Stanmore Jaffries Result

Stanmore Jaffries 43
Myddelton House 45-5

Bowling - Sameer 9-1-21-6, Anuj 8.1-1-20-4
Batting - Brad 5, Rohan 10, Lee 11, Phil 0, Sameer 6, Anuj 5*, Fitzy 2*
Catches - Lee 2, Alan 2, John 2, Brad, Phil,

Fines - Anuj (dropped catch), Phil (duck)

Old Esthameians Match Report

Sameer won the toss and decided to bat. Mark Bateman and former MHCC player Mark Stevens became the 9th opening partnership in the nine games played so far. Shagger was bowled in the fifth over drivng at Roberts from the pavilion end. Brad joined Batty already on 13 and both players were soon in control against openers who gave a little too much room to both players on a track that was bouncing a bit giving both batsmen the chance to get on the back foot whenever they wanted. The partnership was worth 139 when Brad was bowled off the last ball of Jay's first over having been unable to reach any of the others. Brad made 76 and Mark continued on, although now was in some pain from his tennis elbow. Lee joined Mark and these two continued the good start and Mark completed his 100 in the 38th over. Then, after a mix up with Lee he was run out in the next over. Captain Patel strode to the crease looking for quick runs and as usual showed no respect for the bowling in hitting 21 in 3.2 overs, before holing out at deep mid-wicket. Lee finished unbeaten on 29 having batted well with a glorious drive along the floor through mid-wicket, the highlight of his innings. Myddelton finished on 264-4 in 42 overs.
Sameer took the first wicket with a c&b disposing of Roberts. Nuj found Spencers favourite shot early on and continued to bowl to his strength in his last over going for 16 before Sameer brought on John. With Rohan on holiday Brad stood in as wkt keeper and took two decent stumpings off Alan but also missed two catches off the variable bounce of Alan's quicker ball. John became the first bowler this year to take five wickets in a match twice this year and bowled some absolute "bannana" deliveries which had Spencer reaching for the angling times before finaly offering up a c&b for John's fourth wicket. John's fifth wicket came when he clean bowled Owen and Lee finished off the innings with the first run out for a Myddelton player this year. Old Esthameians were all out for 174 in 38 overs.


Result
MHCC 264-5
Old Esthameians 174

Individual Performances:-
Batting; Mark B 102, Mark S. 0, Brad 76, Lee 29*, Sameer 21, Phil 7*
Bowling; Sameer 5-2-6-1, Anuj 8-0-40-0, Alan 12-4-51-2, John 12-0-65-5, Mark S 1-1-0-1
Catches; John, Sameer, Mark B, Anuj 2
Stumpings; Brad 2

Fines; Brad 2 catches, Mark S. Duck, Sameer catch

Khalse Match Report

Sameer won the toss and chose to bat. He opened along with Ken and it wasn't long before he was taking control with some powerfull stylish shots all of which were along the floor. He managed to run out his partner Ken early on which brought Brad to the crease. A partnership of 55 was ended when Sameer was caught at mid-on for 40. A shame because he had batted beautifully. Lee joined Brad and looked to be going well but just as last week managed to find point with a well struck cut shot and was again caught. Phil came to the wicket and soon became the second victim of a run out. Arthur returning from holiday made his highest score of the season in a partnership of 70 with Brad, who completed his century and became the 5th man out two balls later being bowled trying a lofted drive over extra cover. The score now at 188-5. Anuj joined Arthur and peppered the leg side boundary for a while scoring 17 including two 4's and a 6 before being caught behind. Alan and Arthur finished off the innings with Alan finishing 10n/o mainly from the infamous late cut. Myddelton finished on 225-6
Alan and Anuj started off and with the score at 36-0 Alan had bowled three maidens while Nuj had been savaged for 30+ off his first three overs. Nuj found himself on a hat trick a couple of overs later having claimed the wicket of Colin, his tormenter from the early overs and Dabbu, both cleaned bowled. Alan took 4 wickets with his usual tight line and with the occasional off break that appeared to turn at right angles. John and Fitzy were brought on - John taking a wicket quickly, but any thoughts of Khalse going for the runs had long since gone and after Fitzy had completed his fourth over having bowled 3 maidens, he and John were removed from the attack and Sameer and Brad were brought on. There seemed little doubt that Khalse would fold now that the premier seamer was in the game. Alas Sameer failed to take a wicket as did Brad at the other end as Kukki and Bunty both defended as though their lives depended on it. In the last 3 overs Brad thought he had Bunty plumb lbw playing back, Brad dropped a sharp chance high above his head at slip and John dropped an awkward chance at slip off Brad. Sameer was hit for four off the penultimate ball and Lee handed the keepers gloves to Brad who decided he would stand up to the wicket as Sameer would surely just turn his arm over as it was the last ball. Wrong!! He fired in a quick one off four paces that took the edge of Kukki's bat almost decapitating Brad and flew at head height past Arthur at first slip a pitch length back, bouncing twice before the boundary. Sameer insisted that Brad be fined for a dropped catch and for "thinking you could ever stand up to me!!!"

Match Result - Khalse

Match Drawn

MHCC 225-6
Khalse 111-7

Individual Performances

Bowling; Anuj 10-1-33-2, Alan 11-7-10-4, John 6-1-12-1, Fitzy 4-3-3-0, Sameer 7-0-26-0, Brad 6-4-7-0

Batting; Sameer 36, Ken 8, Brad 100, Lee 14, Phil 2, Arthur 13*, Anuj 17, Alan 10*

Catches; Alan 2, Sameer 1, Fitzy 1

Fines; Lee, Brad, Arthur, Ken (1 catch each)


Individual Stat's up to and Inc. Khalse 12/6/05

Bowling; Sameer 15 wkts @ 13, Anuj 12 @15.16, Brad 11 14.63, John 6 @ 21.5, Mark 1 @ 22, Terry 10 @ 11, Fitzy 2 @ 41, Ken 0-35, Alan 12 @ 9.58

Batting; Mark 97 runs @ 47, Rohan 100 @ 20, Brad 415 @ 59.28, Lee 101 @ 17, Sameer 211 @ 52.75, Anuj 69 @ 23. Arthur 20 @ 10, John 0, Fitzy 1 @ 0.5, Ken 17 @ 7, Terry 1 @ 1, Luds 104 @ 104, Phil 16 @ 8, Alan 18 @ *,
Others; Amit 34, Steve Graham 1, Ramesh 0.

Fantasy Cricket Update

Up To And Including Bamville 5th June

Team Points (Top 10 )

• Alan Lenihan 1808 (brad 795, Sameer 655, John 200, Fitzy 101 Paul F 0, Arthur 57)
• John Nelson 3 1793 (brad 795, Sameer 655, John 200, Ken 86, Paul F 0, Arthur 57)
• Brad Williams 2 1789 (Sameer 655, Rohan 290, Terry 322, Anuj 379, Ken 86, Arthur 57)
• Brad Williams 1 1753 (Brad 795, Terry 322, Anuj 379, John 200, Paul F 0, Arthur 57)
• Mark Bateman 1708 (Brad 795, Rohan 290, Anuj 379, Ken 86, Fitzy 101, Arthur57)
• Arthur Brown 1708 ( Same team as Mark above )
• David Fitzgerald 1654 (sameer 655, Rohan 290, Terry 322, John 200, Ken 86, Fitzy 101)
• Paul Wilson 1599 (Alan 222, Sameer 655, Anuj 379, John 200, Ken 86, Arthur 57)
• Anuj Bhardwaj 1599 ( Same team as Paul above )
• Sameer Patel 1598 (Sameer 655, Mark 274, Rohan 290, Terry 322, Paul F 0, Arthur 57)
• Linda Bateman 1598 ( Same team as Sameer above )

Alan wins 1st prize for April - May of £7 and John wins 2nd prize of £3

Individual Points

• Brad 795, Sameer 655, Anuj 379, Terry 322, Rohan 290, Mark 274, Lee 227, Alan 222, John 200, Fitzy 101, Ken 86, Arthur 57. Paul W, Jeff and Paul F have yet to play.

Individual Stats uo to and Including Bamville 5th June

Bowling;

• Wickets; Sameer 15, Brad 11, Anuj 10, Terry 10, Alan 8, John 5, Fitzy 2, Mark 1
• Average; Terry 11.00, Sameer 11.27, Alan 12.25, Brad 14.00, Anuj 14.90, Mark 22.00, John 23.40, Fitzy 41.50
• Strike Rate;Sameer 22.16, Brad 23.45, Mark 24.00, Anuj 26.40, Terry 29.40, Alan 32.00, Jhon 43.20, Fitzy 54.00
• Runs Per Over;Terry 2.24, Sameer 3.05, John 3.25, Alan 3.16, Anuj 3.39, Brad 3.58, Fitzy 4.61, Ken 5.00, Mark 5.50

Batting;

• Runs; Brad 315, Sameer 175, Luds 104, Rohan 103, Mark 94, Lee 87, Anuj 52, Phil 14, Alan 8, Arthur 7, Ken 6, Terry 1, Fitzy 1, John 0
• Average; Luds 104, Sameer 58.33, Brad 52.5, Mark 47, Anuj 26, Rohan 20.6, Lee 17.4, Phil 14, Ken 6, Arthur 3.5, Terry 1, Fitzy 0.5, John 0, Alan *

Catches;

• Mark 5, Rohan 4, Anuj 4, Lee 3, Arthur-Brad-John-Ken-Sameer-Terry 2 each, Fitzy-Luds 1 each

Fines (Total collected £22.50)

• Amit £3.50, Rohan £3, Mark £3, Lee,John, Sameer, Terry andFitzy £2 each.

Bamville Match Report

Dice Man Runs Out Of Dot's

Having reeled off 10 succesive maidens in his last two games "dot ball" Bateman was asked to partner Sameer for the opening spell of this 40 overs match. The run of maidens came to an end just three balls into his spell as Bamville's openers Harrison and Denny made a steady start with "happy hooker" Harrison pulling Sameer through square leg before pulling a hamstring a few balls later and calling for a runner. Sameer thought the best way to check if he was in pain was to bowl another short one. The happy hooker pulled again with no sign of a bad leg before starting to limp again after the next ball. Dave Fitzgerald, Myddeltons secret weapon came on and disposed of Harrison with his first ball. The batsman, nearly bamboozled, by this delivery said as he walked off the pitch, "i cant carry on without coming down the wicket to this stuff", he walked off retired injured. Nice bowling change skip. Fitzy completley tied up Pec and Oliver with his swinging, looping deliveries, bowling well without taking a wicket. Nuj replaced Terry (1-33) and bowled the best over of the day in his best spell of the season and off his infamous short run too!! Alan bowled well at the other end and apart from a couple of fours bowled his usual tight spell. As seems to happen every other week for someone in the club, Alan had a caught behind descision not given and having just pushed mid-off back 10 yards saw Mark at mid-off drop a catch off the next ball. Mark finished the game with more injuries than ""Sicknote" Anderton.
Myddelton's reply, chasing Bamville's 142-8, began well with Brad and Lee putting on 55 before Lee holed out at point. Rohan played himself in by hitting Quinton over mid-on for two. Was this the result of an offer of £10 from the watching , soon to bat MHCC players for Rohan hitting a six first ball? Who know's? Rohan tried the shot again two overs later and was caught for just 3. New guy Phil Anderson came to the crease and hadn't faced a ball before Brad was bowled off his pads off a ball that kept low. Sameer looked good as usual during his innings of 27 which included a 'tap' over extra cover, over the club house, over the trees and half way across the golf course onto the St. Albans road!! Sameer was caught and bowled by Oliver trying to pull. Phill took control for a while hitting two fours before being bowled for a usfull 14. Anuj and Alan saw Myddelton home with Alan's on drive for 3 the winning shot leaving Anuj still without the honour of hitting the winning runs in any match.


Result: MHCC WON by 5 Wkts.

Bamville 142-8 (40 Overs)
MHCC 143-5 (33.3 Overs)

Bowling; Sameer 8-1-26-1, Terry 8-0-33-1, Fitzy 8-0-33-0, Anuj 8-3-17-4, Alan 8-1-32-2

Batting; Brad 44, Lee 14, Rohan 3, Phil 14, Sameer 27, Anuj 14*, Alan 8*

Catches; Terry 2, Rohan 1.

Fines; Mark £1 - 2 catches.

Hockerill match report

Myddelton Avenge Early Season Defeat

Hockerill skipper Anthony won the toss and invited Myddelton to bat. The match started early, around 1.50 and Rohan soon set about the opening bowlers making 34 out of the first 50 odd runs with Lee on just 7. Brad joined Lee at the fall of Rohans wicket and while not looking comfortable put on a decent partnership with Lee who was now scoring freely. Brad was next out, bowled by the Hockerill skipper for 34 and Lee went on to make 55 before being clean bowled by AJ. Mark and Sameer finished off the innings, Sameer making 20 not out off the last five overs and Mark made an unbeaten 57 batting beautifully with a mixture of back foot drives and cuts his most productive scoring shots. Myddelton finished on 228-3
Hockerill's reply began badly with Anuj taking two wickets and Sameer one as Hockerill were reeling at 15-3. Myddelton were not about to get carried away at this score as it was much the same in the game earlier in the season when Hockerill went on to win the game. Terry took over from Sameer at the far end and as usual the talk at the wicket was of Terry bowling "dot balls" as he reeled off 9 straight maidens including two wicket maidens. John and Fitzy both had spells at the Pavillion end with out much effort being made by the batsmen to score runs, although a wild attempted pull shot to mid-on was dropped by Lee low down off Fitzy's 2nd ball. Alan replaced Terry at the far end and Anuj was brought on at the other end for his second spell but didn't quite live up to his first spell which was an excellent one especially as it was his first game since injuring his ankle a couple of weeks ago. Alan and Anuj both finished with 3 but still one wicket eluded Myddelton. Brad was brought on at the Pavillion end with four overs remaining and Sameer prepared to bowl at the other end. Brad took the final wicket with his fifth ball, Rohan taking the catch behind the stumps.
A comfortable win to avenge the defeat in April.

Apologies for any errors in personal scores etc, only a certain person forgot to take the scorebook to the game on sunday and as yet does not have the details.