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Hadleigh & Thundersley Cricket Club Sponsored by HHOOWWZZAATTTT!!!!!! Volume 13 Issue 3 July 2018 YOUTH CRICKET REPORT U11: WON Benfleet - 85/7 H&TCC - 88/3 Inside this issue: A n excellent performance by all the boys enabled H&T Senior Cricket Report U11 T20 Cup with sevena wicket win over 2 Benfleet. Before thegame we spoke about focus in CC to retain the All Stars 5 fielding and tight bowlingand the win was based on Jazz at H&TCC 6 Ten boys bowled and alldid very well and the old Gas supply 6 saying “catches winmatches” was again proved this. Membership 6 right with great catchesfrom Max Lawrence and Team McMillan Coffee Morning 7 Captain, Frankie Senior.Keeping Benfleet to 85-7 w 100+ Club a very good effort. Ourbatting plan was to see the 8 front line bowlers offand then try to accelerate. as Frankie did thisperfectly with Jai in ir support and whenFrankie retiredU11 T/20 on Champions25, – H&TCC Oscar and Georgeplayed 2 little cameos to win the match. Special points of interest: • H&TCC Golf Day • H&TCC Cricket Festival U13: WON Belhus – 116/5 H&TCC – 117/6 T he U13’s won the July. Belhus won the tossSouth and elected Essex toDistrict bat. Great T20 Cup at Hadleigh on Sunday 8 stricted Belhus to 116 for 5. Opening bowler Kian V th bowling from Hadleigh re- off 3 overs. apiwala set the tone with 2-14 Ruben Vapiwala and Tommy Byrne got Hadleigh off to from the first 4 overs before both had to retire. A a blistering start scoring 60 really in doubt after that opening stand, tight bow lthough the result was never ling from the Belhus boys meant Volume 13 Issue 3 P a g e 2 Hadleigh had to wait until the 19 th over to secure looked like it may be 20 runs light on a very hot eve- the win. Well done boys a great win and another cup ning. to add to the collection!! Despite a strong partnership during the middle of the Leigh innings we kept chipping away and with some excellent fielding and catches the run rate grew. Well done to Haider for his 4-20. If only we had fielded as well in the other close finishes this year we would have made the semi-finals. It has been great to see all of the boys’ progress in to playing senior all-age cricket. It bodes well for the club in the future. SENIOR CRICKET MID- SEASON REPORT U13 T/20 Finalists: H&TCC & Belhus Saturday 1 st XI : T he experience of the Premier Division of the SNEL has proved to be a real test for our players coming up against more experienced teams as well as County-standard/contracted players. The season started with four losses in a row thanks to some fragile batting performances before recording the first win against Bille- U13 T/20 Champions ricay who were promoted with us at the end of last season and the second happening the fol- lowing week against Shenfield. U15: WON An excellent win was recorded against Brent- H&TCC – 113/5 (Ruben 35*, Haider 23) Leigh – wood in early July. 104/8 (Haider 4-20). Brandon Jacobs , our overseas player has scored three centuries this season; the first O ur final game of the season resulted in us giving against Harlow (116) in the first round of the our best all round team performance to hand Leigh Dukes League Cup, the second against Shen- their first defeat of the season. After being put in field (105) and Chelmsford (103) along with to bat Ruben batted sensibly for his 35 not out some useful contributions in other matches. against some very tidy bowling. Haider and several (Continued on page 3) others made useful contributions to a total which Volume 13 Issue 3 P a g e 3 (Continued from page 2) and 58* v Belhus), Mohammed Zaidi (69 v West- cliff) and A. Gilbert (50 v Westcliff). Adam Soilleux , Sam Handley and Luke Smith have There have been fewer outstanding bowling per- contributed good runs in a number of matches but formances with five players taking 3 wickets in a the batting overall has not been consistent enough match: David Williams (3-38 v GP&R); Anthony to be truly competitive. Grosvenor (3 - 50 v GP&R and 3-51 v Horndon), In the field, Brandon has set a great example and Ishen Patel (3-62 v Hainault), Dylan Mitchell (3- taken some excellent catches and with the ball in 30 v Orsett). hand, Richard Revell (Capt) has taken 5 -14 against However, after their last match in which they lost Shenfield, helping to bowl them out for just 67 to South Woodford, there are fears that a second chasing a big total of 267 and 3 for 22 against relegation in a row might happen unless they can Brentwood. The bowling has been strengthened by turn their fortunes around in the second half of the addition of rising star, Haidar Zaidi whose ex- the season. cellent spin bowling has recorded figures of 3 – 37 Saturday 3 rd XI: against Brentwood, 4 for 45 against Wanstead and 4 for 46 against Billericay. he 3 rd XI started their campaign with a draw On 14 July, H&TCC recorded another League win T against Westcliff which saw skipper Andrew against Chingford. H&TCC – 286/8 Mitchell score 138 out of a team score of 259 all (Brandon .Jacobs 80, Sam Handley 63, Paul Tibben- out. Westcliff held on for the draw on 169 for ham 40, Adam Soilleux 31): Chingford – 114AO 7.The following week against Walthamstow saw (Adam Soilleux 3-6, Richard Revell3-11). The 1 st XI their first win of the season with Dylan Mitchell finds itself in mid table drawing away from the scoring a great 121 backed up with 70 from An- relegation zone. Skipper Richard Revell hopes for drew chasing down 246 set by the home team. at least three more wins before the end of the The first loss of the season followed in week season. three against Harlow Town where the Hadleigh 10- Saturday 2 nd XI: man side were up against it from the start. Rich- ard Lambdon carried his bat for 49* but the game he 2 nd XI has had mixed fortunes so far this T was lost by 9 wickets. season 2 wins, 1 abandoned because of rain (yes we (Continued on page 4) have had rain this season!) 2 draws, a tied match against Westcliff with 628 runs scored in the match, alongside 4 defeats. The team is also in 7 th place in their division, 17 points clear of the relega- tion zone. There have been steady performances with bat and We are a ‘Members Only’ club; ball, without anyone doing anything spectacular. please carry your membership Adam Sinclair has been the most consistent bats- card with you at all times and be man scoring 61 against Fives & Heronians, 56 prepared to produce it if asked to against Gidea Park & Romford and two other half- do so. centuries against Hainault & Clayhall and Horndon- on-the-Hill with other scores of 45 (Orsett) so far Thank You this season. There have been good contributions from Richard Harding (49 v Orsett), Danny Timms (56 v Orsett), Anthony Grosvenor (62 v Fives and 47 v GP&R), Ian Harrison (60 v Fives), Louis Poynter (45 v Horndon Volume 13 Issue 3 P a g e 4 (Continued from page 3) Since then, the team lost against a strong Chelmsford side with good bowling per- The team drew against Horndon with Jon Snelling formances from V Loganathan (4-50) and Ben taking 4 for 36 and Dominic Hood 3 for 89 and the Read (3-45) and an encouraging knock from batsmen hung on for the draw with the three senior Jarred Klein who scored 37*. players batted out the last 15 overs to deny Horn- Another concession by Leigh followed by a win don the win they expected! against Wickford in which Andy Harding scored Three losses followed against South Woodford a magnificent 118 means that the 4 th XI is well (Andrew Mitchell 44), Loughton (Jon Snelling 62) placed in a Division of twelve teams at the half- and Fives & Heronians (Greg Hood 4-19; Tom Salter way stage. 3-34) before an excellent win against Harold Wood (Ben Rossiter 3-30 Jarred Klein 48*). Sunday 1 st XI The 3 rd XI recorded an excellent win on 14 th July against Hainault & Clayhall with a good all round T he 1 st XI started with a game against Bille- performance with bat and ball and are drawing away ricay which saw Ollie Smith score 81 and the from the relegation zone as a result. team reaching 178 all out. Although this match was lost by 8 wickets, it was encouraging to see th Saturday 4 XI the younger cricketers trying hard and learning about how to play in all-age teams. th T he 4 XI has been plagued by poor availability Unfortunately availability is also affecting the since the start of the season, the first League selection of strong Sunday XIs and the second match being lost to Southend EMT with our team of game in the Essex Sunday League had to be con- 8 players under 15 supported by skipper Geoff ceded because of a lack of players from H&TCC. Davison, Chairman Kev Jenkinson and a welcome The next match against Orsett was a very dif- back to Godfrey Isaacs who stepped in to help us ferent outcome with the team recording its out.