Tour match #4 – Australia Over 60s versus England – 1st ODI. Friday 14 June 2019
Some background Maldon Cricket Club Drapers Chase HEYBRIDGE, MALDON
Maldon Cricket Club was formed in 1976 following the merging of Maldon Strollers CC and Old Maldonians CC.
Their time in the EAPL saw the club bring through many young players from their own colt’s system. One of those, Sir Alastair Cook, has gone on to achieve many things within the game. The club runs fifteen teams; four men’s, two ladies and nine colts
Match report: Australia won the toss and sent England in to bat with Rex Bennett and Pat Henry bowling very good tight spells. Rex bowled his 10 overs for 10 runs and Pat bowled his first 7 overs for 11 runs including the wicket of R Merriman. After losing the early wicket, England moved along at a sedate pace accumulating 30 in the first 20 overs. Captain John Foster retired hurt with a hamstring strain Ken McGrogan, who was on debut, bowled well until he injured his shoulder attempting to field a ball off his own bowling Calvert became the second Englishman suffering a hamstring strain attempting a quick single and he too retired hurt. Punchard came to the crease but was soon run out by some great work by Glenn Richardson. Murphy Walwyn worked the ball around well with a combination of big hitting and deft placement. He was eventually well caught by Peter Jensen off Murray Harrison. K Harsham and Clements kept the score ticking over until the innings closed at 182.
The Australian innings opened with Mark Gaskell and Glenn Richardson working well together and scoring quickly. After Glenn was run out, Eric Higgins came to the crease and looked at ease until he was given out LBW for 4. Phil Drescher was run out after a mix up with Mark for 8, having been elevated up the batting order to keep the run rate up. Mark kept the score moving picking the gaps and regularly hitting the boundary. The England bowlers started to find their length and the runs dried up causing some scoreboard pressure for the Australians. Peter Jensen came in and tried to support Mark in keeping the score moving but was caught after skying a sweep for 8. Mark was eventually dismissed for 56, our second LBW for the day. He had played a well composed innings that showed his class as a batsman. Murray was playing well and wrested back some control of the game before becoming the third LBW given. He and Ian Bradburn had been scoring steadily and had Australia moving well towards the target before Murray’s dismissal. Dale Thornton tried to get the runs in a few big hits before being beautifully stumped for 3 and Rex Bennet was also back in the pavilion after being run out for 1. Ron Henry was bowled by Staple for 2 and we were still 20 runs short of the total. Pat Henry and Ian Bradburn moved the score to 171 when Ian was the fourth run out of the innings trying for a second run. His innings showed control and excellent awareness and it was a shame that he couldn’t see it through.
In the end it was a game where we had a real chance to go one up in the series and let the opportunity slip. VETERANS CRICKET AUSTRALIA
COMPETITION: Over 60's ROUND: 4 DATE: 14/06/2019
TEAMS Australia V England TOSS WON BY: 35 40 45 50 INNINGS England Australia OVER OVER OVER OVER NO. PLAYER HOW OUT R B
1 J Foster Ret Hurt 19 46
2 R Merriman c Bradburn B P Henry 2 7
3 N Calvert Ret Hurt 42 73
4 S Clements Not Out 56 48
5 J Punchard Run Out 2 4
6 M Walwyn C Jensen B Harrison 32 17
7 K Marshall Not Out 15 12
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SUNDRIES B 1 LB 5 W 8 NB 0 14
TOTAL 182 FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 OVERS 4 91 156 BOWLING BOWLER O M R W
R Bennett 10 3 10 0
P Henry 10 0 32 1
K McGrogan 3.4 1 4 0
P Jensen 4.2 0 20 0
D Thornton 8 0 37 0
R Henry 7 0 33 0
M Harrison 7 0 40 1 VETERANS CRICKET AUSTRALIA COMPETITION: Over 60's ROUND: 4 DATE: 14/06/2019 TEAMS Australia V England VENUE 35 40 45 50 INNINGS Australia OVER OVER OVER OVER NO. PLAYER HOW OUT R B
1 M Gaskell LBW Punchard 56
2 G Richardson Run Out 17
3 E Higgins LBW Harsham 4
4 P Drescher Run Out 8
5 P Jensen C Walwyn B Punchard 8
6 M Harrison LBW Courtney 14
7 I Bradburn Run Out 36
8 D Thornton Stmpd B Staple 3
9 R Bennett Run Out 1
10 R Henry B Staple 2
11 P Henry Not Out 5
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SUNDRIES B 1 LB 9 W 7 NB 0 17
FOW TOTAL 171
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 OVERS 63 74 86 97 117 135 151 158 162 171 BOWLING BOWLER O M R W
1 R Staple 9.1 0 32 2
2 D Owen 4 0 14 0
3 M Young 10 1 23 0
4 K Harsham 10 2 23 1
5 J Courtney 8 0 27 1
6 J Punchard 9 0 42 2
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England won by 11 runs