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Vauxhall Mallards v Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour on Tue 10 Jul 2012 at 2pm
Belhus Cricket Club Won by 6 Wickets

Match report Vauxhall Mallards 177-7
Belhus 181-4

The weather eventually relented to allow Belhus to start their tenth annual tour of Norfolk. With the unwelcome rainwater abound, which put paid to the tourists' first match at Norwich CC and reduced this event to a twenty overs per side bash, it was most appropriate that the initial tour hosts were named after a breed of duck. But make no mistake, these Mallards are of champion stock, having won the East Anglian Premier League on no fewer than five occasions in the last thirteen years. Luke Clements (0-23) bowled the first ball of the 2012 tour and his opening strike partner, Charlie Lewis (1-27), went for 50 runs between them in the opening four overs. But Clements was on hand, literally, in the field as he snared three vital catches. He picked up opener Brown and number four batsman Free off the bowling of John Lewis (2-28) for 34 and 18 respectively and picked up a third catch when Biss, batting in the middle order, became the third Mallard to hole out to Clements off Roy Heffernan (2-35). Bist went for 16. Martin Guilbert was also amongst the wickets for Belhus, his four over spell as fourth change bowler yielded 2-42. Ledshall, who opened the Ducks' innings with Brown, contributed 30 in the runfest.

Undeterred, Belhus opening batsmen Kurt Whisker and Danny Joyce both scored at more than a run per ball as they put on 131 in a superb start. Whisker was eventually stumped off the bowling of Ledshall for a fine 59, while Joyce struck a magnificent 68 from just 46 balls, an innings which was to prove to be one of several highlights of this successful tour. Joe Joyce recorded a rare third ball failure, bowled by a Duck (Ledshall) for a duck. But Stewart Farr and Charlie Lewis combined for a match-winning unbroken partnership for the fifth wicket as Belhus reached their target with just one ball remaining. Farr finished not out 12 from eight deliveries but the hero of the piece was undoubtedly Lewis, who smashed 27, also from just eight balls faced. For the Ducks, Ledshall finished with 2-31 from 2.5 overs while Potger picked up 2-22 from three overs.

Vauxhall Mallards Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
9w 1b  
for 7 wickets
10
177 (20.0 overs)		     
E.Brown ct  Luke Clements b John Lewis Jnr 34
S.Ledshall ct  Martin Guilbert b Charlie Lewis 30
S.Larter lbw  b Martin Guilbert 32
P.Free ct  Luke Clements b John Lewis Jnr 18
S.Potger b  Martin Guilbert 0
W.Biss ct  Luke Clements b Roy Heffernan 16
D.Turner Not Out  20
W.Green ct  Richard Day b Roy Heffernan 4
R.Brown Not Out  13
J.Brown  
P.Brown  

Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Luke Clements2.002300.0011.50
Charlie Lewis2.0027127.0013.50
Roy Heffernan4.0035217.508.75
Michael Fogg4.002100.005.25
John Lewis Jnr4.0028214.007.00
Martin Guilbert4.0042221.0010.50

Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
11w  
for 4 wickets
11
181		        
Kurt Whisker b  S.Ledshall 59 50 118.00
Danny Joyce ct  P. Free b S.Potger 68 46 147.83
Joe Joyce b  b S.Ledshall 0 3 0
Richard Day ct  W.Biss b S.Potger 4 6 66.67 1
Stewart Farr Not Out  12 8 150.0
Charlie Lewis Not Out  27 8 337.50
Luke Clements   3
Michael Fogg  
John Lewis Jnr  
Martin Guilbert   1
Roy Heffernan  

Vauxhall Mallards Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
D.Turner3.002900.009.67
J.Brown3.003300.0011.00
W.Biss4.003700.009.25
P.Free4.002900.007.25
S.Potger3.0022211.007.33
S.Ledshall2.5031215.5010.94

  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    Julie Whitlock