Henley won the toss and elected to bat first on what looked like a flat pitch on Sunday, however the Henley batsmen struggled early on with both Christian Whittaker and Will Stevens picking up wickets. In their opening spells. This tight opening was supported well by both Miles Hodgkiss and Horatio Cary, who found just enough movement to trouble the batsmen.
The Henley ship was well steadied by Mark Thomas but when he fell to the returning Stevens Henley looked in deep trouble. Some late hitting by Neville gave Henley a chance having posted 166, but on a flat track with a quick outfield it looked a little short of par.
However much like their Henley counterparts the Harpsden openers struggled with the movement through the air that the bowlers achieve and did well to survive the opening salvo. Having grown accustom to the bowling both Grimmer and Broome struck a n umber of boundaries in a fluent opening stand. However as is often the case one wicket lead to another as both found themselves sat down within and over of each other.
The run rate was maintained by Norton and Nugent who took Harpsden to the brink of victory with some well placed shots. But it was left to Fisher to hit the wining runs and take Harpsden to a 5 wicket win.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Birkett and Hayward set up Harpsden Win
On a very wet track Little Marlow won the toss and elected to bat first. However they found themselves pinned down by some tight opening spells from C.Whittaker and T.Ham. Whittaker struck twice and was unlucky to not bag a third when Findlay was put down first ball in the slips.
When the Harpsden skipper turned to M.Hayward and R.Birkett the pressure only increased as both bowled tightly and were backed up by some good fielding to put Little Marlow well behind their desired rate. Inevitably this lead to wickets as Birkett picked up 3 and Hayward 1 as the pair conceded just 38 runs form their 16 overs.
The super bowling display was continued by Cary and Brooks who both picked up one wicket. And the innings was rounded off when Whittaker ran out Findlay, who had just completed a well earned half century.
With just 108 required to win Harpsden set about building a solid partnership with Nugent and Sweet both striking the ball well. Sweet was to fall for 28 but Nugent continued on to complete a half century and finished the game off with the help of Whittaker.
Little Marlow
D.Glennoster ct N.Sweet b C.Whittaker 10
J.Gray c&b C.Whittaker 3
A.Sharif b M.Hayward 6
A.Findlay Run Out 50
K.Balapandian ct T.Mitchell b R.Birkett 4
I.Angus b R.Birkett 11
M.Yaqoob ct T.Ham b R.Birkett 6
S.Sasikaran ct T.Nugent b A.Cary 5
A.Weit b J.Brooks 0
A.Jackson Not Out 5
R.Tedham Not Out 0
Extras 7
Total 107
Harpsden
T.Nugent Not Out 51
N.Sweet ct Findlay b Jackson 28
W.Stevens ct Gray b Jackson 7
C.Whittaker Not Out 21
Extras 5
Total 112
When the Harpsden skipper turned to M.Hayward and R.Birkett the pressure only increased as both bowled tightly and were backed up by some good fielding to put Little Marlow well behind their desired rate. Inevitably this lead to wickets as Birkett picked up 3 and Hayward 1 as the pair conceded just 38 runs form their 16 overs.
The super bowling display was continued by Cary and Brooks who both picked up one wicket. And the innings was rounded off when Whittaker ran out Findlay, who had just completed a well earned half century.
With just 108 required to win Harpsden set about building a solid partnership with Nugent and Sweet both striking the ball well. Sweet was to fall for 28 but Nugent continued on to complete a half century and finished the game off with the help of Whittaker.
Little Marlow
D.Glennoster ct N.Sweet b C.Whittaker 10
J.Gray c&b C.Whittaker 3
A.Sharif b M.Hayward 6
A.Findlay Run Out 50
K.Balapandian ct T.Mitchell b R.Birkett 4
I.Angus b R.Birkett 11
M.Yaqoob ct T.Ham b R.Birkett 6
S.Sasikaran ct T.Nugent b A.Cary 5
A.Weit b J.Brooks 0
A.Jackson Not Out 5
R.Tedham Not Out 0
Extras 7
Total 107
Harpsden
T.Nugent Not Out 51
N.Sweet ct Findlay b Jackson 28
W.Stevens ct Gray b Jackson 7
C.Whittaker Not Out 21
Extras 5
Total 112
Monday, July 18, 2011
Harris Stars For Harpsden
Merton CC
Iyaz ct Grimmer b Paice 32
M Asif Run Out 13
J Hossain ct W Stevens b Paice 2
F Sidique ct W Stevens b Brown 9
R Ahmed ct B Hancock b W Stevens 3
C Smither ct & b W Stevens 29
C Williams ct S Burgess b Brown 8
M Nichol st Grimmer b W Stevens 11
Z Iqbal Run Out 6
C Griffith Not Out 1
R Fernando Not Out 20
TOTAL 157-9
Best Bowling: W Stevens 3-24, Paice 2-25
Harpsden
R Harris ct Williams b Nichol 53
A Grimmer ct Iqbal b Williams 24
S Imlay b Iqbal 5
S Burgess ct Griffith b Iqbal 3
T Stevens Not Out 39
J Wright Not Out 28
TOTAL 158-4
Harpsden entertained London side Merton on a very wet Saturday afternoon. Harpsden bowled well throughout the Merton innings, with Paice and Stevens in particular causing the batsman problems. The Merton batsman struggled on the sluggish wicket, and they had Fernando to thank for getting them up to a respectable score with a rapid 20 in the last couple of overs, including 3 sixes.
Harris and Grimmer started the Harpsden innings positively, with Harris in particular regularly finding the boundary. Grimmer was first to fall, and he was soon followed by Imlay and Burgess. From this point on, the only blemish was Harris getting out for a brilliant 53, youngsters Stevens and Wright finished it off, to give Harpsden victory by 6 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
Iyaz ct Grimmer b Paice 32
M Asif Run Out 13
J Hossain ct W Stevens b Paice 2
F Sidique ct W Stevens b Brown 9
R Ahmed ct B Hancock b W Stevens 3
C Smither ct & b W Stevens 29
C Williams ct S Burgess b Brown 8
M Nichol st Grimmer b W Stevens 11
Z Iqbal Run Out 6
C Griffith Not Out 1
R Fernando Not Out 20
TOTAL 157-9
Best Bowling: W Stevens 3-24, Paice 2-25
Harpsden
R Harris ct Williams b Nichol 53
A Grimmer ct Iqbal b Williams 24
S Imlay b Iqbal 5
S Burgess ct Griffith b Iqbal 3
T Stevens Not Out 39
J Wright Not Out 28
TOTAL 158-4
Harpsden entertained London side Merton on a very wet Saturday afternoon. Harpsden bowled well throughout the Merton innings, with Paice and Stevens in particular causing the batsman problems. The Merton batsman struggled on the sluggish wicket, and they had Fernando to thank for getting them up to a respectable score with a rapid 20 in the last couple of overs, including 3 sixes.
Harris and Grimmer started the Harpsden innings positively, with Harris in particular regularly finding the boundary. Grimmer was first to fall, and he was soon followed by Imlay and Burgess. From this point on, the only blemish was Harris getting out for a brilliant 53, youngsters Stevens and Wright finished it off, to give Harpsden victory by 6 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
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