Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI v Goresbrook on Sun 27 May 2012 at 2pm

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Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI v Goresbrook on Sun 27 May 2012 at 2pm
Match was Drawn

Match report Belhus 1st 217-7
Goresbrook 1st 217-5

These two clubs have played out some epic matches in the past but none more so than this dramatic tie in the Essex Sunday league east division at North Stifford. The Belhus script was played out well by Joe Joyce, with a stylish knock of 65 runs from as many deliveries, while brother Danny hit 64, also from the same number of balls faced. With number seven batsman Billy Winter remaining undefeated on 41, the Belhus total of 217 looked a challenging one. For Goresbrook, Israel Ochwo, Jordan Calverley and Kane Messenger took two wickets apiece.

After tea, Goresbrook kept up with the required rate through opening batsman Kurt Whisker with 61, but number three batsman Michael Rooke took his team to the cusp of victory with a fine, aggressive 77 not out from only 62 balls. With Calverley and Afzal Hussain hitting 24 and 29 respectively, Goresbrook needed ten runs to win from the final over bowled by Paul Bennett. But Goresbrook could only muster nine runs and the match ended in a same score draw. Connor Day picked up 2-32 from eight overs while Luke Clements and Bennett picked up one wicket each. The most economical bowler was Rikki Ellis whose tidy spell of eight overs cost just 26 runs, without reward.

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Batting

Player Name		Runs	B	SR
extras TOTAL :	9w 1b 5lb for 7 wickets	15 217
Joe Joyce	b Calverey	65	65	100
Chris Didd	ct and bowled Ochwo	5	19	26.32
Paul Bennett	ct Calverley b Rooke	6	13	46.15
Roy Heffernan	b Calverey	3	15	20.0
Danny Joyce	lbw b Messenger	64	64	100
Stewart Farr	b Ochwo	10	22	45.45
Billy Winter	Not Out	41	43	95.35
Theeban Tavarasa	ct Rooke b Messenger	2	3	66.67
Luke Clements	Not Out	6	4	150.0
Ricki Ellis
Connor Day

Goresbrook Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Friend	8.0	0	54	0	0.00	6.75
Ochwo	8.0	0	46	2	23.00	5.75
Rooke	8.0	1	28	1	28.00	3.50
Calverley	8.0	0	37	2	18.50	4.62
Messenger	8.0	0	46	2	23.00	5.75

Goresbrook Batting

Player name		R
extras TOTAL :	13w 2b 3lb for 5 wickets	18 217 (40.0 overs)
Whisker	ct Danny Joyce b Connor Day	61
Calverley	b Luke Clements	24
Rooke	Not Out	77
Messenger	b Connor Day	2
Hussain	Run out	29
Chapman	b Paul Bennett	4
Friend
Ochwo
Not recorded
Not recorded
Not recorded

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Connor Day	8.0	1	32	2	16.00	4.00
Ricki Ellis	8.0	0	26	0	0.00	3.25
Luke Clements	8.0	0	48	1	48.00	6.00
Theeban Tavarasa	8.0	0	43	0	0.00	5.37
Billy Winter	4.0	0	27	0	0.00	6.75
Paul Bennett	4.0	0	36	1	36.00	9.00