Scorecard

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 3rd XI - Sat v Witham 2nd X1 on Sat 15 Aug 2009 at 1.00pm
MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB Lost Witham won by 21 runs

Match report Mildenhall 3rd X1 were at home on the adjacent pitch to Witham 2nd X1 in a Two Counties division five encounter. The home side held the early advantage when they claimed half the Witham side for 59. The away side then recovered due in main to a to a hard hitting century that included 8 sixes by S.Denny. Witham finally made 221 all out. Lou Handy took 4 for 61 and Captain Mark Thurston 3 for 52.

In reply Mildenhall took up the challenge by sending in hard-hitting Chris Reeve to open the batting with Andy Francis. They added 61 for the first wicket with Reeve living up to expectations with some fine boundary hitting. James Taylor joined Reeve and the pair kept the run rate going until Reeve was bowled by a slower ball finishing on a seasonal best of 52.Mildenhall then lost two more cheap wickets before Steve Hunt joined Taylor and the Mildenhall total rose to 171 and there was a sense of victory. However Hunt was then bowled for 28 and the home side then began to lose the advantage as three of Taylors partners went for ducks. Despite scoring 72 *, Taylor was unable to grab the initiative to keep the run rate going and the home side fell 22 runs short of victory being bowled out for 200. For Witham R.Howes produced the best bowling figures with 4 for 35.

Witham 2nd X1 Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
221 (0.0 overs)		     
D.Wilson ct  R.Thurston Bwld L.Handy 13
P.Austin st  R.Thurston Bwld L.Handy 9
S.Facey b  C.Reeve 2
A.Facey ct  S.Hunt Bwld L.Handy 2
S.Denny ct  R.Taylor Bwld M.Thurston 100
D.Khan b  L.Handy 0
J.Chick ct  R.Thurston Bwld M.Thurston 22
C.Spence ct  R.Taylor Bwld M.Thurston 15
R.Howes ct  J Taylor Bwld M.Coverdale 15
O.Spence b  M.Coverdale 1
P.Preston Not Out  1

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 3rd XI - Sat Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Martin Coverdale8.2125212.503.00
Lou Handy15.0261415.254.07
Chris Reeve8.0138138.004.75
Mark Thurston8.0052317.336.50
Steven Hunt4.002900.007.25

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 3rd XI - Sat Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
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200		        
Andy Francis b  J.Chick 17
Chris Reeve b  P.Preston 52
James Taylor Not Out  72 1
Lou Handy ct  P.Austin Bwld J.Chick 0
Richard Thurston ct  & Bowled O.Spence 9 2 1
Steven Hunt b  R.Howes 28 1
Paul Thurston b  R.Howes 0
Mark Thurston b  R.Howes 8
Martin Coverdale b  C.Spence 0
Jon VanOvermeire b  R.Howes 0
Ryan Taylor   2

Witham 2nd X1 Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
R.Howes10.503548.753.23
C.Spence7.0129129.004.14
P.Preston5.0046146.009.20
J.Chick15.0238219.002.53
O.Spence7.0047147.006.71