Scorecard

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI v Lyndhurst on Sun 23 Jun 2013 at 2pm
Belhus Cricket Club Won by 6 Runs

Match report Belhus Sunday 2's pulled off a remarkable win in failing conditions at Ockendon Rec on Sunday in this 40 over encounter. Electing to bat, Belhus scored steadily on a difficult wicket, to amass 167 for 6 with five of the top 6 making double figures. Contributions came from opener Jim Robertson with a steady 26, Toby Reynolds a well crafted 22, Greg Mendham a fluent 17, Scott Stonham with a solid 40 which helped boost the total, and Ewan Day 19. For Lyndhurst, fast bowler Alfie Hedges took 2 for 23 off 8 overs, O'Neil a measly 10 runs off 7 overs, Harrington 1 for 18 off 6 overs and Jupp 1 for 35 off 8 overs.

In reply, Lyndhurst were cruising to almost certain victory with both openers Hedges and S.Richards scoring fifties and making batting look easy. At 108 for no wicket, the game seemed to be over. Amit Gohil then made the breakthrough to remove the dangerous Hedges well caught behind by Paul Newton. Other bowling changes failed to emulate this and then, amazingly, Belhus' 'last resort' 4th and 5th change bowlers Mike Randall and George Maidment (with an age gap of 40 years!) grabbed 7 wickets between them. Maidment held his nerve bowling full and straight to grab a senior career best 4 for 11 including that of opener Richards for a well crafted 62, L.B.W. to one that kept low. Mike Randall also managed to apply pressure on a pitch playing tricks at the other end taking 3 for 24 off 8 overs and a great piece of fielding by Scott Stonham when he threw in hard to Randall at the bowler's end saw a crucial run out as Lyndhurst had a 'Belhus style collapse'. When one over left, bowled by Randall, Lyndhurst wanted 9 runs to win with 1 wicket left. The first 4 balls yielded just 2 runs as some good shots went straight to fielders. With 7 wanted off the last 2 balls, the field was placed on the boundary and Randall bowled a dot ball to leave seven required off the final ball and just one run was conceded for a remarkable Belhus win.

Just for a change, that old 'Belhus Collapse' happened to the opposition! They lost 10 wickets for 53 runs with the last five overs played in driving rain for a fantastic Belhus bowling and fielding performance. Young Matthew Williams also bowled well conceding just 24 runs from his 8 overs.

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 11w 8b 3lb 
for 6 wickets
24
167		        
Jim Robertson ct O'Neil b Richards 26 6
Amit Gohil ct Sims b Jupp 7 1
Toby Reynolds b B Richards 22 2
Greg Mendham b B Harrington 17 1
Scott Stonham ct and bowled Hedges 40 6 1
Ewan Day b Hedges 19 3
Paul Newton Not Out  6 1
Matthew Williams Not Out  6 1
Michael Randall  
Andrew Williams  
George Maidment  

Lyndhurst Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Hedges7.0123211.503.29
Jupp8.0135135.004.38
O'Neil8.011000.001.25
Harrington6.0018118.003.00
Richards4.0022211.005.50
Sims6.012400.004.00
Gallagher3.001900.006.33

Lyndhurst Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
4w 6b 1lb 
for 9 wickets
11
161 (40.0 overs)		     
Hedges ct Paul Newton b Amit Gohil 54
S Richards lbw b George Maidment 62
Jupp b Michael Randall 4
Gallagher lbw b Michael Randall 4
Sims b George Maidment 9
Gallagher ct Scott Stonham b Michael Randall 7
M Richards Run out  0
Saeed b George Maidment 0
Harrington Not Out  10
O'Neil b George Maidment 0
Gallagher Not Out  0

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Scott Stonham8.003400.004.25
Matthew Williams8.012400.003.00
Amit Gohil8.0132132.004.00
Andrew Williams2.001000.005.00
Greg Mendham2.001700.008.50
Michael Randall8.022438.003.00
George Maidment4.001142.752.75