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Date:Saturday 24th July 2010
Venue: Brunton Memorial Ground, Cobden Hill, Radlett
Weather:Warm, sunny and cloudy. Slight occasional breeze but otherwise humid.
Toss:Won by Henley who batted first.
Result: Draw, Henley 11 pts, Radlett 7pts.
Highlights: Jonno McLean 86 Not Out, Carl Crowe 67 Not Out, Crowe 3-81; Kabir Toor 78, Patel 36, Selvakumar 41 Not Out, Dungaria 3-64
Catering:A satisfactory lunch followed by an excellent tea.
Report:
Henley’s game away at Radlett ended in a somewhat frustrating draw which means that Henley are now equal on points with former leaders Welwyn and also with Oxford, whom they meet this Saturday at the Brakspear Ground.
Having won the toss, skipper Bjorn Mordt elected to bat, taking the view that chasing on a strip which was likely to break up later in the day would not be an easy task. As it turned out, the wicket, which both sides regarded as one of the worst decks they had played on this season, was to have a considerable impact on the outcome of the game, and bowling as much as batting proved increasingly difficult during the Radlett innings.
With the ball not really coming on from the start and the wicket decidedly two paced and low, both Henley openers found the going hard and struggled for runs. As was to be the case for other stages in the game, a stalemate developed with the batsmen not finding scoring easy and the bowlers not taking wickets. That situation prevailed until the 24th over, when, with the score on 70, Dave Barnes was caught and bowled by Crocker. Shortly afterwards, Radlett turned to spinner Dungaria who, bowling darts, took the wicket of Michael Roberts who went to pull a ball that stayed low. Todd Ferguson was stumped on the stroke of lunch and Henley were 95-3.
Shortly after lunch, Mordt became Dungaria’s third victim. For a while Dungaria and Crocker, who were to bowl out the remainder of the Henley’s 66 overs, kept Jonno McLean and Carl Crowe quiet and with the score on 138 after 50 overs, a final score in excess of 200 looked improbable. McLean and Crowe are however skilful and experienced batsmen and presented with an unchanged bowling attack, got used to and took full advantage of what Crocker and Dungaria had to offer, adding 103 runs in the last 15 overs with a judicious mix of shots all around the ground including a couple of huge sixes.
With 241 to Henley’s credit and Radlett having only 54 overs to chase them down, defeat was unlikely, though as it turned out, Radlett never really took up the challenge. Radlett fielding three teenagers opened with two of them, Patel and Malde. Although Malde went for a duck chipping Hodnett to Barnes at mid-on, Patel was not a bit overawed and motored to 36, including a spell during which he dispatched a still not fully fit Tom Lambert for serial boundaries. He was undone by a casually taken run. As Patel sauntered down the track, the alert Roberts, threw in flat and fast to Crowe who removed the bails. Berger, Jenkins and Jones all fell to bowled Crowe, caught Barnes at short leg, but Kabir Toor, assisted in no small degree by not walking and being given the benefit of the doubt by the umpires, survived several compelling appeals for the same dismissal and was to prove a thorn in the side of Henley for much of the late afternoon.
Meanwhile Henley were experiencing considerable problems bowling owing to the development of veritable potholes under the bowlers’ feet, making grip and delivery extremely difficult. Mordt Crowe and Hodnett all swapped ends at various stages to seek more purchase, but it was to little avail as Toor kept plugging away. He was admirably backed up by yet another Radlett teenager, Selvakumar, who showed real talent and character and was completely unfazed by the close attentions of the fielders. His unbeaten 41 was a real highlight.
Toor, who batted well, eventually fell and although Henley had to bowl four extra overs (as 54 overs had been reached before 7pm), they could not dislodge Selvakumar or get into the tail. The earlier demise of Toor or a return to the spin of Ewan Brock or the deployment of Nick Denning, who has taken key wickets at key times this season, might, individually or collectively, have made a difference but it was not to be and Henley had to settle for the draw.
Scorecard:
Henley CC
Michael Roberts b Fakir Dungaria 26
David Barnes ct Robert Crocker b Robert Crocker 39
Jonno McLean Not Out 86
Todd Ferguson + st Tom Jenkins b Fakir Dungaria 4
Bjorn Mordt * b Fakir Dungaria 3
Carl Crowe Not Out 67
David Allaway Did Not Bat
Kyle Hodnett Did Not Bat
Euan Brock Did Not Bat
Nicholas Denning Did Not Bat
Tom Lambert Did Not Bat
Extras ( 5b 6lb 2w 3nb ) 16
Total (4 wickets, 66 overs) 241
Bowling:
Shane Burger 5 1 9 0
Matt Corran 8 0 22 0
Heath Paynter 7 1 28 0
Robert Crocker 21 5 84 1
Fakir Dungaria 21 8 64 3
Kabir Toor 4 0 23 0
Radlett CC
Kushal Patel ro 36
Neel Malde ct David Barnes b Kyle Hodnett 0
Kabir Toor ct Todd Ferguson b Kyle Hodnett 78
Shane Burger * ct David Barnes b Carl Crowe 17
Tom Jenkins + ct David Barnes b Carl Crowe 0
Gwilym Jones ct David Barnes b Carl Crowe 25
Nish Selvakumar Not Out 41
Fakir Dungaria Not Out 0
Matt Corran Did Not Bat
Heath Paynter Did Not Bat
Robert Crocker Did Not Bat
Extras ( 3lb 2w 2nb ) 7
Total (6 wickets, 58 overs) 204
Bowling:
Kyle Hodnett 13 1 42 2
Tom Lambert 6 2 26 0
Carl Crowe 21 3 81 3
Bjorn Mordt 12 2 36 0
Euan Brock 6 1 16 0
Umpires: Murray Carlson Jeremy Denton
Scorers: Doreen Browne Michael Roberts (Snr)
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