| Gentlemen of West London CC v St Anne’s Allstars
CC
Victoria Recreation Ground, Surbiton, Sunday 25th April 2004
Toss: Allstars
Weather: Warm and sunny
Allstars debuts: Ian Green
Format: 35 overs per side, 7 per bowler; 12 players a side, all batting and fielding
REPORT
A strange match dominated by a virtually unplayable pitch and some fine bowling by both teams. The wicket was extraordinarily uneven and low, causing deliveries to repeatedly shoot through at ankle height - emasculating all attempts at strokeplay and rendering it fatal to play across the line. Combined with the skill of the Gent's Husain and, especially, Snelling, we were reduced to 8-4, then 13-5, and the match was effectively over inside 9 overs. A sub-20 total was averted only by a watchful Paul Nicol and a battling Tristan Haddow-Allen: the match top-scorer who was eventually defeated by one which rolled along the surface onto his pad and then leg stump. Our 42 all out (for 11 wickets) was a club record by some margin.
We were saved from complete humiliation by a spirited bowling and fielding performance which made the Gents work very hard for their runs: 28 overs to make 43. Nicol, Chris Hipwell and James Devlin bowled with exceptional discipline and intelligence to keep the shackles on the Gents' Toft, Norcott and Wright - a trio of clearly talented batsmen whose straight bats kept their wickets intact but were rarely able to attack with real conviction. We didn't concede a single boundary during the course of their innings, in which although wickets fell at intervals, a deserved home victory was never in doubt. A target of 80 plus, on the other hand, might have made for a very interesting contest. MHA
SCORECARD
St Anne's Allstars
| DA Halladay |
|
b Husain |
1 |
| †SG Begley |
|
b Snelling |
0 |
| TAR Haddow-Allen |
|
b Thompson |
20 |
| AJ McIntosh |
|
b Snelling |
0 |
| CG Hipwell |
|
b Snelling |
0 |
| ID Green |
|
b Thompson |
0 |
| RM Thompson |
|
b Thompson |
0 |
| AM Williamson |
|
D Patel |
0 |
| PT Nicol |
not out |
|
11 |
| JFG Devlin |
c D Patel |
b Sciberras |
0 |
| GA Duncan |
c S Patel |
b Lewis |
1 |
| *MJC Haddow-Allen |
lbw |
b Derriman |
0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Extras (7W, 2B) |
|
|
9 |
| Total (22.4 overs) |
42 |
Fall: 1-3, 2-8, 3-8, 4-8, 5-14, 6-18, 7-25, 8-25, 9-28, 10-32
| Bowling |
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
| Snelling |
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
| Husain |
4
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
| Thompson |
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
| Wright |
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| D Patel |
3
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
| Sciberras |
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
| Lewis |
3
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
| Derriman |
1.4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
GOWL
| V Narasimha |
c Thompson |
b Devlin |
1 |
| K Toft |
|
b Hipwell |
9 |
| J Norcott |
not out |
|
13 |
| *†S Patel |
|
b Nicol |
13 |
| J Wright |
c Williamson |
b Devlin |
13 |
| R Derriman |
|
b T Haddow-Allen |
0 |
| J Lewis |
|
b T Haddow-Allen |
0 |
| M Sciberras |
not out |
|
1 |
| |
|
|
|
| Extras (3W, 2LB) |
|
|
5 |
| Total (for 6 wickets, 28.5 overs) |
43 |
Fall: 1-3, 2-14, 3-17, 4-40, 5-41, 6-42
| Bowling |
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
| T Haddow-Allen |
5.5
|
1
|
12
|
2
|
| Devlin |
7
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
| Nicol |
7
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
| Hipwell |
7
|
1
|
12
|
1
|
| Halladay |
2
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
Result: GOWL won by 5 wickets (there being 12 batsmen a side)
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