BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI v Stanford le Hope on Sat 24 May 2008 at 13.00
Match was Drawn
Just one more…!
Lost the toss and got inserted……. eventually.
Things didn’t start too well – we’d obviously caught a nasty bout of the ‘yes-no-sorry’ bug in the rain at Old Brentwoods… Wrighty wasn’t a happy boy and Tremmers followed him back a short while later – 7 for 2. A good partnership from Mike and Philo settled the ship taking us up past the 70 mark. Phil got a rough decision when he’d reached 33 - adjudicated LBS (leg before sightscreen) and was again quickly followed by Mike who holed out at cover for solid looking 40. The middle order chipped in with 18 from Scotty, 29 from Sean and 26 from the skipper all of which left us with a reasonable score of 183 for 9.
A good all round performance in the field ultimately restricted Stanford to 151 for 9 - frustratingly we couldn’t get the final wicket we needed for the win and an extra 10 points. All the bowlers put in good performances (Chris 3 for 42, Milesy 3 for 35, Sean 2 for 29 and Gazza 1 for 40) and some of the fielding was excellent – with Tremmers pulling off an absolute blinder to remove their star player.
So, we remain unbeaten but in search of our first league win - next week, weather permitting, off to Buckhurst Hill...
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI Batting
183 for 9
Stanford le Hope Bowling
Stanford le Hope Batting
151 for 9
BENFLEET CRICKET CLUB Benfleet 1st XI Bowling