54 Average But Still No. 2

A Match Report by Brad Williams

Captain Sameer Patel lost the toss and North Enfield elected to bat.
Sameer and Anuj got the game underway, Sameer downhill and Anuj bowling beautifully up the slope. Sameer struck first, clean bowling the oppo's skipper Andrew Chrysanthou just a couple of deliveries after he had been run out by Mark Bateman from midwicket, although the umpire clearly thought the crease line extended to the middle of the wicket!!
With the score at 10-1 after eight overs Sameer removed himself from the attack bringing on Brad Williams who promptly doubled N.E.'s total with a long hop hit for six and a wide half voley struck for four. Brad settled in, and along with Nuj bowled steadily without taking a wicket between them. Anuj finished his excellent spell of 8-2-21-0 with the score on 54-1 and John Nelson was brought on. Sameer took a catch at extra cover off John's full toss which started a serious collapse of N.E.'s batting order. John having then taken care of the dangerous Jones with another full toss hit straight at Dave Fitzgerald who clung on to a good catch above head height - two catches now on the catch of the season list - John then cleaned up S. Gandy (who had scored a quickfire 90 the previuos day) first ball. Hat trick delivery... wide of off stump but well bowled.
Terry Bateman replaced Brad at the top end, later to be fined £2 for not wearing his NEW MHCC shirt and using "Dulux" on his cricket boots, something he got considerable stick for - Matt, gloss, brilliant white and lovely finish were among the quips used during TB's first over which included an impressivly quick long hop which was smacked straight down Mark's throat at mid wicket.
John bowled beautifully to become the second bowler already this season to pick up a "Michelle". TB finished with three and Sameer, coming back to finish off the innings 23 balls early finished with two wickets.
North Enfield - 97 all out.
In the absence of Rohan Patel , Ken Mottram, last weeks number 11 was promoted to open with Mark Bateman. Ken made just 5, caught behind, bringing Brad Williams to the crease. 36 runs later Mark was adjudged lbw and Lee Stevens clipped his sixth ball to midwicket. Brad was next out caught at gully, suprised by one that bounced a bit and guest Steve Graham was caught pulling a long hop to mid wicket. Myddelton were 67-5. Fitzy and Arthur Brown, now at the crease looked solid although not too threatning, before Fitzy lofted one to extra cover. This brought "Mr. Average" to the crease with 27 runs needed with 13 overs left. Arthur was eventually caught for seven and Anuj joined Sameer at the wicket - telling Sameer that he had four balls to win the game so Nuj would win the sweep on the number of balls it would take to win the game - After a short discussion, or should i say negotiation Sameer apparently settled for 50% of Nuj's profits. He swung wildly and missed the next two deliveries from Gary Orton who, through injury, left the field and Moxham came on to complete the over. Average man greeted him with a straight six over mid off first ball and promptly tried to re-negotiate his share - no joy, so he patted the next two balls down before, unable to resist, he smashed the next and last delivery of the match over the deep mid wicket boundary, over the fence, over the trees...
Myddelton won comfortably by 3 wickets.
John Nelson was named as Man of the Match.

Muppett of the day?

Sameer (Mr. Average) walked into the changing room after the match, walked straight up to Brad and said " say hello to the best average in the club". Brad looked up and asked Sameer how many runs he had scored so far this season, Sameer replied 54, once out. He may have felt a bit silly when he was informed that the clubs leading average was sitting in front of him!! To make matters worse, after the same game at NE last year, Sameer, glowing after his 30 something not out had raised his average to something in the high 50's he again asked Brad to comment.... same answer!!

Result: MHCC won by 3 wickets

Individual Performances;

Bowling: Sameer 6.1-0-15-2, Anuj 8-2-21-0, Brad 8-2-26-0, John 8-2-19-5, Terry 7-3-12-3

Betting; Ken 5, Mark 24, Brad 37, Lee 0, Steve Graham (guest) 1, Fitzy 0, Arthur 7, Sameer 20*, Anuj 0*

Catches; Mark 2, Fitzy, Arthur, Sameer, John, Arthur, Steve Graham.

North Enfield April 24th

The Team for North Enfield is as follows:

1. Anuj Bhardwaj 2. Arthur Brown 3. Brad Williams 4. David Fitgerald 5. John Nelson 6. Ken Mottram
7. Sameer Patel 8. Rohan Patel 9. Lee Stevens 10. Mark Bateman 11. Terry Bateman


Venue: Strayfield Road, Enfield
Start Time: 2pm

100 CLUB Results for March

Another month without a win for Brad's mum !!!


First prize of £49.60 went to Jackie Goodley
Second prize of £24.80 went to Alan and Julie Lenihan
Third prize of £12.40 went to our former club scorer Maureen Mansfield

No Ball, No Balls!! - Hockerill

NO BALL, NO BALL'S !!
a match report by Club Captain Sameer Patel

Myddelton House were a Brad Williams no ball away from victory against Hockerill on Sunday.
The game was an eagerly anticipated one, the players desperate to play as last weeks game at Cottered had been washed out, and also to avenge last years defeat. Earlier in the week it looked like this match would also be washed out but as the week progressed the forecast looked better and the sun was shining on Sunday morning.
On arriving at the ground it still looked pretty wet and the pitch was very green and looked like there might be quite a bit in it for the bowlers. I tossed up with the opposition Captain and called heads which was wrong and he did not hesitate to put us in. I feared the worst but the pitch played quite true. I stuck with my successfull opening partnership of last year of Mark Bateman and Rohan Patel but at 5-2 i rued my descision but luckily Brad Williams and Lee Stevens were on hand to steady the ship, putting on 48 before Lee was caught on the boundary mistiming a drive. I joined Brad at the crease and after a couple of run out scares we were both going well and it was not long before Brad reached his half century. He only made 31 more before he was bowled by the opening bowler who had been brought back on for a second spell. Anuj joined me at the crease and looked good playing his shots with a straight bat until he drove one firmly back at the bowler who flicked it onto the stumps and i was run out. He then carried on with a couple of big sixes before being stumped on 25. The rest of the line up failed to perform with Amit Naik, John Nelson and Arthur Brown all joining opener Mark Bateman with ducks, but even then we managed a respectable 181-9 off 45 overs.
Something happened in the third over of Hockerill's reply which gave Myddelton a big advantage in this game. Sameer Patel took a hat trick with his third, fourth and fifth deliveries knocking over each stump in turn to leave Hockerill in dissaray, but they rallied and in the 4th over Sameer dropped a simple catch off Pegram when on 0 who went on to score 62. He was also dropped by Naik when on 49, this was to prove costly. Also Anuj dropped a simple catch off Beet when he was in single figures and he went on to score 36. Patel went on to take another two wickets before taking himself off to bring on John Nelson, but the Hockerill players continued playing their shots and John was having trouble finding his rythmn, a change was needed and Williams and Bateman were brought on in the hope that we could stem the flow of runs and get some wickets. Bateman got a wicket in his first over and Williams picked up three in relativly quick time, but there was no draw on the cards here. Twenty two runs were required in around 10 overs with 10 and 11 at the crease, Williams bowled a beauty to the number 11, knocking the leg stump out of the ground, but to Myddelton's disarray was called ''No Ball''. This was not the first time Williams had crossed the line. From then on it was touch and go with Rohan Patel dropping a sharp chance off Williams, i brought myself back on in the hope of getting the final wicket but Hockerill got there with some six overs to spare.


Notes:
Lee Stevens took a catch at deep mid-on, making it look a lot easier than it actually was, off the bowling of Mark Bateman - good enough to be the first entry onto the Catch of the Season list.
Mark Bateman was fined £2 for the first Duck of the season. Arthur, Amit and John all fined £1 for their ducks.
Sameer Patel was fined £2 for the first dropped catch of the season and Anuj Bhardwaj was fined for his dropped catch.

Individual Performances
Batting -
M.Bateman 0, R.Patel 5, B.Williams 81, L.Stevens 18, A.Naik 0, S.Patel 34,
A.Bhardwaj 25, A.Brown 0, J.Nelson 0, D.Fitzgerald 1 n/o, K.Mottram 1 n/o
Bowling -
S.Patel 10.3-5-28-5, A.Bhardwaj 6-1-42-0, B.Williams 14-2-51-3,
J.Nelson 6-0-30-0, M.Bateman 4-0-22-1
Catches:
B.Williams 1, L.Stevens 1

Hockerill April 17th

The side to play Hockerill is as follows:

1. Sameer Patel 2. Rohan Patel 3. Anuj Bhardwaj 4. Brad Williams 5. Mark Bateman
6. Lee Stevens 7. Ken Mottram 8. John Nelson 9. David Fitzgerald 10. Arthur Brown
11. Amit Naik (guest)

Players unavailable: Alan Lenihan, Terry Bateman, David Ludlam, Jeff Hecker, Paul Faiers, Paul Wilson.

Cottered April 10th

The Availabilities for Cottered

Selected:

1.Alan Lenihan, 2. Sameer Patel, 3. Rohan Patel, 4. David Fitzgerald, 5.Lee Stevens, 6.Mark Bateman, 7. Terry Bateman, 8. Amit Naik, 9. John Nelson, 10. Arthur Brown, 11. Brad Williams.

Players not available: Ken Mottram, Jeff Hecker, Anuj Bhardwaj, Paul Wilson, Darshan (guest), David Ludlam, Paul Faiers.

MATCH CANCELLED - Weather