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Match vs Haddocks, Pontcanna

Dave — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:02:10 +0000

Northern found themselves at risk of slipping into the relegation positions in a must win game against Haddocks. With Neil Thomas being stuck in traffic with Ashish Chatap and Jarryd Wilkins in tow it was fortunate that Northern won the toss and were able to bat first.

Chris Baker and Jimmy Vaile opened the batting and started off steadily before Jimmy was caught for 4. With Snowy only just arriving Carl Manley, playing his first game in a year, was sent in at 3 and started strongly hitting a 4 and a baseball slog 6 over mid off. This change of pace prompted Chris to open up and he hit 3 consecutive fours, 2 of which just failed to carry the rope. A couple of very expensive overs brought up 50 runs but when Carl was caught on 19 the runs stopped. Snowy in at 4 was struggling with the very slow pitch and bowling and was out for just one.

The first change bowler came on and his first ball was chipped straight to a fielder by Chris and Northern found their hopes of a good score in the balance. Ashish started well but when Ashley Chedzoy, captaining for the day, was bowled to a very slow ball that rolled under his bat things looked bleak. Some big shots from Ashish tipped the balance again and when he was run out in the 17th over on 30 Northern’s hopes looked far better.

Dave Manley (3NO) and Dan Perkins (4NO) rotated the strike with singles in the last over including a cheeky reverse sweep off the last ball off the innings as the score reached 106.

The score was almost certainly above par on such a slow pitch but Haddocks started well enough although some good close fielding meant their required run rate kept rising. Ashley picked up an LBW and a second wicket care of a tumbling catch from Jimmy. Ashish followed this up with a generous LBW before bowling another and suddenly Haddocks were looking out of it. Brett Clarke and Perkins came on to bowl and Perkins found the edge in his first over and Dave took the safe catch behind. The game was up when Baker had a direct hit run out and as the overs ticked over Dave and Snowy combined twice for run outs, Perkins picked up a second wicket causing a batsmen to play on and Haddocks were all out for 68 when Neil Thomas came on to bowl the 17th over and he picked up three dots before the fourth ball was chipped to Jimmy at square leg.

A good performance from Northern with some attacking fields set by stand in captain Ashley who’s record with the armband now reads 2 games, 2 wins.

  C Baker        Caught        Williams    29
  J Vaile        Caught        Preece       4
  C Manley       Caught        Preece      19
  J Wilkins      Caught        Preece       1
  A Chedzoy      Bowled        Jenkins      3
  A Chatap       Run Out                   30
  M Britton      Bowled        Williams     1
  D Perkins      Not Out                    4
  D Manley       Not Out                    3
  N Thomas
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   14
  Total                                   106-7

                     O   M   R   W
        I Khan       5   0  27   0
        N Preece     5   0  28   3
        G Williams   4   0  18   2
        I Jenkins    4   0  27   1

  Musgrave       LBW           Chedzoy      8
  I Khan         Ct (Vaile)    Chedzoy      9
  T Harris       Run Out                   28
  M Workman      LBW           Chatap       0
  D Cynan        Bowled        Chatap       2
  G Cynan        Ct (D.Manley) Perkins      1
  N Preece       Run Out                    2
  D Walker       Bowled        Perkins      1
  J Martin       Run Out                    3
  I Jenkins      Run Out                    1
  G Williams     Ct (Vaile)    Thomas       1
  Extras                                   12
  Total                                    68 All Out
                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   0  14   2
        A Chedzoy   4   0  20   2
        D Perkins   3   0  10   2
        B Clarke    2   0  13   0
        J Wilkins   2   0   8   0
        N Thomas    0.4 0   0   1

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  A Chatap        45  50                         10   105
  C Baker         44              10             10    64
  A Chedzoy        3  32                         10    45
  D Perkins        4  29                         10    43
  C Manley        24                             10    34
  D Manley         3         5    10             10    28
  J Wilkins        1   6          10             10    27
  J Vaile          4        10                   10    24
  N Thomas            14                         10    24
  M Britton        1                             10    11
  B Clarke             0                         10    10

Man of Match - A Chatap

Match vs Cardiff Asians, Llandaff

Dave — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:39:07 +0000

Northern looked to avoid losing 3 on the bounce against top of the table Cardiff Asians. Report

  S Hood         Bowled        Adil         4
  J Vaile        Bowled        Imran        0
  A Chedzoy      Caught        Danny        4
  A Chatap       Caught        Adil         7
  B Willacott    Bowled        Nadeem       1
  A Gill         Bowled        Nadeem       3
  M Britton      Bowled        Danny        5
  B Black        Bowled        Danny        4
  D Perkins      Bowled        Danny        0
  D Manley       Caught        Khalid       2
  B Clarke       Not Out                    1
  Extras                                   18
  Total                                    49 All Out

                     O   M   R   W
        Imran        3   1  11   1
        Adil         4   1   8   2
        Nadeem       5   1  11   2
        Danny        4   0   9   4
        Khalid       0.3 0   1   1

  I Younis       Bowled        Chatap       2
  Nadeem         LBW           Chatap      21
  Yasir          LBW           Chatap       7
  Shafqat        Not Out                   13
  Shahid         Bowled        Chatap       0
  Saleem         Not Out                    2
  Imran
  Adil
  Danny
  Khalid
  ?
  Extras                                    6
  Total                                    51-4
                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   0  18   4
        A Chedzoy   3   0  20   0
        S Hood      2   0   7   0
        D Perkins   0.2 0   6   0

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  A Chatap         7   55                        10    72
  S Hood           4   12                        10    26
  M Britton        5                             10    15
  A Chedzoy        4    0                        10    14
  B Black          4                             10    14
  A Gill           3                             10    13
  D Manley         2                             10    12
  B Willacott      1                             10    11
  B Clarke         1                             10    11
  D Perkins       -5    0                        10     5
  J Vaile         -5                             10     5

Man of Match - A Chatap

Match vs Duke of Clarence, Pontcanna

Dave — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:24:31 +0000

A depleted Northern squad took on Duke of Clarence. Report

  J Wilkins      Not Out                   67
  C Baker        Bowled        Patel        2
  A Chatap       Caught        Patel        0
  J Vaile        Run Out                   17
  A Chedzoy      Not Out                   16
  D Manley
  M Britton
  B Black
  A Gill
  D Perkins
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   19
  Total                                   121-3

                     O   M   R   W
        V Mepani     5   0  32   0
        K Patel      5   2  27   2
        N Tyler      5   0  40   0
        R Vitolo     2   1  11   0
        P Mann       1   0   6   0

  K Offer        Not Out                   52
  N Morse        Bowled        Chedzoy     22
  A Offer        Ct (Chedzoy)  Wilkins     21
  N Tyler        Ct (Chatap)   Clarke       8
  V Mepani       Not Out                    7
  K Patel
  T Griffiths
  R Vitolo
  P Mann
  A Hughes
  J Elias
  Extras                                   12
  Total                                   122-3
                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    3   0  18   0
        A Chedzoy   4   0  27   1
        J Wilkins   4.3 0  32   1
        D Perkins   1   0  19   0
        B Clarke    2   0  22   1

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  J Wilkins     102    10                        10   122
  A Chedzoy      21    10   5                    10    46
  J Vaile        22                              10    32
  B Clarke              5                        10    15
  C Baker         2                              10    12
  A Chatap       -5     0   5                    10    10
  D Manley                                       10    10
  M Britton                                      10    10
  B Black                                        10    10
  A Gill                                         10    10
  D Perkins             0                        10    10

Man of Match - J Wilkins

Match vs Highwayman & Taverners, Pontcanna

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:14:33 +0000

Following a poor game against GFC Northern were back in action against Highwaymen & Taverners. The game was touch and go at the start with some light drizzle falling in the car park but it would soon brighten up and actually prove quite warm. Jimmy Vaile lost the toss, as per usual, and we were put into the field.

However unlike the two previous games Northern seemed far more up for it and Ashley Chedzoy taking a wicket in the first over only helped the mood. A few tight overs from Ashley and Ashish Chatap including consecutive maiden overs really turned the screw. The H&T #3 was starting to compile an innings but a suicidal run against the arm of Chatap proved costly as Dave Manley took the ball and off came the bails.

Good spells from Dan Perkins and Brett Clarke brought a wicket apiece care of catches from Manley and Barrie Willacott and it was only a late flourish in the last few overs that dragged the Taverners up to a decent score of 86.

Jarryd Wilkins and Chris Baker opened the batting and started promisingly getting Northern well above the run rate with a boundary every over until Baker got caught for 13. When the change spin bowler came on Snowy crashed him for consecutive boundaries off his first two balls before getting caught for 23 and it was then Northern started to look nervy. Ashish had faced a few overs for 1 run before being LBW and Jimmy and Ashley both struggle to get going against the spinners.

With the run rate hovering at 4 an over after 14 Ashley took the initiative with a double figures over before getting caught off the last ball of that over but Russell came in and thanks to a misfield the scores were level and and a leg bye clinched the win with 2 overs in hand.

Highwaymen and Taverners become the first time this season that Northern do the double over and we look forward to the next game against rivals the Duke of Clarence who we’ve had a win and a loss against already this season. Ashley picked up man of the match honours thanks to his top scoring 24 and a good spell of bowling.

  W Baker        Bowled        Chedzoy      1
  M Presi        Bowled        Chatap       4
  L Rundence     R/O (Chatap/Manley)       24
  L Moore        Ct (Wil'cott) Clarke       2
  N Viner        Ct (Manley)   Perkins      5
  L Williams     Not Out                   14
  S Johns        Not Out                   20
  Mitchell
  Belly
  Unknown
  Unknown
  Extras                                   16
  Total                                    86-5
                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   1  20   1
        A Chedzoy   4   1  16   1
        D Perkins   3   0  17   1
        B Clarke    2   0   6   1
        C Baker     2   0  10   0
        R Palmer    2   0  13   0

  J Wilkins      Caught        Williams    23
  C Baker        Caught        Mitchell    13
  A Chatap       LBW           Williams     1
  J Vaile        Not Out                   12
  A Chedzoy      Caught        Viner       24
  R Palmer       Not Out                    3
  B Willacott
  M Britton
  D Perkins
  D Manley
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   11
  Total                                    87-4

                     O   M   R   W
        Mitchell     3   0  19   1
        Williams     5   0  22   2
        Viner        5   1  27   1
        Belly        3   0  15   0
        Moore        0.3 0   2   0

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  A Chedzoy      29    22                        10    61
  A Chatap        1    25          5             10    41
  J Wilkins      28                              10    38
  C Baker        18     6                        10    34
  B Clarke             22                        10    32
  J Vaile        17                              10    27
  D Perkins            10                        10    20
  D Manley                  5      5             10    20
  B Willacott               5                    10    15
  R Palmer        3     0                        10    13
  M Britton                                      10    10

Man of Match - A Chedzoy

Match vs GFC, Llandaff

Dave — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:53:26 +0000

Following a few missed games Northern were back in action against second in the league GFC.
I can’t bring myself to write a long report so I’ll sum it up in a few bullet points.

The pitch was the worst we’ve played on this season
We dropped 7 catches, only one of which was half way difficult.
Dave missed an easy stumping and could have had another.
We let them score too many for the pitch even though we bowled them all out.
They bowled better than we did.
We give too many LBWs compared to everyone else in the league.
We were run out four times.
We were all out and had 3 ducks.
We lost.

  D Tame         Bowled        Chedzoy      3
  D Parsons      Bowled        Chedzoy     14
  S Gill         Ct (Wilkins)  Clarke      16
  S Lloyd        Bowled        Clarke      15
  S Clode        Ct (Wilkins)  Perkins      2
  R Lewis        Bowled        Palmer      14
  M Khan         Bowled        Perkins      1
  N White        R/O (Chatap)               0
  N Clode        Bowled        Brain        9
  S Bradley      Bowled        Palmer       0
  B Ford         Not Out                    0
  Extras                                   10
  Total                                    84 All Out

                    O   M   R   W
        A Chedzoy   5   1  19   2
        A Chatap    3   0  17   0
        B Clarke    4   0  17   2
        D Perkins   3   0  13   2
        C Brain     1.1 0   8   1
        R Palmer    1   0   7   2

  J Wilkins      LBW           Khan         7
  C Brain        Caught        Bradley      6
  A Chatap       LBW           Lloyd        4
  R Palmer       Run Out                    6
  A Chedzoy      Run Out                    0
  B Willacott    Bowled        Lloyd        2
  M Britton      Run Out                    0
  D Jones        Run Out                    4
  D Perkins      Caught        Bradley      1
  D Manley       Bowled        Ford         0
  B Clarke       Not Out                    0
  Extras                                   21
  Total                                    52 All Out

                     O   M   R   W
        S Bradley    3.3 0   7   2
        M Khan       3   1  12   1
        S Lloyd      4   0  12   2
        R Lewis      3   0  13   0
        B Ford       1   0   1   1

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  B Clarke        0    32                        10    42
  D Perkins       1    29                        10    40
  A Chedzoy      -5    35                        10    40
  R Palmer        6    20                        10    36
  J Wilkins       7        10                    10    27
  C Brain         6    10                        10    26
  A Chatap        4     0         10             10    24
  D Jones         4                              10    14
  B Willacott     2                              10    12
  M Britton      -5                              10     5
  D Manley       -5                              10     5

Man of Match - B Clarke

Match vs Scimitar Cavaliers, Pontcanna

Dave — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:12:58 +0000

Northern took on similarly placed Scimitar Cavaliers.
Left it a bit long to write a proper report so here are the high and lowlights. Baz dropped a pudding early on from a player who went on to score 64. Couple of other dropped catches as well and some poor fielding allowed Cavaliers to score 135.

Northern batted much better than they’d fielded and Jarryd, Charles and Ashish all got decent scores but no-one hung around long enough to see the game out. Martin was ultimately the closest we got to a hero as he scored 2 off his only and the final ball to get Northern to 120 and maximum batting points care of an overthrow.

  T Corsi        Not Out                   64
  R Scrimshaw    Ct (Brain)    Chatap       9
  N Lewis        Bowled        Chedzoy      0
  P Backhouse    Bowled        Clarke      11
  A Trott        Ct (Chedzoy)  Perkins     10
  M Sweeney      Bowled        Brain       25
  R Corsi
  C Barnsley
  G Barringham
  J Corsi
  J Sutton
  Extras                                   16
  Total                                   135-4

                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   0  30   1
        A Chedzoy   4   1  22   1
        D Perkins   3   0  23   2
        R Palmer    3   0  30   0
        C Brain     3   0  20   0

  J Wilkins      Bowled        Scrimshaw   28
  C Brain        Caught        Backhouse   21
  R Palmer       Caught        Backhouse    6
  A Chatap       Bowled        Sweeney     22
  A Chedzoy      Bowled        Sweeney      6
  R Morgan       Caught        Sweeney      3
  B Willacott    Not Out                    4
  M Britton      Not Out                    2
  D Perkins
  D Manley
  D Jones
  Extras                                   28
  Total                                   120-6

                     O   M   R   W
        R Corsi      2   0   8   0
        C Barnsley   2   0  19   0
        M Sweeney    5   0  34   3
        R Scrimshaw  5   0  24   1
        P Backhouse  4   0  34   2

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  J Wilkins      43                              10    53
  A Chatap       27     5                        10    42
  C Brain        26     0   5                    10    41
  A Chedzoy       6    10   5                    10    31
  D Perkins            20                        10    30
  B Willacott     4                              10    14
  R Morgan        3                              10    13
  M Britton       2                              10    12
  R Palmer        6    -5                        10    11
  D Manley                                       10    10
  D Jones                                        10    10

Man of Match - J Wilkins

Match vs Haddocks, Pontcanna

Dave — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:00:28 +0000

After going down to Cardiff Asians Northern took on a team at the same end of the table as themselves.

Being put into bat on what was probably the flattest and hardest outfield Pontcanna have ever served up Northern knew a decent score would be required. In form Jarryd Wilkins opened the batting with Ben Horlock and the two raced along in the early overs before Ben lobbed a straightforward catch to mid on and although Charles Brain came in looking confident Snowy’s quickfire 20 ended as a carbon copy of Ben’s dismissal.

This brought Vaile in to bat following his confidence boosting 14 earlier in the week and he rotated the strike well allowing Brain to play his shots as the runs kept coming. Then looking to put a full toss into Sophia Gardens Charles picked out mid off and his swashbuckling 22 came to a close. Ashley Chedzoy came and went for 6 and Ashish Chatap edged behind for a single exposing Northern’s lengthy tail.

Dan Jones however had other ideas and with Jimmy starting to attack too and some excellent running they both started to build the highest partnership of the innings and when the final batting point looked doubtful with 2 overs remaining a few more boundaries and a last over of 14 placed Northern on a handy 131. Jimmy was run-out off the last ball for 34 and Dan a career best 16NO.

Northern had every reason to believe enough runs were on the board given Haddocks previous matches but Walker and Musgrove started well and Horlock’s first over was expensive but he pulled one out of the bag when Jimmy held a catch off the last ball when 13 runs had come off the previous 5.

Clarke came on and bowled 2 mixed overs but took another and at the other end Chatap took two wickets, one ball clipping the very top of the off bail and the other a plumb LBW decision. Perkins replaced Chatap and bowled his best spell in a while taking 2 wickets for 12 off 4 overs and Brain’s two over spell took 2 wickets and was only spoiled by a big six over his head. Only one more wicket for maximum points was required with 2 overs to go but it just wouldn’t come as Workman and Preece dug in and after Snowy took some stick in the penultimate over going for 13 it was Ashley who shattered the stumps with 3 balls to go as Haddocks tried to get themselves another batting point. All out for 93 and 38 runs short of Northern’s total.

An excellent performance and our first 20 pointer in a good while and it was good to see the full bowling arsenal get a chance to bowl.

  J Wilkins      Caught        Owen        20
  B Horlock      Caught        Owen         4
  C Brain        Caught        Owen        22
  J Vaile        Run Out                   34
  A Chedzoy      Caught        Owen         6
  A Chatap       Caught        Jenkins      1
  D Jones        Not Out                   16
  M Britton
  D Perkins
  D Manley
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   28
  Total                                   131-6

                     O   M   R   W
        I Khan       5   0  36   0
        H Owen       5   0  27   4
        N Preece     4   0  22   0
        I Jenkins    3   0  23   1
          Workman    1   0  14   0

  Walker         Ct (Vaile)    Horlock      9
  Musgrove       Bowled        Chatap      19
  Martin         LBW           Chatap       0
  Harris         Bowled        Clarke       4
  Workman        Not Out                   18
  Williams       Ct (Vaile)    Brain        4
  Khan           Bowled        Brain       13
  Jenkins        Bowled        Perkins      0
  Owen           Ct (Wilkins)  Perkins      0
  Preece         Bowled        Chedzoy      9

  Extras                                   17
  Total                                    93 All Out

                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    4   1  14   2
        B Horlock   2   0  15   1
        B Clarke    2   0  14   1
        D Perkins   4   0  12   2
        C Brain     2   0  13   2
        A Chedzoy   2.3 0   8   1
        J Wilkins   1   0  13   0

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  J Vaile        49        10                    10    69
  D Perkins            44                        10    54
  C Brain        27    15                        10    52
  A Chatap        1    27                        10    38
  J Wilkins      25    -5   5                    10    35
  A Chedzoy       6    17                        10    33
  D Jones        21                              10    31
  B Horlock       4    10                        10    24
  B Clarke             10                        10    20
  M Britton                                      10    10
  D Manley                                       10    10

Man of Match - J Vaile

Match vs Cardiff Asians, Blackweir

Dave — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:22:02 +0000

Northern looked to continue their good form against top of the table Cardiff Asians. Short report for this one. Essentially we did bowled OK for the first 15 overs keeping the score down to 88 before a blitz in the last 3 took the score to 137. In reply we managed to be only two runs down at the 15 over mark but a flurry of wickets in the last over put paid to any chance of victory as we finished on 110.

Jarryd was excellent scoring 59 before edging behind in the last over.

  Shafat         R/O (Perkins/Brain)       24
  Nadeem         Bowled        Chatap       0
  Karim          Bowled        Horlock     28
  I Younus       Not Out                   53
  Saleem         Bowled        Hood        15
  Usman          Not Out                   11
  Saeed
  Adil
  Yousuf
  Khalid
  Jhangir
  Extras                                    7
  Total                                   137-3

                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   0  33   1
        S Hood      5   0  56   1
        B Horlock   4   0  16   1
        J Wilkins   2   0  13   0
        C Brain     2   0   9   0

  B Horlock      Bowled        Adil         5
  J Wilkins      Caught        Khalid      59
  S Hood         C + B         Adil        14
  C Brain        Caught        Jhangir      7
  J Vaile        Caught        Khalid      14
  A Chedzoy      Bowled        Khalid       1
  A Chatap       Not Out                    1
  M Britton      Run Out                    0
  D Perkins
  D Manley
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   10
  Total                                  110-7

                     O   M   R   W
        Nadeem       4   0  27   0
        Adil         4   0  24   2
        Jhangir      4   0  27   1
        Karim        3   0  13   0
        Saeed        1   0   9   0
        Younus       1   0   3   0
        Khalid       1   0   7   3

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  J Wilkins       94    0                        10   104
  B Horlock        5   22                        10    37
  J Vaile         19                             10    29
  C Brain          7    6          5             10    28
  A Chatap         1   10                        10    21
  S Hood          19  -10                        10    19
  D Perkins                        5             10    15
  A Chedzoy        1                             10    11
  D Manley                                       10    10
  B Clarke                                       10    10
  M Britton      -10                             10     0

  D Jones                                        10    10

Man of Match - J Wilkins

Match vs Duke of Clarence, Pontcanna

Dave — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:00:08 +0000

Northern were back in action against Duke of Clarence following defeat to them in the cup last week.

Following the success on Sunday Northern went into this game hoping to turn the tables on Duke of Clarence following their comprehensive defeat last week. Ashish Chatap, Dan Jones and Jason Gibson came in to the side that played last Wednesday.

Ashish, making his debut in a competitive match, was entrusted with the new ball in the absence of Gareth Jones and immediately came up trumps. His first ball turned sharply to worry the batsmen and his third ball was skied high into the air with David Manley taking a catch to remove the dangerous Kyle Offer for a duck – 46 runs less than he scored the previous week. Chatap’s second over was equally impressive as he clean bowled his victims off his 5th and 6th balls.

Ashley Chedzoy completed a two over spell before Ben Horlock came on and used his variation of pace to keep the batsmen on their toes. Ashish took his 4th wicket and was unlucky not to get the 5th but it didn’t stop him finishing with the excellent figures of 4-12 off 5 overs. Jimmy Vaile took a safe catch off Palmer, Chedzoy an outstanding one handed effort off Horlock and the Duke of Clarence were struggling badly. Gibson replaced Horlock and was immediately effective, his sharp turn bowling Patel before the remaining dangerman Morse (38) top edged over the keeper only to find the safe hands of Russell Palmer at fly slip.

Charles Brain took the 17th over and after frustrating the batsman for 2 deliveries picked up a plumb LBW decision before finishing in the innings with a direct hit run out from the last ball of the 17th to leave Northern with a target of 79 for victory.

Ben and Jason were given opening bat duties and Ben started well but Jason was bowled for 0. Charles Brain went in and he and Ben started making inroads into the total, Ben scoring some fantastic boundaries.

The tide turned when Charles was caught on 8 and then Vaile fell for 0. Ben kept the runs coming but Ashley (1) skied one into a safe pair of hands and Russell hung around for several balls but was bowled for 0. When Ben was bowled for 33 and Northern were still 15 or so runs short with 3 wickets remaining things looked bleak but the man of the moment Ashish made certain of Man of the Match honours as his composed 16 alongside the equally important 3 of Dan Jones guided Northern home with 2 overs to spare. Ashish’s boundary off the last ball was particularly key as it made sure Northern passed 80 and meant an extra batting point than would have been gained had they got to 79 with a single.

  K Offer        Ct (Manley)   Chatap       0
  A Offer        Bowled        Chatap       6
  N Morse        Ct (Palmer)   Gibson      38
  K Harmer       Bowled        Chatap       0
  T Griffiths    Bowled        Chatap       0
  A Hughes       Ct (Vaile)    Palmer      11
  Y Elias        Ct (Chedzoy)  Horlock      0
  K Patel        Bowled        Gibson       9
  Y Mepani       LBW           Brain        0
  R Yitolo       R/O (Brain)                0
  P Mann         Not Out                    0
  Extras                                   11
  Total                                    78-10

                    O   M   R   W
        A Chatap    5   0  12   4
        A Chedzoy   2   0  11   0
        B Horlock   4   0  19   1
        R Palmer    3   0  24   1
        J Gibson    2   0   7   2
        C Brain     1   0   3   1

  B Horlock      Bowled        K Offer     33
  J Gibson       Bowled        Mapani       0
  C Brain        Caught        Patel        8
  J Vaile        Caught        Patel        0
  A Chedzoy      Caught        K Offer      1
  R Palmer       Bowled        K Offer      0
  A Chatap       Not Out                   16
  B Willacott    Bowled        Mapani       0
  D Jones        Not Out                    3
  D Manley
  B Clarke
  Extras                                   21
  Total                                   82-7

                     O   M   R   W
        Mepani       4   0  23   2
        Patel        5   0  23   2
        K Offer      5   0  14   3
        Mann         1   0   4   0
        Elias        1   0   9   0

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  A Chatap        21   70                        10   101
  B Horlock       48   22                        10    80
  C Brain          8   16         10             10    44
  J Gibson        -5   26                        10    31
  R Palmer        -5   10     5                  10    20
  A Chedzoy        1    0     5                  10    16
  D Manley                    5                  10    15
  D Jones          3                             10    13
  J Vaile         -5          5                  10    10
  B Clarke                                       10    10
  B Willacott     -5                             10     5

  N Thomas                                       10    10

Man of Match - A Chatap

Friendly Match vs Barry Wanderers, Sully Hospital

Dave — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:02:34 +0000

Northern made their 40 over debut against Barry Wanderers. Report now included. A Northern side lined up to take on their first game of 40 over cricket in a game organised by Ashley.

Eventually everyone managed to find the ground although batting was well under way when Dan Perkins rolled up having covered half of Sully looking for the place. The ground was quite small but the bowl shape meant that the distances weren’t quite as short as they might first appear.

Ben Horlock and Gareth Jones opened up and Jones fell to Fenton in the third over for 2. This brought Aussie new-boy Jarryd Wilkins to the crease along side his house mate and Northern set about establishing a partnership as Ben raced along with a flurry of boundaries before a leading edge to a poor ball saw him safely caught in the 7th over (for 22). Alarm bells were ringing at this point about Northern’s ability to last through their allotted overs but Martin Britton got his head down and he and Jarryd managed to move the score along while using up the overs of the opening bowlers. Martin survived an LBW shout which he responded to with a boundary and it was the 13th over when Fenton again came up trumps as he bowled Martin with Jarryd safely past 20.

Ashish Chatap came in with time to demonstrate his batting ability for the first time this season and after playing himself in for a bit he started to open up with some good shots. Fenton and Hill were bowled straight through bringing in Burgin and Denning and after plundering another boundary from Denning Jarryd was unlucky to be adjudged LBW next ball – for 31 – perhaps a victim of the one that Martin got away with earlier in the day. Barrie Willacott was next in and he played a few good shots – Ashish fell in the 22nd over for 22 and Baz followed in the 27th for 15.

Ashley Chedzoy and Andy Gill were now at the crease and Ashley was solid while Andy Gill played some uncomplicated attacking shots and while he gave opportunities he was still scoring some good runs. Ashley eventually fell to Wade for 27 bringing in Dan Perkins who together with Andy kept the score going along before they fell in consecutive balls to Wade, Andy on 20, Dan on 13.

Northern’s final wicket partnership of David Manley and Brett Clarke with the score on 180 and 7 overs still to bat. Dave and Brett set about batting through until the end and after several wides and mistimed shots Dave launched Wade back over his head with a shot that fell just inside the rope and then Brett matched and beat that with consecutive fours off John. In the end Manley was bowled by Richards attempting a big shot after 38.1 overs but by this time the partnership had reached 23 and Northern had set a decent enough 203.

Following a quick lunch – a first for Northern, unless you count one of Barrie’s liquid lunches during an innings, Northern were out in the field. Barry had scored 240 the previous week so it was likely to be a decent contest.

Jones and Chedzoy were to open the bowling and when Gaz sent the first ball wide and then got clipped away for 4 from the first balls of the innings things looked ominous but then Ashley had Norman back in the hutch for one as Dave took a regulation catch behind.

Then came a poor couple of overs as Ben shelled a catch in the slips from Gaz before Manley grounded an edge behind and Britton dropped a high one from Ashley. Gaz soon made amends cleaning out the stumps of the dangerous looking Hill with a perfect inswinger before King followed two overs later caught behind by Manley although the referral system may have given him a reprieve.

After Ashley’s 6th over Horlock came in and the screw was tightened as Gaz’s two consecutive maidens to complete his spell and Ben took the wicket of the dangerous Fenton with a quicker ball in his second over. Burgin soon followed to Ben for 1 and Perkins started well bowling Reno in a wicket maiden second over.

This brought the dangerous Wolf in and he and Denning started to put on the highest partnership of the match as the pressure built on both Horlock and Perkins. Perkins’ last 2 overs went for 26, mostly wides and to Wolf, after only conceding 3 from the first 2 and Ben’s luck was out after he lost his rag after getting an LBW shout rejected and then being top edged over the keeper for the only 6 of the day.

Ashish came in and was immediately into the action as he finally removed the stubborn Denning for 29 before Jarydd came on to try applying some spin. He was immediately effective as Wolf found him unplayable and after 2 balls turned sharply he played all around the straight one and was bowled. In the same over John edged a four before he too was bowled. Richards came in at 11 and although he and Wade made a few as Clarke bowled a single over for 1 it wasn’t long before Jarydd finished the job with Richards bowled for 6. Barry were 165 all out with 8 overs left to play and Northern could savour victory in their first match in this format of the game

Scorecards and fantasy points are below but this match doesn’t count towards overall season stats.

  B Horlock      Caught        Fenton      22
  G Jones        Bowled        Fenton       2
  J Wilkins      LBW           Denning     31
  M Britton      Bowled        Fenton       7
  A Chatap       Caught        Denning     22
  B Willacott    Caught        Burgin      15
  A Chedzoy      Bowled        Wade        27
  A Gill         Caught        Wade        20
  D Perkins      Bowled        Wade        13
  D Manley       Bowled        Richards     5
  B Clarke       Not Out                    9
  Extras                                   30
  Total                                   203-10

                     O   M   R   W
        Fenton       8   1  32   3
        Hill         8   0  45   0
        Burgin       8   0  50   1
        Denning      5   0  21   2
        Wade         6   0  27   3
        Richards     2.1 0   7   1
        John         1   0   9   0

  S Norman       Ct (Manley)   Perkins      1
  G King         Ct (Manley)   Jones       18
  J Hill         Bowled        Jones       14
  L Denning      Bowled        Chatap      29
  A Fenton       Bowled        Horlock      8
  M Burgin       Bowled        Horlock      1
  R Eno          Bowled        Perkins      1
  P Wolf         Bowled        Wilkins     41
  C John         Bowled        Wilkins      5
  P Wade         Not Out                    4
  T Richards     Bowled        Wilkins      6
  Extras                                   37
  Total                                   165-10

                    O   M   R   W
        G Jones     8   2  26   2
        A Chedzoy   6   0  38   1
        B Horlock   7   0  41   2
        D Perkins   4   0  29   1
        A Chatap    3   0  10   1
        J Wilkins   2.4 0  13   3
        B Clarke    1   0   1   0

                 bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
  J Wilkins       46   38                        10    94
  A Chedzoy       42   10                        10    62
  A Chatap        27   19                        10    56
  G Jones          2   44                        10    56
  B Horlock       27   15                        10    52
  D Perkins       18   10                        10    38
  A Gill          25                             10    35
  B Willacott     20                             10    30
  D Manley         5        10                   10    25
  B Clarke         9    5                        10    24
  M Britton        7                             10    17

Man of Match - J Wilkins