Scorecard

Leigh-on-Sea v Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI on Sun 24 Apr 2016 at 2pm
Belhus Cricket Club Won by 32 Runs

Match report A depleted team of veterans and youths with only one player between the ages of 14 and 44 (Jack Thomas 24)outplayed a much more mature adult Leigh side including their 1st team opener and overseas player in this encounter at Chalkwell Park. Electing to bat in this 35 over encounter on a cold and chilly day on a slowish but decent pitch, the Belhus innings centred around opener Steve Huckstepp, cautious at first and then opening up to score a chanceless and what turned out a match-winning 100 n.o. as Belhus posted a competitive 178 for 6. At 77 for 1 off 17 overs Belhus were well placed at times against some good bowling. However the innings faded somewhat as D.Cocking showed his class conceding just 15 runs from his 7 overs with the opportunity for a hat trick as Belhus hit out at the end with wickets in hand. Huckstepp received good support from Randall, Gohil and Liam Waters who all made double figure contributions.

In reply, the Leigh innings started brightly with Saturday First team opener Macdonald hitting some big shots but a well set field kept the total in check. At 65 for 0 off 14 overs, a Leigh win looked likely. However, the talented Ben Garwood who had to be persuaded to bowl another over helped 'tip the game' bowling a dipping full toss to dismiss opener Macdonald. With Amit Gohil bowling fellow opener Van Lint for 22, Belhus came back into the game. However No. 3 C.Smith who made 22 and overseas No. 4 D.Cocking playing some big shots including a huge 6, threatened again to take the game away but Amit Gohil continued good form tempting him once too often into a careless shot and was very well caught by newcomer Jack Thomas off a big hit to the massive leg side boundary a match winning catch. Gohil conceded just 21 runs from his 7 overs.

After this the innings fell away with the ever-improving father and son combination of the Wilsons with pace and guile grabbing four wickets between them to wrap up a very good win for Belhus 2s by 32 runs to bowl Leigh out with 11 balls remaining. The 'youthful' Cliff Cansdale also again bowled well conceding just 24 runs from his 7 over spell. Wicketkeeper Liam Waters continued his improvement conceding just 3 byes. Well played Belhus.

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 14w 2b 4lb 
for 7 wickets
22
178		        
Stephen Huckstepp Not Out  100 11 1 1
Zak Wilson b D.Cocking 9 2
Michael Randall ct D.Arcing b I. Macdonald 10 1
Jack Thomas b I.Macdonald 0 1
Amit Gohil b S.Nakuda 19 2 1 1
Liam Waters ct D.Sibley (wkt) b l. Macdonald 12 2 1
Ben Garwood b D.Cocking 7 1
John Wilson b D.Cocking 0
Jamie Fairweather Not Out  0
Cliff Cansdale  
No 11th Man  

Leigh-on-Sea Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
D.Cocking7.021535.002.14
D.Arcing7.003000.004.29
T.Jevson2.00700.003.50
S.Nakuda7.0057157.008.14
P.Sibley4.002000.005.00
K.Sandeman1.00600.006.00
I MacDonald7.0042314.006.00

Leigh-on-Sea Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 4w 3b  
for 10 wickets
8
146 (34.1 overs)		     
N.Van Lint b Amit Gohil 22
I.Macdonald b Ben Garwood 47
C.Smith b Zak Wilson 22
D.Cocking ct Jack Thomas b Amil Gohil 33
P.Sibley ct Amit Gohil b Jamie Fairweather 0
T.Jewson ct Steve Huckstepp b Jamie Fairweather 0
J.Spencer b Zak Wilson 1
S.Nakuda st Liam Waters b John Wilson 11
D Archer b John Wilson 1
K.Sandeman Not Out  0
No 11th Man  

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jamie Fairweather7.0140220.005.71
Cliff Cansdale7.002400.003.43
Ben Garwood5.0045145.009.00
Amit Gohil7.0121210.503.00
Zak Wilson5.02422.000.80
John Wilson2.10924.504.15