BDICL - Indoor Cricket league

Trevor 'Glamourpuss' Mason is Man of the Match after scoring an unbeaten 29 and picking up a brace of wickets. Grrrr!

(Thanks to Andy Smith for being on standby duty for the Chairman this week!)

First Team Reports

WMCC 1st team make it three in a row with an emphatic victory against Margaretting.

Statistics:

Fannon 38 RO Reddin 26 NO Wells 29 NO & 2.4-0-11-1 Mason 28 NO & 2-0-13-2 Mitchell 3 LBW & 3-0-22-1

Shaw 7 NO & 3-0-28-1

Man of the Match: Difficult choice this week.... but it goes to the Glamour Puss with 2 for 13 and 28 not out in quick time and also provide the assist for the run out.

Once again the skipper Reddin lost the toss and was asked to bat first in a game which was reduced to 11 overs because of a late start.

The top four batsmen all reached 25 and retired. Mitchell was out LBW with one which might have been going over the top. It was given out by The Puppy from the gallery who was keen to bat again. The only other wicket to fall was that of the Chairman who was run out with the top score of 38. WMCC final score was 145 for 2.

Opening the bowling were Druid and Peggy who went for only 50 for 2 wickets between them. This meant the opposition were well behind the chase. There was no rest for them though with the Puppy and the Puss ending the innings taking 3 wickets for 24 runs. An excellent performance all round with the bat and ball (not many extra to report) and a safe catch by the Druid in front of his nose and run out (Glamour to Druid) as Margaretting were all out for 74. WMCC win by 71 runs and take all 15 points.

Skipper now has a selection dilemma for the next game at Notley in two weeks.

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WMCC First team batting frist take all 15 points in a 57 run win.

Statistics:

D. Fannon Caught 20 G. Reddin Bowled 24 S. Barrett Run Out 16 D. Wells Not Out 29 T. Mason Not Out 3

C. Shaw Stumped 6

Total 139 for 4

Shaw 3-0-25-0 Barrett 3-0-16-0 Wells 3-1-11-0 Mason 3-0-19 2 Fannon - a stumping and a catch.

Reddin loses the toss and is inserted by Braintree Reserves. Foundations set by the openers who both just fell short of 25 retirements. Barrett, the sides no 3, increased the run rate before being joined by Wells who soon reached 25 and a well earned rest - Barrett was ran out. Shaw came in and hit a smart six before dancing down the wicket and missing the ball to be stumped. Mason supported Wells at the end give us a good Notley score of 139.

Shaw bowled a suberb 3 overs with no luck with good support from the off spin of Barrett. After the bowlers one and two were finished there was no rest for the batters. Wells three overs only went for 11 with a rare indoor maiden. Mason took the only wickets with the ball with his 2 for 19.

Man the match was Wells with 29 runs and 3 overs only for 11.

Next game is 1/11/09 at 21:30

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WMCC batting first won the first game of the season by 26 runs to score 12 points against Shalford Reserves.

Statistics:

Fannon Retired 26 Reddin Caught 11 Barrett Caught 25 Wells Not Out 14 Shaw Caught 0 Mitchell Not Out 12

Total 108 for 3

Barrett 3-0-28-0 Shaw 3-0-22-1 Mitchell 2.1-0-16-2 Wells 2-0-14-1

Catches – Shaw and Fannon Stumping – Fannon Run Outs – Mitchell (Direct Hit), Fannon (took bails off)

Excellent opening game with the two indoor debutants Shaw and Wells. In a nutshell excellent fielding won the game with not any mistakes to remember. Good fielding led to pressure which led to mistakes by Shalford Reserves.

Man of the match: Peggy. Excellent batting at the end with Wells and 2 wickets in 13 balls.

ReserveTeam Reports:

It is quite possible that WMCC Reserves made league history for all the wrong reasons against Kelvedon & Feering III. WMCC lost the toss and were invited to bat. Andy Smith 25, Nigel Richardson 26, Chris Collis 27, Matt fawcett 27, Steve Collis 4 and Connor 0 were all not out!!! 118 for no wicket. In a fantastic display of batting.

In reply Kelvedon made 119 for 3 in 11.4 overs. All the bowlers bowled well but it just wasn't our day. Connor looked a ease in his first Braintree game.

Bowling:

A Smith 3 overs 1 for 34, C Collis 2 overs for 23, Connor 2 overs for 23, Steve Collis 3 overs 2 for 29, N Richardson 0.4 overs for 11.

Kelvedon deserved to win for chasing such a score at Notley. Don't think we could have done anything about it.

Steve

WMCC Reserve batting second won the first game of the season by 4 wickets and score 13 points.

Statistics: Wells Ct 7, Richardson Rtd 25, Smith Ct 20, Fawcett Not Out 20, Woodrow Not Out 9, Karcocki DNB. Total 93 for 2

Smith 3-0-32-0, Woodrow 3-1-5-3, Wells 3-0-19-1, Karcocki 2-0-32-1, Richardson 1-0-5-1. Catches: Karcocki x 2, Woodrow x 1 Stumping – Fawcett x 2. Man of the Match: John Woodrow

A great start for the Reserve Team. Troops marshalled well by fill in captain Andy Smith. The bowling of Wells and Woodrow proved too much for Coggleshall 3's. Without the opposition captain who scored 50 this game would have been over much sooner. Opposition got excited with the early juggling catch of Wells but the mature innings of Spudley put WMCC in the a good position with some nice foot work and drives down the wicket. With an excellent innings from the skipper who had an unlucky wall deflection to be caught on 20 and not reach the 25 retirement milestone. Fawcett and Woodrow took us home for a 4 wicket victory and 13 points.