Scorecard

Saffron Walden CC 1st XI v MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat on Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 11.00
MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB Won by 2 wickets

Match report The 2023 season started a week late thanks to the inclement weather we had been experiencing during the early months of the year. Although the sun was out, the pitch was soggy and the umpires sensibly delayed the start by a half hour to give it a bit more drying time. Nevertheless, conditions were not perfect, but we got started anyway.
We had a new young keeper, fresh from the 2s to experience and wondered how he would cope with the pressure. Well, we didn’t have long to wait and see, and the result was very encouraging; two regulation catches behind, off the bowling of Luvvers, were smartly and efficiently taken without fuss. Later, in the 46th over, off the bowling of the skipper, he pulled off a much more spectacular catch, diving so far to his right to get the ball, he disappeared off the video screen! This was also a most crucial wicket as Harry Gallian and Ben Harris had already amassed a partnership of 77 and were threatening to take the opponents score to a more competitive one than 203. After this wicket only 17 more runs were scored before they ran out of overs.
Mildenhall got off to a good start scoring at 4 an over without loss until the 16th over. At this point, Matt, who, for the first time to my knowledge, had opened the innings, and who had been batting quite beautifully, scoring 45, decided to miss the ball completely and was bowled. To his credit, he didn’t come off ranting and raving about the umpire’s decision but with the expression of “it’s a fair cop m’lord”. A sign of maturity at last. A few balls later Darren was the victim of the first of three lbw decisions but clearly did not think it was a “fair cop” and left us in the pavilion with no doubt about that! Joe came in for a few balls and decided to commit suicide and was run out. Olly was quickly caught so from 65 for no wicket, we were suddenly 109 for 4 and starting to struggle. To the rescue came Saif Zaib and Tristan who quickly guided us to 171 for 5 at which point Saif was adjudged lbw for 69 off 54 balls. Tristan steered us safely, although not without some concern, to the winning line with 6 overs to spare.
So, a satisfactory start to the season but we will have to bat better than this to emulate, or even better, last season’s performance.
Star performance: you would normally offer this to a player who took 2 for 26 off 10 overs and scored 69, but the real star performance was that of our new young star behind the stumps, Connor Cobbold. A worthy performance in Potts’ footsteps! Well done!
Next week, Witham at home. Remember last year!!!
Match Officials

Umpires: Peter Allen, Simon Seabrook

Scorers: Kieron Coburn, John Child

HIGHLIGHTS
Saffron Walden CC 1st XI Innings
14.6 Saffron Walden CC 1st XI: 50 runs in 15.0 overs, 67 minutes, 13 extras
17.1 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls, 32 minutes, Tom Bonham 25 (28), Harry Gallian 20 (25), 5 extras
31.3 Saffron Walden CC 1st XI: 100 runs in 31.2 overs, 124 minutes, 19 extras
39.3 Harry Gallian: 50 runs in 84 balls, 107 minutes (3x4, 1x6)
41.6 Saffron Walden CC 1st XI: 150 runs in 42.0 overs, 160 minutes, 20 extras
42.2 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls, 30 minutes, Harry Gallian 21 (21), Ben Harris 28 (32), 1 extra
44.5 Ben Harris: 50 runs in 43 balls, 39 minutes (5x4, 2x6)
49.3 Saffron Walden CC 1st XI: 200 runs in 49.3 overs, 192 minutes, 24 extras

Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI Innings
12.5 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls, 54 minutes, Darren Ironside 14 (37), Matt Allen 34 (40), 4 extras
12.5 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 50 runs in 12.5 overs, 54 minutes, 4 extras
21.4 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 100 runs in 21.4 overs, 90 minutes, 5 extras
32.1 Saif Zaib: 50 runs in 43 balls, 69 minutes (6x4, 2x6)
32.1 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 150 runs in 32.1 overs, 136 minutes, 13 extras
33.6 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls, 41 minutes, Saif Zaib 31 (27), Tristan Blackledge 10 (31), 4 extras
44.2 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 200 runs in 44.2 overs, 189 minutes, 17 extras

Saffron Walden CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 21w 2lb 
for 9 wickets
25
203 (50.0 overs)		     
Alex Peirson ct  C Cobbold b J Loveday 0 18 0
Tom Bonham ct  M Allen b S Zaib 40 71 2 1 56.34
Joshua Down ct  C Cobbold b J Loveday 2 6 33.33
Harry Gallian ct  C Cobbold b T Blackledge 55 92 3 1 59.78
Finn Karsten b  S Zaib 2 8 25.00
Brynn Mendel ct  S Zaib b D Ironside 1 7 14.29
Ashleigh Cox ct  O Jefferies b M Allen 9 25 1 36.00
Ben Harris ct  M Allen b T Blackledge 55 52 6 2 105.77
Henry Wilson Not Out  8 13 1 61.54
Alex Hancock b  T Blackledge 6 8 75.00
Daniel Farmer  

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jack Loveday10.0045222.504.50
Tristan Blackledge10.0139313.003.90
Luke Du Plooy6.003600.006.00
Darren Ironside10.0232132.003.20
Saif Zaib10.0326213.002.60
Matt Allen4.0023123.005.75

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 9w 1b  
for 8 wickets
12
204		        
Darren Ironside lbw  B Harris 21 52 1 40.38
Matt Allen b  D Farmer 45 53 6 84.91 2
Saif Zaib lbw  A Cox 69 54 8 3 127.78 1
Joe Tetley run out  (B Mendel) 9 8 1 112.50
Olly Jefferies ct  B Mendel b B Harris 2 12 16.67 1
Tristan Blackledge Not Out  32 55 3 58.18
Tom Allen lbw  A Cox 3 11 27.27
Tim Catley run out  (J Down) 6 20 30.0
Luke Du Plooy ct  A Peirson b D Farmer 0 1 0
Connor Cobbold Not Out  0 3 0 3
Jack Loveday  

Saffron Walden CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ashleigh Cox10.0050225.005.00
Alex Hancock10.013200.003.20
Daniel Farmer9.3144222.004.63
Ben Harris10.0147223.504.70
Alex Peirson3.002300.007.67
Finn Karsten2.00200.001.00