Scorecard

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) v Nowton on Sat 12 Jun 2021 at 12 noon
Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Won by 10 runs

Match report In an entertaining and occasionally feisty encounter, the Green came through to win by 10 runs in the last over of the match. The outcome had been in the balance throughout Nowton's innings, but we held our nerve to claim victory.
Batting first, we used up our full allocation of 45 overs in reaching 204. Although there were a number of low scores and only three players reached double figures, there were plenty of batsmen who fought for the cause and supported the main contributors Keith Hammond, who made 59 and Ollie Stovell who reached 70. Neither of those two were at their most fluent best on a bouncy track, but they stuck at it and mixed defiant defence with a number of delightful drives and pulls as they held the innings together. Wickets fell steadily towards the end of the innings as we looked to increase the scoring rate but eventually we posted what we hoped would be a competitive total.
Our attack was led by JP who bowled a fabulous 12-over spell (2-39) book-ended with wicket maidens that claimed the two Nowton openers. The second of these was crucial, breaking a century partnership that was threatening to take the game away from us. JP also thought he had the wicket of the visiting skipper Walker early in his innings, thanks to a stupendous catch behind the stumps by Rob Lewis, but the appeal was in vain and Walker looked increasingly likely to deny us victory as he dominated the reply in reaching a century. However, that didn't take into account Keith's ability to bowl straight and induce mistakes, a priceless quality that ultimately brought him another five wicket haul (5-48). With Keith and Ollie (3-54) chipping away at the Nowton batting order, so our chances of winning improved, until 11 were needed from the final over with two wickets remaining. With Walker on strike their hopes were high, but JP pouched a crucial catch at long-off and with that wicket went Nowton's hopes.

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club Two Counties 1st XI (Saturday) Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 9w 9b 6lb 
for 10 wickets
26
204		        
Keith-Henry Hammond ct Bulger B D Stobbart 59 110 81 10 1 72.84 1
Jonathan Purser b Ward 3 30 15 20.0 1
Rob Lewis lbw Walker 7 57 37 1 18.92
Ollie Stovell ct Godden B Rolfe 70 98 70 7 3 100
Tom Lee ct  Stobbart B Walker 12 43 31 2 38.71
Matt Norris ct & B Rolfe 4 9 5 1 80.0
Jens Wair b Rolfe 9 25 13 1 69.23 2
Jack Smith ct Walker B Ward 6 6 3 1 200
Ollie Licence ct Walker B Shephardson 6 15 13 1 46.15
Sam Collins lbw Rolfe 1 5 3 33.33 1
Duncan Wyatt Not Out  1 6 3 33.33

Nowton Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
A Ward12.0434217.002.83
J Walker12.0171235.505.92
P Shephardson7.0030130.004.29
D Stobbart9.0136136.004.00
H Rolfe5.011844.503.60

Nowton Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 14w 1lb 
for 10 wickets
18
194 (44.4 overs)		     
P Godden ct Wair B Purser 0 3 5 0
K Bulger ct Wair B Purser 31 87 59 5 52.54
J Walker ct Purser B Stovell 118 170 132 13 2 89.39
S Cruise lbw Stovell 4 14 11 1 36.36
D Stobbart ct Collins B Hammond 6 12 10 1 60.0
W Stobbart lbw Hammond 7 18 14 50.0
H Rolfe b Hammond 3 8 9 33.33
P Shephardson b Hammond 1 4 6 16.67
A Ward lbw Hammond 1 11 8 12.50
C McLees ct Hammond B Stovell 2 21 17 11.76
T Long Not Out  0 2

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

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jonathan Purser12.0239219.503.25
Matt Norris4.002400.006.00
Jack Smith4.002400.006.00
Keith-Henry Hammond12.004859.604.00
Ollie Stovell10.4054318.005.06
Jens Wair2.00400.002.00