BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 3rd XI v Stanford-le-hope on Sat 26 May 2007 at 13:00pm
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Won by 13 runs.
Benfleet : 136 all out
Stanford Le Hope : 123 all out.
Benfleet 20 points, SLH 4 points.
A remarkable match, Benny Ware skippering won the toss (3 out of 3 this season)
and decided to bat.
Andy White (down from the 2s) and Rob Parmeter opened the innings.
Rob perished on 11 which brought Jacko out of the hutch.
Unfortunately, a classic run out ensued with Andy charging towards an entrenched Jacko who sent his man back but he was unable to make his ground.
The innings failed to catch fire afterwards with Jacko perishing on 19and the only other double figure contributions coming from young Gavin Blowes 17, and Grant Handley adding a useful 16.
Chuck in a useful 25 extras and the total of 136 looked short.
Stanford looked to have smashed their way to a result with D.Wheatley getting a good 70 runs and 89 runs on the board before the 1st wicket fell. Bill Carter taking a good catch to dismiss the danger man off Amrish Joshi's bowling.
What should still have been a formality, 47 required with 8 wickets intact (only 10 men played), suddenly took a turn for the down right strange.
Gavin Blowes picked up 3 wickets one bowled and two catches coutesy of Parmenter and Russ, and Benfleet sniffed a chance.
Joshi then snaffled another clean bowled, and Grant Handley who had bowled well without reward got his wicket thanks to a snaffle by Jacko.
Then Benfleet lads had their tails up with 7 wickets down and the score on 123.
From a position of no hope, there was now the very real chance of a fantastic win.
Come the hour, cometh the man - Joshi clean bowled the last two for 0 and the points were staying at Woodside - what a game !!!!
Joshi taking man of the match award with a superb 5 for 16 for his 7 overs.
Handley and Blowes supported well with 1 for 22 of 10, and 3 for 27 off 5 respectively. A superb effort from the Benfleet lads.
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 3rd XI Batting
136 for 10
Stanford-le-hope Bowling
Stanford-le-hope Batting
123 for 9
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 3rd XI Bowling