bennett ct  Phil Defreitas b Ian Harvey 81 47 67 7 5 120.90 2
Nick Marns ct  James Marshall b Wasim Jaffer 16 22 24 1 66.67
W.D. Read ct  Ian Harvey b Phil Defreitas 5 11 6 83.33
Michael Fogg Not Out  10 26 19 1 52.63
Scott Bayford ct  Jimmy Adams b Phil Defreitas 0 3 2 0 1
Martin Guilbert b  Ian Harvey 0 3 5 0
Billy Winter Not Out  13 13 7 1 1 185.71 1
Dale Kenyon  

LASHINGS WORLD XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mohammed Akram4.001700.004.25
Devon Malcolm4.03111.000.25
John Emburey7.0113113.001.86
Saqlain Mushtaq7.0140140.005.71
James Marshall3.002700.009.00
Wasim Jaffer2.0013113.006.50
Phil Defreitas4.021025.002.50
Ian Harvey4.0043221.5010.75

  • Umpire :
    Mick Tucker & George Salmon
  • Scorer :
    Pat Stephenson