Scorecard

WORLINGTON* v Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI on Sun 15 May 2016 at 1pm
Belhus Cricket Club Won by 4 Wickets

Match report Belhus finally broke their Worlington Village Cup hoodoo beating their Suffolk rivals on run rate in the first 20 overs after the match was Tied in extraordinary circumstances.

Worlington won the toss and Belhus started off brightly with Danny Norris claiming the scalp of danger man Richard Ford in a remarkably economical spell. However, Peachey and Graham Ford rebuilt the innings nicely and once Norris was bowled out, they started making headway on what is a very small ground. Hayward took a particular liking to the bowling of Guilbert and the lives of some cattle were in danger for a while. Day picked up some wickets towards the end and the Worlington total of 252 in 40 overs was more than expected at the halfway stage, but would have taken it before the match.

In response, Belhus lost Wells early and then set about building a platform. Read and Guilbert moved the score along steadily and then Dan Joyce continued the momentum after Read's dismissal. Winter then played a little cameo with some lusty blows getting Belhus well ahead of the run rate. With Fogg replacing Winter, Belhus required 5 off the final over and then 1 off the last 3 balls. After 2 successive dots, Joyce called Fogg through for the match-winning single off the last ball only to be run out spectacularly one-handed.

With the scores level at 252-6 apiece, nobody quite knew who would progress, but after looking in the Rules book it was Belhus who triumphed and will face Rettendon at North Stifford in the regional semi-final on 29th May.

(Martin Guilbert)

WORLINGTON* Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
16w 5b 15lb 
for 6 wickets
36
252 (40.0 overs)		     
Thomas Baugh b  Connor Day 3
Richard Ford*† lbw  b Dan Norris 4
Matthew Peachey b  b Dan Dreher 66 8 1
Graham Ford b  Connor Day 85 12 2
Ziaf Kulasi ct  Ryan Wells b Daniel Dreher 25 4 1
Daren Hayward Not Out  27 2 2
Alex Watson b  Connor Day 2
Nathan Twiddy Not Out  4
Shaun Lister  
Matthew Wittish  
Steven Flack  

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Connor Day9.0135311.673.89
Dan Norris9.0123123.002.56
Gary Sanderson7.003700.005.29
Daniel Dreher9.0077238.508.56
Ryan Wells3.002100.007.00
Martin Guilbert3.003900.0013.00

Belhus Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 5w 3b 4lb 
for 6 wickets
13
252		        
Ryan Wells ct  Alex Watson b Ziaf Kulasi 13 1 1 1
W.D. Read b  Matthew Wittish 37 6
Martin Guilbert ct  Ziaf Kulasi b Matthew Wittish 60 7 1
Danny Joyce run out  (Ziaf Kulasi) 58 5 1
Roy Heffernan ct  Matthew Peachey b Matthew Wittish 9 2
Billy Winter ct  Graham Ford b Ziaf Kulasi 45 4 2
Michael Fogg Not Out  17 2
Dan Norris  
Daniel Dreher  
Gary Sanderson  
Connor Day  

WORLINGTON* Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Nathan Twiddy6.004500.007.50
Steven Flack9.041800.002.00
Ziaf Kulasi9.0071235.507.89
Graham Ford5.004000.008.00
Matthew Wittish6.012739.004.50
Daren Hayward2.002500.0012.50
Shaun Lister3.001700.005.67