Scorecard

Witchampton 1st XI v Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 28 May 2022 at 13:30
Stalbridge Cricket Club Won by 50 runs

Match report It was another glorious day and with the outfield considerably shorter than our last visit, we chose to bat having won the toss. Unfortunately we lost Ferg early on as he edged one onto his stumps, but Stu and George rebuilt well with a partnership of 36. George struggled for his usual fluency and was caught for 10 in the first-change bowler's first over. Stu went with the score on 58 as he bunted a full toss to mid-on for 25, Will was bowled and Jimmer followed Stu's lead, but picking out mid-off instead. This left us in a bit of trouble at 71 for 5 in the 20th over. Si and Steve batted patiently without taking too many risks, and Si began to find the boundary regularly as the change bowlers served up some looser deliveries. Steve was eventually LBW for 10 in the 30th over, but played a key role in the partnership of 57, the highest of the match. Si and H added 16 before Si was caught behind as the opening bowler returned, bottling another 50 as he went for 48, with ten 4s and one 6. The innings subsided fairly quickly after that, with Howie the last to go. We had scraped our way to 149, but with the pitch showing some signs of uneven bounce, we knew a good bowling performance would keep us in the game.

The opening bowlers duly obliged, with Stu making the breakthrough in the third over: a nasty delivery lifted off a length, taking the glove of the batsman, and George took a good catch at head-height behind the stumps. It was 12-2 when the other opener opened the face of the bat one too many times and guided a catch to Si in the gully. Following this, there was a period where we bowled tightly without picking up wickets, but the run rate was well in check. However, with a relatively low score on the board, if they batted the 45 overs, we knew we'd struggle to win the game. Howie came on at Steve's end after Steve had bowled another tight 9 over spell unchanged, and H was immediately in the wickets as the dangerous Bowles chipped a catch to Stu at extra cover. Howie bowled superbly, and wickets continued to fall after this point. Ed picked up the key wicket of the number 3, who had occupied the crease for some time, chipping a catch to Wiz at mid-off. Howie then ripped through the middle order, with another catch each for Si, Stu and Wiz, who took a blinder one-handed at mid-off , sticking out a right hand and plucking it from the air. The game was almost up at this point as the score was now 93-8. The final two wickets were a run out, facilitated by Wiz and George, and Oscar Moore, who had fielded well throughout the innings, picked up his first league wicket for the first team, as George stumped the number 11.

This was a fantastic team performance and thoroughly satisfying win against previously unbeaten opposition. Well played all!


Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
3nb 21w 2lb 
for 10 wickets
26
149		        
Stu Sweatman ct D Bartram b J Stevens 25 48 3 52.08 2
Fergus Wingate-Saul b H Bowles 3 8 37.50
George Coleman ct M Hayter b S Hibberd 10 24 1 41.67 1 1
James Lewis ct S Hibberd b J Stevens 22 31 3 70.97
William Coleman b S Hibberd 1 4 25.00 2
Simon Sweatman ct G Wayman b H Bowles 48 47 10 1 102.13 2
Steve Forshaw lbw M Hayter 10 28 2 35.71
Howard Batten b H Bowles 4 13 30.77
Edward Pattle lbw H Bowles 0 2 0
Ben Pattle ct J Stevens b A Bennett 0 3 0
Oscar Moore Not Out  0 2 0

Witchampton 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Harrison Bowles6.302847.004.31
Alex Bennett6.0018118.003.00
Stewart Hibberd9.021728.501.89
Joly Stevens5.0138219.007.60
Marc Hayter6.0127127.004.50
Josh Harrison2.001900.009.50

Witchampton 1st XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
11w 2lb 
for 10 wickets
13
99 (33.0 overs)		     
Martin Ashford ct G Coleman b S Sweatman 0 13 0
Phil Lewis ct S Sweatman b S Forshaw 10 16 2 62.50
Alex Bennett ct W Coleman b E Pattle 37 75 6 49.33
Harrison Bowles ct S Sweatman b H Batten 16 31 3 51.61
Gavin Wayman ct S Sweatman b H Batten 9 26 1 34.62
Daniel Bartram ct S Sweatman b H Batten 0 18 0
Joly Stevens run out  (Unsure) 6 7 1 85.71
Josh Harrison b H Batten 3 6 50.0
Stewart Hibberd ct W Coleman b H Batten 0 2 0
Marc Hayter Not Out  1 2 50.0
Alex Fendley st G Coleman b O Moore 4 2 1 200

Stalbridge Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Stu Sweatman6.01616.001.00
Steve Forshaw9.0323123.002.56
Ben Pattle3.002100.007.00
Edward Pattle7.0025125.003.57
Howard Batten7.011653.202.29
Oscar Moore1.00616.006.00

  • Umpire :
    Colin Brickell
  • Scorer :
    Mike Clarkson