Scorecard

Ashford Town (Kent) v Belhus Cricket Club Youth Tour on Fri 09 Aug 2013 at 1pm
Belhus Cricket Club Lost by 9 Wickets

Match report Belhus U13 134-9 dec
Ashford Town U13 137-2

The tourists completed their five-day tour of Sussex and East Kent with a visit to the strong Ashford Town club on Friday, the match being sponsored by Mr. Pickwick's Fish and Chips of Stifford Clays, Grays. The hosts looked a quality outfit and every bit an equal match for the Belhus squad. Ashford looked very sharp; in contrast and perhaps unsurprisingly, the visitors were showing signs of fatigue. Zak Wilson weathered the storm of the home opening attack and eventually accumulated 22 runs, until he was caught by Omkaar Divkar off the bowling of James Murphy. Wilson was exceptionally patient and showed good concentration and technique; he struck two fours in the process. His was the eighth wicket to fall with the Belhus score on 106. Joshua Reynolds and Liam Waters both contributed 15, while there was a rear-guard action from Jamie Fairweather and Billy Turley. Fairweather hit two boundaries in his 14 not out, while Billy Turley's cameo included two fours to leave him undefeated with nine runs to his name. For Ashford Town, sixth change bowler Jo Munday enjoyed the most success with the ball, his two overs claimed three wickets at a cost of just two runs.

Home openers Divkar and Stracey were a class above the tourists in the batting stakes. Both were compulsorily retired when they reached the 50 mark in close succession. Divkar hit nine fours; Stracey one fewer. It was not until 117 runs had been posted that Ashford Town lost their first wicket when number three batsman Oliver Chandler was bowled by fifth change Billy Turley (1-9) with the fourth delivery of his second over. The only other wicket to fall was claimed when Archie Butler-Gallie was run out for just a single, courtesy of an underarm throw to the bowler's end from Jude Ranson.

The match was twelve players per side, maximum of 35 overs per side with no bowler being able to bowl more than five overs. This match was the final fixture of the 2013 youth tour and ended with various presentations to our hosts as well as the usual "player of the match" awards. Among the presentations were special awards given to Richard Waters and Mark Winter, for organising the tour, as thoughts turned to the prospect of another youth tour next season.

Belhus Cricket Club Youth Tour Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
5nb 14w 1b 1lb 
for 9 wickets
21
134		        
Ben Garwood b L. Perkins 9
Joshua Reynolds ct J. Manning-Press b O. Divkar 15 3
Zak Wilson ct O. Divkar b J. Murphy 22 2
Liam Waters ct J. Manning-Press b J. Munday 15 1
Tyler Kohl ct O. Chandler b R. Coleman 1
Matthew McDonagh b J. Munday 5 1
George Benson b J. Munday 0
Eathan Morris b A. Butler-Gallie 18 4
Jamie Fairweather Not Out  14 2
Henry Benson b H. Stracey 5 1
Billy Turley Not Out  9 2

Ashford Town (Kent) Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Harry Stracey4.0012112.003.00
Oliver Chandler5.002600.005.20
Luke Perkins4.0016116.004.00
Omkaar Divkar4.0012112.003.00
Harvey Marshall2.00600.003.00
Will Davies2.001100.005.50
Rueben Coleman2.0016116.008.00
Jo Munday2.00230.671.00
Archie Butler-Gallie2.0013113.006.50
Sarvan Thind2.001800.009.00
James Murphy1.01010.000.00

Ashford Town (Kent) Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 2 wickets
0
137 (25.4 overs)		     
O. Divkar Retired Not Out  50 9
H. Stracey Retired Not Out  50 8
O. Chandler b B. Turley 3
L. Perkins Not Out  7 1
A. Butler-Gallie run out (J. Ranson) 1
J. Manning-Press Not Out  1
J. Murphy  
S. Thind  
J. Munday  
R. Coleman  
W. Davies  

Belhus Cricket Club Youth Tour Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ben Garwood3.412100.005.73
George Alder3.011200.004.00
Eathan Morris3.002200.007.33
Jamie Fairweather3.001900.006.33
Joshua Reynolds3.00900.003.00
Henry Benson3.001700.005.67
Billy Turley3.00919.003.00
George Benson3.001200.004.00
Tyler Kohl1.00400.004.00

  • Umpire :
    James Robertson and John Wilson
  • Scorer :
    Cliff Cansdale