Scorecard

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) v Halstead II on Sat 11 Aug 2018 at 13:00
Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Won by 4 wickets

Match report Halstead's wicketkeeper is likely to have a sleepless night after giving Stuart a life in only the second over of the innings; he then had to watch as Stuart masterfully guided the Green to victory with an unbeaten 89 on what was a really challenging track to bat on.
When the sun was still shining Stephen had won the toss and had no hesitation in asking the visitors to bat first. Mark and Oli each bowled 15 overs straight through and although they regularly threatened the outside edge, the wickets didn't tumble quite as we had hoped. Mark was economical and always a threat, but ultimately remained wicketless, while Oli added three more to his tally for the season, including one to a smart low catch at slip from Matt. The pressure created by the bowlers meant that none of the batsmen were able to push on to a big score. The other wickets went to JP & Stephen, but a gritty batting effort meant that we missed out on maximum bowling points.
As if his bowling spell wasn't enough, Oli took the opportunity provided by an absent Porky to open the batting with Stuart and played a couple of decent shots before falling. Indeed, that was the tale of our innings as the middle order came and went, often after looking good; the fact that extras were second-top scorer tells the tale. All the while Stuart continued to accumulate runs - he would never claim that it was his most fluent innings, but Stuart read the situation superbly, overcame the difficult conditions and ultimately saw us home to a four wicket victory.

Halstead II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
6nb 8w 3b 9lb 
for 5 wickets
26
176 (45.0 overs)		     
G Wickes b  Firmin 40 90 60 8 66.67
A Morris lbw  Firmin 17 56 46 3 36.96
A Clark ct  Parker b Firmin 18 59 50 2 36.00
M Johnson ct  Spicer b Purser 19 46 37 3 51.35
J Rose Not Out  35 65 45 4 1 77.78
M Cooper ct  Spicer b Nunn 14 31 28 2 50.0
L Jones Not Out  7 10 10 1 70.0
S Walter  
C Hansey  
A Read  
S Paisley  

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Mark Goodall15.033700.002.47
Oli Firmin15.0262320.674.13
Jonathan Purser5.0128128.005.60
Matt Parker7.011900.002.71
Steve Nunn3.0018118.006.00

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
6w 10b 7lb 
for 6 wickets
23
178		        
Stuart Hammond Not Out  89 146 108 13 1 82.41
Oli Firmin b  Read 11 29 21 2 52.38
Ollie Stovell ct  Wickes b Read 12 9 12 2 100
Will Spicer ct  Paisley b Walter 15 43 30 2 50.0 2
Steve Nunn ct  Rose b Walter 13 31 37 2 35.14
Jonathan Purser b  Hansey 9 11 11 2 81.82
Tom Lee b  Hansey 0 6 5 0
Mark Goodall Not Out  6 11 8 75.00
Tony Lee  
Neil Brinded  
Matt Parker   1

Halstead II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S Paisley5.012500.005.00
A Read7.0039219.505.57
J Rose4.001600.004.00
G Wickes3.001700.005.67
S Walter10.4227213.502.53
L Jones4.001400.003.50
C Hansey5.0023211.504.60