Scorecard

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat v Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI on Sat 26 Aug 2023 at 11.00
MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB Won by 7 wickets

Match report Well, I didn’t see that one coming (Part 1)
The forecast for the day was not good with heavy rain promised by mid-afternoon so an unfinished game was on the cards.
We won the toss and asked Copdock to bat which they did but not very well. By the end of the power-play (10 overs) they were 4 down for 16, two to Tris and two to LDP, ably assisted by Connor with three catches and Baker with the other. At this point, Jacob Marston woke up and scored 42 off the next three overs. Time for Saif to get involved. In two overs he saw off both Jack Beaumont and Marston and now they were 64 for 6 off 16 overs and we had only been playing for 51 minutes. The last 4 wickets took a bit longer, lasting until ten past one, scoring another 60 runs for a total of 124.
Jacob Marston was the best batsman with 39 off 40 but there were only 2 other batsmen in double figures. All in all, a poor performance by Copdock.
So, twenty past one, Worthy and Baker went out to face Tim Oakley, Copdock’s overseas fast bowler from Oz. Bowling at a fair pace he conceded 13 runs off his first over, including 4 wides and a no ball. By the end of his spell of 6 overs he had figures of 2 for 41 including 3 wides and 3 no balls. A bit disappointing, I would have said. It was also interesting to note that it took Mildenhall only 1.1 overs to better Copdock’s powerplay total. First out was Worthy, caught behind for 10 off 19, then Matt, who had been batting very well, was also caught behind for 31 off 32, both off Oakley. Olly was next to go, for 12 off 17 at which point several of the fielders showed an unusual interest in Saif’s bat. (Click here for video clip.)Perhaps he was taking orders! Connor, promoted up the order, joined Saif and immediately displayed his batting prowess by scoring a couple of very nice boundaries, (Click here for video clip.) before leaving Saib to knock 18 off the last over to win the match.
The umpires, very sensibly, allowed play to continue to a conclusion rather than stopping for lunch. Match finished at 2.30pm precisely which was very fortunate for us as the sky was looking ominous and sure enough there was a downpour a little later.
Clearly, Saif Zaib, with 45 off 27 and 5 for 12 off 59 deliveries was the man of the match but mention must be made of Connor Cobbold, who’s three catches behind cemented his position on top of the EAPL fielding stats, and Tom’s brother Baker’s continuing performances as an opener and fielder (three more catches today).

Highlights

Umpires: Nigel Crickmore, Ian Lovick

Scorers: John Child, Josh Barton

HIGHLIGHTS
Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI Innings
12.4 Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI: 50 runs in 12.4 overs, 47 minutes, 1 extra
24.7 Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI: 100 runs in 25.0 overs, 93 minutes, 11 extras
36.5 Saif Zaib: 5 wickets (9.5-3-12-5)

Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI Innings
7.2 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, 33 minutes, 10 extras
14.3 Mildenhall CC, Suffolk 1st XI: 100 runs in 14.2 overs, 62 minutes, 20 extras


Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
11w 1b  
for 10 wickets
12
124 (36.5 overs)		     
Sam Arthurton ct  C Cobbold b L Du Plooy 7 18 1 38.89
Nico Boje ct  M Allen b L Du Plooy 6 3 1 200
Ollie Burle ct  C Cobbold b T Blackledge 1 6 16.67
Alex Oxley ct  C Cobbold b T Blackledge 0 14 0
Jacob Marston b  S Zaib 39 40 2 4 97.50
Jack Beaumont ct  M Allen b S Zaib 7 9 1 77.78
Thomas Harper Not Out  31 75 2 41.33
Will Froggatt ct  M Allen b J Handy 6 13 46.15
Luke Froggatt lbw  S Zaib 11 33 1 33.33
A Miller ct  S Zaib b S Zaib 4 8 50.0
Tim Oakley b  S Zaib 0 2 0

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Luke Du Plooy7.0150225.007.14
Tristan Blackledge6.03824.001.33
Saif Zaib9.531252.401.22
Jonah Handy6.0026126.004.33
Muhammad Ubaid7.022000.002.86
Darren Ironside1.00700.007.00

MILDENHALL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI - Sat Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
extras
TOTAL :
6nb 8w 5b 1lb 
for 3 wickets
20
126		        
Peter Worthington ct  J Marston b T Oakley 10 19 1 52.63
Matt Allen ct  J Marston b T Oakley 31 32 7 96.88 3
Olly Jefferies ct  T Oakley b T Harper 12 17 1 70.59
Saif Zaib Not Out  45 27 8 1 166.67 1
Connor Cobbold Not Out  8 5 2 160.0 3
Tom Allen  
Tristan Blackledge  
Luke Du Plooy  
Darren Ironside  
Jonah Handy  
Muhammad Ubaid  

Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Tim Oakley6.0041220.506.83
Luke Froggatt3.001900.006.33
Jack Beaumont4.002700.006.75
Thomas Harper2.0015115.007.50
Nico Boje1.001800.0018.00

  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    John Child