Date 08/07/2007
Season 2007
Competition Friendly
Match format 40 overs
Opposition Downham & Bellingham
Venue Rangefield Road Downham
Toss Lost
Decision Crusaders bowl first
Result Lost

Downham & Bellingham innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Crouch. D b Spud Whale 16
2 Bagnall b Pommie Singh 16
3 Mendham. C b Darren Moyse 0
4 Powell. C b Simon Burr 4
5 Mendham. S b Simon Burr 34
6 Crouch. F b Pommie Singh 12
7 Bumstead b Jabir Sarwar 32
8 Bruguier b Chand Channa 20
9 Powell. D b Wajih Rehman 18
10 Hopper not out 2
11 Roche not out 1
  Extras b 10, lb 5, w 8, nb 0 23
  Total 9 wickets, 40.0 overs 178

Did not bat:



No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Darren Moyse 8.0 0 21 1 2 0
2 Pommie Singh 8.0 1 21 2 0 0
3 Spud Whale 8.0 0 29 1 0 0
4 Simon Burr 6.0 0 24 2 1 0
5 Jabir Sarwar 7.0 0 45 1 4 0
6 Chand Channa 1.0 0 7 1 0 0
7 Wajih Rehman 2.0 0 16 1 1 0




Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Nita Singh c b Bumstead 20
2 Jagdesh Singh b Roche 10
3 Wajih Rehman c b Powell 1
4 Pommie Singh b Mendham 32
5 Jabir Sarwar c b Bumstead 5
6 John Greggains b Hopper 8
7 Chand Channa c b Powell 5
8 Damon White c b Hopper 6
9 Spud Whale not out 13
10 Simon Burr c Powell b Powell 2
11 Darren Moyse c b Crouch 7
  Extras b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0 0
  Total 10 wickets, 35.3 overs 109

Did not bat:



No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Powell. D 6.0 2 26 1 0 0
2 Roche 7.0 0 21 1 1 0
3 Mendham 6.0 0 22 1 0 0
4 Bumstead 5.0 0 11 2 0 0
5 Hopper 6.0 3 8 2 0 0
6 Powell. C 3.0 0 11 2 0 0
7 Crouch 2.3 0 11 1 0 0

Match Report

Once again Crusaders did the 'spade work' with the ball only to let themselves down with the fragility of their batting. Fine bowling from Danglers and The Englishman put Downham on the backfoot and only their depth in batting allowed them to recover to 178-9 at the end of 40 overs. Slightly (1-21) and Pommie (2-21) ensured, with the help of some fine fielding, particularly from Slapdash, that Downham did not get the flying start they sought. Good spells from Spud and Goulash maintained the pressure, with Simon fully deserving his two victims, including the wickets of their best two bats.

Tea was the usual fine array, making this probably Simon's favourite game, with the prospect of packed lunches galore from the leftovers.

It was vital that we got off to a sound start, keeping wickets intact. Unfortunately wickets tumbled too regularly and although we maintained the required rate over the first fifteen overs, pressure was mounting on the remaining batsmen. Downham bowled intelligently to a well placed field, gradually turning the screw and we fell into the trap, attempting big shots rather than knocking the ball about and gathering runs in ones and twos. Pommie completed a good all round display making a fluent 32, while 'Suicide Watch' continued his solid form with the bat, hoisting two sixes in his 20. Resistance crumbled when Darren clipped the ball to mid-wicket, cursing the fact that the bat he was using had a middle. Our innings curtailed at 126, falling 52 runs short.