BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI v Harold Wood on Sat 09 Jul 2005 at 13:30
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Won 41 runs
Benfleet 1XI 230-7
Harold Wood 189 all out
Benfleet won by 41 runs.
Having won the toss and elected to bat first I was hoping for a solid start, at 29-4 the plan was well and truly out of the window and thoughts had turned to a very early finish and us getting very little from the game. Cricket is a funny old game.
But the Big Mac Fuzzy and Proph came to the rescue, both batted very well and both hitting 50's, this took us past the 100 mark and to our first points. Proph and yours truly then had another partnership that nearly killed us both but it took us to over 200 and our first target of 8pts, Proph and the tail enders guided us to a 230 which was a competitive target which would test Harold Wood as they had struggled to bowl their overs quickly.
We took to the field knowing that Harold Wood would play their shots and go for it and they did not let us down- first ball of the innings was dispatched to the boundary for 4 - Tremmers then trying to see the positive side of that replies with "come on lads still 224 to get lads " - maths was never his strong point.....
Big Mac got rid of their dangerous opener with a fruit pie which he hit straight down Proph's throat and he held it on the boundary, and this was to be the story of the afternoon, holding catches wins matches. The Steed brothers entered the party and with them came 9 wickets (well done to Gaz on his 6 wickets), some good bowling, some indifferent shots, some good wicketkeeping and some top catches were held which took us to 20 points and a brilliant victory.....a great day and lets try and keep it going as we enter the half way stage of the season.
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI Batting
230 for 7
Harold Wood Bowling
Harold Wood Batting
189 for 10
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI Bowling
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Umpire :
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Scorer :
230 for 7