Scorecard

Burnham Sports CC 1st XI v Southweald on Sat 16 Jun 2012 at 1.30pm
Burnham Sports CC Lost by one wicket

Match report
Burnham Sports will bid to bounce back from a cruel defeat at the hands of Southweald when they entertain Bentley at Millfields on Saturday.
Sports reached the brink of victory in their latest T.Rippon Mid-Essex League first division clash after fine individual performances by Jalal Ahmed and Joel Whittaker, but ended up losing by by a single wicket.
Defending a tally of 162 - a respectable total given the softish pitch, slow outfield and extreme wind - Burnham had success in their grasp after reducing Southweald to 113 for seven and then 141 for nine.
However, the visiting pair's last pair stood firm, with Sharma, batting at 9, making an unbeaten 35 to tip the scales in his team's favour.
Defeat was particularly hard on Whittaker, who excelled bowling into one of the strongest winds ever known at the club.
Several times he had to abort running in, but, showing great persistence, finished with a haul of six for 48. Wicketless in his first five-over spell, he took six for 28 in his second seven-over stint.
It was the second time in a month that the acuurate medium pacer had finished with six wickets.
Ali Allchin (two for 34) also enjoyed some success but, ultimately, Burnham were left to reflect on bowling too many wides and no balls.
Earlier, Burnham had struggled to gain the initiative after losing the toss and being invited to bat.
Opening batsmen Dominic Whittaker (25) and Paul Green (15) begun well enough but, having been 29 without loss, the home team stumbled to 62 for five.
Jalal and Andy Stephens turned things round with a sixth-wicket stand of 58, before the latter was run out. Jalal, playing his first game for almost a year after returning from Saudi Arabia, dominated the partnership and went on to finish with a fine 57.
Mixing caution with attack, Jalal hit three sixes and five fours before departing attempting another big hit.
Stephens, the skipper, still unable to bowl for a third week because of a shoulder problem, said: "When you lose by such a narrow margin, you can go back and find a dozen reasons that made the difference.
"What really disappointed me was the number of times we strayed with the ball. The league have brought in very strict rules regarding wides, but to bowl 33 was inexcusable. Throw in another five no balls and, essentially, we gifted Southweald almost a quarter of the runs that they required."











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Burnham Sports CC 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
22w 2b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
27
162		        
Dominic Whittaker Bowled  25 3
Paul Green Caught  15 1
Joel Whittaker Lbw  9
Jamie Hamilton Lbw  3
Jalal Ahmed Caught  57 5 3
Alastair Allchin Bowled  4 1
Andy Stephens Run out  12 1 2
Neil Saunders Bowled  2
Matthew Mears Bowled  7
Jack Silvester Not Out  0
Tom Stephens Bowled  1

Southweald Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Southweald Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
5nb 33w 2lb 
for 9 wickets
40
164 (4.3 overs)		     
Chambers ct A.Stephens b T.Stephens 7
Cutts ct A.Stephens b Allchin 16
Davey lbw Whittaker 40
Courts lbw Whittaker 12
Ram b Whittaker 0
Craswell lbw Allchin 5
Hull lbw Whittaker 0
R.Sharma Not Out  35
Pummell b Whittaker 9
Pye b Whittaker 0
A.Sharma Not Out  0

Burnham Sports CC 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alastair Allchin12.0234217.002.83
Joel Whittaker12.034868.004.00
Jamie Hamilton6.322600.004.00
Tom Stephens4.0026126.006.50
Jack Silvester2.001100.005.50
Paul Green2.001700.008.50

  • Umpire :
    Bryan Lovejoy & Ron Walton
  • Scorer :
    sue silvester?