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Earls Colne v Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI on Sun 07 Sep 2014 at 12:30pm
Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Won by 11 runs

Match report The Green travelled to Earls Colne for the penultimate game of the season hoping to keep their faint hopes of promotion alive. On an overcast day the toss was vitally important which obviously meant that Captain Marston lost with the Green unsurprisingly being asked to bat. On a slow wicket and even slower outfield the top order struggled, Joe Young digging in with his 22 coming off 21 overs. Alex Hammond gave the innings some much needed impetus with a breezy 23 but wickets continued to fall and when Matt Norris departed the Green were in deep trouble at 97-8. However the last 2 wickets led by Jens Wair (27*) put on 47 as the Green ended up on 146-9 and had at least given themselves something to defend.

The tea break also saw the introduction of the sun with batting conditions improving as Earls Colne’s openers walked to the wicket. Despite tight opening spells from Richard Nunn and Jack Smith the Colne batsman looked comfortable and it took a moment of brilliance for the Green to make the breakthrough. Steeman looked to smash Smith back down the ground but Norris peddling back from mid-off grasped the ball one handed over his head and somehow managed to hold on as he crashed down to earth. It was the inspiration the Green needed and from then on they started to take control. Charlie, Jens and Matt Murray followed the good work of the opening bowlers with Charlie producing the ball of the day nipping one back through Patel’s gate to take his middle stump. 3 wickets at the end from Stephen Nunn ensured that Earls Colne needed 17 off the final over which Richard easily defended. Overall it was a brilliant effort in the field as the Green recorded their 8th win of the season.

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 1w 5b 2lb 
for 9 wickets
10
146		        
Tim Chambers ct C Patel b Mason 0
Joe Young ct Grice b Parish 22 3
Steve Nunn ct & b Mason 19 3
Alex Hammond b Parish 23 3
Jack Smith ct b Parish 4 1
Paul Marston ct Parish b C Patel 13 1
Richard Nunn Run out  9
Matt Norris st b Parish 3
Jens Wair Not Out  27 4
Charlie Lovejoy lbw Mason 9 1
Matt Murray Not Out  6

Earls Colne Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
J Smith10.041700.001.70
B Mason10.0334311.333.40
K Patel6.021400.002.33
L Parish10.023348.253.30
C Patel9.0040140.004.44

Earls Colne Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
5nb 2w 7b  
for 9 wickets
14
134 (45.0 overs)		     
D Steeman ct Norris b Smith 12 2
P Sadler run out Lovejoy/Wair 12 1
C Patel b C Lovejoy 9 1
D Grice lbw Wair 3
K Patel ct Smith b S Nunn 33 2
P Kerry ct S Nunn b Murray 11
L Parish b S Nunn 20 3
J Smith Not Out  14
J Brewer b S Nunn 1
B Mason ct Young b R Nunn 4
T Bosworth Not Out  0

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Sunday T30 XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Richard Nunn10.0328128.002.80
Jack Smith10.0424124.002.40
Charlie Lovejoy5.0013113.002.60
Jens Wair8.0028128.003.50
Matt Murray8.0117117.002.13
Steve Nunn4.001635.334.00