Date 15/06/2008
Season 2008
Competition Friendly
Match format 40 overs
Opposition Caythorpe
Venue Fulbeck Lincs
Toss Lost
Decision Crusaders bat first
Result Lost

Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Gordon Schultz c b Robinson 0
2 Mike Taylor b Braithwaite 5
3 Wajih Rehman b Redmile 11
4 Jabir Sarwar b Redmile 21
5 John Greggains b Endley 2
6 Chand Channa c b Robinson 21
7 Spud Whale b Endley 5
8 Pommie Singh run out 58
9 Damon White b Pinfold very jnr 3
10 Aftab Ahmed b Robinson 3
11 Matt Rehman not out 1
  Extras b 7, lb 2, w 6, nb 2 17
  Total 10 wickets, 39.5 overs 147

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Braithwaite 10.0 0 32 1 1 1
2 Robinson 10.0 2 29 3 3 0
3 Endley 10.0 3 28 2 0 0
4 Redmile 5.0 0 20 2 0 0
5 Pinfold 4.5 0 28 1 2 1





Caythorpe innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Bedford b Pommie Singh 1
2 Endley c Damon White b Mike Taylor 16
3 Harvey c Aftab Ahmed b Matt Rehman 0
4 Cann c Damon White b Pommie Singh 0
5 Adams not out 77
6 Redmile b Pommie Singh 11
7 Robinson b Jabir Sarwar 25
8 Braithwaite not out 12
  Extras b 3, lb 3, w 0, nb 0 6
  Total 6 wickets, 35.4 overs 148

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Pommie Singh 8.0 4 14 3 0 0
2 Matt Rehman 9.0 2 34 1 0 0
3 Mike Taylor 5.0 0 17 1 0 0
4 Spud Whale 7.0 0 43 0 0 0
5 Aftab Ahmed 3.0 0 12 0 0 0
6 Jabir Sarwar 3.4 0 22 1 0 0

Match Report

Sunday 15th June
Breakfast was a repeat performance, with the beautifully arranged Egg, Bacon, Sausage, Black Pudding slice and Mushroom, supplemented by a Ramekin of Baked Beans. Lunch was taken at the Five Bells at Claypole, where Damon was particularly impressed by some flowery brew from the Milestone Brewery. The Tetley Bitter was in equally good order and we were nicely loosened for our second game against Caythorpe. Once again the heavens opened, but just as yesterday the rain quickly relented.
15th June -v- Caythorpe CC at Fulbeck.
Our second game pitted our years of experience against a side containing the raw talent of several Junior County players. Caythorpe won the toss, elected to field and Crusaders soon found they were facing a similar struggle to yesterday. With half the allotted overs completed we were teetering at 50-5, with no sign that Caythorpe were going to let us off the hook. Fortunately Pommie put the desperate performance against Fulbeck behind him and shared in strong partnerships with Chand and Damon. An air of respectability was restored, with 97 runs added in the final 20 overs to leave Caythorpe requiring 148 for victory. Phil conjured up a fine Chilli and we all ate too much to make Caythorpe's task all the easier. It was vital that we made a good start and Pommie and Matt provided it with penetrative spells that put us in a strong position, with our hosts 9-3. It didn't last. Adams and Endley gradually started putting bat to ball to initiate the Caythorpe recovery. Spud bowled particularly poorly - a sign of one game too far and we generally failed to back up the opening bowlers.