2008 SEASON 1st XI League and Cup matches STEVENAGE National R1 Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 72 runs Date: Sun 4th May 2008 @ 13:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: Cup : ECB Cockspur Cup - Group 14 (Round 1) Scoring: Standard 1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + ct David Carr b Adil Zargar 10 0 0 0 Chris Wade ct b A Dattani 1 0 0 0 Cliff Cavener ct A Dattani b M Neville 4 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin * b Chris Whitworth 41 0 0 0 Oliver Ray b Chris Whitworth 6 0 0 0 Robert Darby ct M Neville b M Neville 47 0 0 0 Chris Box b Chris Whitworth 32 0 0 0 Nizar Mohammed ro 1 0 0 0 Steven Benford ct Scott Davies b A Dattani 10 0 0 0 Robert Fairhurst Not Out 8 0 0 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 1 0 0 0 Extras ( 1b 6lb 18w 7nb ) 32 Total (9 wickets, 45 overs) 193
Fall Of Wickets 1-1 Chris Wade; 6-2 Cliff Cavener; 29-3 William Bancroft; 64-4 Oliver Ray; 85-5 Scott Ruskin; 154-6 Chris Box; 156-7 Nizar Mohammed; 182-8 Robert Darby; 187-9 Steven Benford; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd A Dattani 9 3 24 2 0 0 M Neville 9 3 20 2 0 0 Ashley Bayes 5 2 14 0 0 0 Adil Zargar 9 3 37 1 0 0 Chris Whitworth 9 0 63 3 0 0 Scott Davies 4 0 28 0 0 0
Stevenage CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s David Carr * b Chris Box 5 0 0 0 Navin Seneviratne ct Robert Darby b Nizar Mohammed 28 0 0 0 Gary Brown LBW b Nizar Mohammed 0 0 0 0 Ashley Bayes ro 48 0 0 0 Adil Zargar b Mitchell Perry 2 0 0 0 Slater LBW b Oliver Ray 4 0 0 0 A Dattani b Oliver Ray 2 0 0 0 Conor Haywood ct William Bancroft b Oliver Ray 7 0 0 0 Scott Davies ct Nizar Mohammed b Oliver Ray 4 0 0 0 Chris Whitworth + Not Out 6 0 0 0 M Neville LBW b Oliver Ray 0 0 0 0 Extras ( 2lb 1w 12nb ) 15 Total ( all out , 37 overs) 121
Fall Of Wickets 14-1 David Carr; 15-2 Gary Brown; 60-3 Navin Seneviratne; 77-4 Adil Zargar; 99-5 Ashley Bayes; 101-6 Slater; 102-7 A Dattani; 106-8 Scott Davies; 121-9 Conor Haywood; 121-10 M Neville; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Box 7 1 32 1 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 9 2 29 2 0 0 Mitchell Perry 6 1 21 1 0 0 Scott Ruskin 7 1 16 0 0 0 Oliver Ray 6 1 14 5 0 0 Robert Fairhurst 2 0 7 0 0 0 Comfortable Cup Win Hertford won their first cup match of the season with something to spare in the end, but there were some anxious moments on the way. Batting first two wickets were down with only 6 runs on the board and when Will Bancroft was third out after 18 overs, only 29 run had been scored. Ollie Ray stayed with skipper Scott Ruskin while 35 were added, but Ray fell in the 27th over with the total still only 64. 8 overs later, Ruskin was bowled with his score on 41 and Hertford had scored only 85, half the side were out and only 13 overs were left. However Chris Box showed aggressive intent, getting off the mark with a straight 6 and helped by some less than straight bowling, that finally added a total of 18 wides to the score, the sixth wicket pair added 69 in the next 6 overs. Niz Mohammed was run out in the same over that Box was bowled, but Darby continued to bat well hitting Neville for 6 before being bowled in the penultimate over. And a\t the end of the allotted 45 overs Hertford had reached a respectable 193 for 9. The Stevenage reply started in a similar vein to the Hertford innings. Box and Mohammed took an early wicket each, then Navin and Brown made a steady recovery for Stevenage, although it was hard going against Mohammed who bowled a fine spell, eventually finishing with 2 for 29 from his 9 overs. Mohammed broke the partnership just before the end of his spell and then Mitchell Perry bowled Adil to make Stevenage 77 for 4 from 21 overs. Slater helped Bayes to take the score to 99, but then Bayes was run out by some slick fielding two short of his fifty and the game switched swiftly Hertford's way. Stevenage had little to offer in the lower order and Ollie Ray took full advantage. Bowling admirably straight he took the last 5 wickets in six overs at a personal cost of 14 runs and Hertford had won by 72 runs with 8 overs to spare.
BISHOP’S STORTFORD League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 4 wickets Date: Sat 10th May 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Bishop's Stortford Cricket Club Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Bishop's Stortford CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: S.Ruskin 5-22. S.Ruskin 43*.
Bishop's Stortford CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s David Hughes * b Chris Box 30 50 5 1 Tom Chapman b Nizar Mohammed 2 9 0 0 Eddie Ballard LBW b Chris Box 32 38 4 0 Matt Surry ct Sandun Dias b Scott Ruskin 2 18 0 0 Glenn Querl ct Krishan Canagasabey b Scott Ruskin 12 22 2 0 Anthony Brown LBW b Scott Ruskin 14 37 1 0 Steve Coleman b Krishan Canagasabey 2 9 0 0 Luke Padgett + ct Sandun Dias b Scott Ruskin 5 23 0 0 Darren Whittingham ct Scott Ruskin b Krishan Canagasabey 1 3 0 0 Simon Lindop Not Out 0 1 0 0 Kevin Walls b Scott Ruskin 1 4 0 0 Extras ( 7b 1lb 5w 3nb ) 16 Total ( all out , 35.1 overs) 117
Fall Of Wickets 24-1 Tom Chapman (David Hughes-19*); 71-2 David Hughes (Eddie Ballard-28*); 76-3 Eddie Ballard (Matt Surry-1*); 89-4 Matt Surry (Glenn Querl-11*); 90-5 Glenn Querl (Anthony Brown-0*); 99-6 Steve Coleman (Anthony Brown-3*); 115-7 Anthony Brown (Luke Padgett-5*); 116-8 Luke Padgett (Darren Whittingham- 0*); 116-9 Darren Whittingham (Simon Lindop-0*); 117-10 Kevin Walls (Simon Lindop-0*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 5 0 16 0 2 1 Nizar Mohammed 5 0 32 1 1 0 Chris Box 6 1 31 2 0 4 Scott Ruskin 12.1 3 22 5 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 7 2 8 2 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + ct Steve Coleman b Darren Whittingham 0 20 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey ct Tom Chapman b Kevin Walls 5 18 1 0 Richard Cordingley ct Luke Padgett b Glenn Querl 10 47 2 0 Oliver Ray ct Tom Chapman b Steve Coleman 6 49 0 0 Scott Ruskin * Not Out 43 109 6 1 Sandun Dias ct Steve Coleman b Glenn Querl 11 20 1 0 Robert Darby ct Simon Lindop b Steve Coleman 7 44 0 0 Chris Box Not Out 30 23 7 0 Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Lee Beskeen Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Extras ( 6lb 1w 2nb ) 9 Total (6 wickets, 54.4 overs) 121
Fall Of Wickets 7-1 Krishan Canagasabey (William Bancroft-0*); 7-2 William Bancroft (Richard Cordingley-0*); 24-3 Oliver Ray (Richard Cordingley-6*); 36-4 Richard Cordingley (Scott Ruskin-6*); 61-5 Sandun Dias (Scott Ruskin-20*); 81-6 Robert Darby (Scott Ruskin-33*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Darren Whittingham 10.4 6 23 1 2 0 Kevin Walls 8 5 7 1 0 1 Steve Coleman 13 6 33 2 0 0 Glenn Querl 10 3 29 2 0 0 Simon Lindop 13 6 23 0 0 0 Box calms Hertford nerves Skipper Ruskin leads in style Dismissing Bishop's Stortford for 117 in the opening game of the league programme left Hertford with what should have been an easy target. However as often happens with low totals, batsmen get bogged down and become inhibited and Hertford were wobbling precariously on 81-6 when Chris Box came to the wicket. His preferred option was to hit anything hittable and hit it hard and in 23 balls he struck seven fours in an innings of 30* to seal the victory for Hertford. Stortford, in their first game in this division for six years, started brightly despite losing Tom Chapman who played on to Niz Mohammed for 2. Skipper David Hughes was in imperious form lashing anything loose to the boundary though Chapman, in a risky single to get off the mark nearly ran him out - Hughes just beating Box's direct hit. Hertford's seam attack gave Hughes and Ballard plenty of opportunities and the score had raced to 61 by the end of the 11th over. Ruskin then brought himself on and the flow of runs slowed with very few coming from his end. Ruskin persevered with Box at the other end and was rewarded when the seamer, whose line was improving, bowled Hughes for 30 and then trapped Ballard lbw next over for 32. With these two back in the pavilion, Hertford could breathe a little easier as prospects of a mammoth run chase faded a little. Soon it was spin at both ends as Krishan Canagasabey replaced Box though it was Ruskin who had the next successes. Matt Surry was smartly picked up at slip by Sandun Dias and in the next over Glen Querl was well caught by Canagasabey to leave Stortford with a little problem on 90-5 in the 24th over. Neither Canagasabey nor Ruskin was giving much away conceding little more than one an over. There was one more success for Hertford before lunch with Steve Coleman bowled by Canagasabey. Lunch was taken with Stortford on 108-6 after 31 overs and Hertford well pleased at having got themselves in a good position. Post lunch, Stortford needed to bat steadily and use up all their overs but their innings collapsed to 117 all out in a further 25 balls with Ruskin completing 5-22 and also taking a brilliant catch in the covers off Canagasabey to leave Krishan with 2-8 from seven. On a good batting wicket with a fast outfield, Stortford's score was a long way off par. It was therefore incumbent on the home side's bowlers to attack Hertford and give nothing away. In Whittingham and Kevin Walls, Stortford had an excellent pair to start off with and each got an early wicket as Hertford openers, Will Bancroft and Canagasabey went for seven. Richard Cordingley and Ollie Ray defended stoutly but the score had only progressed as far as 24 in the 20th over when Ray was caught for a painstaking six off 49 balls. After his bowling heroics, Ruskin was in no mood to let the game slip away and chanced his arm at anything loose, though there was not much of this on offer. He lost Cordingley in the 25th over for 10 with the score on 40 and it was looking as though Hertford may need all their permitted 74 overs if they were to inch to victory. Sandun Dias, on his debut, showed aggressive intent but was fortunate to be dropped off a simple chance to mid-off when on 7. The miss was not expensive as after striking a four off Querl he top edged the next and Coleman held on to the skier. The total was 61, just over half way but half the wickets had gone, with Ruskin on 20 off 47 balls. His scoring rate dropped as he and Rob Darby played attritional cricket and Hertford went into tea at 73-5 off 42 overs. The pair continued in the same vein after the break and a long evening session looked likely until Darby was caught at the wicket off Coleman for 7, scored off 44 balls. Chris Box then came to the wicket and after a couple of sighters drove Coleman for four. In the next over he repeated the treatment adding a two as well. Ruskin gained confidence and struck a brace of twos off Lindop's next over. Hughes brought back Querl who then had figures of 2-21 off nine but Box hit him out of the attack with another couple of boundaries. Ruskin then brought Hertford to 99 with a huge six off Lindop. Hughes' last throw was to recall Whittingham whose previous 10 overs had conceded just 11 runs. Two drives for four by Box brought the scores level and the fourth ball was also drilled to the boundary to seal the victory. Ruskin ended on 43*, scored off 109 deliveries, a true skipper's innings.
HAMPSTEAD Evening Standard R1 Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 99 runs Date: Sun 11th May 2008 @ 13:00 Type: Cup : Evening Standard Challenge Trophy - Evening Standard Challenge Trophy (Round 1) Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: O.Ray 75, D.Thomas 3-26. N.Mohammed 7-42.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Oliver Ray ct Imraan Mohammed b Dexter Thomas 75 87 9 2 Andy Searson ct Joe Cotterell b Jon Lombard 9 40 1 0 Scott Ruskin * LBW b Dexter Thomas 21 28 4 0 Steven Benford + ct Sumeet Sharma b Paul Weekes 6 20 0 0 Robert Fairhurst LBW b Imraan Mohammed 21 54 1 0 Nizar Mohammed ct Mohammed Akhtar b Paul Weekes 0 2 0 0 Christopher Marques b Dexter Thomas 1 2 0 0 Alex Siegmund ro 8 41 0 0 Alex Cooper ct Paul Weekes b Zac Khan 4 10 0 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 5 14 0 0 James Mead st Joe Cotterell b Imraan Mohammed 7 4 0 1 Extras ( 5b 3lb 18w 2nb ) 28 Total ( all out , 50 overs) 185
Fall Of Wickets 39-1 Andy Searson (Oliver Ray-23*); 101-2 Scott Ruskin (Oliver Ray-52*); 110-3 Steven Benford (Oliver Ray-55*); 137-4 Oliver Ray (Robert Fairhurst-1*); 138-5 Nizar Mohammed (Robert Fairhurst-2*); 142-6 Christopher Marques (Robert Fairhurst-4*); 167-7 Alex Siegmund (Robert Fairhurst-21*); 167-8 Robert Fairhurst (Alex Cooper-0*); 175-9 Alex Cooper (Mitchell Perry-3*); 185-10 James Mead (Mitchell Perry-5*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Zac Khan 9 1 12 1 0 3 Dexter Thomas 9 0 23 3 0 2 Jon Lombard 6 0 53 1 1 6 Mohammed Akhtar 10 0 50 0 1 0 Paul Weekes 10 2 19 2 0 0 Imraan Mohammed 6 0 20 2 0 0
Hampstead CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Gary Headley ct Steven Benford b Nizar Mohammed 29 44 5 0 Imraan Mohammed ct Scott Ruskin b Nizar Mohammed 4 3 1 0 Paul Weekes * b Nizar Mohammed 0 2 0 0 Mohammed Akhtar ct Nizar Mohammed b James Mead 27 13 4 1 Sumeet Sharma LBW b James Mead 0 2 0 0 Tom Green b Nizar Mohammed 0 4 0 0 Dexter Thomas b Nizar Mohammed 2 19 0 0 Jon Lombard ct Nizar Mohammed b Mitchell Perry 4 7 1 0 Rahul Sharma b Nizar Mohammed 4 7 0 0 Joe Cotterell + Not Out 0 3 0 0 Zac Khan b Nizar Mohammed 0 4 0 0 Extras ( 1b 2lb 12w 1nb ) 16 Total ( all out , 17.5 overs) 86
Fall Of Wickets 12-1 Imraan Mohammed (Gary Headley-6*); 12-2 Paul Weekes (Gary Headley-6*); 51-3 Mohammed Akhtar (Gary Headley-16*); 51-4 Sumeet Sharma (Gary Headley- 16*); 56-5 Tom Green (Gary Headley-20*); 73-6 Gary Headley (Dexter Thomas-2*); 78-7 Jon Lombard (Dexter Thomas-2*); 81-8 Dexter Thomas (Rahul Sharma-2*); 84-9 Rahul Sharma (Joe Cotterell-0*); 86-10 Zac Khan (Joe Cotterell-0*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd James Mead 5 0 28 2 0 1 Nizar Mohammed 8.5 1 42 7 1 7 Mitchell Perry 7 0 13 1 0 0 Seven for Niz as Hampstead routed Ollie Ray sets up a shock win for Hertford A strong Hampstead side came to Balls Park on the back of a ten wicket win over Winchmore Hill the previous day and met a Hertford side which contained just four first team players from Saturday's encounter with Stortford. Winning the toss, Ruskin opted to bat and Ollie Ray and Andy Searson made careful progress against accurate bowling from Khan and Thomas, just 16 runs came off the first nine overs. Ray then began to get the measure of the bowling and when Thomas was replaced by Lombard runs began to come more freely though the bowler managed the initial breakthrough, having Searson caught behind by Cotterill for nine. Ruskin showed aggression from the start and in the next seven overs he and Ray pushed the rate up, adding 60 runs before Ruskin went lbw to Thomas who had returned at the other end. Steve Benford could not get his timing right and the scoring rate slowed again. Ray then launched into the bowlers taking sixes off Paul Weeks and Akhtar as he raced on to 75 before falling to Thomas with the score on 137. Hertford could have done with him anchoring the innings and batting through the fifty overs. With little in the way of recognised forcing bats to come, Hertford opted for a cautious approach and inched their way to 185, helped by a straight six in the last over by James Mead. Rob Fairhurst marshalled the tail with a solid innings of 21. Thomas finished with 3-23 off nine, and Khan (1-12 off 9) and Weekes (2- 19 off 10) were also very economical. Hertford's score looked 100 short of being competitive and perhaps the Hampstead batsmen thought it too trivial. They came out firing on all cylinders but Niz Mohammed got rid off Imraan Mohammed and Paul Weekes in his first over to leave them on 12-2. Another four off James Mead and then Mohammed went for 18 in an over which contained a wide and a no-ball. 34-2 off four overs and an early finish was definitely in view. Then in the seventh over it was Mead's turn to make a double strike - getting rid of the dangerous Akhtar for 27, brilliantly caught by Mohammed, and trapping S.Sharma lbw without scoring. Meanwhile Headley had progressed to 20. Green became Mohammed's third victim in the next over and after a wide which raced to the boundary, Hampstead ended the eighth over with half their side out for 56. It could have been worse for incoming batsman Thomas was dropped first ball and Headley also gave a sharp chance in the same over. It was time for a more cautious approach but Hertford, and Mohammed in particular, were ebullient. Mohammed had Headley caught behind for 29 and the tail was exposed. Mitchell Perry had Lombard caught in the next over - by Mohammed (who else!) - and the stubborn Thomas was bowled by Mohammed for two to give Niz a five wicket haul. Perry's next over was uneventful but Mohammed then cleaned up the innings, hitting the wickets twice more to end with the remarkable figures of 7-42 off 8.5 overs. A record performance by a Hertford bowler in this - or any other major cup competition. Hampstead's innings of 86 lasted 18.5 overs and was one run less than Hornsey achieved last year when Hertford set a target of 484. It was a great performance and one that Hertford's young players will remember for some time and gain a lot of confidence from.
HARPENDEN League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 4 wickets Date: Sat 17th May 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: S.Ruskin 56*
Harpenden CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Will Bates b Nizar Mohammed 6 26 1 0 Adam Winchester ct William Bancroft b Nizar Mohammed 2 8 0 0 Mark Fordham ct William Bancroft b Chris Box 21 37 4 0 Sulaman Qadir ct Nizar Mohammed b Nizar Mohammed 17 31 2 0 Tony Hooper * b Chris Box 26 47 5 0 David Whiteley Hit Wicket b Chris Box 0 3 0 0 Oliver Tuck ro Krishan Canagasabey 15 48 1 0 Paul Goodwin + Not Out 9 24 1 0 Mark Mason b Sandun Dias 8 16 1 0 Chris Arnold b Scott Ruskin 5 10 0 0 Chris Roe b Sandun Dias 0 2 0 0 Extras ( 1b 5lb 12w 7nb ) 25 Total ( all out , 40.5 overs) 134
Fall Of Wickets 5-1 Adam Winchester (Will Bates-0*); 37-2 Will Bates (Mark Fordham-16*); 55-3 Mark Fordham (Sulaman Qadir-5*); 72-4 Sulaman Qadir (Tony Hooper-4*); 73-5 David Whiteley (Tony Hooper-5*); 108-6 Tony Hooper (Oliver Tuck-13*); 110-7 Oliver Tuck (Paul Goodwin-0*); 122-8 Mark Mason (Paul Goodwin-4*); 128-9 Chris Arnold (Paul Goodwin-4*); 134-10 Chris Roe (Paul Goodwin-9*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 7.5 0 38 2 7 3 Nizar Mohammed 11 1 51 3 0 4 Chris Box 13 1 29 3 0 1 Scott Ruskin 9 3 10 1 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + ct Sulaman Qadir b Chris Arnold 23 59 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey ct Chris Arnold b Mark Mason 11 34 2 0 Oliver Ray b Mark Mason 2 6 0 0 Richard Cordingley LBW b Mark Mason 6 36 1 0 Scott Ruskin * Not Out 56 0 74 0 Sandun Dias ct Mark Mason b Sulaman Qadir 17 13 3 0 Chris Box ct Paul Goodwin b Chris Roe 4 2 1 0 Cliff Cavener Not Out 6 5 1 0 Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Robert Darby Did Not Bat Extras ( 7lb 4w ) 11 Total (6 wickets, 38.2 overs) 136
Fall Of Wickets 35-1 Krishan Canagasabey (William Bancroft-17*); 41-2 Oliver Ray (Krishan Canagasabey-21*); 43-3 William Bancroft (Richard Cordingley-0*); 83-4 Richard Cordingley (Scott Ruskin-31*); 120-5 Sandun Dias (Scott Ruskin-51*); 125-6 Chris Box (Scott Ruskin-51*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mark Mason 17 7 41 3 0 0 Chris Roe 7.2 2 33 1 0 2 Chris Arnold 6 1 34 1 0 0 Sulaman Qadir 8 0 21 1 0 0 Hertford gamble and win Winning the toss under grey skies with a distinct threat of rain about, Scott Ruskin took a gamble and inserted Harpenden. Niz Mohammed continued his recent form removing both openers with 37 on the board. Mark Fordham struck the ball well but he mistimed a shot and was caught behind by Bancroft off Chris Box for 21. Mohmammed then brought off a brilliant catch off his own bowling to remove Suliman Qadir and Harpenden were in trouble at 72-4. This worsened immediately when David Whiteley trod on his stumps after playing Box into the legside. Rain then arrived and Harpenden's allocation dropped to 58 overs, 47 for Hertford. On the resumption Tony Hooper and Oliver Tuck batted carefully to see the visitors to 94-5 at lunch. Rain extended the luncheon interval and reduced the over split to 56-45. Harpenden were unable to use up their allocation as Box bowled Hooper for 26 and a smart run out of Tuck by Krishan Canagasabey reduced them to 110-7. Sandun Dias (2) and Scott Ruskin (1) mopped up the tail for 134 leaving Hertford 60 overs to get the runs. Mohammed finished with 3-51 and Box bowled well for his 3-29 off 13 overs. Will Bancroft and Krishan Canagasabey got Hertford off to a steady start and took the total to 35 before Canagasabey was caught by Chris Arnold off Mason for 11. That left just 100 to win. Ollie Ray did not last long and soon after he was bowled by Mason, Bancroft was caught in the slips by Qadir off Arnold and Hertford were 43-3. A steady partnership of 40 then followed between Richard Cordingley and Scott Ruskin out of which Cordingley made just 6. This was interrupted by rain which extended the tea interval and left Hertford with a further 31 overs to get 64 runs. With Ruskin attacking anything loose Cordingley's anchor innings was exactly what was required. After Cordingley's departure, Dias helped Ruskin take the score to 120 before falling to Qadir. With the skies very dark and rain again threatening Hertford threw the bat and ran out winners by 4 wickets.
HORNSEY National R2 Result: Hornsey CC - 1st XI Won by 2 wickets Date: Sun 18th May 2008 @ 13:00 Type: Cup : ECB Cockspur Cup - Group 14 (Round 2) Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: T.Bancroft 50. M.Tucker 3-21, T.Waine 3-33. M.Tucker 53, C.Patel 40, J.Mead 3-26.
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + ct A Scrini b T Waine 33 78 3 0 Andy Searson ct G Struthers b Martin Tucker 12 24 1 0 Oliver Ray b Chetan Patel 9 21 2 0 Scott Ruskin * ct J Jemmotte b T Waine 22 36 1 0 Tom Bancroft ct L Colly b Joel Gregory 50 54 6 0 Nizar Mohammed ct Chetan Patel b T Waine 4 2 1 0 Robert Fairhurst ct A Scrini b Martin Tucker 6 23 0 0 Lee Beskeen Not Out 9 16 1 0 Alex Siegmund ct G Struthers b Martin Tucker 1 4 0 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 0 0 0 0 James Mead Did Not Bat Extras ( 10b 8lb 10w 3nb ) 31 Total (8 wickets, 45 overs) 177
Fall Of Wickets 20-1 Andy Searson (William Bancroft-2*); 36-2 Oliver Ray (William Bancroft-2*); 86-3 Scott Ruskin (William Bancroft-25*); 110-4 William Bancroft (Tom Bancroft-15*); 114-5 Nizar Mohammed (Tom Bancroft-15*); 155-6 Robert Fairhurst (Tom Bancroft- 49*); 161-7 Tom Bancroft (Lee Beskeen-3*); 169-8 Alex Siegmund (Lee Beskeen-4*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Joel Gregory 9 2 29 1 1 1 Martin Tucker 8 2 21 3 1 1 P Holbrook 9 2 37 0 0 5 Chetan Patel 5 0 23 1 1 0 T Waine 9 3 33 3 0 2 C Foy 5 0 16 0 0 1
Hornsey CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s A Scrini + ct Robert Fairhurst b Nizar Mohammed 17 25 2 0 J Fleming ro Robert Fairhurst 7 27 0 0 G Struthers LBW b James Mead 2 7 0 0 Joel Gregory ct James Mead b Tom Bancroft 7 19 1 0 Martin Tucker ct James Mead b Scott Ruskin 53 81 9 2 Chetan Patel * ct Nizar Mohammed b James Mead 40 67 1 1 J Jemmotte b James Mead 5 15 0 0 P Holbrook Not Out 14 17 0 0 L Colly ct Alex Siegmund b Scott Ruskin 2 10 0 0 T Waine Not Out 0 0 0 0 C Foy Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 3lb 19w 5nb ) 31 Total (8 wickets, 44 overs) 178
Fall Of Wickets 19-1 A Scriny (J Fleming-1*); 24-2 G Struthers (J Fleming-4*); 32-3 J Fleming (Joel Gregory-4*); 48-4 Joel Gregory (Martin Tucker-9*); 125-5 Martin Tucker (Chetan Patel-25*); 150-6 J Jemmotte (Chetan Patel-37*); 157-7 Chetan Patel (P Holbrook-2*); 177-8 L Colly (P Holbrook-14*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Nizar Mohammed 6 0 28 1 0 1 James Mead 8 2 26 3 4 4 Tom Bancroft 9 1 34 1 0 9 Mitchell Perry 5 2 12 0 1 2 Lee Beskeen 7 2 37 0 0 2 Oliver Ray 9 0 34 2 0 1 Revenge for Hornsey Hertford visited Hornsey in the second round of the Cockspur National cup, with memories of the drubbing handed out to their opponents last year in the Evening Standard Trophy competition still fresh. It was a stronger Hornsey side this time and they exacted revenge albeit by the relatively small margin of 6 balls. Considering Hertford's bowlers conceded 19 wides to their host's 10 the former only have themselves to blame. Winning the toss Scott Ruskin opted to bat even though the pitch looked "interesting". The Hornsey bowlers found it to their liking and with occasional lift in the offing they subdued the Hertford openers to the extent that only 20 runs were scored off the first ten overs before Andy Searson, looking to up the rate, was caught for 12. Will Bancroft was on two at the time and his score had not progressed when Hertford lost their next wicket at 36 when Ollie Ray was bowled by Hornsey skipper, Chetan Patel. Ruskin was off the mark straight away and attempted to gain control of the game. He and Bancroft added a welcome 50 for the third wicket before Ruskin tried one shot too many and was caught for 22. This was in the 26th over, and with only 86 on the board Hertford needed some big overs in the last 19 if their score was to be a challenging one. Tom Bancroft joined his brother but runs were still hard to come by, overs conceding more than six were rare. With ten overs left acceleration was needed but a double strike by Waine, dismissing Will Bancroft and Niz Mohammed in the same over set Hertford back. Tom Bancroft reached a well deserved 50 before being caught by Colly off Gegory and the Hertford tail mustered a few more runs to end the innings on 177-8. This was possibly enough if they bowled well and exploited the pitch. Pick of the Hornsey bowlers were Mark Tucker whose 8 overs returned 3-21 and T.Waine who finished with 3-33. Extras contributed 31 to Hertford's score. When Hornsey batted Scriny opted for aggression but was well caught at square leg by Rob Fairhurst off Mohammed, hero of the Evening Standard game the previous week, but he was not enjoying as much success. It was his partner James Mead who struck next trapping Struthers lbw for 2. Unfortunately the age related bowling restrictions meant that Mead had to be taken off after his fifth over with 1-7. A smart return from the deep from Fairhurst saw Fleming run out for 7 and when a few overs later Mead caught Gregory off Tom Bancroft for 7 Hornsey were 48-4 off 16 overs and Hertford's hopes were high. A 77 run partnership between Tucker and Patel swung the game Hornsey's way though Hertford had chances to break the partnership much earlier. The break finally came via Ruskin who had Tucket caught by Mead for 53. Tom Bancroft who had taken 1-13 in his first spell of five overs was brought back but his radar had broken and five wides made for a very long over and a fortunate boost for Hornsey. Though Mead got a wicket when he returned he was also straying and overstepping and the game went Hornsey's way. A further wicket for Mead kept Hertford in the hunt but the asking rate was now comfortable for Hornsey and the game ended fittingly at the start of the 45th over with yet another wide. Extras by Hertford matched Hornsey's generosity, 31, but Hertford's wide and no-ball tally was 24 compared with their opponents' 13. This accounted for the result. Mead finished with 3-26, of which 8 runs were self inflicted, Ruskin with 2-34. So Hertford's National campaign came to an end for another year.
SAWBRIDGEWORTH League Result: Sawbridgeworth CC - 1st XI Won by 8 wickets Date: Sat 24th May 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Sawbridgeworth C.C. Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: S.Dias 40, A.Richardson 5-32. S.Ashman 62*
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + b Andrew Richardson 4 24 1 0 Krishan Canagasabey b Andrew Richardson 3 28 0 0 Oliver Ray b Ryan Cunningham 13 49 2 0 Richard Cordingley ct Tom Small b Andrew Richardson 0 9 0 0 Scott Ruskin * ct Simon Greenall b Andrew Richardson 0 2 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Ryan Cunningham b Andrew Richardson 40 28 5 2 Tom Bancroft ct Dean Lloyd b Paul James 9 16 2 0 Chris Box ct Simon Greenall b Danny Wilson 17 22 2 1 Lee Beskeen ct Simon Greenall b Danny Wilson 14 34 3 0 Nizar Mohammed ct S Ashman b Ryan Cunningham 6 22 1 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 5 22 1 0 Extras ( 2b 6lb 8w 1nb ) 17 Total ( all out , 42.3 overs) 128
Fall Of Wickets 16-1 William Bancroft (Krishan Canagasabey-3*); 17-2 Krishan Canagasabey (Oliver Ray-3*); 19-3 Richard Cordingley (Oliver Ray-1*); 19-4 Scott Ruskin (Oliver Ray-1*); 65-5 Sandun Dias (Oliver Ray-5*); 79-6 Tom Bancroft (Oliver Ray-9*); 83-7 Oliver Ray (Chris Box-0*); 106-8 Chris Box (Lee Beskeen-6*); 115-9 Lee Beskeen (Nizar Mohammed-0*); 128-10 Nizar Mohammed (Mitchell Perry-5*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Andrew Richardson 18 8 32 5 1 1 Michael Burrell 6 2 11 0 0 6 Paul Reed 3 0 28 0 0 0 Ryan Cunningham 8.3 2 30 2 0 0 Paul James 2 1 4 1 0 0 Danny Wilson 5 1 15 2 0 1
Sawbridgeworth CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Dean Lloyd b Mitchell Perry 14 71 1 0 S Ashman Not Out 62 109 11 1 Tom Small LBW b Chris Box 0 6 0 0 Danny Wilson * Not Out 30 51 4 0 Andrew Richardson Did Not Bat Simon Greenall + Did Not Bat Michael Burrell Did Not Bat W Jones Did Not Bat Paul Reed Did Not Bat Ryan Cunningham Did Not Bat Paul James Did Not Bat Extras ( 6b 11lb 1w 8nb ) 26 Total (2 wickets, 38.1 overs) 132
Fall Of Wickets 57-1 Dean Lloyd (S Ashman-23*); 58-2 Tom Small (S Ashman-23*);
* = not out batsman Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 7 1 17 0 7 1 Scott Ruskin 11 3 32 0 0 0 Chris Box 5 1 14 1 0 0 Mitchell Perry 5 1 16 1 1 0 Krishan Canagasabey 7 2 17 0 0 0 Lee Beskeen 3 0 15 0 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 0.1 0 4 0 0 0 Hertford go down at Sawbridgeworth Top spot lost, drop to third. Hertford's batting failure against Sawbridgeworth cost them the top spot in the HCPL D2E table, slipping to third as Stevenage and Potters Bar both won. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Hertford ran into an in-form Andy Richardson - the Jamaican star of the Sawbridgeworth bowling line-up. By lunch he had taken 5-19 off 12 overs, eliminating Hertford's top order. His bowling was of high quality, assisted by a pitch which gave him the occasional help in terms of bounce. In his fifth over he bowled both of Hertford's openers - Will Bancroft for 4 and Krishan Canagasabey for 3. Hertford were indebted to 10 extras at the time to see their total at 17-2. Two overs later another double strike, this time two sharply lifting balls, accounted for Richard Cordingley - caught off a glove to slip - and Scott Ruskin who fended off a ball to the keeper, both without scoring. Sandun Dias tried to carry the attack to the bowlers and had reasonable succes, striking five fours and two sixes in a 28 ball innings of 40, before he top edged a ball from Richardson to Cunningham at cover to give Richardson his fifth wicket. Unfortunately for Hertford two more wickets were lost before lunch, Tom Bancroft clipped a ball to fine leg only for Lloyd to bring off a brilliant catch and Ollie Ray who had batted for 74 minutes was bowled by Ryan Cunningham for 13. At 83-7 Hertford's position was grim. The tail added a further 43 runs with Chris Box (17) and Lee Beskeen (14) both making contributions but Hertford's bowlers had to be at their very best if this was to be a competitive total. Richardson finished with 5-32 off 18 overs. Sandun Dias was lively and posed problems for the Sawbridgeworth batsmen and would have had two wickets had he not overstepped. Sawbridgeworth approached their modest total with caution but managed to post 50 in the 16th over. Scott Ruskin, who had opened the bowling with Dias, rang the changes and Mitchell Perry and Chris Box each claimed a wicket to haul Sawbridgeworth back to 58-2. Danny Wilson, Sawbridgeworth's skipper, then joined Ashman who was on 23 and the pair saw the home team to victory without further loss. Ashman ended on 62* and Wilson on 30*. Hertford can have no complaints - the top order could not handle bowling of Richardson's calibre - and they could not match him when it was their turn to bowl.
STEVENAGE League Result: Stevenage CC - 1st XI Won by 146 runs Date: Sat 31st May 2008 @ 11:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: T.Sikandar 57, G.Brown 49, S.Kazmi 50, S.Ruskin 7-71. R.Darby 43*. A.Dattani 6-58.
Stevenage CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Tanweer Sikandar ct Scott Ruskin b Chris Box 57 84 6 2 Gary Brown ct William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 49 90 5 1 Ashley Bayes LBW b Scott Ruskin 15 39 1 1 Naseer Ahmed ct Oliver Ray b Scott Ruskin 6 9 1 0 Saeed Ali Kazmi ct Sandun Dias b Chris Box 50 54 3 3 navin seneviratne ct William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 0 2 0 0 David Carr * + st William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 17 47 1 0 Barry Hann st William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 16 22 1 0 Amit Dattani ct Richard Cordingley b Scott Ruskin 1 4 0 0 Scott Davies ro 8 0 0 0 Azhar Ali Not Out 2 0 0 0 Extras ( 7b 3lb 4w 4nb ) 18 Total ( all out , 60 overs) 239
Fall Of Wickets 100-1 Tanweer Sikandar (Gary Brown-33*); 132-2 Gary Brown (Ashley Bayes-15*); 141-3 Ashley Bayes (Naseer Ahmed-4*); 146-4 Naseer Ahmed (Saeed Ali Kazmi-4*); 147-5 navin seneviratne (Saeed Ali Kazmi-5*); 201-6 David Carr (Saeed Ali Kazmi-41*); 223-7 Saeed Ali Kazmi (Barry Hann-11*); 229-8 Amit Dattani (Barry Hann-16*); 229-9 Barry Hann (Scott Davies-0*); 239-10 Scott Davies (Azhar Ali-2*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 8 2 25 0 4 1 Nizar Mohammed 7 2 26 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 4 0 26 0 0 0 Chris Box 9 1 38 2 0 1 Scott Ruskin 19 2 71 7 0 0 Lee Beskeen 13 3 43 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + ct Naseer Ahmed b Amit Dattani 6 49 0 0 Tom Bancroft ct Barry Hann b Amit Dattani 1 21 0 0 Sandun Dias LBW b Tanweer Sikandar 3 3 0 0 Scott Ruskin b Amit Dattani 3 10 0 0 Robert Darby * Not Out 43 66 6 2 Oliver Ray ct Naseer Ahmed b Azhar Ali 10 41 1 0 Cliff Cavener LBW b Amit Dattani 5 7 1 0 Richard Cordingley ct Barry Hann b Amit Dattani 4 8 1 0 Chris Box ct Barry Hann b Amit Dattani 0 2 0 0 Lee Beskeen ct navin seneviratne b Azhar Ali 5 24 1 0 Nizar Mohammed ct Tanweer Sikandar b Azhar Ali 2 2 0 0 Extras ( 2b 4lb 3w 2nb ) 11 Total ( all out , 38.4 overs) 93
Fall Of Wickets 8-1 Tom Bancroft (William Bancroft-3*); 11-2 Sandun Dias (William Bancroft-3*); 18-3 Scott Ruskin (William Bancroft-6*); 24-4 William Bancroft (Robert Darby-5*); 52-5 Oliver Ray (Robert Darby-22*); 57-6 Cliff Cavener (Robert Darby-22*); 63-7 Richard Cordingley (Robert Darby-22*); 63-8 Chris Box (Robert Darby-22*); 91-9 Lee Beskeen (Robert Darby-43*); 93-10 Lee Beskeen (Robert Darby-43*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tanweer Sikandar 9 3 16 1 0 3 Amit Dattani 19 6 58 6 2 0 Scott Davies 3 2 4 0 0 0 Azhar Ali 7.4 4 9 3 0 0
Insertion backfires Rob Darby's first game in charge saw him win the toss and put Stevenage into bat on a green wicket - a decision that spectacularly backfired. His opposite number, David Carr, said he would have done the same so it would have been a good toss to lose. Once the Stevenage openers appreciated that neither the wicket nor the overcast conditions were helping the Hertford seam bowlers, as had been expected, they opened up. Though some of the shots were aerial in nature, none came close to Hertford hands. A short boundary was also a tempting factor and both Tanwaar Sikandar and Gary Brown cleared it on the way to a partnership of exactly 100. By then Darby had run through his seam options and had brought Scott Ruskin on at the pavilion end. However it was Chris Box who made the breakthrough. Sikandar, after hitting him for a six and a four in one over edged one to give Ruskin a catch at first slip. Two overs later, Ashley Bayes also gave Box the 6-4 treatment but this time Darby took him off to have spin at both ends. Stevenage continued to make progress but just before lunch, Bayes fell lbw to Ruskin to leave the visitors well placed at 140-2 at the break. During the afternoon the sun came out and wickets started to fall. Brown was caught at the wicket one short of a half century and with Naseer Ahmed caught by Ollie Ray, Navin Seneviratne caught by keeper Will Bancroft - both also off Riskin - Stevenage were reduced to 147-5. Saeed Kazmi and Carr then steadied the innings with a partnership of 54. Lee Beskeen was proving difficult to score off, his first eight overs going for just nine runs. Kazmi then got the measure of him, and a two boundaries in his next over relieved the pressure. The 200 was passed in the 52nd over and Stevenage were looking to push the score along. Carr was then stumped by Bancroft to give Ruskin his fifth wicket. Box was recalled and got another wicket when Kazmi skied a ball to Sandun Dias at deep mid off - Kazmi had just reached his half century. In the scramble for runs, Ruskin picked up two more, another stumping by Bancroft removed Barry Hann and Scott Davies was caught in the deep by Richard Cordingley. A needless run out off the last ball gave Hertford their fifth bowling pount as Stevenage ended 239 all out. Ruskin finshed with the figures 19-2-71-7. Stevenage started with seam at one end, Sikandar, and spin at the other, Amit Dattani. Dattani immediately posed problems and started with three maidens. The brothers Bancroft opened for Hertford and it was Tom who was first to go, caught at short leg by Hann off the first ball of Dattani's fourth over. In the next over Sandun Dias was adjudged lbw to Sikandar and Hertford's hopes of mounting a serious challenge were already fading. By the 16th over they had disappeared with Scott Ruskin bowled by Dattani and Will Bancroft caught by Ahmed off the same bowler. Rob Darby and Ollie Ray took the score from 24-4 to 39-4 at tea but thereafter it was a question of survival. With the sun out, Dattani was getting help from the wicket and the introduction of Azhar Ali brought spin at both ends. He had Ray caught by Ahmed in his second over, Cliff Cavener went lbw to Dattani and Hertford were 57-6. Richard Cordingley and Chris Box both fell to bat pad catches by Hann off Dattani, 63-8. It was now the 30th over and there would certainly be more than 20 overs for Hertford to survive. Rob Darby who had watched the carnage was 22 not out and opted to try for a batting point as a consolation. Beskeen kept him company for eight overs as the pair took the score to 91-9 before Beskeen was caught for 5. Niz Mohammed struck Ali for a two, but was caught next ball and it was all over. Darby was left unbeaten on 43. Dattani's figures were 19-6-58-6 and Ali finsihed with 3-9 off 7.4 overs. Stevenage winners by the large margin of 146 runs, the second largest defeat by runs in Hertford's league history. The result saw Hertford slip to fifth in the table. Darby must have wished that the coin had fallen the other way up.
WEST HERTS League Result: West Herts CC - 1st XI Won by 7 wickets Date: Sat 7th Jun 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: West Herts Sports & Social Club Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: N.R.Parlane (West Herts CC) 73
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + b Duncan Hodges 6 47 1 0 Krishan Canagasabey ct Duncan Kendal b Steven Clark 2 7 0 0 Sandun Dias b Steven Clark 37 37 5 0 Scott Ruskin LBW b Steven Clark 0 1 0 0 Robert Darby * ct Duncan Kendal b Duncan Hodges 31 86 4 0 Oliver Ray ct Waqas Chaudhry b Martin Richardson 5 44 0 0 Darren Benford b Martin Richardson 11 55 1 0 Richard Cordingley Not Out 33 56 5 0 Chris Box ct Ian Gurney b Dave Nelson 13 14 2 0 Nizar Mohammed b Dave Nelson 12 9 2 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 1 10 0 0 Extras ( 5b 1lb 7nb ) 13 Total (9 wickets, 60 overs) 164
Fall Of Wickets 3-1 Krishan Canagasabey (William Bancroft-1*); 50-2 Sandun Dias (William Bancroft- 6*); 50-3 Scott Ruskin (William Bancroft-6*); 51-4 William Bancroft (Robert Darby-1*); 67-5 Oliver Ray (Robert Darby-11*); 99-6 Robert Darby (Darren Benford-11*); 103-7 Darren Benford (Richard Cordingley-4*); 124-8 Chris Box (Richard Cordingley- 11*); 146-9 Nizar Mohammed (Richard Cordingley-20*); -10 ;
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Steven Clark 8 0 25 3 5 0 Craig Sanders 11 3 35 0 0 0 Duncan Hodges 19 7 23 2 2 0 Martin Richardson 8 2 26 2 0 0 Ian Gurney 8 3 26 0 0 0 Dave Nelson 6 1 23 2 0 0
West Herts CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Neal Parlane LBW b Scott Ruskin 73 129 9 1 Shaun Farrell ct Sandun Dias b Scott Ruskin 31 87 3 0 Steven Clark Not Out 23 33 2 0 Duncan Hodges ct William Bancroft b Chris Box 8 23 0 0 Waqas Chaudhry Not Out 0 6 0 0 Craig Sanders * Did Not Bat Daniel Paxton Did Not Bat Ian Gurney Did Not Bat Duncan Kendal + Did Not Bat Dave Nelson Did Not Bat Martin Richardson Did Not Bat Extras ( 26b 1lb 6nb ) 33 Total (3 wickets, 45.2 overs) 168
Fall Of Wickets 127-1 Shaun Farrell (Neal Parlane-65*); 146-2 Neal Parlane (Steven Clark-10*); 163-3 Duncan Hodges (Steven Clark-19*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 5 2 19 0 4 0 Nizar Mohammed 5 1 26 0 0 0 Mitchell Perry 3 0 16 0 1 0 Scott Ruskin 17.2 4 40 2 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 6 2 11 0 0 0 Chris Box 9 1 29 1 1 0 Hertford batting fails again The season had started brightly with two wins in low scoring games but since then Hertford's fortunes have declined with three consecutive defeats. The latest venture against West Herts started with the usual early loss. This time Krish Canagasabey edged Steven Clark to Duncan Kendal in the third over. Sandun Dias then settled in to play some excellent straight drives before a rush of blood tempted him to play across the line to Clark and he was bowled for 37. 50-2 became 51-4 as first Scott Ruskin went lbw to Clark, first ball - also playing across the line - and then Will Bancroft was bowled, playing no shot, to Duncan Hodges' first ball. Hodges had replaced Clark despite the latter's double strike in the previous over. Skipper Rob Darby and Ollie Ray then grafted cautiously before Ray was caught off Richardson for 5 just before lunch. Hertford went into the break at 74-5. After lunch Darren Benford and Darby took the score to 99 before Darby was caught behind off Hodges for 31. Hodges had now taken 2-10 off 15 overs. The tail tried its best and Benford, Chris Box and Niz Mohammed all made double figures and Hertford managed a second batting point thanks to 33 not out by Richard Cordingley who farmed the bowling well. Finishing on 164-9 Hertford must have known that they had not got enough. This was soon evident as Neal Parlane, a top New Zealand player, and Sean Farrell set about the opening attack of Dias and Mohammed. Despite a change of ball - the ball in use was a "Saracens league" ball not a Home Counties one - 51 came off 10 overs. Though the introduction of spin from Ruskin and Canagasabey slowed the rate the score was 117 without loss when tea was taken. Shortly afterwards Ruskin had Farrell caught by Dias for 31 and he also had Parlane lbw for 73. By then the game was over with West Herts on 146-2. A third bowling point was gained when Box had Hodges caught behind for 8 but that was small consolation. It was also small consolation for Will Bancroft the keeper who had earlier found it extremely hard to read Canagasabey, conceding four byes on four occasions. The defeat saw Hertford drop to seventh in the table, a rapid decline after their promising start to the campaign.
BROXBOURNE County Cup R1 Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 6 wickets Date: Sun 8th Jun 2008 @ 13:00 Ground: Mill Lane Type: Cup : Herts County Cup (Round 1) Scoring: Standard Toss: Broxbourne CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat
Broxbourne CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Chris Dawson ct Robert Darby b Nizar Mohammed 1 23 0 0 Kevin Francis ro 4 34 0 0 Steve Wilkins ro 0 3 0 0 Mark S. Smith st Steven Benford b Nizar Mohammed 3 33 0 0 Gavin Ferguson ct Steven Benford b Tom Bancroft 4 4 1 0 Andrew Wilkins LBW b Tom Bancroft 2 19 0 0 Mark Moffett * LBW b Lee Beskeen 16 44 1 0 Terry White + ct Tom Bancroft b Lee Beskeen 15 59 1 0 Anthony Rhodes ct Andy Searson b Scott Ruskin 7 9 1 0 Adam Smith b Richard Cordingley 6 37 0 0 David Osman Not Out 14 24 1 0 Extras ( 1b 5lb 18w ) 24 Total ( all out , 45.2 overs) 96
Fall Of Wickets 8-1 Chris Dawson; 8-2 Steve Wilkins; 14-3 Kevin Francis; 18-4 Gavin Ferguson; 26-5 Mark [Banger] Smith; 26-6 Andrew Wilkins; 55-7 Mark Moffett; 64-8 Anthony Rhodes; 69-9 Terry White; 96-10 Adam Smith; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 10 5 12 2 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 10 4 14 2 0 0 Scott Ruskin 10 1 28 1 0 0 Lee Beskeen 9 3 12 2 0 0 Richard Cordingley 3.2 0 10 1 0 0 Oliver Ray 2 0 8 0 0 0 Elliot King 1 0 6 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Andy Searson ct Chris Dawson b Anthony Rhodes 4 20 0 0 Oliver Ray b Anthony Rhodes 39 69 4 0 Sandun Dias b Mark Moffett 19 23 2 1 Scott Ruskin b Mark Moffett 0 7 0 0 Robert Darby * Not Out 22 34 1 1 Elliot King Not Out 9 13 1 0 Richard Cordingley Did Not Bat Tom Bancroft Did Not Bat Steven Benford + Did Not Bat Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Lee Beskeen Did Not Bat Extras ( 2w 2nb ) 4 Total (4 wickets, 28.3 overs) 97
Fall Of Wickets 5-1 Andy Searson; 40-2 Sandun Dias; 44-3 Scott Ruskin; 76-4 Oliver Ray;
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mark Moffett 10 3 19 2 0 0 Anthony Rhodes 9.3 0 37 2 0 0 David Osman 4 0 17 0 0 0 Adam Smith 4 0 24 0 0 0 Brilliant fielding strangles Broxbourne Accurate bowling backed up by brilliant fielding strangled the upper Broxbourne's upper order in the first round Hertfordshire Cup clash on Sunday. The Broxbourne opening pair struggled to get 8 runs off the first 6 overs, before Dawson was caught by Rob Darby off Niz Mohammed. An effort to increase the scoring rate failed as the next two wickets fell to confused running resulting in two bad run outs. 14 for 3 swiftly became 18 for 4 when Fergusson was caught behind off Tom Bancroft. The opening bowlers continued unchanged and they both struck again before the end of their allotted 10 overs. Firstly Mark Smith overbalanced playing Mohammed and was smartly stumped by Steve Benford and then Bancroft trapped Wilkins in front to make the home side 26 for 6. Spinners Scott Ruskin and Lee Beskeen entered the attack and skipper Moffett accompanied by White attempted to restore some Broxbourne pride. They managed to add 29 from 15 overs before Beskeen had Moffett lbw and next overRuskin had Rhodes caught. White was then caught on the boundary off Beskeen with the score on 69. Some resistance from the last wicket took the score to 97 before Cordingley bowled Adam Smith. However it was only strict interpretation of the leg side wide law, which cost Hertford 18 runs, that got Broxbourne's score near one hundred. For a while it looked at though Hertford were finding it equally difficult to score against openers Moffett and Rhodes and Andy Searson was soon back in the pavilion with the score on 5. Then Sandun Dias and Ollie Ray broke the shackles, Ray clipping successive Rhodes balls to the mid wicket boundary and Dias clearing the boundary off Moffett. Moffett got his revenge on Dias bowling him for 19 and in his next over bowled Scott Ruskin with a beauty. However with sensible batting from skipper Rob Darby and Ray timing the ball well the total rose steadily. Rhodes bowled Ray on his return to the attack, but the result was not in doubt as Darby hit him over the boundary and moments later Hertford had won by 6 wickets with 21 overs to spare.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD League Result: Drawn Date: Sat 14th Jun 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Hemel Hempstead CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: T.Bancroft 91, N.Hodgins 5-47. N.Ilangaratne 88.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Oliver Ray b Alex Collman 0 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft ct James Potton b Nick Hodgins 91 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Giles Berry b Alex Collman 19 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin ct James Potton b Brett Penny 6 0 0 0 Robert Darby * ct Neil Morgan b Nick Hodgins 23 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey b Alex Collman 0 0 0 0 Darren Benford ct Giles Berry b Nick Hodgins 11 0 0 0 William Bancroft + b Nick Hodgins 7 0 0 0 Chris Box ct Brett Penny b Nick Hodgins 9 0 0 0 Lee Beskeen ro 0 0 0 0 Nizar Mohammed Not Out 18 0 0 0 Extras ( 9b 3lb 4nb ) 16 Total ( all out , 52.3 overs) 200
Fall Of Wickets 0-1 Oliver Ray (Tom Bancroft*); 33-2 Sandun Dias (Tom Bancroft*); 55-3 Scott Ruskin (Tom Bancroft*); 115-4 Robert Darby (Tom Bancroft*); 122-5 Krishan Canagasabey (Tom Bancroft*); 147-6 Darren Benford (Tom Bancroft*); 161-7 William Bancroft (Tom Bancroft*); 179-8 Chris Box (Tom Bancroft*); 180-9 Lee Beskeen (Tom Bancroft*); 200-10 Tom Bancroft (Nizar Mohammed*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Brett Penny 15 2 56 1 0 0 Alex Collman 16 3 60 3 0 0 Nick Hodgins 18.3 5 47 5 0 0 Craig Weston 3 0 25 0 0 0
Hemel Hempstead CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Hemish Ilangaratne ro 88 0 0 0 Giles Berry * b Scott Ruskin 4 0 0 0 Richardo Mohamed b Scott Ruskin 25 0 0 0 Brett Penny b Krishan Canagasabey 4 0 0 0 Matt Potton ct Chris Box b Lee Beskeen 5 0 0 0 Neil Morgan ct Oliver Ray b Sandun Dias 26 0 0 0 Nick Hodgins LBW b Sandun Dias 4 0 0 0 Craig Weston b Scott Ruskin 8 0 0 0 James Potton ct William Bancroft b Sandun Dias 15 0 0 0 Alex Collman Not Out 2 0 0 0 Rhys Fowler + Not Out 1 0 0 0 Extras ( 4b 7lb 1w ) 12 Total (9 wickets, 57 overs) 194
Fall Of Wickets 8-1 Giles Berry (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 54-2 Richardo Mohamed (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 71-3 Brett Penny (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 89-4 Matt Potton (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 148-5 Neil Morgan (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 155-6 Nick Hodgins (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 164-7 Craig Weston (Hemish Ilangaratne*); 178-8 Hemish Ilangaratne (James Potton*); 190-9 James Potton (Alex Collman*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Scott Ruskin 29 7 74 3 0 0 Chris Box 7 1 22 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 7 1 22 1 0 0 Lee Beskeen 7 1 24 1 0 0 Tom Bancroft 2 0 12 0 0 0 Sandun Dias 5 0 29 3 0 0 Hemel's last pair block out draw An exciting, if at times tetchy, match ended in a draw on Saturday. Both sides very much relied on one of their opening batsmen to anchor their respective innings. For Hertford Tom Bancroft was last out for 91 and Hemel's opener, Hemish Ilangaratne, was ninth out for 88, both batting for almost exactly three hours. The highest contribution from any other batsmen on either side was a mere 26. Put into bat by the visitors, Hertford tried a new opening pair, but Ollie Ray was bowled in the second over by Collman. Sandun Dias started brightly hitting successive fours and Bancroft also found the boundary twice in succession. However in the eighth over Dias' bright inning was cut short by a good low catch by Berry off Collman. Ruskin soon followed and Hertford were 55 for 3. Skipper Rob Darby joined Bancroft and the pair added 65 before Hodgins switched ends and induced Darby to sweep a simple catch to Morgan. Canagasaby looked totally out of touch and was bowled on the stroke of lunch with the total on 122. After lunch Bancroft continued to bat solidly, but the next three batsmen came and went, all dismissed by Hodgins. With Beskeen run out Hertford were 180 for 9 and Bancroft was visibly tiring, his last 10 runs having dome in singles. Niz Mohammed struck a brisk 18 before Hodgins got his fifth wicket when Bancroft was caught for 91, an innings which contained 11 boundaries. With Hertford dismissed in the 53rd over, the visitors had a minimum of 57 overs in which to reach their target. They started slowly against the spin of Scott Ruskin and the pace of Chris Box. Ruskin soon bowled Berry, but Ilangaratne and Mohamed were very obdurate as they took the total to 54 in the 21st over, though Ilangaratne did manage to clear the boundary off Box's last ball. Mohammed then lost patience against the accurate Ruskin and was bowled and Penny soon suffered a similar fate off Canagasaby. Tea was taken after 32 overs with the score on 87 for 3. Two overs after tea Morgan put a full toss down the throat of Box off Lee Beskeen and the game was in the balance. A period of cat and mouse cricket then followed as Hertford slowed the over rate down as much as they dared and Hemel crept toward their target. As it began to appear that Hemel would not receive more than the minimum overs, Hertford gave the ball to Dias and a flurry of runs and wickets followed. In his first over Dias had Morgan caught by Ray and in his next trapped Hodgins in front. Next over Ruskin bowled Weston and Hemel were 164 for 7 with probably only 6 overs left. James Potton took up the challenge, but at that point Ilangaratne ran himself out attempting a second run. Potton took twelve of Dias' next over but was caught behind off the last ball of the over and Hemel's last pair decided to block out the last three overs. Ruskin ended his marathon spell with 3 for 74 from 29 overs while Dias picked up 3 for 29.
BEACONSFIELD – Evening Standard R2 Result: Beaconsfield CC - Sunday XI Won by 7 wickets Date: Sun 15th Jun 2008 @ 13:00 Type: Cup : Evening Standard Challenge Trophy - Evening Standard Challenge Trophy (Round 2) Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: Jon Mahood 5-15.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Tom Bancroft * ct Sam Musk b Jon Mahood 9 25 2 0 Will Gilbert ct Jeremy Suter b Denzil Owen 1 3 0 0 Oliver Ray b Jon Mahood 1 5 0 0 Alex Lodge ct Ben Coleman b Jon Mahood 0 7 0 0 Scott Ruskin Not Out 28 78 2 0 William Bancroft + b Jon Mahood 0 8 0 0 Robert Fairhurst b Jon Mahood 1 14 0 0 Josh Tooth ct Sam Musk b Denzil Owen 1 5 0 0 Nizar Mohammed ct Adam Francis b Shakel Ahmed 4 14 0 0 James Lidgett ct Ben Coleman b Shakel Ahmed 3 30 0 0 Mitchell Perry b Rory Wilson 2 16 0 0 Extras ( 1lb 5w 1nb ) 7 Total ( all out , 34 overs) 57
Fall Of Wickets 2-1 Will Gilbert (Tom Bancroft-1*); 3-2 Oliver Ray (Tom Bancroft-1*); 9-3 Alex Lodge (Tom Bancroft-5*); 18-4 Tom Bancroft (Scott Ruskin-5*); 19-5 William Bancroft (Scott Ruskin-6*); 25-6 Robert Fairhurst (Scott Ruskin-11*); 35-7 Josh Tooth (Scott Ruskin-17*); 44-8 Nizar Mohammed (Scott Ruskin-20*); 52-9 James Lidgett (Scott Ruskin-25*); 57-10 Mitchell Perry (Scott Ruskin-28*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Jon Mahood 10 3 15 5 0 2 Denzil Owen 10 3 25 2 1 1 Shakel Ahmed 7 4 7 2 0 0 Paul Gurnell 6 2 8 0 0 0 Rory Wilson 1 0 1 1 0 0
Beaconsfield CC - Sunday XI R B 4s 6s Jeremy Suter + LBW b Mitchell Perry 15 29 2 0 Ben Coleman ct Josh Tooth b Scott Ruskin 6 26 0 0 Peter Lynch LBW b Scott Ruskin 0 2 0 0 Chris Thomas Not Out 20 40 2 0 Sam Musk Not Out 9 9 0 1 Paul Gurnell * Did Not Bat Shakel Ahmed Did Not Bat Adam Francis Did Not Bat Denzil Owen Did Not Bat Rory Wilson Did Not Bat Jon Mahood Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 6w ) 10 Total (3 wickets, 20.1 overs) 60
Fall Of Wickets 29-1 Ben Coleman (Jeremy Suter-13*); 29-2 Peter Lynch (Jeremy Suter-13*); 37-3 Jeremy Suter (Chris Thomas-6*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Scott Ruskin 10 4 18 2 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 4 0 24 0 0 2 Mitchell Perry 4 1 6 1 0 0 Josh Tooth 2 0 4 0 0 0 Robert Fairhurst 0.1 0 4 0 0 0 Inept batting display by Hertford Confronted by a wicket that was "doing a bit" and a pair of bowlers who knew how to exploit it, Hertford's batting line up crumbled and a total of 57 all out was their lowest score in this competition - by a distance. Winning the toss and batting, skipper Tom Bancroft opened but after 13 balls had lost both his opening partner, Will Gilbert, and Ollie Ray each for a single. Alex Lodge came and went without scoring and then to compound the problem Bancroft played a rash shot and was caught to leave Hertford reeling on 18-4. His brother did not stay long and it was soon 19-5. Occupation was the key now but apart from Scott Ruskin, the batsmen did not appear to recognise this or know how to set about the task. Jon Mahmood and Denzil Owen were bowling well, Mahmood had 4-9 off six overs and Owen 1-10. Both bowled their allotted overs straight off and by the time the enforced change came each had one more wicket and Hertford were struggling at 41-7. Mahmood had taken 5-15 off his ten overs. Ruskin was still there and needed the tail enders to hold out so that he could use up as many of the 50 overs as possible. James Lidgett showed the most application, surviving 30 balls but after 34 overs the innings was all over - just 57, Ruskin not out 28. Ruskin opened the bowling for Hertford with a maiden but a wide which went for 4 off Niz Mohammed's first over sent Beaconsfield on their way. Mohammed's line improved and with Ruskin rolling out maidens the first seven overs conceded just 15 runs - albeit 25% of the required number. Mohammed's next over went for 14, a disaster for Hertford. Ruskin then had Coleman caught by Josh Tooth and two balls later trapped Lynch lbw. Mitchell Perry had Suter lbw for 15 but that was the end of Hertford's successes as Thomas and Musk saw the hosts home to a very easy victory by seven wickets at the start of the 21st over. Hertford's bowlers, particularly Ruskin (2-18 off 10 overs) and Mitchell Perry (1-6 off 4) demonstrated that, given more runs, they could have made life difficult for the home side. A Hertford score of 150 would have been competitive.
POTTERS BAR League Result: Potters Bar CC - 1st XI Won by 9 wickets Date: Sat 21st Jun 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: The Walk Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Potters Bar CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: SRW Gale 113* SKL de Silva 51* N Walker 5-82 S Dias 60 R Darby 53
1st XI R B 4s 6s Chris Wade b Nick Walker 14 23 3 0 Krishan Canagasabey ro c hodge 5 7 1 0 Sandun Dias ct S de Silva b Paul McGee 60 84 4 3 Prashant Lele ct S de Silva b Nick Walker 5 9 1 0 Scott Ruskin b Nick Walker 1 15 0 0 Chris Box ct Paul McGee b William van der Maat 15 31 2 0 Robert Darby * ct William van der Maat b Nick Walker 53 54 6 3 Elliot King b Paul McGee 19 35 2 0 Darren Benford Not Out 9 13 0 0 William Bancroft + b Nick Walker 4 7 1 0 James Mead Not Out 0 2 0 0 Extras ( 4b 1lb 4nb ) 9 Total (9 wickets, 46 overs) 194
Fall Of Wickets 19-1 Krishan Canagasabey (Chris Wade-14*); 21-2 Chris Wade (Sandun Dias-2*); 41-3 Prashant Lele (Sandun Dias-17*); 53-4 Scott Ruskin (Sandun Dias-28*); 97-5 Chris Box (Sandun Dias-54*); 113-6 Sandun Dias (Robert Darby-10*); 160-7 Elliot King (Robert Darby-37*); 186-8 Robert Darby (Darren Benford-6*); 193-9 William Bancroft (Darren Benford-9*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Nick Walker 19 4 82 5 3 0 William van der Maat 10 2 35 1 0 0 Adam Norman 5 0 31 0 1 0 Paul McGee 12 2 41 2 0 0
Potters Bar CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Steve Gale Not Out 113 89 16 3 Nesan Jeyaratnam ct Scott Ruskin b Scott Ruskin 19 16 4 0 S de Silva + Not Out 51 60 6 2 Nick Walker Did Not Bat Adam Norman Did Not Bat David Breeze Did Not Bat Lenny cooper * Did Not Bat Tom Coughlan Did Not Bat William van der Maat Did Not Bat c hodge Did Not Bat Paul McGee Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 1lb 4w 3nb ) 12 Total (1 wickets, 27 overs) 195
Fall Of Wickets 35-1 Nesan Jeyaratnam (Steve Gale-13)
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Scott Ruskin 11 4 56 1 0 0 Chris Box 6 1 33 0 0 3 Krishan Canagasabey 5 1 41 0 0 0 Sandun Dias 3 0 23 0 1 1 James Mead 2 0 37 0 2 0
NORTHCHURCH Chess Valley League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 4 wickets Date: Sun 22nd Jun 2008 @ 13:30 Ground: The Meadow Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Toss: Northchurch CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat
Northchurch CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s David Pearce ct Mitchell Perry b Christopher Marques 24 0 0 0 Stephen Meager + ct Alex Lodge b Christopher Marques 27 0 0 0 George Liveing b Robert Slater 18 0 0 0 Tom Calder ct Will Gilbert b Josh Tooth 1 0 0 0 Ed Langford b Mitchell Perry 18 0 0 0 George Horn ro 5 0 0 0 Tom Garroway LBW b Robert Slater 0 0 0 0 Michael Pearce ct Tom Bancroft b Jack Anderson 4 0 0 0 Theo Barnett ct Will Gilbert b Jack Anderson 4 0 0 0 Mark Hobley * Not Out 21 0 0 0 Shaun Kelly b Jack Anderson 0 0 0 0 Extras ( 1b 4lb 10w 1nb ) 16 Total ( all out , 38.5 overs) 138
Fall Of Wickets 58-1 Stephen Meager; 66-2 David Pearce; 67-3 Tom Calder; 98-4 Ed Langford; 102-5 George Liveing; 102-6 Tom Garroway; 112-7 Michael Pearce; 117-8 theo barnett; 117-9 George Horn; 138-10 Shaun Kelly; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mitchell Perry 10 2 39 1 0 0 Josh Tooth 10 2 37 1 0 0 Christopher Marques 7 3 17 2 0 0 Robert Slater 6 1 15 2 0 0 Jack Anderson 3.5 1 10 3 0 0 Sandun Dias 2 1 15 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Jack Anderson ct Tom Calder b Theo Barnett 3 0 0 0 Alex Lodge b Mark Hobley 1 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Mark Hobley b Michael Pearce 74 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft * ct Mark Hobley b Mark Hobley 0 0 0 0 Will Gilbert Not Out 38 0 0 0 William Bancroft LBW b Michael Pearce 2 0 0 0 Alex Siegmund + ct David Pearce b Michael Pearce 6 0 0 0 Robert Slater Not Out 0 0 0 0 Christopher Marques Did Not Bat Josh Tooth Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 7lb 3w 1nb ) 15 Total (6 wickets, 24.2 overs) 139
Fall Of Wickets 6-1 Jack Anderson; 11-2 Alex Lodge; 19-3 Tom Bancroft; 97-4 Sandun Dias; 117-5 William Bancroft; 135-6 Alex Siegmund; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mark Hobley 6 0 35 2 0 0 Theo Barnett 5 0 36 1 0 0 Tom Garroway 6.2 1 38 0 0 0 Michael Pearce 7 1 19 3 0 0 Dias brings quick victory on Chess Valley debut Hertford made their debut in the Chess Valley League with a comfortable win over Northchurch on Sunday. A spectacular innings from Sandun Dias saw Hertford reach their target in the 25th over - and that was after they had lost their first three wickets for 19. Dias then monopolised the scoring reaching the boundary in all parts of the ground. His fifty came in 38 minutes and when he was finally caught for 74 his innings had lasted just 49 minutes, during which he cleared the boundary four times and hit a further eleven fours. Will Gilbert was rather a passive partner during the fourth wicket stand of 78, but after that he took control and ended 38 not out as Hertford cruised home. The start of the game gave no indication of the things to come, as the home openers put on 58 for the first wicket. The introduction of Chris Marques into the attack changed thing as he dismissed both openers in successive overs. Josh Tooth took a wicket in the last over of his allotted 10 overs and Northchurch were 67 for 3. They recovered to 98 before Mitch Perry broke the stand and then Rob Slater took two wickets in successive balls and Northchurch were 102 for 6. Jack Anderson then took two wickets in his first over, but some good hitting from skipper Hobley boosted the score before Anderson bowled the last man and Northchurch had only posted a modest 138.
LANGLEYBURY League Result: Drawn Date: Sat 28th Jun 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl
Langleybury CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s N Amin ct Chris Wade b Nizar Mohammed 47 0 0 0 Gregg Cooper * LBW b Tom Bancroft 36 0 0 0 Shahzad Malik Not Out 168 0 0 0 Ross Channer ct William Bancroft b James Lidgett 39 0 0 0 Will Oxley ct Tom Bancroft b James Lidgett 3 0 0 0 Adnan Bashir ct Oliver Ray b Sandun Dias 6 0 0 0 Richard Oxley ct James Lidgett b Sandun Dias 6 0 0 0 Alex Gunning LBW b Lee Beskeen 16 0 0 0 Lee Channer + Not Out 6 0 0 0 Eddie Gunning Did Not Bat Andrew Cheeseman Did Not Bat Extras ( 1b 10lb 4w 12nb ) 27 Total (7 wickets dec, 55 overs) 354
Fall Of Wickets 63-1 N Amin; 155-2 Gregg Cooper; 240-3 Ross Channer; 246-4 Will Oxley; 297-5 Adnan Bashir; 310-6 Richard Oxley; 332-7 Alex Gunning; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Sandun Dias 16 1 86 2 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 7 2 34 1 0 0 Tom Bancroft 13 0 78 1 0 0 Lee Beskeen 11 0 82 1 0 0 James Lidgett 6 0 34 2 0 0 Oliver Ray 2 0 29 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Chris Wade ct Alex Gunning b Adnan Bashir 15 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft * ct Lee Channer b Adnan Bashir 0 0 0 0 Oliver Ray ct Gregg Cooper b Ross Channer 49 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Richard Oxley b Eddie Gunning 84 0 0 0 Darren Benford ct Will Oxley b Ross Channer 2 0 0 0 Will Gilbert ct Gregg Cooper b Adnan Bashir 31 0 0 0 Elliot King Not Out 32 0 0 0 William Bancroft + b Andrew Cheeseman 5 0 0 0 James Lidgett Not Out 1 0 0 0 Lee Beskeen Did Not Bat Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Extras ( 4lb 5w ) 9 Total (7 wickets, 55 overs) 228
Fall Of Wickets 15-1 Tom Bancroft; 39-2 Chris Wade; 115-3 Oliver Ray; 118-4 Darren Benford; 184-5 Sandun Dias; 188-6 Will Gilbert; 210-7 William Bancroft; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Adnan Bashir 12 2 57 3 0 0 Andrew Cheeseman 9 2 33 1 0 0 Ross Channer 15 1 65 2 0 0 Eddie Gunning 15 5 56 1 0 0 N Amin 1 0 8 0 0 0 Will Oxley 2 0 5 0 0 0 Shahzad Malik 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hertford draw despite Malik's 168 not out A much depleted Hertford did well do draw the match against Langleybury on Saturday after withstanding the assault of Sahazad Malik, who hit 168 not out in less than even time. Put into bat on a good wicket, Langleybury soon took advantage of the conditions with their openers putting on 63 in 25 minutes before Niz Mohammed had Amin caught. Skipper Greg Cooper had played the quiet role in that partnership and did so in the next while Malik took control of the game. Malik raced to his fifty in 45 minutes, but just when Cooper was opening up with three fours off a Tom Bancroft over, Bancroft trapped him leg before. Their second wicket partnership had added 92 in just 48 minutes. Ross Channer was next to give support to Malik and no Hertford bowler could keep them quiet. Lunch was taken with Langleybury on 182 for 2 from 30 overs and there was no respite thereafter. James Lidgett finally broke the partnership when he had Channer caught behind and in his next over a fine catch by Tom Bancroft dismissed Will Oxley to make the score 246 for 4. No other batsman really got going, but that was probably because Malik did not give them much opportunity. Having reached his century in just under two hours he proceeded to get his next fifty runs in 33 minutes. His team's 300 came up after three hours batting and eventually they declared on 354 for 7 after 55 overs. Malik, 168 not out, had cleared the boundary three times and had hit 22 fours in his innings. Hertford could have crumbled following that onslaught and with both openers back in the pavilion on 39 things did not look good. However Sandun Dias decided that attack was the best form of defence and Ollie Ray, who did not miss an opportunity to score either, joined him. The pair added 76 in 49 minutes, with Ray taking two sixes from an Eddie Gunning over, but then Ross Channer had Ray caught for 49. Darren Benford swiftly went, but then Will Gilbert joined Dias in another productive stand. Dias had reached his fifty in just under an hour and thirty minutes later a century beckoned. But he took one chance too many and skied a catch off Gunning. His 84 included five huge sixes as well as ten fours. Hertford were not out of the wood because Gilbert fell next over, having contributed a valuable 31. 188 for 6, 13 overs left and three teenagers in next. The lads did not let the side down. Elliott King and Will Bancroft negotiated the next 11 overs before Bancroft played on. Then James Lidgett helped King play out the draw. And it was not all static defence as King reached the boundary seven times with some well times shots in his 32 not out.
NORTH MYMMS League Result: North Mymms CC - 1st XI Won by 152 runs Date: Sat 5th Jul 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Home Farm Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl
North Mymms CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Rhys Wynne b Tom Bancroft 134 0 0 0 Mark Saxby b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 Neil Bamford ct Sandun Dias b Tom Bancroft 7 0 0 0 Harshad Rawle ct Sandun Dias b Tom Bancroft 22 0 0 0 Nick Gilbert LBW b James Lidgett 5 0 0 0 Ben Bagshaw ct William Bancroft b Sandun Dias 11 0 0 0 SUHAIB SARWAR ro 60 0 0 0 Andy Hicks ct William Bancroft b Tom Bancroft 12 0 0 0 Andrew Cole Not Out 1 0 0 0 Neil Black * + ct Robert Darby b James Lidgett 0 0 0 0 Mark Hassell Did Not Bat Extras ( 7b 4lb 9w 2nb ) 22 Total (9 wickets dec, 59.1 overs) 274
Fall Of Wickets 1-1 Mark Saxby; 15-2 Neil Bamford; 45-3 Harshad Rawle; 50-4 Nick Gilbert; 87-5 Ben Bagshaw; 247-6 Rhys Wynne; 269-7 SUHAIB SARWAR; 273-8 Andy Hicks; 274-9 Neil Black; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 19 4 68 5 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 5 1 24 0 0 0 James Lidgett 7.1 0 37 2 0 0 Sandun Dias 4 0 12 1 0 0 Lee Beskeen 15 2 46 0 0 0 Oliver Ray 3 0 35 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 6 0 41 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Oliver Ray ct Neil Black b Andrew Cole 8 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft b Andy Hicks 14 0 0 0 Elliot King ct Mark Saxby b Andy Hicks 2 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Neil Black b Andy Hicks 22 0 0 0 Robert Darby * ct Neil Bamford b Andrew Cole 8 0 0 0 Jack Anderson ct Andy Hicks b Andy Hicks 19 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey ct Rhys Wynne b Rhys Wynne 27 0 0 0 William Bancroft + ct SUHAIB SARWAR b Andrew Cole 0 0 0 0 James Lidgett LBW b Mark Saxby 8 0 0 0 Lee Beskeen b Mark Hassell 4 0 0 0 Nizar Mohammed Not Out 4 0 0 0 Extras ( 1b 1lb 4w ) 6 Total ( all out , 36.1 overs) 122
Fall Of Wickets 19-1 Oliver Ray; 23-2 Tom Bancroft; 29-3 Elliot King; 56-4 Robert Darby; 61-5 Sandun Dias; 94-6 Jack Anderson; 106-7 Krishan Canagasabey; 106-8 William Bancroft; 118-9 James Lidgett; 122-10 Lee Beskeen; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Andrew Cole 11 2 37 3 0 0 Andy Hicks 14 2 36 4 0 0 SUHAIB SARWAR 2 0 9 0 0 0 Harshad Rawle 2 0 13 0 0 0 Rhys Wynne 6 0 21 1 0 0 Mark Saxby 1 0 4 1 0 0 Mark Hassell 0.1 0 0 1 0 0 Hertford's inexperience exposed by North Mymms Hertford slumped to a disappointing defeat at the hands of North Mymms last Saturday by 152 runs, Despite a good showing by Hertford in the field before lunch, Mymms were able to recover to set Hertford a formidable target that was too much for their young inexperienced batting line up. Having put North Mymms into bat, Tom Bancroft gave Hertford the best of starts bowling Saxby in his second over. Two overs later he struck again having Bamford caught at slip. With Wynne proving a stubborn opener, Rawle attempted to up the tempo, taking three boundaries off Niz Mohammed. The pair had taken the total to 45 when Sandun Dias took an excellent slip catch off Bancroft to dismiss Rawle and next over James Lidgett trapped Gilbert in front to make Mymms 50 for 4. Bancroft completed an excellent opening spell of ten overs for 20 runs and three wickets and his replacement Dias soon got Hertford's fifth wicket with the total on 87. Unfortunately he then tweaked a hamstring and his replacement went for twelve runs in his first over. This broke Hertford's stranglehold and at lunch the home side was 121 for 5. After lunch although Lee Beskeen bowled tightly, Krishan Canagasabey went for 41 runs from six overs and the score was mounting steadily. Wynne moved from defence to attack and although his first fifty took almost two hours his century came up in another hour. Bancroft returned to the attack and although he was more expensive than in his first spell, he eventually broke the sixth wicket partnership by bowling Wynne. However by then Wynne had reached 134 and he and Sarwan had put on 167. Twenty runs later Sarwan was run out and in the same over Bancroft picked up a well deserved fifth wicket. Moments later North Mymms declared when their 9th wicket fell off the first ball of the sixtieth over. For the first half dozen overs Ollie Ray and Tom Bancroft looked comfortable enough, but then both were out in successive overs and Hertford were 23 for 2. Young Elliot King soon followed and then Bamford brilliantly caught skipper Rob Darby, who had hit two confident boundaries, in the gully. Dias countered aggressively but was soon caught behind off Hicks and Hertford were 61 for 5. From then on Hertford had no hope of victory and although Jack Anderson and Canagasabey put up some resistance, Hertford were bowled out for 121 in the 37th over.
BARNET Chess Valley League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Conceded Date: Sun 6th Jul 2008 @ 13:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Faced with a cup match on the same date, Hertford were forced to concede this game as no alternative date could be agreed.
COCKFOSTERS County Cup R2 Result: Abandoned Date: Sun 6th Jul 2008 @ 1:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: Cup : Herts County Cup (Round 2) Scoring: Standard
Cockfosters CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s D O'Leary b Tom Bancroft 20 0 0 0 M Fisher ct Alex Siegmund b Tom Bancroft 17 0 0 0 I Cooper b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 D Elder * + Retired Not Out 17 0 0 0 Tony Sayers b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 D Morgan ct William Bancroft b James Lidgett 27 0 0 0 A Stokes ct Nizar Mohammed b Josh Tooth 53 0 0 0 James Stead Not Out 7 0 0 0 M Sayers Not Out 5 0 0 0 S Barker Did Not Bat T Haydon Did Not Bat Extras ( 5lb 13w 4nb ) 22 Total (6 wickets, 34 overs) 168
Fall Of Wickets 40-1 M Fisher; 40-2 D O'Leary; 50-3 I Cooper; 50-4 Tony Sayers; 154-5 A Stokes; 156-6 D Morgan; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Nizar Mohammed 6 0 51 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 7 1 27 4 0 0 Mitchell Perry 7 1 23 0 0 0 James Lidgett 7 1 29 1 0 0 Josh Tooth 7 1 33 1 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Tom Bancroft * ct James Stead b Tony Sayers 15 0 0 0 Will Gilbert ct S Barker b M Sayers 9 0 0 0 Elliot King Not Out 4 0 0 0 Sandun Dias Not Out 19 0 0 0 William Bancroft + Did Not Bat Robert Slater Did Not Bat James Lidgett Did Not Bat Alex Siegmund Did Not Bat Josh Tooth Did Not Bat Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Extras ( 1lb 7w ) 8 Total (2 wickets, 6.4 overs) 55
Fall Of Wickets 30-1 Will Gilbert; 32-2 Tom Bancroft; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tony Sayers 3.4 0 35 1 0 0 M Sayers 3 1 19 1 0 0 Rain ruins Cup tie for players and Vice Presidents In front of some 55 Vice Presidents, who were being entertained to lunch, Hertford's Hertfordshire Cup tie with Cockfosters was ruined by rain on Sunday. The start was delayed and the game reduced to a 37 over match. Then a further break for rain reduced the overs to 34 per side. Hertford had a good start, Tom Bancroft carrying on from where he had left off the day before by taking the first four wickets at a cost of 20 runs from six overs. Cockfosters were then 50 for 4, but the next pair of Elder and Stokes put on 104 with Stokes the prominent partner with 60. Josh Tooth broke the stand with three overs left and the visitors finally reached 168 for 6. Although, Hertford lost two wickets, their scoring rate was looking good as they reached 55 before rain stopped play in the seventh over. It did not relent after that, so both sides will return to Balls Park next Sunday to replay the game.
BISHOP’S STORTFORD League Result: Bishop's Stortford CC - 1st XI Won by 7 wickets Date: Sat 12th Jul 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat
1st XI R B 4s 6s Chris Wade b Darren Whittingham 10 10 2 0 Tom Bancroft LBW b Glenn Querl 15 48 3 0 Sandun Dias ct Ruan Premadasa b Steve Coleman 68 58 5 4 Robert Darby * LBW b Glenn Querl 1 17 0 0 Darren Benford b Glenn Querl 0 17 0 0 Jack Anderson ct Steve Coleman b Steve Coleman 24 16 1 2 Oliver Ray b Glenn Querl 1 23 0 0 Chris Box Retired Not Out 1 20 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey ro 8 13 1 0 William Bancroft + ct Ruan Premadasa b Steve Coleman 0 1 0 0 Lee Beskeen Not Out 3 7 0 0 Extras ( 4b 2lb ) 6 Total (9 wickets, 38.2 overs) 137
Fall Of Wickets 14-1 Chris Wade (Tom Bancroft-4*); 83-2 Tom Bancroft (Sandun Dias-54*); 93-3 Robert Darby (Sandun Dias-62*); 99-4 Sandun Dias (Darren Benford-0*); 109-5 Darren Benford (Jack Anderson-10*); 123-6 Jack Anderson (Oliver Ray-0*); 125-7 Oliver Ray (William Bancroft-1*); 131-8 William Bancroft (Chris Box-6*); 137-9 Krishan Canagasabey (Chris Box-3*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Darren Whittingham 8 0 40 1 0 0 Kevin Walls 7 2 25 0 0 0 Ruan Premadasa 1 0 14 0 0 0 Glenn Querl 11.2 5 16 4 0 0 Steve Coleman 11 1 36 3 0 0
Bishop's Stortford CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s David Hughes * ct Sub b Sandun Dias 15 14 2 1 Samuel Fishpool LBW b Sandun Dias 8 5 2 0 Eddie Ballard + Not Out 55 90 6 0 Glenn Querl ct Sub b Sandun Dias 1 11 0 0 Steve Coleman Not Out 41 97 5 0 Ruan Premadasa Did Not Bat Tom Bull Did Not Bat Simon Lindop Did Not Bat Anthony Brown Did Not Bat Kevin Walls Did Not Bat Darren Whittingham Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 6lb 8nb ) 18 Total (3 wickets, 35 overs) 138
Fall Of Wickets 15-1 Samuel Fishpool (David Hughes-6*); 26-2 David Hughes (Eddie Ballard-0*); 28-3 Glenn Querl (Eddie Ballard-0*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 6 1 21 0 0 0 Sandun Dias 10 1 43 3 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 8 3 16 0 0 0 Lee Beskeen 7 2 25 0 0 0 Oliver Ray 4 1 23 0 0 0 Hertford lose despite the efforts of Dias Another Hertford batting failure resulted in another heavy defeat despite the sterling efforts of Sandun Dias. Hertford elected to bat on a day of uncertain weather. Although they lost Chris Wade early, Tom Bancroft gave Dias excellent support in a second wicket stand that produced 69 runs in 50 minutes. Dias was the dominant partner, being particularly severe on Ruan Premadasa who was allowed only one over for 14 runs. However, the game changed as soon as Glenn Querl was introduced into the attack. In his first over he had Bancroft lbw and two overs later Querl sent Rob Darby back to the pavilion with another lbw decision. Having reached his fifty with a six, Dias cleared the boundary twice more, but with the total on 99 Coleman had him well caught by Premadasa as he attempted a sweep. His innings of 68 had lasted 80 minutes and had included four sixes and five fours. Soon after rain stopped play and the break merged with the lunch interval. After lunch the Stortford pair of Querl and Coleman continued their dominance. The only Hertford batsman to show any real defiance was Jack Anderson who hit two sixes in his 24 before he became Coleman's second victim. To compound Hertford's misery, Chris Box twisted his knee in attempting to hit Coleman and had to retire hurt and the innings ended with a run out. Querl finished with the excellent figures of 4 for 16 from 11.2 overs. Bishop's Stortford's reply got off to a poor start as Dias took three quick wickets. In his first over he trapped Fishpool in front and then in the next two overs, David Hughes and Querl were both dismissed in a similar manner, substitute fielder Ali Hillary picking up low catches at extra cover. With the visitors on 28 for 3 after 6 overs the game was in the balance, but Eddie Ballard and Coleman got their heads down. Hertford rang the changes, but apart from a couple of half chances and a fumbled run out attempt, the pair batted sensibly and gave their team no cause for alarm. They were still together at tea with the total on 112 and they soon wrapped up a comfortable victory after the break.
COCKFOSTERS County Cup R2 Result: Cockfosters - 1st XI Won by 73 runs Date: Sun 13th Jul 2008 @ 1:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: Cup : Herts County Cup (Round 2) Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl
Cockfosters - 1st XI R B 4s 6s D O'Leary b Josh Tooth 57 0 0 0 M Fisher * ct Josh Tooth b Oliver Ray 23 0 0 0 I Cooper ct Oliver Ray b Robert Fairhurst 36 0 0 0 D Elder LBW b Robert Fairhurst 17 0 0 0 T Sayers ct Alex Barbett b Christopher Marques 21 0 0 0 D Morgan Not Out 40 0 0 0 A Stokes + LBW b Tom Bancroft 6 0 0 0 J Stead b Tom Bancroft 5 0 0 0 M Stead b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 S Barker b Oliver Ray 1 0 0 0 M Sayers Not Out 3 0 0 0 Extras ( 3b 8lb 15w 1nb ) 27 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 236
Fall Of Wickets 54-1 M Fisher; 113-2 D O'Leary; 143-3 I Cooper; 150-4 D Elder; 181-5 T Sayers; 201-6 A Stokes; 207-7 J Stead; 207-8 M Stead; 226-9 S Barker; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mitchell Perry 8 1 31 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 10 1 29 3 0 0 Christopher Marques 8 1 41 1 0 0 Oliver Ray 9 0 45 2 0 0 Josh Tooth 5 0 19 1 0 0 Robert Fairhurst 10 0 60 2 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Oliver Ray b M Sayers 19 0 0 0 William Bancroft + b M Sayers 4 0 0 0 Jack Anderson ct A Stokes b T Sayers 29 0 0 0 Robert Slater b S Barker 36 0 0 0 Christopher Marques ct M Fisher b J Stead 1 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft * ct A Stokes b T Sayers 1 0 0 0 Robert Fairhurst ct A Stokes b M Stead 47 0 0 0 Peter Della Penna b S Barker 0 0 0 0 Alex Barbett b M Stead 0 0 0 0 Josh Tooth b S Barker 0 0 0 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 4 0 0 0 Extras ( 3b 3lb 15w 1nb ) 22 Total ( all out , 46.2 overs) 163
Fall Of Wickets 26-1 Oliver Ray; 52-2 William Bancroft; 62-3 Jack Anderson; 63-4 Christopher Marques; 65-5 Tom Bancroft; 135-6 Robert Slater; 135-7 Peter Della Penna; 136-8 Alex Barbett; 140-9 Josh Tooth; 163-10 Robert Fairhurst; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd M Stead 8.2 2 20 2 0 0 T Sayers 10 0 49 2 0 0 M Sayers 8 2 26 2 0 0 J Stead 10 3 29 1 0 0 S Barker 10 2 33 3 0 0
Hertford out of County Cup A below strength and inexperienced Hertford side lost comfortably to Cockfosters in the second round of the Hertfordshire Cup on Sunday. Having put Cockfosters in to bat, Hertford failed to make an early breakthrough as the visiting openers put on 54 for the first wicket. Ollie Ray broke the stand, but then O'Leary and Cooper put on 59 for the second wicket. When Josh Tooth bowled O'Leary for 57, half the overs were gone and the visitors were well placed to post a large total. Rob Fairhurst then took two wickets in successive overs to make Cockfosters 150 for 4 from 34 overs. Although the Hertford bowlers continued to bowl steadily, Morgan accumulated runs with his partners and it was only a penetrative second spell from Tom Bancroft, in which he took three wickets, that prevented the visitors posting an even more formidable total. Hertford started with a steady reply but Will Bancroft got completely bogged down, so runs were really only coming from one end. Ollie Ray reached 19 without really timing the ball, but Jack Anderson batted brightly for his 29. The middle order failed and at 65 for 6 Hertford was staring at defeat. Rob Slater and Rob Fairhurst refused to roll over and the pair added 70 before Slater was bowled by Barker. The tail then folded quickly and Fairhurst was last out three short of his half century.
HARPENDEN League Result: Harpenden CC - 1st XI Won by 7 wickets Date: Sat 19th Jul 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Harpenden Common Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Harpenden CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct William Jones b John Kerley 0 11 0 0 Tom Bancroft b John Kerley 8 30 1 0 Chris Box ro David Keenleyside 35 72 6 0 Sandun Dias ct Chris Bennett-Baggs b Ben Mahoney 5 6 1 0 Robert Darby * ct William Jones b Mike Howard 3 24 0 0 Scott Ruskin ct William Jones b Mike Howard 0 1 0 0 Jack Anderson b Sulaman Qadir 29 42 5 0 Oliver Ray ct David Keenleyside b Sulaman Qadir 17 33 2 0 Steven Benford + ct William Jones b John Kerley 1 11 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey Not Out 8 11 2 0 James Lidgett ct David Keenleyside b John Kerley 0 7 0 0 Extras ( 4b 1lb 1w 5nb ) 11 Total ( all out , 41.1 overs) 117
Fall Of Wickets 1-1 Stephen Riddle (Tom Bancroft-1*); 16-2 Tom Bancroft (Chris Box-8*); 21-3 Sandun Dias (Chris Box-8*); 35-4 Robert Darby (Chris Box-19*); 35-5 Scott Ruskin (Chris Box-19*); 70-6 Chris Box (Jack Anderson-12*); 100-7 Jack Anderson (Oliver Ray-9*); 109-8 Steven Benford (Oliver Ray-17*); 109-9 Oliver Ray (Krishan Canagasabey-0*); 117-10 James Lidgett (Krishan Canagasabey-8*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Ben Mahoney 11 4 34 1 1 1 John Kerley 15.1 9 21 4 0 0 Mike Howard 5 1 19 2 0 0 Sulaman Qadir 8 4 25 2 0 0 James Absalom 2 0 13 0 0 0
Harpenden CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s William Jones + b James Lidgett 25 47 3 0 Adam Winchester ct Sandun Dias b Oliver Ray 45 91 5 2 Mike Howard Not Out 33 39 4 1 Sulaman Qadir ct Steven Benford b Scott Ruskin 5 9 1 0 Tom Stewart Not Out 4 1 1 0 Will Bates Did Not Bat Chris Bennett-Baggs Did Not Bat David Keenleyside Did Not Bat Ben Mahoney * Did Not Bat John Kerley Did Not Bat James Absalom Did Not Bat Extras ( 1lb 1w 4nb ) 6 Total (3 wickets, 30.3 overs) 118
Fall Of Wickets 64-1 William Jones (Adam Winchester-33*); 99-2 Adam Winchester (Mike Howard-23*); 114-3 Sulaman Qadir (Mike Howard-33*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 7 3 17 0 0 1 Sandun Dias 4 1 18 0 4 0 Krishan Canagasabey 4 1 21 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin 8.3 3 20 1 0 0 James Lidgett 4 0 26 1 0 0 Oliver Ray 3 0 15 1 0 0
Hertford's poor form continues Hertford slumped to a second seven wicket defeat against a side they had beaten earlier in the season when Harpenden won comfortably on Saturday Hertford had hoped that the return of Scott Ruskin and Steven Riddle would boost their fortunes, but it was not to be. They were put into bat on a damp wicket and were soon in trouble against the hostile Ben Mahoney and John Kerley. Steve Riddle was soon given out caught behind and then Tom Bancroft was bowled, both Kerley victims. Dias then got a ball that stopped from Mahoney and lobbed an easy catch to midwicket. That made it 21 for 3 and worse was to follow. First change bowler Mike Howard soon had Rob Darby and Ruskin caught behind off successive balls and Hertford were 35 for 5. While this was going on, Chris Box, in the unaccustomed position of first wicket down, had got his head down admirably and he was now joined by Jack Anderson. The pair doubled the score in the next half hour but then a break down in communications resulted in Box being run out for 35. Lunch was taken 10 minutes later with the score on 87 for 6. Anderson's bright innings was brought to a close by Qadir soon after lunch and the tail was soon wrapped up by Kerley who finished with 4 for 21. To make Harpenden struggle to reach their target Hertford had to make early inroads. However the wicket had eased somewhat and although Bancroft bowled tightly the opening pair were soon in command. The fifty partnership came in just 45 minutes and Hertford's breakthrough did not come until James Lidgett, the fifth bowler used, took Jones's middle stump out of the ground. Howard was soon in his stride clearing the boundary with his second scoring shot and the second wicket pair took the score to 99 before Dias took a smart catch off Ollie Ray to dismiss Winchester for 45. One more wicket fell before Harpenden completed their victory, the winning runs coming in the 31st over.
BESSBOROUGH Chess Valley League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 52 runs Date: Sun 20th Jul 2008 @ 13:30 Ground: 1st XI Ground Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: O.Ray 64, J.Anderson 90, S.Dias 57, W.Gilbert 65*. 112 for 3rd wkt (Anderson & Dias). I Barrie 117, H.Jotla 41, T.Bancroft 5-59.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Oliver Ray b Andy Carr 64 0 0 0 David Spring LBW b Andy Carr 20 0 0 0 Jack Anderson b I Barrie 90 0 0 0 Sandun Dias LBW b J Wheeler 57 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft * LBW b J Wheeler 0 0 0 0 Will Gilbert Not Out 65 0 0 0 William Bancroft + st A Parker b K Mehta 0 0 0 0 Christopher Marques ct R Edmands b Harvey Jutla 14 0 0 0 Adam Carlson Not Out 5 0 0 0 George Pavey Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Extras ( 5b 9lb 7w ) 21 Total (7 wickets, 45 overs) 336
Fall Of Wickets 74-1 David Spring (Oliver Ray*); 105-2 Oliver Ray (Jack Anderson*); 217-3 Sandun Dias (Jack Anderson*); 217-4 Tom Bancroft (Jack Anderson*); 261-5 Jack Anderson (Will Gilbert*); 262-6 William Bancroft (Will Gilbert*); 301-7 Christopher Marques (William Bancroft*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd I Barrie 7 1 42 1 0 0 Harvey Jutla 8 0 71 1 0 0 Andy Carr 6 0 47 2 0 0 R Edmands 10 0 56 0 0 0 K Mehta 9 1 70 1 0 0 J Wheeler 7 0 30 2 0 0 M Wheeler 1 0 6 0 0 0
Bessborough CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s P Bush b Mitchell Perry 31 0 0 0 J Wheeler LBW b Tom Bancroft 39 0 0 0 I Barrie * ct Oliver Ray b Tom Bancroft 117 0 0 0 M Wheeler b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 L Horsley st William Bancroft b Adam Carlson 14 0 0 0 Harvey Jutla ct Tom Bancroft b Tom Bancroft 41 0 0 0 B Ward ct William Bancroft b Tom Bancroft 3 0 0 0 A Parker + st William Bancroft b Sandun Dias 0 0 0 0 Andy Carr Not Out 5 0 0 0 K Mehta ro 7 0 0 0 R Edmands ct William Bancroft b Oliver Ray 6 0 0 0 Extras ( 4b 4lb 13w ) 21 Total ( all out , 42 overs) 284
Fall Of Wickets 48-1 P Bush (J Wheeler*); 125-2 J Wheeler (I Barrie*); 142-3 M Wheeler (I Barrie*); 209-4 L Horsley (I Barrie*); 245-5 I Barrie (Harvey Jutla*); 266-6 Harvey Jutla (B Ward*); 266-7 B Ward (A Parker*); 268-8 A Parker (Andy Carr*); 277-9 K Mehta (Andy Carr*); 284-10 R Edmands (Andy Carr*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mitchell Perry 6 0 46 1 0 0 Christopher Marques 10 0 50 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 10 1 59 5 0 0 Oliver Ray 3 0 21 1 0 0 George Pavey 2 0 27 0 0 0 Sandun Dias 5 0 23 1 0 0 Adam Carlson 6 0 50 1 0 0 Hertford Triumph in Run Feast A flat track and an electric outfield provided the scene for a high scoring Chess Valley league encounter at Bessborough. The Hertford batsmen were delighted when Tom Bancroft won the toss and opted to bat and after a first over maiden Ollie Ray and David Spring were soon on the attack. The put on 74 for the 1st wicket in 12 overs before Spring went lbw to Carr for 20. Ray followed soon after for a fluent 64, an innings which included 12 fours and a six. Jack Anderson and Sandun Dias upped the scoring rate, Dias's 50 came off 35 balls. Unfortunately he also went lbw, to Wheeler for 57 (9 fours and 3 sixes). Tom Bancroft fell without scoring in the same over, the 31, which Hertford ended at 217-4. The rate then fell slightly with Will Gilbert settling in. Anderson was bowled by Barrie when on 90. Gilbert then marshalled the lower middle order and took the attack to the Bessborough bowlers, as 74 were taken off the last five overs. Gilbert finished on 65* as Hertford ended their 45 overs on 336-7.
Bessborough were not fazed by this total and had 100 on the board by the 13th over. After 31 overs they were on a par with Hertford – 215-4. Barrie was finding the boundary as easily as the Hertford batsmen had done so. He was caught by Ray off Tom Bancroft for 117 with the score on 245. Bessborough did not have the depth of batting that Hertford had and Hertford's bowling and fielding was also tighter even though they were reduced to ten men as Spring was unable to field. Wickets started to fall and Tom Bancroft completed an excellent spell of 5-59 as Hertford ran out winners by 52 runs.
SOUTHGATE Hertgate Trophy Result: Southgate CC - 1st XI Won by 40 runs Date: Mon 21st Jul 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: Cup : Hertgate Trophy (Final) Scoring: Standard Toss: Southgate CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: Durgacharan 121, Fleming 122, Mir 55*. 207 for 2nd wkt by Durgacharan & Fleming. A.Lodge 40, S.Dias 183 (18x4 12x6), W.Bancroft 45*. 196 for 3rd wkt by Dias & Lodge.
Southgate CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Alvin Durgacharan b Chris Thompson 121 0 20 1 Fawad Mullahzadah ct George Pavey b Christopher Marques 12 0 2 0 Adam Fleming b George Pavey 122 0 17 2 Faisal Mir Not Out 55 0 9 0 Dan Ashley LBW b Sandun Dias 35 0 5 2 Stuart Cradock Not Out 2 0 0 0 Geoffrey Blackmore * Did Not Bat Shaun Flook Did Not Bat Richard Bishop-Laggett + Did Not Bat Jeremey Dangerfield Did Not Bat Adrian Carr Did Not Bat Extras ( 2lb 8nb ) 10 Total (4 wickets dec, 44.4 overs) 357
Fall Of Wickets 14-1 Fawad Mullahzadah (Alvin Durgacharan*); 221-2 Adam Fleming (Alvin Durgacharan*); 269-3 Alvin Durgacharan (Faisal Mir*); 339-4 Dan Ashley (Faisal Mir*);
* = not out batsman Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mitchell Perry 6 1 34 0 0 0 Christopher Marques 6.1 1 24 1 0 0 Sandun Dias 10 0 100 1 0 0 Robert Slater 5 0 45 0 0 0 Chris Thompson 9.3 0 75 1 0 0 George Pavey 5 0 54 1 0 0 Jack Anderson 3 0 23 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Alex Lodge ct Adrian Carr b Adrian Carr 40 0 6 0 Jack Anderson ct Richard Bishop-Laggett b Shaun Flook 0 0 0 0 Nick Marques ct Stuart Cradock b Shaun Flook 0 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Stuart Cradock b Adrian Carr 183 0 18 12 William Bancroft + Not Out 45 0 7 0 Cris Martin b Adam Fleming 0 0 0 0 Robert Slater ct Adam Fleming b Dan Ashley 4 0 0 0 George Pavey b Dan Ashley 0 0 0 0 Mitchell Perry ct Alvin Durgacharan b Fawad Mullahzadah 12 0 0 0 Chris Thompson * ro 4 0 0 0 Christopher Marques Absent Extras ( 20b 3lb 5w 1nb ) 29 Total (9 wickets, 51.5 overs) 317
Fall Of Wickets 6-1 Jack Anderson (Alex Lodge-0*); 6-2 Nick Marques (Alex Lodge-0*); 202-3 Alex Lodge (Sandun Dias-144*); 249-4 Sandun Dias (William Bancroft-7*); 253-5 Cris Martin (William Bancroft-9*); 257-6 Robert Slater (William Bancroft-11*); 257-7 George Pavey (William Bancroft-11*); 294-8 Mitchell Perry (William Bancroft- 33*); 317-9 Chris Thompson (William Bancroft-45*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Shaun Flook 7 1 33 2 0 0 Jeremey Dangerfield 6 0 58 0 0 0 Stuart Cradock 9 0 64 0 0 0 Adrian Carr 15 2 68 2 0 0 Adam Fleming 6 1 21 1 0 0 Dan Ashley 3 0 20 2 0 0 Fawad Mullahzadah 4 0 18 1 0 0 Faisal Mir 1.5 0 15 0 0 0 Batsmen have a field day in Hertgate Trophy
Bob Cole with skippers Chris Thompson and Geoff Blackmore
Hertford's Cricket Week got off to a stunning start with a glorious batting display on a day of sunshine. The Hertgate Trophy match was moved to Cricket Week as part of the 125 Anniversary celebrations of cricket at Balls Park. Southgate brought a strong side and duly set about Hertford's bowlers on a good batting wicket – by lunch they had posted 200 for the loss of just one wicket. That wicket was thanks to a brilliant diving catch by George Pavey. Adam Fleming had already got his century (off 74 balls) but was out soon after the break for 122. Fleming and Alvin Durgacharan added 207 for the second wicket and Durgacharan was the next to go with 121. The bowlers were suffering badly but there was to be no respite as Faisal Mir chipped in with 55* before skipper Geoff Blackmore called a halt with 357-4 on the board. The runs had come in less than 45 overs and Southgate would have plenty of time to bowl Hertford out. Sandun Dias suffered the indignity of conceding 100 runs. Chris Marques had the misfortune to strain his knee and had to be carried from the field. Hertford's reply got off to a disastrous start with Jack Anderson and Nick Marques both back in the pavilion in the third over without scoring. Dias came in and was determined to have his revenge. His first two scoring shots were sixes and he raced to 50 in 20 balls. 27 balls later he had reached 100 with Alex Lodge keeping him company, playing steadily and with some fine shots of his own. Dias continued to play his shots, mixing towering straight drives, blistering cover drives and pulls to leg as he struck 18 fours and 12 sixes in an innings of 183. While he was batting, Hertford looked like overhauling their target but he was caught on the long off boundary by Blackmore off Carr and a collapse followed. 247-4 became 257-8 before Will Bancroft and the tail set about recovering the situation. Mitchell Perry (12) gave Bancroft good support. Bancroft began to find the boundary with some excellent shorts but the innings came to a close when Chris Thompson was slow to respond to Bancroft's call and was run out. Chris Marques was unable to bat. 674 runs in the day. An aggregate only exceeded once in Hertford's history, back in 1906. A feast for the spectators if not fun for the poor bowlers. Sandun Dias was judged man of the match by umpires Bob Cole and David Gilbert
SAWBRIDGEWORTH League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 2 runs Date: Sat 26th Jul 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: T.Bancroft 47, C.Box 62, R.Cunningham 6-51. D.Wilson 62, S.Ruskin 7-104.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle st Simon Greenall b Ryan Cunningham 29 36 4 0 Tom Bancroft st Simon Greenall b Ryan Cunningham 47 115 6 0 Chris Box ct Simon Greenall b Joe Rudkin 62 88 9 2 Sandun Dias ct Tom Small b A Richardson 14 14 2 0 Oliver Ray LBW b Ryan Cunningham 2 5 0 0 Scott Ruskin LBW b A Richardson 2 3 0 0 Jack Anderson b Ryan Cunningham 8 7 0 1 Robert Darby * Not Out 25 23 3 1 William Bancroft + ct Tom Small b A Richardson 7 23 0 0 Robert Morley ct Simon Greenall b Ryan Cunningham 1 6 0 0 Josh Tooth ct Joe Hurst b Ryan Cunningham 3 6 0 0 Extras ( 5b 7lb 2w ) 14 Total ( all out , 54.2 overs) 214
Fall Of Wickets 54-1 Stephen Riddle (Tom Bancroft-21*); 143-2 Chris Box (Tom Bancroft-42*); 153-3 Tom Bancroft (Sandun Dias-3*); 163-4 Oliver Ray (Sandun Dias-10*); 169-5 Sandun Dias (Scott Ruskin-2*); 170-6 Scott Ruskin (Jack Anderson-1*); 180-7 Jack Anderson (Robert Darby-3*); 195-8 William Bancroft (Robert Darby-11*); 196-9 Robert Morley (Robert Darby-11*); 214-10 Josh Tooth (Robert Darby-25*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd A.Richardson 15 2 63 3 0 1 Joe Hurst 6 1 23 0 0 1 Ryan Cunningham 22.2 7 51 6 0 0 Paul Reed 4 1 28 0 0 0 Tom Small 4 1 23 0 0 0 Joe Rudkin 3 0 14 1 0 0
Sawbridgeworth CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Danny Wilson * ct Jack Anderson b Scott Ruskin 62 88 7 1 S Ashman ct William Bancroft b Sandun Dias 15 29 3 0 Phil Marshall LBW b Scott Ruskin 25 45 4 0 Tom Small LBW b Scott Ruskin 11 38 1 0 Joe Rudkin ct Sandun Dias b Scott Ruskin 35 42 6 0 W Jones ct Stephen Riddle b Scott Ruskin 5 9 1 0 Simon Greenall + b Tom Bancroft 3 9 0 0 a richardson ct William Bancroft b Tom Bancroft 18 22 0 1 Paul Reed LBW b Scott Ruskin 14 22 0 1 Ryan Cunningham ct Tom Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 8 12 1 0 Joe Hurst Not Out 1 11 0 0 Extras ( 4b 4lb 7nb ) 15 Total ( all out , 53.1 overs) 212
Fall Of Wickets 59-1 S Ashman (Danny Wilson-40*); 110-2 Danny Wilson (Phil Marshall-25*); 110-3 Phil Marshall (Tom Small-0*); 155-4 Tom Small (Joe Rudkin-32*); 161-5 W Jones (Joe Rudkin-33*); 166-6 Joe Rudkin (Simon Greenall-3*); 168-7 Simon Greenall (a richardson-2*); 197-8 a richardson (Paul Reed-12*); 203-9 Paul Reed (Ryan Cunningham-1*); 212-10 Ryan Cunningham (Joe Hurst-1*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Scott Ruskin 26.1 4 104 7 0 0 Josh Tooth 5 1 21 0 0 0 Sandun Dias 12 1 53 1 7 0 Tom Bancroft 10 1 26 2 0 0 Firsts win thriller After a long period, nine games, without a win the 1st XI won an exciting fluctuating game with Sawbridgeworth by just two runs. Ryan Cunningham tried to smash Ruskin for a six to win the game only to hole out to Tom Bancroft running round from long off. Needless to say the team were ecstatic. The game started well for Hertford with a fifty partnership between Steve Riddle and Tom Bancroft which saw Andy Richardson given some harsh treatment. The introduction of Ryan Cunningham brought about Riddle's down fall, trying to give him the charge he was stumped by Greenall for 29. Chris Box, now playing as a batsman, joined Bancroft and initially seemed confused by Cunningham's spin. He eventually took a single to get to the other end and took 10 of the next over from Reed. Bancroft was also playing with care as Hertford attempted to build their innings. Another maiden from Cunningham - his first six overs cost one run - seemed to be developing but Box spotted one to hit depositing it in the carpark. That took the pressure off and the pair launched into Reed's next over, taking 14 off it. Richardson was brought back from the school end and treated Box to a spell of fast short pitched bowling which he mostly swayed out of the way off, apart from one ball which caught him full on the chest. At lunch Hertford were in the unaccustomed position of 118-1 with Box on 41 and Bancroft on 38. A good total looked on the cards. The partnership continued for a quarter of an hour after lunch until Box got a fine edge on an innocuous first ball from Rudkin and was caught by the keeper down the legside. His 62 had taken 88 balls and contained nine fours and two sixes. 143-2 was a perfect time for Sandun Dias to play one his sparkling innings and Hertford to end up close to three hundred. Instead there was a collapse as first Bancroft was stumped off Cunningham three short of a well deserved fifty. In the bowler's next over Ollie Ray was trapped lbw. In the next over Richardson, returning for his third spell, had a double strike. He posted a man at deep square leg and Dias duly obliged by top edging the ball to him, out for 14 and Hertford supporters were dismayed. One run later Scott Ruskin was lbw to Richardson and the Sawbridgeworth players showed their delight. Jack Anderson was bemused by Cunningham and left a ball which bowled him and it was up to skipper Darby to marshal the tail. He lost Will Bancroft for 9 and Rob Morley for one but added 18 for the last wicket before Josh Tooth was caught off Cunningham. Darby took a blow from Richardson on his arm but still managed to hit two fours in revenge and six off Cunningham as he ended on 25*. He was then taken to A&E where his arm was found to be broken. Ruskin took over as skipper. Cunningham ended with 6-51, Richardson 3-63 but by being dismissed in the 55th over, Hertford had handed an extra five overs to their opponents. The general consensus was that Hertford were at least 50 short. Sawbridgeworth's innings started in similar vein to Hertford's with a fifty partnership between Danny Wilson and Ashman. Ruskin had opened with himself and Josh Tooth but it took the introduction of Dias to break the stand, having Ashman caught by keeper Will Bancroft for 15. Ruskin switched ends and found the pavilion end more to his liking though runs were still coming relatively easy as Wilson and Marshall took Sawbridgeworth over the 100 mark. Hertford dropped two catches, on very difficult and one straightforward and seemed intent on maintaining their `unwinning’ run. A double strike on 110 changed that when in the same over Ruskin had Wilson caught in the deep by Anderson and, the batsmen having crossed, trapped Marshall lbw. With two fresh batsmen at the crease Hertford needed to apply pressure. The young pair were not fazed by this and Rudkin in particular unleashed some excellent drives as they saw the 150 up. Another lbw to Ruskin broke the stand at 155 with with 60 wanted and six wickets left Sawbridgeworth were clear favourites. Jones was well caught by Riddle and Dias held on to another catch to dismiss the dangerous Rudkin for 35, both off Ruskin. 166-6 and Hertford were in with a good chance. Ruskin had taken five of the first six wickets and turned to Bancroft for support. He obliged, bowling Greenall, 168-7. Richardson and Reed then set about reversing the situation and while Richardson was at the crease Sawbridgeworth were the most likely winners. With the total on 197 Bancroft found the edge rather than the middle of Richardson's bat and his brother, Will, duly took the catch. Reed went lbw to Ruskin - 203-9. The next overs were played out almost in silence as the spectators were gripped by the drama. Ryan Cunningham shuns singles so Ruskin kept the field out and was duly rewarded. Ruskin finished with 7-104, Hertford's joy at this unexpected win was tempered by the news that their skipper Rob Darby will be out of action for the rest of the season. The Darby family are not having much luck - his wife Sally fell and broke her knee cap when eight months pregnant about eight weeks ago. With a game as tense as this who needs Twenty/twenty. Hertford climbed off the bottom with this win and are now 13 points above bottom club Hemel Hempstead.
STEVENAGE League Result: Drawn Date: Sat 2nd Aug 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Main Ground Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Stevenage CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat
Stevenage CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Tanweer Sikandar LBW b Scott Ruskin 38 0 0 0 Gary Brown LBW b Scott Ruskin 70 0 0 0 Ashley Bayes ct Sandun Dias b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 Naseer Ahmed Not Out 90 0 0 0 Syed Ali Kazmi b Robert Fairhurst 17 0 0 0 Navin Seneviratne ct Josh Tooth b Tom Bancroft 19 0 0 0 Barry Hann ro 5 0 0 0 David Carr * + Not Out 5 0 0 0 Scott Davies Did Not Bat A Dattani Did Not Bat A Ali Did Not Bat Extras ( 3b 5lb 1w 4nb ) 13 Total (6 wickets, 58 overs) 257
Fall Of Wickets 80-1 Tanweer Sikandar; 81-2 Ashley Bayes; 143-3 Gary Brown; 186-4 Syed Ali Kazmi; 219-5 Navin Seneviratne; 240-6 Barry Hann; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Josh Tooth 5 1 19 0 0 1 Scott Ruskin 23 2 85 2 0 0 Tom Bancroft 18 3 57 2 0 0 Sandun Dias 6 0 37 0 3 0 Robert Fairhurst 3 0 28 1 0 0 James Lidgett 3 0 23 0 1 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct Ashley Bayes b Tanweer Sikandar 8 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft ct David Carr b A Ali 30 0 0 0 Chris Box ro 85 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ro 43 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin * Not Out 22 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey Not Out 2 0 0 0 Jack Anderson Did Not Bat William Bancroft + Did Not Bat James Lidgett Did Not Bat Robert Fairhurst Did Not Bat Josh Tooth Did Not Bat Extras ( 5b 3lb 3w 2nb ) 13 Total (4 wickets, 48 overs) 203
Fall Of Wickets 30-1 Stephen Riddle; 71-2 Tom Bancroft; 148-3 Sandun Dias; 195-4 Chris Box; -5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ; -9 ; -10 ; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tanweer Sikandar 9 0 44 1 0 2 A Dattani 16 3 52 0 2 0 A Ali 12 0 52 1 0 0 Syed Ali Kazmi 5 2 9 0 0 0 Scott Davies 4 0 25 0 0 1 Navin Seneviratne 2 0 13 0 0 0 Comfortable draw for firsts Hertford comfortably drew their match with Stevenage on Saturday and in fact for a time threatened to win. However time lost through injury, lost balls and rain took too much out of the game and the 10 over difference in the innings proved to be too great a hurdle for Hertford. Stevenage batted on winning the toss and after a few early scares, including a missed chance, their openers gave them a steady start. However accurate bowling from Scott Ruskin and Tom Bancroft restricted the scoring rate as the pair took 26 overs to put on 80. Hertford's perseverance was then rewarded when Ruskin trapped Sikander in front of the stumps and next over Sandun Dias caught Bayes for a duck off Bancroft's bowling. Ahmed joined Brown and the pair restored Stevenage's fortunes. For the half hour or so before lunch Hertford were handicapped with a wet ball from light drizzle. Resuming after lunch on 123 for 2, the Stevenage pair looked in control. Then, following a 15 minute break for rain, Ruskin won his second lbw decision, dismissing Brown for 70 with the total on 143. Kamzi and Seneviratne both tried to up the tempo and both perished to Fairhurst and Bancroft respectively, but at the other end Ahmed was batting very sensibly. He had reached 90 when the innings closed after 58 overs and had guided his team to 257 for 6. Hertford soon lost Steve Riddle but Tom Bancroft and Chris Box, again revelling in his new position at first wicket down, were soon in their stride. Although Bancroft was caught behind off Ali with the total on 70, Hertford were scoring faster than Stevenage had at the same stage. Dias then joined Box and Hertford looked like putting in e real challenge. But in the 34th over with the score on 136, Box pulled a calf muscle. He was able to continue, but needed a runner. This caused the usual disruption and it was not long before Dias ran himself out just when Hertford appeared to be taking control. Box continued to find the boundary but was not able to move well enough to work the bowling for the ones and twos. As a result the asking rate grew and it was clear that skipper Ruskin did not want to risk defeat. Although Box was the victim of another run out just before the end of the innings Hertford reached 203 for 4 at close of play. Box's 100 minute innings of 85 included two 6s and twelve 4s.
ICKENHAM Chess Valley League Result: Abandoned Date: Sun 3rd Aug 2008 @ 13:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Toss: Ickenham CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: S.Gibson 75, D.Cooper 31.(Had been reduced to 30 over match)
Ickenham CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Ross Berti ct Scott Ruskin b Marcus Chalkley 10 10 2 0 Paul Waller ct Darren Benford b Tom Bancroft 11 7 2 0 Steve Gibson Not Out 75 90 8 0 Vrishant Patel ct Alex Siegmund b Marcus Chalkley 2 3 0 0 Daniel Cooper ct William Bancroft b Daniel Osgood 31 41 4 0 Dean Waller st William Bancroft b Sandun Dias 16 25 0 0 Keith Waller + Not Out 9 5 2 0 Ed Houghton Did Not Bat Jamie Taylor * Did Not Bat Craige Liquorish Did Not Bat Extras ( 7b 8lb 2w ) 17 Total (5 wickets, 30 overs) 171
Fall Of Wickets 11-1 Ross Berti (Paul Waller*); 21-2 Paul Waller (Steve Gibson*); 24-3 Vrishant Patel (Steve Gibson*); 112-4 Daniel Cooper (Steve Gibson*); 160-5 Dean Waller (Steve Gibson*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 4 0 22 1 0 0 Marcus Chalkley 4 0 26 2 0 0 Scott Ruskin 6 0 29 0 0 0 Daniel Osgood 6 0 29 1 0 0 Sandun Dias 5 0 22 1 0 0 Robert Slater 5 0 28 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s William Bancroft + Did Not Bat Alex Siegmund Did Not Bat Jack Anderson Did Not Bat Sandun Dias Did Not Bat Robert Slater Did Not Bat Tom Bancroft * Did Not Bat Scott Ruskin Did Not Bat Marcus Chalkley Did Not Bat Daniel Osgood Did Not Bat Darren Benford Did Not Bat Will Gilbert Did Not Bat Extras ( ) 0 Total (0 wickets) 0 Rain thwarts Hertford Having held Ickenham to 171-5 off 30 overs in a reduced overs Chess Valley League game, Hertford were denied the chance of a victory they were confident of when heavy rain returned to bring an end to proceedings. Ickenham raced away at the start of their innings but also lost wickets rapidly. Gibson (75*) and Cooper (31) brought some calm and sense to the proceedings with an 89 run 4th wicket partnership which lasted 16 overs. Having broken that stand there was one more success for Hertford before the innings was closed and the rain returned.
WEST HERTS League Result: Abandoned Date: Sat 9th Aug 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: Match abandoned due to rain
West Herts CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Neal Parlane ct Scott Ruskin b Scott Ruskin 19 37 4 0 Waqas Chaudhry ct William Bancroft b Tom Bancroft 19 41 4 0 Steven Clark Not Out 5 37 0 0 Matthew Smith * Not Out 18 23 3 0 Duncan Hodges Did Not Bat Spencer Fan + Did Not Bat William Jones Did Not Bat Craig Sanders Did Not Bat Ian Gurney Did Not Bat Stephen Pich Did Not Bat Alqaas Chaudhry Did Not Bat Extras ( 3lb 7w 2nb ) 12 Total (2 wickets, 22.4 overs) 73
Fall Of Wickets 41-1 Neal Parlane (Waqas Chaudhry-11*); 49-2 Waqas Chaudhry (Steven Clark-0*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd James Mead 5 1 22 0 2 2 Tom Bancroft 10 3 29 1 0 1 Scott Ruskin 6.4 3 18 1 0 0 Sandun Dias 1 0 1 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle Did Not Bat Tom Bancroft Did Not Bat Krishan Canagasabey Did Not Bat Sandun Dias Did Not Bat Scott Ruskin * Did Not Bat Oliver Ray Did Not Bat Jack Anderson Did Not Bat William Bancroft + Did Not Bat Robert Fairhurst Did Not Bat Josh Tooth Did Not Bat James Mead Did Not Bat Extras ( ) 0 Total (0 wickets) 0 Rain, Rain, Rain Rain delayed the start of the game against West Herts after Hertford had won the toss and invited their visitors to bat. It returned briefly as a restart was attempted and again soon after the game got underway. In the 70 minutes of play Hertford took two West Herts wickets before the weather forced the players back in the pavilion. Soon after lunch with the rain persistent the match was called off. The ground at Balls Park looks in excellent nick, very green - it should be patchy and brown at this time of the year!
HITCHIN Chess Valley League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 9 wickets Date: Sun 10th Aug 2008 @ 13:00 Ground: Ickleford CC Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Toss: Hitchin CC - Sunday XI won the toss and decided to bat
Hitchin CC - Sunday XI R B 4s 6s Richard Middleditch * b Tom Bancroft 109 0 0 0 Danny Fair + ct Alex Siegmund b James Mead 0 0 0 0 Gary Culleton b Josh Tooth 6 0 0 0 Aaron Mullings ct Oliver Ray b George Pavey 4 0 0 0 Russ Cooper ct William Bancroft b George Pavey 12 0 0 0 Ian Cheeseman LBW b Nizar Mohammed 1 0 0 0 Michael Frankland ct George Pavey b Jack Anderson 3 0 0 0 Elliot Stratton Not Out 31 0 0 0 Peter Middleditch ct Oliver Ray b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 Philip Smyrl Not Out 3 0 0 0 Chris Slack Did Not Bat Extras ( 9b 3lb 7w 6nb ) 25 Total (8 wickets, 45 overs) 194
Fall Of Wickets 9-1 Danny Fair; 31-2 Gary Culleton; 64-3 Aaron Mullings; 101-4 Russ Cooper; 105-5 Ian Cheeseman; 124-6 Michael Frankland; 180-7 Richard Middleditch; 180-8 Peter Middleditch; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd James Mead 9 3 34 1 0 0 Josh Tooth 10 2 21 1 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 10 0 35 1 0 0 George Pavey 6 1 33 2 0 0 Oliver Ray 6 0 30 0 0 0 Jack Anderson 2 0 16 1 0 0 Tom Bancroft 2 1 13 2 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Hemantha Abeywickrema b Peter Middleditch 38 0 0 0 Will Gilbert Not Out 89 0 0 0 Jack Anderson Not Out 57 0 0 0 William Bancroft Did Not Bat Tom Bancroft * Did Not Bat Alex Siegmund + Did Not Bat Oliver Ray Did Not Bat George Pavey Did Not Bat Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Josh Tooth Did Not Bat James Mead Did Not Bat Extras ( 1b 4w 2nb 5pr ) 12 Total (1 wickets, 24.5 overs) 196
Fall Of Wickets 89-1 Hemantha Abeywickrema; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Slack 7 1 34 0 0 0 Michael Frankland 4 0 28 0 0 0 Peter Middleditch 5 0 31 1 0 0 Philip Smyrl 5 0 49 0 0 0 Aaron Mullings 3 0 30 0 0 0 Gary Culleton 0.5 0 18 0 0 0 Hertford race to Chess Valley League victory Hertford raced to victory in their Chess Valley League match against Hitchin on Sunday. Set a target of 195, Hemantha Abeywickrema and Will Gilbert gave Hertford a brisk start, the fifty coming up in 9 overs, Gilbert being particularly severe with his square cut on anything short. Middleditch broke the partnership when it had reached 89 in the 16th over, Abeywickrema departing bowled for 38. This brought Jack Anderson to the wicket and the scoring rate immediately accelerated. Gilbert reached his 50 after just over an hour's batting and then proceeded to clear the boundary twice. Meanwhile after a few exploratory singles, Anderson reached the boundary with eleven successive scoring shots including one six to reach his 50 in just 29 minutes. Moments later the game was over with the Hertford pair putting on 107 runs in just 9 overs or 32 minutes, Anderson finishing the game by taking 18 runs off the five balls that Culleton bowled. Earlier, Middleditch had held the Hitchin innings together, receiving little support until Stratton joined him with the score on 124 for 6. At that stage he had scored the bulk of the Hitchin runs, having reached his 50 in 84 minutes. The seventh wicket pair then added 56 in 30 minutes with Stratton hitting two huge sixes, before skipper Tom Bancroft finally brought himself on. In his first over he bowled Middleditch for 109 and three balls later took a second wicket to make Hitchin 180 for 8. Two over later the innings closed on 194 for 8 off the allotted 45 overs.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD League Result: Hemel Hempstead CC - 1st XI Won by 8 wickets Date: Sat 16th Aug 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Heath Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: Hemel Hempstead CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: B.Penny 5-48, N.Hodgins 4-33. H.Ilangaratne 44, R.Mohamed 55*.
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct James Potton b Craig Weston 14 69 1 0 Tom Bancroft ct Richardo Mohamed b Brett Penny 11 27 1 0 Chris Box ct Craig Weston b Nick Hodgins 13 44 1 0 Steven Benford + ct Hemish Ilangaratne b Nick Hodgins 0 6 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey b Brett Penny 21 81 2 0 Scott Ruskin * ct Giles Berry b Nick Hodgins 9 42 1 0 Jack Anderson ct Duncan Howard b Nick Hodgins 17 32 1 1 Richard Cordingley Not Out 11 27 1 0 Robert Fairhurst ct Liam Jahn b Brett Penny 9 22 1 0 Lee Beskeen LBW b Brett Penny 0 2 0 0 Josh Tooth b Brett Penny 6 8 1 0 Extras ( 6b 2lb 8w 6nb ) 22 Total ( all out , 59 overs) 133
Fall Of Wickets 31-1 Tom Bancroft (Stephen Riddle-8*); 55-2 Chris Box (Stephen Riddle-14*); 55-3 Steven Benford (Stephen Riddle-14*); 55-4 Stephen Riddle (Krishan Canagasabey- 0*); 74-5 Scott Ruskin (Krishan Canagasabey-8*); 105-6 Krishan Canagasabey (Jack Anderson-17*); 105-7 Jack Anderson (Richard Cordingley-0*); 123-8 Robert Fairhurst (Richard Cordingley-8*); 123-9 Lee Beskeen (Richard Cordingley-8*); 133-10 Josh Tooth (Richard Cordingley-11*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Brett Penny 17 2 48 5 2 4 Duncan Howard 12 3 32 0 2 0 Nick Hodgins 22 9 33 4 0 0 Craig Weston 6 2 7 1 2 0 Richardo Mohamed 2 1 5 0 0 0
Hemel Hempstead CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Hemish Ilangaratne b Josh Tooth 44 106 5 0 James Potton b Lee Beskeen 18 42 3 0 Richardo Mohamed Not Out 55 64 7 1 Matt Potton Not Out 2 4 0 0 Brett Penny Did Not Bat Giles Berry * Did Not Bat Liam Jahn + Did Not Bat Craig Weston Did Not Bat Nick Hodgins Did Not Bat Graham Clark Did Not Bat Duncan Howard Did Not Bat Extras ( 7b 7lb 3w 1nb ) 18 Total (2 wickets, 35.5 overs) 137
Fall Of Wickets 36-1 James Potton (Hemish Ilangaratne-5*); 125-2 Hemish Ilangaratne (Richardo Mohamed-45*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Tom Bancroft 7 2 17 0 0 1 Scott Ruskin 14 4 35 0 1 0 Lee Beskeen 4 2 12 1 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 2 0 12 0 0 0 Stephen Riddle 4.5 0 25 0 0 0 Josh Tooth 4 0 22 1 0 1 Caught on a poor wicket Hemel Hempstead had suffered heavy storms earlier in the week and a damp wicket prompted skipper Giles Berry to put Hertford in on winning the toss. The decision immediately looked to be the right one as the ball moved and leapt off the pitch giving the Hemel bowlers every assistance. Runs were hard to come by but until the 24th over Hertford had only lost one wicket, Tom Bancroft caught at slip for 11. With the score on 55 Hertford suffered a triple shock as first Chris Box went for 13 caught at gulley for 13 off a ball from Nick Hodgins he should either have left or hit a lot harder. Steve Benford followed without scoring in the bowler's next over caught at silly mid off by Hamish Ilangaratne. To compound the misfortune, Steve Riddle, trying to shake off the shackles was also caught for 14. It was time for dogged defence and for a while Krishan Canagasabey and Scott Ruskin kept the Hemel bowlers at bay and lunch was taken after 36 overs with the score on 70-4. Post lunch, runs were a priority but so also was using up the 60 overs. Ruskin's patience finally gave way and Hodgins claimed his third wicket. Hodgins' had bowled 13 overs and conceded just eight runs at this stage and appeared virtually unplayable. Jack Anderson `ruined' his figures when he struck him for a six to open his account. The score progressed to 105 before Brett Penny, returning for a second spell bowled Canagasabey for 21. Anderson then tried to loft Hodgins out of the ground again but fell short, Duncan Howard taking the catch. It was now a question of how many the tail could scrape together. They managed to push the score to 133 and use up 59 overs. Hodgins finished with 4-33 off 22 overs but was pipped by Penny who ended with 5-48. As the Hertford innings ended the batsmen were being less troubled with bounce and movement off the pitch. Tom Bancroft's opening overs gave the Hemel openers something to think about but they were in no hurry and soon the wicket was playing much easier. The opening stand was broken at 36 when James Potten was bowled by Lee Beskeen but from then on the batsmen were in charge. After 20 overs, Hemel were 53-1, at the same stage Hertford were 54-1. Hemel avoided the troubles that struck Hertford and cruised on, Rick Mohamed was finding the boundary frequently and outscored his partner Ilangaratne. The pair took the total to 125 before Josh Tooth got one past Ilangaratne but the game was then over. Mohamed lofted Steve Riddle over long off for a six to take his score to 55 and his team to a comfortable victory. Hertford drop back to the bottom of the table, 2 points behind Langleybury and seven behind Hemel. Next week they take on Potters Bar who lead the table by 8 points and the last two matches are away to Langleybury and home to North Mymms.
BRONDESBURY Chess Valley League Result: Brondesbury CC - Eagles XI Won by 141 runs Date: Sun 17th Aug 2008 @ 13:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Chess Valley Sunday League - 1st XI Division 3 Scoring: Standard Toss: Brondesbury CC - Eagles XI won the toss and decided to bat
Brondesbury CC - Eagles XI R B 4s 6s Tommy Ricketts * ro 27 0 0 0 Ollie Ratnatunga ct Josh Tooth b Stephen Roberts 13 0 0 0 Barry Marshall + ct Alex Siegmund b Robert Fairhurst 15 0 0 0 David Meiring b George Pavey 50 0 0 0 Marcon b George Pavey 12 0 0 0 Kishan Ladva ro 33 0 0 0 D Speed LBW b Tom Bancroft 26 0 0 0 A Lowe Not Out 8 0 0 0 George Martin b Tom Bancroft 0 0 0 0 Tom Loughnan Not Out 5 0 0 0 Zac Boller Did Not Bat Extras ( 14b 6lb 19w 2nb ) 41 Total (8 wickets, 45 overs) 230
Fall Of Wickets 35-1 Ollie Ratnatunga; 50-2 Tommy Ricketts; 82-3 Barry Marshall; 120-4 Marcon; 141-5 David Meiring; 205-6 D Speed; 219-7 Kishan Ladva; 220-8 G Martyn;
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd James Mead 7 2 23 0 0 0 Stephen Roberts 8 1 37 1 0 0 Josh Tooth 10 1 43 0 0 0 Robert Fairhurst 6 0 45 1 0 0 George Pavey 6 0 28 2 0 0 Elliot King 5 0 26 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 3 0 8 2 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Elliot King LBW b Zac Boller 7 0 0 0 Will Gilbert ct Barry Marshall b George Martin 2 0 0 0 Jack Anderson b George Martin 5 0 0 0 Steven Benford + ct Barry Marshall b Zac Boller 9 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft * ct A Lowe b Zac Boller 12 0 0 0 Alex Siegmund LBW b George Martin 1 0 0 0 Robert Fairhurst b George Martin 0 0 0 0 Josh Tooth ct A Lowe b George Martin 21 0 0 0 George Pavey ct Kishan Ladva b Kishan Ladva 15 0 0 0 James Mead ct Tommy Ricketts b Marcon 6 0 0 0 Stephen Roberts Not Out 4 0 0 0 Extras ( 7w ) 7 Total ( all out , 22.1 overs) 89
Fall Of Wickets 7-1 Elliot King; 12-2 Jack Anderson; 20-3 Will Gilbert; 29-4 Steven Benford; 34-5 Alex Siegmund; 43-6 Tom Bancroft; 43-7 Robert Fairhurst; 68-8 Josh Tooth; 85-9 George Pavey; 89-10 James Mead; Bowling O M R W Nb Wd George Martin 10 4 23 5 0 0 Zac Boller 7 0 43 3 0 0 Kishan Ladva 4 1 14 1 0 0 Marcon 1.2 0 9 1 0 0 Brondesbury end Chess Valley run Hertford's successful run in the Chess Valley League came crashing to a halt on Sunday at the hands of Brondesbury. The talented visitors scored 230 for 8 in their 45 overs and Hertford had been fortunate to run out one of their best batsmen, opener & skipper Rickets, for only 27 just after he had hit Josh Tooth into the Simon Balle grounds. The most effective Hertford bowlers were George Pavey with 2 for 28 and Tom Bancroft, who came on late and took 2 for 8 from three overs. Hertford never recoverd from a dreadful start. The first three wickets fell for 20 and 34 for 5 soon became 43 for 7. At that stage only Bancroft with 12 had reached double figures. Josh Tooth with two sixes showed some defiance and George Pavey also batted well for a short time, but it was soon over. Martyn ended with 5 for 23 and Hertford were all out for 89.
POTTERS BAR League Result: Potters Bar CC - 1st XI Won by 216 runs Date: Sat 23rd Aug 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: NGE Walker 73 (48 balls) NGE Walker 5-30
Potters Bar CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Steve Gale b Josh Tooth 46 65 6 0 Chris Stead LBW b Scott Ruskin 37 85 6 0 S de Silva + ct William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 19 16 4 0 Nick Walker b Robert Slater 73 48 3 7 Lenny cooper * b Scott Ruskin 23 46 3 0 Jared Norman ct Richard Cordingley b Scott Ruskin 20 25 1 1 David Breeze Not Out 19 19 3 0 Adam Norman Not Out 14 8 2 0 Salim Hussain Did Not Bat William van der Maat Did Not Bat Paul McGee Did Not Bat Extras ( 13b 2lb 10w ) 25 Total (6 wickets dec, 52 overs) 276
Fall Of Wickets 87-1 Steve Gale (Chris Stead-22*); 117-2 Chris Stead (S de Silva-14*); 124-3 S de Silva (Nick Walker-2*); 188-4 Lenny cooper (Nick Walker-41*); 239-5 Nick Walker (Jared Norman-17*); 245-6 Jared Norman (David Breeze-1*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Robert Slater 10 0 52 1 0 4 Tom Bancroft 10 0 37 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin 20 5 92 4 0 0 Josh Tooth 3 0 22 1 0 1 Lee Beskeen 8 1 45 0 0 0 Stephen Riddle 1 0 13 0 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct S de Silva b Nick Walker 6 12 1 0 Tom Bancroft b Nick Walker 17 39 3 0 Josh Tooth b Nick Walker 13 7 1 1 Jack Anderson b Nick Walker 0 2 0 0 Scott Ruskin * LBW b Nick Walker 0 0 0 0 Richard Cordingley ct Steve Gale b Paul McGee 1 10 0 0 Robert Slater ct Salim Hussain b Paul McGee 6 15 1 0 Nizar Mohammed ct Jared Norman b Paul McGee 2 10 0 0 William Bancroft + b Salim Hussain 12 25 1 0 Robert Fairhurst Not Out 1 17 0 0 Lee Beskeen LBW b Salim Hussain 2 7 0 0 Extras ( ) 0 Total ( all out , 25 overs) 60
Fall Of Wickets 8-1 Stephen Riddle (Tom Bancroft-2*); 22-2 Josh Tooth (Tom Bancroft-3*); 23-3 Jack Anderson (Tom Bancroft-3*); 28-4 Scott Ruskin (Tom Bancroft-9*); 37-5 Richard Cordingley (Tom Bancroft-17*); 37-6 Tom Bancroft (Robert Slater-0*); 40-7 Nizar Mohammed (Robert Slater-1*); 55-8 Robert Slater (William Bancroft-10*); 58-9 William Bancroft (Robert Fairhurst-1*); 60-10 Lee Beskeen (Robert Fairhurst-1*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Nick Walker 10 3 30 5 0 0 Paul McGee 12 6 25 3 0 0 Salim Hussain 2 0 5 2 0 0 Hertford crash to defeat Hertford crashed to a heavy defeat on Saturday at the hands of Potters Bar. Chasing the visitors' total of 276 for 6 declared, Hertford's early batsmen had no answer to the pace of Nick Walker, who took 5 for 30. Paul McGee picked up three wickets and then Salim Hussain mopped up the tail. Only Tom Bancroft, brother Will and debutant Rob Slater occupied the crease for any significant time, although Josh Tooth did hit Walker for a defiant four and six in one over. Put in to bat, Potters Bar got off to a brisk start and were soon up to four an over. Scott Ruskin slowed the run a rate a bit, but although Tooth bowled the dangerous Gale in his first over De Silva soon took a liking to his bowling. Ruskin then struck twice, getting Stead lbw and having de Silva caught behind, to make Potters Bar 124 for 3. Then for half an hour either side of lunch, Nick Walker made hay. In his 48 ball innings he struck seven sixes and three fours before Rob Slater bowled him for 73. That made the visitors 239 for 5 and four overs later they declared on 276 for 6.
LANGLEYBURY League Result: Hertford CC - 1st XI Won by 7 wickets Date: Sat 30th Aug 2008 @ 11:00 Ground: Langleybury CC Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: A.Bashir 63, S.Ruskin 5-50. T.Bancroft 81*, C.Box 59 ( 119 for 3rd wkt).
Langleybury CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Will Oxley ct Scott Ruskin b Scott Ruskin 25 65 3 0 Gregg Cooper * LBW b Scott Ruskin 30 61 5 0 N Amin ct Jack Anderson b Scott Ruskin 0 5 0 0 Josh Godden ct Chris Box b Scott Ruskin 33 63 6 0 Adnan Bashir b Scott Ruskin 63 93 0 5 T Kasmi ct Stephen Riddle b Elliot King 1 13 0 0 Alex Gunning ct William Bancroft b Elliot King 9 8 2 0 Rhys Williams ro Tom Bancroft 1 9 0 0 Lee Channer + Not Out 19 47 0 0 Eddie Gunning Not Out 8 1 0 0 Andrew Cheeseman Did Not Bat Extras ( 4b 8lb 2w ) 14 Total (8 wickets, 60 overs) 203
Fall Of Wickets 53-1 Gregg Cooper (Will Oxley-17*); 53-2 N Amin (Will Oxley-17*); 68-3 Will Oxley (Josh Godden-7*); 116-4 Josh Godden (Adnan Bashir-17*); 121-5 T Kasmi (Adnan Bashir-21*); 131-6 Alex Gunning (Adnan Bashir-21*); 137-7 Rhys Williams (Adnan Bashir-26*); 194-8 Adnan Bashir (Lee Channer-18*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Box 7 1 16 0 0 0 Robert Slater 6 2 12 0 0 0 Tom Bancroft 2 0 15 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin 23 6 50 5 0 0 Richard Cordingley 10 4 30 0 0 0 Elliot King 12 0 68 2 0 2
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct Lee Channer b Andrew Cheeseman 38 54 4 0 Scott Ruskin * b Josh Godden 2 13 0 0 Tom Bancroft Not Out 81 125 10 0 Chris Box b T Kasmi 59 69 9 1 Krishan Canagasabey Not Out 10 9 2 0 Josh Tooth Did Not Bat Jack Anderson Did Not Bat Elliot King Did Not Bat Richard Cordingley Did Not Bat William Bancroft + Did Not Bat Robert Slater Did Not Bat Extras ( 2b 9w 4nb ) 15 Total (3 wickets, 44.2 overs) 205
Fall Of Wickets 8-1 Scott Ruskin (Stephen Riddle-6*); 71-2 Stephen Riddle (Tom Bancroft-25*); 190-3 Chris Box (Tom Bancroft-78*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd T Kasmi 15.2 0 64 1 1 0 Josh Godden 11 3 51 1 3 3 Andrew Cheeseman 7 0 45 1 0 2 Eddie Gunning 6 1 17 0 0 0 Adnan Bashir 5 1 26 0 0 0
Umpires Richard Goodfellow Alan Wells Scorers Gerry Wilkinson Brian Box Win lifts Hertford Hertford's fourth league win of the season lifted them to 8th in the table, 3 points above Hemel Hempstead who go to Sawbridgeworth next week and nine above today's opponents Langleybury who end their programme with a visit to Bishop's Stortford. Hertford's last game is at home against North Mymms. Neither of the opponents listed above have anything to play for, apart from their own pride of course. Winning the toss was crucial and Scott Ruskin did just that and sent Langleybury in to bat. Seamers Box and Slater were economical but failed to get a breakthrough and after 14 overs Ruskin brought himself on for what looked like being a long spell. In his second over he had a double strike, removing opposing skipper Cooper lbw for 30 and then having Amin very well caught, diving forward by Jack Anderson at gully. Godden was dropped off his own bowling by Richard Cordingley but Ruskin then showed how it should be done, taking a sharp return catch to get rid of the other opener Oxley for 25. 68-3 was looking good for Hertford but Godden and Bashir settled in and pushed the total above the hundred mark. In the last over before lunch, Godden gave Hertford a fillip, driving the ball to long off where Chris Box took the catch to leave them on 116-4, Ruskin having taken all four. Elliot King had bowled an over before lunch and continued afterwards with his legspin and was rewarded with the wickets of Kazmi and Gunning in consecutive overs to leave Langleybury in trouble on 131-7. When Tom Bancroft ran out Williams at the bowlers end the score was 137-8 and Hertford were hoping for a rapid conclusion to the Langleybury innings. Ruskin persisted with himself and King but they had only one more success when Ruskin completed his five wicket haul by bowling Bashir for 63. Bashir's boundaries were confined to sixes, five, all off King who finished with 2-68. Ruskin ended on 5-50 as Langleybury used up their overs to finish on 203-8. Hertford's overs had been bowled quickly and so there was the prospect of more than 50 overs in return should they need them. Ruskin opened with Steve Riddle but was soon out, bowled by Godden for 2. Tom Bancroft and Steve Riddle then built up a useful partnership of 63 before Riddle was caught behind off Cheeseman for 38. He had looked in good nick and his leading role in the partnership had put Hertford ahead of the asking rate. Chris Box joined Bancroft and the pair had a charmed existence. Both gave chances, mostly difficult ones but none were taken. At tea Hertford were sitting pretty at 113-2 with Bancroft on 43* and Box on 23*. Shortly afterwards Bancroft completed his 50 and Langleybury heads started to fall. Cooper rang the changes with his bowlers but to no avail. Box started to unleash his searing drives as the partnership approached 100. Once this was achieved and his own 50 in the bag he went aerial with a six off Cheeseman. Bancroft called for a quick single and a direct hit woud have left Box with his fourth run out in six innings but the shy missed. However he was out soon afterwards, bowled by Kazmi for 59, made off 69 balls. There was just time for Krishan Canagasabey to stroke the ball around for a cameo ten as Hertford won with plenty of time to spare. Bancroft's innings, the bedrock of the victory, included 10 fours in his 81*. The partnership with Box added 119. Now for the last game and all to play for.
NORTH MYMMS League Result: North Mymms CC - 1st XI Won by 8 runs Date: Sat 6th Sep 2008 @ 11:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: League : Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Division 2 East Scoring: Standard Toss: 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl Highlights: N.Bamford 45, J.Tooth 4-13. A.Hicks 4-49, M.Saxby 6-13.
North Mymms CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Rhys Wynne ct Elliot King b Robert Slater 10 24 1 0 Mark Saxby LBW b Chris Box 7 22 1 0 Andy Hicks b Robert Slater 6 15 1 0 Neil Bamford ct William Bancroft b Josh Tooth 45 65 8 0 Kyle Claxton + ct Elliot King b Scott Ruskin 19 36 3 0 Russell Bennett LBW b Scott Ruskin 0 15 0 0 Neil Black * b Scott Ruskin 0 5 0 0 James Oram Not Out 11 45 2 0 Mark Hassell b Josh Tooth 0 6 0 0 Chris Edrupt b Josh Tooth 7 23 1 0 David Searle b Josh Tooth 3 14 0 0 Extras ( 1b 2lb 5w ) 8 Total ( all out , 47.1 overs) 116
Fall Of Wickets 13-1 Rhys Wynne (Mark Saxby-0*); 21-2 Mark Saxby (Andy Hicks-1*); 28-3 Andy Hicks (Neil Bamford-1*); 56-4 Kyle Claxton (Neil Bamford-9*); 76-5 Russell Bennett (Neil Bamford-29*); 93-6 Neil Bamford (Neil Black-0*); 93-7 Neil Black (James Oram-0*); 94-8 Mark Hassell (James Oram-1*); 108-9 Chris Edrupt (James Oram-6*); 116-10 David Searle (James Oram-11*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Box 9 0 20 1 0 1 Robert Slater 6 1 13 2 0 3 Tom Bancroft 8 2 34 0 0 0 Scott Ruskin 15 9 21 3 0 0 Elliot King 1 0 12 0 0 1 Josh Tooth 8.1 3 13 4 0 0
1st XI R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct Kyle Claxton b Andy Hicks 8 21 1 0 Scott Ruskin * b Andy Hicks 2 33 0 0 Tom Bancroft LBW b Mark Saxby 29 53 2 1 Chris Box ct James Oram b Andy Hicks 15 16 2 0 Oliver Ray ct James Oram b Mark Saxby 0 7 0 0 Jack Anderson ct Chris Edrupt b Mark Saxby 0 3 0 0 Elliot King b Andy Hicks 1 6 0 0 William Bancroft + LBW b Mark Saxby 4 14 0 0 Robert Slater Not Out 19 53 1 0 Robert Fairhurst b Mark Saxby 0 16 0 0 Josh Tooth ct Andy Hicks b Mark Saxby 11 11 1 1 Extras ( 7b 12lb ) 19 Total ( all out , 39 overs) 108
Fall Of Wickets 9-1 Stephen Riddle (Scott Ruskin-0*); 22-2 Scott Ruskin (Tom Bancroft-3*); 58-3 Chris Box (Tom Bancroft-24*); 63-4 Oliver Ray (Tom Bancroft-29*); 63-5 Jack Anderson (Tom Bancroft-29*); 64-6 Tom Bancroft (Elliot King-7*); 64-7 Elliot King (William Bancroft-0*); 78-8 William Bancroft (Robert Slater-6*); 82-9 Robert Fairhurst (Robert Slater-10*); 108-10 Josh Tooth (Robert Slater-19*); * = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Rhys Wynne 9 2 27 0 0 0 Andy Hicks 19 6 49 4 0 0 Mark Saxby 11 3 13 6 0 0
Umpires N Hall K Mills Scorers Brian Box Tony Gibbs Hertford fall 8 short Going into this game Hertford were three points ahead of Hemel Hempstead and nine above bottom placed Langleybury. To make sure of survival, points were required, possibly a minimum of 16 though both Hemel and Langlebury had difficult away games. Hertford's wicket had been covered of course against the tempests of the previous week but on removal it was seen that one of the side sheets protecting old wickets had a hole in it and consequentially water had seeped on to the protected wicket. Before a start could be made news came through that Hemel's game had been called off, giving them six points. A similar `result' at Hertford would ensure safety for the home club. Both teams were however keen to play and despite a two faced wicket, one end dry and the other wet, a start was made at 11.40. Winning the toss, Scott Ruskin thought for a while before opting to put Hemel in. Batting points may be hard to come by and to get the three needed would require a total of 200. Seven wickets would, however, do the trick. Hemel were soon in trouble losing three for 28 as Rob Slater picked up Rhys Wynne, brilliantly caught by Elliott King at square leg, and Andy Hicks, bowled for 6. Meanwhile Chris Box had trapped Mark Saxby lbw for 7. Slater's permitted six overs produced the excellent figures of 2-13. Tom Bancroft started economically but Neil Bamford gradually found his length to his liking and started picking off boundaries. Scott Ruskin had replaced Box and on the stroke of lunch had Kyle Claxton caught at short leg by King and Mymms went to dine at 56-4. Post lunch, Bamford launched into Bancroft with three fours in an over. Despite losing Russell Bennet next over, lbw to Ruskin, Bamford continued the assault, knocking Elliott King out of the attack after one over. Five off the next Ruskin over was the last of his runs as he was caught behind by Will Bancroft off Josh Tooth for 45. Next over Ruskin got another and then Tooth picked up his second and Mymms were 94-8. Patience was then exercised by the batsmen as they eschewed all risk, content to use up overs. Tooth picked up another couple to end with 4-13 off 8.1 overs and Ruskin finished with 3-21. Mymms total of 116 was short of the umpires' reckoning of 150 being a good score. Hertford had, of course, secured their league status for next season by gaining five points but still wanted to end with a win. Steve Riddle started postively against Wynne while he and Ruskin treated Hicks with care. He was finding movement off the `dry' end of the pitch. It was Hicks who made the break through having Riddle caught at the wicket by Claxton for 8. Ruskin was uncharacteristically subdued, his attempts at expansive shots largely restricted to playing the air and he went in Hicks' sixth over, bowled for 2. Chris Box joined Tom Bancroft and the pair started as they had left off the previous week but when, after a rain break of 16 minutes, they had taken the Hertford total to the half-way mark Box edged Hicks to Oram at slip off Hicks. Hertford went to tea at 63-3, still feeling confident. Tea disagreed with them, for afterwards the middle order became mesmerised by Mark Saxby, bowling into the wet end. In three overs he removed Ollie Ray, Jack Anderson and Tom Bancroft and Hicks accounted for King. 63-3 had become 64-7. Will Bancroft and Rob Slater attempted a repair job but Saxby trapped Bancroft lbw for 4. After six overs he had 4-6. This became 5-7 off eight when Rob Fairhurst was bowled, 82-9. Josh Tooth does not believe in defence but in his partner he had in Rob Slater, a good batsmen who had come to terms with the challenge and the wicket. Slater took most of the strike and the score inched upwards. Tooth took a fancy to Hicks and struck him consecutively for a four and a six. This took the score to 101. With overs to spare, singles would have done the job - but there was always the risk of getting out. Tooth opted to lift Saxby over midwicket but fell a few yards short and Hertford were eight short. Saxby finished with 6-13, Hicks 4-49. Hertford's points haul matched an abandoned game, but a good game had been played. All other matches in the division were abandoned and Hertford escaped relegation by nine points. Mymms moved one place up the table. Hertford will need to chase these games down if they are not to have similar problems next year, the game was theirs to win - and lose.
125th ANNIVERSARY GAMES BROXBOURNE Result: Drawn Date: Fri 13th Jun 2008 @ 11:30 Ground: Balls Park Type: Friendly Scoring: Standard Toss: Midweek XI won the toss and decided to bat Highlights: E.King 75, S.Dias 111 (142 for 2nd wkt), R.Darby 84* Lewis 105, Bailey 49.
Midweek XI R B 4s 6s Elliot King b Sammy Rosser 75 0 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey b Lewis 3 0 0 0 Sandun Dias ct Lewis b Sammy Rosser 111 0 19 3 Scott Ruskin b Mark Moffett 15 0 0 0 Robert Darby * Not Out 84 0 0 0 William Bancroft + LBW b Sammy Rosser 6 0 0 0 Darren Benford ct b Sammy Rosser 1 0 0 0 Steven Benford Not Out 16 0 0 0 Peter Bell Did Not Bat Nizar Mohammed Did Not Bat Chris Box Did Not Bat Extras ( 1b 2lb 3w ) 6 Total (6 wickets dec, 53 overs) 317
Fall Of Wickets 10-1 Krishan Canagasabey (Elliot King*); 152-2 Sandun Dias (Elliot King*); 191-3 Scott Ruskin (Elliot King*); 252-4 Elliot King (Robert Darby*); 274-5 William Bancroft (Robert Darby*); 284-6 Darren Benford (Robert Darby*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Mark Moffett 11 1 82 1 0 0 Lewis 8 0 55 1 0 0 Sammy Rosser 15 3 81 4 0 0 Glassberg 9 1 54 0 0 0 Anthony Rhodes 7 2 19 0 0 0 Joel Bailey 3 0 23 0 0 0
Broxbourne CC - 1st XI R B 4s 6s Kevin Francis LBW b Peter Bell 32 0 0 0 Glassberg LBW b Chris Box 6 0 0 0 Lewis ct Nizar Mohammed b Peter Bell 105 0 16 3 Alex Hislop ct Robert Darby b Elliot King 13 0 0 0 Joel Bailey ct Scott Ruskin b Darren Benford 49 0 0 0 Ben Rosser + LBW b Scott Ruskin 10 0 0 0 Charlie lee ct Sandun Dias b Scott Ruskin 10 0 0 0 Mark Moffett * st William Bancroft b Elliot King 0 0 0 0 Niall Robinson Not Out 25 0 0 0 Sammy Rosser Not Out 8 0 0 0 Anthony Rhodes Did Not Bat Extras ( 6b 7lb 4w 6nb ) 23 Total (8 wickets, 52 overs) 281
Fall Of Wickets 24-1 Glassberg (Kevin Francis*); 145-2 Kevin Francis ( Lewis*); 158-3 Lewis (Alex Hislop*); 191-4 Alex Hislop (Joel Bailey*); 205-5 Ben Rosser (Joel Bailey*); 218-6 Charlie lee (Joel Bailey*); 220-7 Mark Moffett (Joel Bailey*); 272-8 Joel Bailey (Niall Robinson*);
* = not out batsman Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Box 6 0 48 1 0 0 Nizar Mohammed 5 0 25 0 0 0 Peter Bell 10 2 44 2 0 0 Krishan Canagasabey 7 1 34 0 0 0 Elliot King 10 1 44 2 0 0 Scott Ruskin 9 2 30 2 0 0 Sandun Dias 3 0 23 0 0 0 Darren Benford 2 0 20 1 0 0 Anniversary game drawn To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Hertford cricket at Balls Park, the club entertained Broxbourne - the original opponents on 14th June 1883. The assembled members and guests, including the Mayor of Hertford, Deputy Mayor of Broxbourne and various other dignitaries, gathered for the celebration lunch were treated to a feast of batting as the teams battled out a high scoring draw. Batting first Hertford lost Krishan Canagasabey for just three with only ten on the board. Sandun Dias then treated the crowd to a display of stroke play which saw him race to 111 in 74 minutes, being caught off Sammy Rosser with lunch still 25 minutes away. Elliot King was also batting beautifully, though not so flamboyantly, and he and Scott Ruskin saw Hertford to lunch with the score on 177-2. Ruskin fell for 15 soon after lunch and Rob Darby and King then added 61 for the fourth wicket before King was bowled for an excellent 75. Darby pushed the run rate up and declared the Hertford innings closed at 317-6 with his score on 84 not out. Sammy Rosser with 4-81 was the most successful Broxbourne bowler on a day when the batsmen definitely had the upper hand. Broxbourne had their answer to Dias in the form of Lewis who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. He took a liking to Hertford's seam attack of Chris Box and Niz Mohammed, being particularly severe on the former with a succession of scintillating boundary shots. The introduction of Peter Bell took the pace of the ball and the run rate fell. Bell made a double strike removing the patient Francis, lbw, and then having the dangerous Lewis well caught by Mohammed for 105. This took the steam out of the Broxbourne innings and at tea they were 163-3. The spinners took over after tea to tempt the Broxbourne batsmen and though both King and Ruskin got two wickets Broxbourne got the draw with ease, ending a most enteraining game 36 runs adrift with two wickets left. The gathering crown then enjoyed a Jazz Evening and barbecue to celebrate the anniversary in style.
HERTFORD v. HERTFORDSHIRE XI Result: Hertforshire County Cricket Club - 1st XI Won by 143 runs Date: Sun 24th Aug 2008 @ 11:00 Ground: Balls Park Type: Friendly Scoring: Standard Highlights: D.Ward 55, S.Ruskin 5-42. S.Riddle 57, S.Ruskin 43. N.Gilbert 61, C.Weston 49 J.Southgate 4-29.
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club - 1st XI (1st Innings) R B 4s 6s Martin James ct William Bancroft b Robert Slater 0 5 0 0 Hamesh Ilangaratne b Robert Slater 13 29 2 0 David Ward b Scott Ruskin 55 55 8 1 Luke Padgett + ct Robert Slater b Mitchell Perry 6 15 1 0 James Potton ct Josh Tooth b Scott Ruskin 26 38 1 1 Jamie Southgate ct Stephen Riddle b Scott Ruskin 13 18 1 1 Craig Weston ct Mitchell Perry b Scott Ruskin 2 7 0 0 Edward Clements ct Robert Slater b Scott Ruskin 2 7 0 0 Nick Gilbert * Not Out 3 5 0 0 Paul O'Reilly Not Out 0 4 0 0 Richard Barclay Did Not Bat Extras ( 4lb 10w ) 14 Total (8 wickets dec, 30 overs) 134
Fall Of Wickets 0-1 Martin James (Hamesh Ilangaratne-0*); 48-2 Hamesh Ilangaratne (David Ward- 31*); 79-3 Luke Padgett (David Ward-55*); 79-4 David Ward (James Potton-0*); 96-5 Jamie Southgate (James Potton-3*); 112-6 Craig Weston (James Potton-16*); 125-7 Edward Clements (James Potton-26*); 132-8 James Potton (Nick Gilbert-2*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Robert Slater 9 1 30 2 0 6 Josh Tooth 4 0 28 0 0 1 Scott Ruskin 11 2 42 5 0 0 Mitchell Perry 6 0 30 1 0 2
1st XI (1st Innings) R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle ct James Potton b Jamie Southgate 57 60 7 3 Scott Ruskin * ro 43 66 5 0 Chris Box b Edward Clements 23 37 1 2 Alex Siegmund Did Not Bat Mark Costin st Luke Padgett b Jamie Southgate 0 3 0 0 Josh Tooth ct Craig Weston b Jamie Southgate 11 7 1 1 Elliot King Not Out 9 7 1 0 Robert Slater Not Out 1 1 0 0 Richard Cordingley Did Not Bat William Bancroft + Did Not Bat Mitchell Perry Did Not Bat Extras ( 7b 1lb 3w 3nb ) 14 Total (6 wickets dec, 30 overs) 158
Fall Of Wickets 87-1 Scott Ruskin (Stephen Riddle-36*); 137-2 Chris Box (Stephen Riddle-57*); 137-3 Stephen Riddle (Alex Siegmund-0*); 137-4 Alex Siegmund (Mark Costin-0*); 137-5 Mark Costin (Josh Tooth-0*); 150-6 Josh Tooth (Elliot King-2*); * = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Richard Barclay 5 1 20 0 0 0 Craig Weston 3 0 20 0 1 0 Paul O'Reilly 7 1 29 0 0 1 Jamie Southgate 11 3 34 3 0 1 Edward Clements 4 0 47 2 1 0
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club - 1st XI (2nd Innings) R B 4s 6s Hamesh Ilangaratne LBW b Scott Ruskin 33 75 4 0 Nick Gilbert * LBW b Mark Costin 61 74 8 1 James Potton LBW b Scott Ruskin 26 26 6 0 Craig Weston ct Richard Cordingley b Richard Cordingley 49 1 79 4 Jamie Southgate ct William Bancroft b Scott Ruskin 20 41 3 0 Luke Padgett + b Elliot King 22 46 0 0 David Ward b Richard Cordingley 27 28 2 1 Martin James Not Out 1 2 0 0 Edward Clements Did Not Bat Paul O'Reilly Did Not Bat Richard Barclay Did Not Bat Extras ( 5b 5lb 17w 1nb ) 28 Total (7 wickets dec, 61.4 overs) 267
Fall Of Wickets 103-1 Nick Gilbert (Hamesh Ilangaratne-28*); 127-2 Hamesh Ilangaratne (James Potton-17*); 152-3 James Potton (Craig Weston-15*); 193-4 Jamie Southgate (Craig Weston-30*); 226-5 Craig Weston (Luke Padgett-11*); 265-6 Luke Padgett (David Ward-26*); 267-7 David Ward (Martin James-1*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Chris Box 4 2 10 0 0 2 Robert Slater 6 0 17 0 0 3 Josh Tooth 7 1 33 0 0 1 Mitchell Perry 5 0 37 0 0 1 Scott Ruskin 14 5 38 3 0 0 Mark Costin 8 0 51 1 0 4 Richard Cordingley 11.4 0 34 2 0 0 Elliot King 6 0 37 1 0 1
1st XI (2nd Innings) R B 4s 6s Stephen Riddle b Paul O'Reilly 4 11 0 0 Scott Ruskin * b Paul O'Reilly 9 16 1 0 Chris Box ro 11 25 1 0 Mark Costin b Jamie Southgate 28 47 4 0 Josh Tooth b Jamie Southgate 4 16 1 0 Elliot King b Craig Weston 1 4 0 0 Robert Slater st Luke Padgett b Jamie Southgate 17 29 1 0 Richard Cordingley ct James Potton b Craig Weston 0 9 0 0 Alex Siegmund ct Nick Gilbert b Jamie Southgate 1 3 0 0 William Bancroft + LBW b Edward Clements 19 25 1 0 Mitchell Perry Not Out 0 2 0 0 Extras ( 5lb 1w ) 6 Total ( all out , 31 overs) 100
Fall Of Wickets 6-1 Stephen Riddle (Scott Ruskin-2*); 13-2 Scott Ruskin (Chris Box-0*); 50-3 Chris Box (Mark Costin-23*); 60-4 Mark Costin (Josh Tooth-4*); 61-5 Elliot King (Josh Tooth-4*); 61-6 Josh Tooth (Robert Slater-0*); 63-7 Richard Cordingley (Robert Slater-2*); 64-8 Alex Siegmund (Robert Slater-2*); 97-9 William Bancroft (Robert Slater-15*); 100-10 Robert Slater (Mitchell Perry-0*);
* = not out batsman
Bowling O M R W Nb Wd Paul O'Reilly 5 2 22 2 0 0 Richard Barclay 6 0 17 0 0 0 Jamie Southgate 11 1 29 4 0 0 Craig Weston 6 1 17 2 0 0 Edward Clements 3 0 10 1 0 1
Umpires Murray Carlson Alan Wells Scorers Lawrie Wright Mike Arnold County triumph in Anniversary game
Hertford and County teams
Hertford's celebrations of their 125th anniversary of cricket at ended with a game against a Hertfordshire XI. The county also played at in 1883 when they lost to Essex. The match was a two-day game to be played to the old championship rules with first innings limited to 55 overs. In the event, rain on the first morning prevented play before lunch and the first innings' overs were reduced to 30. Hertfordshire batted first and immediately lost Martin James, caught behind by Will Bancroft off Rob Slater without scoring. Slater struck again to remove Hamesh ilangaratne for 13 but by then Ward - playing his last game for the county - was in good form despite carrying an injury. He did manage to hobble a couple of twos but dealt many in boundaries as he ran up a run a ball 50. Scott Ruskin finally accounted for Ward and took out the County middle order ending with 5-42. Hertfordshire closed their 30 overs on 134-8. Steve Riddle and Ruskin got Hertford off to an excellent start with an opening partnership of 87 before Ruskin was run out for 43. This occurred in the seventeenth over and Hertford looked like getting a useful first innings lead. However the next six overs produced just six runs as both Riddle and Chris Box found it difficult to find the gaps. Then the runs started to flow again and the score progressed to 137 in the 27th over when suddenly four wickets fell. Box had slammed Clements for two huge straight sixes and Riddle had given him similar treatment. The bowler then had his revenge bowling Box and then Seb Franke-Matthecke next ball. In the next over Jamie Southgate had Riddle caught for a fine 57 which included seven fours and three sixes. Two balls later he had Mark Costin stumped without scoring and Hertford's ambitions were somewhat curtailed. Lusty blows from Josh Tooth and a cameo from Elliott King took Hertford to a lead of 24 when their innings closed. It was serious business the following day when the County set about eradicating Hertford's lead and building a challenging target. The first was achieved with a century partnership between Ilangaratne and Nick Gilbert with skipper Gilbert leading the way. Box opened the bowling for Hertford, his first bowl for over a month and four steady overs will have pleased his skipper. Slater was also economical and it was not until the fifteenth over that the scoring rate moved above three an over. Mitchell Perry came in for some harsh treatment as Gilbert upped the scoring rate and Ruskin turned to spin with himself and Costin. The latter got the breakthrough with his fourth ball, trapping Gilbert lbw. Ruskin won a similar decision to dismiss Ilangaratne. The County middle order all got going, Craig Weston fell one short of a half century as the lead increased steadily. There was time for Ward to come in at number seven for his last innings. The teams lined up to applaud him to the crease. His contribution to Hertfordshire cricket over twelve years has been magnificent. He delighted the spectators with a trademark six before being bowled by Richard Cordingley - another Hertford bowler making a come back - and the County declared on 267-7. Hertford had 48 overs to get 244, a big ask as sports' writers say. They were also without Franke- Matthecke, brought in to bolster the side in the absence of Sandun Dias, who cried off. Losing Riddle and Ruskin to a hostile spell form Paul O'Reilly was not the start they wanted. Box and Costin settled in and were looking set when Costin called Box for an impossible third run and he was not in the frame. Since moving up the batting order Box has been run out three times in five innings. He needs to add NO to his vocabulary. A collapse ensued and Hertford subsided to the bowling of Jamie Southgate and Craig Weston. At 64-8 it looked as though a face saving 100 was out of the question but sensible batting by Rob Slater and Will Bancroft took them to 97 before Bancroft went for 19. Slater saw the 100 up before being stumped. During the two days the club entertained guests from Hertfordshire and on the second day the marquee was full as club members also took the last opportunity of the season to have a convivial lunch. Mark Prisk, Hertford's MP, called in on Sunday and enjoyed an afternoon with the club. It would have been nice had Hertford's second innings lasted longer and come closer to the target but that did not detract from an excellent couple of days. In retrospect the match summed up Hertford's season – some high points and quite a few low ones. NB - Seb Franke-Mattheke batted at four in the first innings, a first ball duck, bowled by Clements. When he cried off the second day Alex Siegmund took his place and was named in the Hertford side. So that Alex does not get credited with another duck, the entry was deleted from the first innings. The fall of wicket when he was out shows the name Alex Siegmund. Everything else is correct.