Scorecard

Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI v MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat on Sat 24 Jun 2023 at 11.00
Match was Drawn

Match report Mildenhall won the toss and opted to bat. With Ironside out of the side for a few weeks, Worthy joined Matt in the middle. Peter was soon out, caught in the deep in the 5th over after an encouraging start. In the 11th over, Ash, probably still thinking about his monumental effort last week, got a corker from Alex Spears which pitched well outside off stump but cut in and knocked it out of the ground. Three overs later Matt was out playing on to Vandepeer. Since his promotion to the No. 2 spot, Matt has shown considerable maturity in his performances but still shows a tendency to get himself out rather than let the bowler do it. Nevertheless, 38 from 44 shows he can open the innings and get it off to a good start.
After 13 overs we were 63 for 3 and beginning to creak. In the 25th over, Joe was bowled attempting to reverse sweep Callum Guest, and Olly was caught in the deep for 6 off 41 balls. We are now 80 for 5 and in need of some celestial assistance. This came in the form of our skipper who did not let us down. Firstly, Tom Allen hung in with Tris for another 35 runs in 11 overs, before giving way to LDP. The next 13 overs produced 70 runs, Luke scoring 48 of them before being caught. In came the new Jack Loveday, who watched the ball most carefully for a few overs before taking charge. He and Tris set off on a run spree taking the score to 242 before Jack was caught by Calum Guest off Alex Evans. The innings finished in the 63rd over when Tris was caught behind for 62 off 104, leaving Sawston to get 243 off 57 overs to win. This was a much bigger total than we feared earlier on and was due mainly to the middle order batsmen.
Sawston started off very cautiously scoring only 43 in the first 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. The first of these was Choudhary in the third over for 3, brilliantly caught by Ash at slip off Loveday. The next was Matthew Hague, caught behind off Tris for 8 and the third was Luke Spears, bowled by Ash for 18 off 64 balls. Callum Guest was next to go, lbw off Ash for 11 , and Alexander Stafford joined Ben Claydon in the middle. Shortly after, Jonah Handy thought he had got his first wicket in the 1sts before the umpire adjudged it a “no ball”. That would have been the wicket of Stafford who then, no doubt relieved by his bit of good fortune, went on the rampage carting the bowlers to all parts of the ground. Meanwhile, Ben Claydon, at the other end, was keeping his wicket intact, giving Stafford the strike as much as possible. In the 47th over, Claydon skied one over Matt’s head, who somehow managed to keep his eye on the ball and against all odds, catch it. However, Stafford was still in and was threatening to win the game single handedly.
Two overs later we had another bit of luck when Stafford was given out lbw to Ash in the 49th over, trying to reverse sweep the ball. In the same over, Ash had Ben Clilverd caught behind for 10. There were now 8 overs left and Sawston needed 60+ runs to win. There was no way they were going to get the runs, but we needed 3 more wickets. Loveday bowled Evans in the next over but Heath and Vandepeer hung on before Heath was lbw to Tris, third ball of the last over. However, the 11th batsman, Mark Smith saved the day for Sawston
Honours for the day go to Matt, Tris, Luke and Jack Loveday for batting and to Ash for bowling with figures of 5 for 55 off 18 at 3.06.
All in all, a fair result, which leaves only 5 points separating the top 5 teams.
Scorecard Notes
60th over MCC 233/7
Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 50 runs in 12.0 overs, 48 minutes, 0 extras
Drinks (12:08 to 12:11): Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI - 67/3 in 17.0 overs, Joe Tetley 10 (22), Olly Jefferies 1 (5)
Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 100 runs in 31.4 overs, 109 minutes, 4 extras
Lunch (13:15 to 13:55): Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI - 125/6 in 38.0 overs, Tristan Blackledge 19 (38), Luke Du Plooy 8 (7)
Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 150 runs in 43.4 overs, 156 minutes, 8 extras
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls, 39 minutes, Tristan Blackledge 11 (30), Luke Du Plooy 39 (30), 3 extras
Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 200 runs in 54.4 overs, 198 minutes, 9 extras
Tristan Blackledge: 50 runs in 92 balls, 114 minutes (5x4, 1x6)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls, 45 minutes, Tristan Blackledge 26 (30), Jack Loveday 23 (43), 1 extra
Alex Evans: 5 wickets (12.4-1-69-5)
Scorecard Notes
Tea (17:01 to 17:25): Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI - 43/3 in 20.4 overs, Ben Claydon 14 (33), C J Guest 0 (0)
Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI: 50 runs in 23.0 overs, 80 minutes, 1 extra
Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI: 100 runs in 37.0 overs, 133 minutes, 3 extras
Drinks (18:37 to 18:40): Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI - 114/4 in 40.0 overs, Ben Claydon 40 (85), Alexander Stafford 31 (36)
Start of Last Hour (18:40): Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI - 114/4 after 40.0 overs, Ben Claydon 40 (85), Alexander Stafford 31 (36), 3 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls, 51 minutes, Ben Claydon 13 (33), Alexander Stafford 35 (40), 2 extras
Alexander Stafford: 50 runs in 53 balls, 66 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI: 150 runs in 45.1 overs, 168 minutes, 11 extras
Ashutosh Singh: 5 wickets (16-4-49-5)
Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI: 200 runs in 54.3 overs, 210 minutes, 12 extras


MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
1w 4b 4lb 
for 10 wickets
9
243		        
Matt Allen b J Vandepeer 38 44 7 86.36 1
Peter Worthington ct L Spears b A Evans 9 16 1 56.25
Ashutosh Singh b A Evans 9 15 2 60.0 1
Joe Tetley b C J Guest 13 31 1 41.94
Olly Jefferies ct M Smith b C J Guest 6 41 14.63
Tristan Blackledge ct D Heath b A Evans 62 104 6 1 59.62
Tom Allen ct D Heath b A Evans 18 36 4 50.0
Luke Du Plooy ct B Claydon b B Clilverd 48 36 5 2 133.33
Jack Loveday ct C J Guest b A Evans 30 46 1 2 65.22
Connor Cobbold ct D Heath b B Clilverd 1 3 33.33 2
Jonah Handy Not Out  0 2 0

Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alex Evans13.0169513.805.31
James Vandepeer12.0148148.004.00
C J Guest10.041829.001.80
Alexander Stafford9.012700.003.00
Ben Clilverd14.2337218.502.58
Mark Smith4.003600.009.00

Sawston and Babraham CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
2nb 4b 6lb 
for 9 wickets
12
211 (57.0 overs)		     
Matthew Hague ct C Cobbold b T Blackledge 8 21 1 38.10
Yousuf Choudhary ct A Singh b J Loveday 3 6 50.0
Luke Spears b A Singh 18 64 3 28.12
Ben Claydon ct M Allen b A Singh 46 101 3 45.54
C J Guest lbw A Singh 11 29 37.93
Alexander Stafford lbw A Singh 69 63 10 1 109.52
Ben Clilverd ct C Cobbold b A Singh 10 9 2 111.11
Alex Evans b J Loveday 7 4 1 175.00
Dan Heath lbw T Blackledge 3 11 27.27
James Vandepeer Not Out  24 32 3 75.00
Mark Smith Not Out  0 3 0

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jack Loveday14.0149224.503.50
Tristan Blackledge10.0223211.502.30
Ashutosh Singh18.0455511.003.06
Peter Worthington6.002500.004.17
Luke Du Plooy5.003300.006.60
Jonah Handy4.001600.004.00

  • Umpire :
    League
  • Scorer :
    John Child