Scorecard

Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI v Swanage on Sat 01 May 2021 at 1:30 pm
Stalbridge Cricket Club Won by 36 runs

Match report Our first league game of the season saw us entertain Swanage at the Park. Swanage won the toss and elected to bowl first, with Colin and Stu opening up. Colin was out LBW for 4 having looked fairly untroubled with the score on 13, before Stu and debutant Rupert Elston put on a partnership of 72. Stu and Jimmer continued to pick up the pace with wickets still in hand, the next wicket falling at 137 in the 27th over as Stu was LBW for a well-made 75. Jimmer then really put his foot down as the last ten overs began and finished with an excellent 89 not out, which led us to a fairly imposing score of 221-5 from our 40 overs.

Steve and Stu both struck in their opening spells, Steve picking up two wickets and Stu three to leave the Swanage innings in tatters at 34-5. We were then interrupted by a fairly heavy downpour, leading to a 20 minute break which reduced the innings by 5 overs, but crucially only reducing the target by 11 runs. Conditions were more difficult following the delay, with a wet ball and slightly wet pitch. However, huge credit must be given to the experienced Craig Wells, who batted superbly for an unbeaten century. Fortunately for us, he didn't have much in the way of support, and Swanage finished on 185-7, a comfortable margin of victory in the end. Having said all of that, it probably shouldn't have ever got that close and there were certainly some tense moments after what had looked like it was going to be a routine victory. Ben Pattle bowled very well to make sure it never got any closer than it did, finishing with a very creditable 1-38 from 7 overs when the batsmen were looking to attack him.

A win is a win but lessons to be learned moving forward.

Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
15w 4lb 
for 5 wickets
19
221		        
Stu Sweatman lbw S Kent 75 73 10 102.74
Colin Moore lbw R Stearn 4 11 36.36
Rupert Elston b H Long 18 45 2 40.0
James Lewis Not Out  89 92 12 2 96.74 1
Simon Sweatman ct S Kent b C Wells 14 19 1 73.68 2
Andy Dike lbw S Ramsay 1 8 12.50
Steve Forshaw Not Out  1 1 100
Howard Batten  
Jon Fryer  
Ben Pattle  
Oscar Moore   1

Swanage Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ryan Stearn8.0123123.002.88
Ben Hodder8.004800.006.00
Harry Long4.0027127.006.75
Steve Kent8.0042142.005.25
Stephen Ramsay5.0030130.006.00
Craig Wells7.0148148.006.86

Swanage Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
1nb 24w 11lb 
for 7 wickets
36
185 (35.0 overs)		     
John Lewis lbw S Forshaw 2 5 40.0
Mark Stacey b S Sweatman 1 19 5.26
Jonathan Gregory b S Sweatman 2 9 22.22
Craig Wells Not Out  103 115 7 5 89.57
Ben Hodder ct J Lewis b S Forshaw 1 8 12.50
Stephen Ramsay ct S Sweatman b S Sweatman 0 8 0
Geoff Willcocks ct O Moore b H Batten 9 22 1 40.91
Steve Kent ct S Sweatman b B Pattle 25 39 2 64.10
Phil Eades Not Out  6 10 60.0
Ryan Stearn  
Harry Long  

Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Stu Sweatman7.012137.003.00
Steve Forshaw7.0126213.003.71
Howard Batten7.0034134.004.86
Simon Sweatman4.002500.006.25
Ben Pattle7.0138138.005.43
Andy Dike3.003100.0010.33

  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    Mike Clarkson