Scorecard

Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Gidea Park & Romford on Sat 12 May 2012 at 12.30pm
Belhus Cricket Club Won by 4 Runs

Match report Belhus 1st 253-6
Gidea Park and Romford 1st 249 all out

Newly promoted Belhus started life in division two of the Shepherd Neame Essex League with a dramatic late fightback to snatch a thrilling four-run win at North Stifford on Saturday.

The hero of the late hour was Belhus paceman Connor Day. The visitors required just 14 runs to win from the remaining three overs and also had three wickets in hand. But with the score at 240-7, Day clean bowled number nine batsman Nigel Fretwell without score, then, nine runs later, Christopher McKie's 23-run resistance was similarly terminated. Without further addition, Steve Brant was trapped leg before without score as destroyer Day finished with match-winning figures of 4-38 from 9.3 overs.

Earlier, Belhus openers Gavin Jefferies and Wayne Read put on 68 for the first wicket, until the latter was dismissed lbw for 19 runs. But Jefferies struck a fine 70 from 110 balls faced, hitting three fours and one six in the process. Danny and Joe Joyce hit 54 and 36 respectively, despite the best efforts of McKie and Vinayak Mane with two wickets each. In the post-tea session, number three batsman Matthew Tarr top scored with 52, but Gidea Park and Romford faded to 169 for the loss of six wickets. Then Rudi Filmalter let loose with the bat, crashing 46 runs until he was caught by Joe Joyce off the bowling of Billy Winter (3-49), but Filmalter's legacy was that his Gallows Corner team were then comfortable favourites for the win. But what a difference a Day made.

Belhus captain Wayne Read confessed: "We had the game wrapped up at one point, then there was some good clean hitting by Rudi Filmalter who got them right back into the match. To be honest, they should have won it at the end, but credit is due to our boys, they listened and never gave up. Connor Day was just magnificent".

Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 21w 1b 1lb 
for 6 wickets
25
253		        
Gavin Jefferies b Vinayak Mane 70 133 110 3 1 63.64 1 1
W.D. Read lbw b Russ Collard 19 64 44 1 43.18
Danny Joyce ct Chris Collier b Christopher McKie 54 65 68 3 79.41 1
Joe Joyce ct Matthew Tarr b Christopher McKie 36 24 24 1 3 150.0 1
Michael Fogg ct Nigel Fretwell b Vinayak Mane 15 28 19 1 78.95
Ryan Wells run out (Luke Baker) 5 7 8 62.50
Martin Guilbert Not Out  23 22 15 2 153.33
Billy Winter Not Out  6 21 13 46.15
Imran Mohammed  
Connor Day  
Owen Jefferies  

Gidea Park & Romford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Nigel Fretwell9.005000.005.56
Jakk Carver6.002600.004.33
Rudi Filmalter8.003700.004.62
Russ Collard7.0017117.002.43
Christopher McKie10.0070235.007.00
Vinayak Mane10.0051225.505.10

Gidea Park & Romford Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
31w 6b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
38
249 (48.3 overs)		     
Vinayak Mane lbw b Connor Day 0
Luke Baker lbw b Owen Jefferies 37
Matthew Tarr ct Danny Joyce b Billy Winter 52
Chris Collier ct Gavin Jefferies b Owen Jefferies 19
Russ Collard lbw b Billy Winter 1
Ashu Dabhi run out (Gavin Jefferies) 28
Christopher McKie b Connor Day 23
Rudi Filmalter ct Joe Joyce b Billy Winter 46
Nigel Fretwell b Connor Day 0
Jakk Carver Not Out  5
Steve Brant lbw b Connor Day 0

Belhus Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Connor Day9.303849.504.00
Imran Mohammed5.002700.005.40
Martin Guilbert9.015600.006.22
Owen Jefferies10.0035217.503.50
Billy Winter8.0049316.336.12
Danny Joyce7.003700.005.29

  • Umpire :
    Ali Mir & Mick Tucker
  • Scorer :
    Mrs J Whitlock