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Royal Household v Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI on Sun 31 Jul 2011 at 1pm
Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Lost by 4 wickets

Match report Eight Ash Green lost to Royal Household Cricket Club by 4 wickets in a friendly played in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Following Royal Household’s tour to Colchester last year where they played Eight Ash Green, winning by 5 wickets, the green were invited for a return match at this very prestigious location.

Eight Ash Green took a squad of 14 with Kevin Smith, Tom Lissimore and James Fisher operating as fielders only.

Eight Ash Green batted first with James Warner and Richard Polley opening for the Green. It was a slow start and Paul Marston was required in only the 4th over when Polley was caught behind for 0 leaving the green 4-1. Warner and Marston put on a further 43 together before Marston was bowled for 22. Will Shearman came in at number 4 and partnered Warner, who was trapped LBW for 22. Despite Shearman’s quick fire 31 off 32 balls, the green suffered a mid order collapse with only Liam Walsh (11) and Oliver Firmin (20*) contributing any further runs to Eight Ash Green’s total, finishing on 118.

Royal Household’s openers started brightly, hitting 33 off 5 overs before Alastair Maitland claimed his first wicket, with Matt Chambers holding onto a catch in the covers. This was quickly followed by Nathan Taylor catching the new batsman off Firmin’s bowling. Royal Household’s batsmen retained their composure and batted steadily; reaching 70 before opener Morgan was run out by Warner on 44, having hit 4 successive 4’s.

The runs slowed off the bowling of Tom Aston and Matt Chambers and with the green claiming a further 3 wickets, it looked like the Royal Household may struggle to reach the modest target, but they eventually managed it with four wickets to spare.

VP

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
118		        
James Warner lbw Nutt 22
Richard Polley ct Nell 0
Paul Marston b Nutt 22
Will Shearman ct Winter 31
Nathan Taylor ct Nutt 0 1
Matt Norris ct Nutt 0
Liam Walsh ct Winter 11
Alistair Maitland lbw Winter 0
Oli Firmin Not Out  20
Matthew Chambers ct Winter 0 1
Tom Aston ct Gee 0

Royal Household Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S. Nutt19.0348412.002.53
C. Nell14.0141141.002.93
D. Winter8.031543.751.88
N. Gee2.00717.003.50

Royal Household Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 6 wickets
0
119 (0.0 overs)		     
A. Gray ct Chambers b. Maitland 18
C. Morgan run out  (Warner) 44
D. Stephenson ct Taylor b. Firmin 0
N. Mehafey lbw Aston 11
R. Dhaliwal b Aston 12
M. Goddard Not Out  14
N. Gee ct Smith b. Aston 1
C. Nell Not Out  7
S. Nutt  
S. Robertson  
D. Winter  

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alistair Maitland5.0035135.007.00
Oli Firmin4.0022122.005.50
Tom Aston7.112237.333.07
Matthew Chambers6.002900.004.83