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Halstead II v Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) on Sat 03 Aug 2019 at 13:00
Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Won by 6 wickets

Match report A cultured century from Stuart Hammond led the Green to a six-wicket victory at Halstead and early indications are that it was enough to send us to the top of Division 4. Halstead battled gamely and for a while were looking to generate an upset, but Stuart’s calm assurance saw us home.
That Halstead reached 200-8 in their innings was slightly surprising after Oli Firmin and Jonathan Purser accounted for both openers in the first five overs. However, whilst the pitch offered some seam movement, we had to wait another 17 overs for the next breakthrough. In truth, for periods of the Halstead innings we appeared to be a little flat in the field, with one or two unnecessary miss-fields and even El Presidente dropped one behind the sticks – best not to celebrate the wicket until the ball is in the gloves, one would think 😊. As it was, Ali Hammond picked up a brace of wickets in a short spell, whilst in the latter part of the innings Keith Hammond, Stephen Nunn & Joe Young each claimed a wicket, the skipper also effecting a run out all on his own.
A target of 201 to win didn’t appear overly daunting but the Halstead bowlers initially offered few free hits and our opening partnership of 86 came at less than 4 an over. Alex Hammond fell for 36 trying to accelerate, while the required rate crept up to a run-a-ball and just beyond. With the Halstead spinners strangling the scoring rate for a time, the pressure seemed to be mounting. Meanwhile, the calmest man of all was Stuart who knew exactly how to pace his innings and see us home to victory. Joe joined him in a second wicket partnership of 81 before he was adjudged leg before for 30; now I hesitate to criticise any umpiring decision, but Joe was incredulous at being given out, having been struck just south of the armpit! Steve and Keith came and went in quick time, the latter reluctantly given out by brother Alex – not sure if Keith though it was a bump ball or he just couldn’t believe he’d hit it straight at a fielder. The winning run came in the penultimate over, but it was some time before that that the march to victory was effectively assured. Stuart had seen us home and a quick look at his stats makes fascinating reading – he reached his half century from 90 balls, but took only another 35 to convert it to a century, with only six of those 35 being dot balls; as I said, he had it all under control and knew exactly what he was doing all along. Well played, sir.

Halstead II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
7nb 10w 4b 5lb 
for 8 wickets
26
200 (45.0 overs)		     
M Bloomfield b  Purser 1 13 9 11.11
C Mallett b  Firmin 11 21 16 2 68.75
A Clark ct  Young b Ali Hammond 33 87 67 4 49.25
A Rose ct  Alex Hammond b Ali Hammond 35 68 50 4 70.0
J Rose ct  Alex Hammond b K Hammond 19 46 33 1 1 57.58
J Clinch ct  S Hammond b Nunn 1 6 3 33.33
D Brooker lbw  Young 40 62 55 6 72.73
D Rawlinson Not Out  26 44 33 1 78.79
D Lynn run out  (K Hammond) 5 8 9 1 55.56
M Whymark Not Out  3 4 2 150.0
C Roper  

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

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Oli Firmin11.0043143.003.91
Jonathan Purser8.0126126.003.25
Alastair Hammond4.0021210.505.25
Keith-Henry Hammond11.0134134.003.09
Steve Nunn6.0035135.005.83
Joe Young5.0032132.006.40

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2w 7lb 
for 4 wickets
9
201		        
Stuart Hammond Not Out  108 164 137 13 78.83 1
Alex Hammond ct  Whymark b Roper 38 87 65 7 58.46 2
Joe Young lbw  Clinch 30 45 37 5 81.08 1
Steve Nunn ct  Mallett b Bloomfield 7 11 10 1 70.0
Keith-Henry Hammond ct  A Rose b Whymark 7 8 9 1 77.78 1
Alastair Hammond Not Out  2 9 3 66.67
Jonathan Purser  
Oli Firmin  
Troy Collins  
Richard Parker  
Ollie Licence  

Halstead II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
J Rose7.022300.003.29
M Whymark6.3032132.004.92
C Roper12.0159159.004.92
J Clinch15.0257157.003.80
D Lynn1.001200.0012.00
M Bloomfield2.0011111.005.50
 
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An unbeaten 108 from Stuart Hammond (right) guided EAGCC 1st XI to their 9th win in 10 games at Halstead on Saturday. It was a performance that not only won him the Colchester Brewery Man of the Match but also put The Green at the top of Div 4 for the first time this season.