Harspden vs Rivets - 12th May

HARPSDEN CC v RIVETS CC


After a rain delay which reduced the match to 30 overs per side, Harpsden batted first and began their innings in a considered manner. With a slow outfield, sluggish pitch and accurate bowling from Rivets the Harpsden openers, Matt Hayward and Justin Bradley struggled to score quickly. With the departure of the openers attempting to force the run rate Miles “away” Hodgkiss produced some elegant shots for a top score of 32 and was ably assisted by Matt Shanahan and Tom Rose with a cameo innings of 22. Chris Welford bludgeoned his first ball for six which helped Harpsden set a defendable target of 127. Rivets accurate bowling proved difficult to get on top of, Travers taking 1 for 6 off 6 overs and Steadman 4 for 20 off 6 overs.

Fortunately the rain abated as Rivets began their innings poorly, having opener Saunders caught in the first over off the bowling of Simon Bradley. Rivets other opener, Shamaj, quickly accustomed himself to the slow conditions and with some well executed back foot drives, pushed the scoring rate along. With a superb googly from Farmer, Shamaj’s innings ended on 37 and apart from Grey’s 28, Rivets were always just behind the run rate. Some fine fielding by Ord & Rose kept the squeeze on Rivets scoring. Still requiring 17 from the final over, a tidy 6 balls from Hodgkiss never allowed Rivets a chance. Mike Farmer produced the best bowling performance with 3 for 25 off 7 overs.

Harpsden CC Innings

M Hayward caught & bowled Steadman 27
J Bradley bowled Steadman 10
R Harris caught ? bowled Steadman 8
M Hodgkiss stumped? Bowled Waqar 32
D Ord bowled Steadman 0
M Shanahan bowled Waqar 11
T Rose caught & bowled Exton 22
C Welford bowled Travers 13
S Bradley not out 1
R Moyle not out 0

Extras 2

TOTAL 127
Bowling:
Travers 6-1-6-1, Shamaj 3-1-9-0, Mistry 4-1-7-0, Steadman 6-0-20-4,
Waqar 6-0-37-2, Harrison 3-0-15-0, Exton 2-0-19-1

Rivets CC Innings

M Saunders caught Farmer bowled S Bradley 0
Shamaj bowled Farmer 37
J Burnett caught J Bradley bowled Welford 9
M Long caught Ord bowled Farmer 4
D Grey bowled Hodgkiss 28
S Exton caught S Bradley bowled Farmer 5
C Harrison caught Moyle bowled Welford 7
M Steadman caught Ord bowled Hodgkiss 12
A Khan not out 11

Extras 7

TOTAL 120

Bowling:
S Bradley 4-0-15-1, C Welford 8-0-21-2, M Farmer 7-0-25-3,
M Hodgkiss 11-0-52-2

Result: Harpsden CC defeated Rivets CC by 7 runs.