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Burnham Sports CC 1st XI v Great Baddow on Sat 04 Jul 2015 at 1pm
Burnham Sports CC Lost by 2 wickets

Match report HAMILTON DEJECTED AS SPORTS LOSE THRILLER
Just when they thought their torrid season could not get any crueller, Burnham Sports suffered an agonising last-over defeat to Great Baddow.
A belated first win of the campaign was in Sports’s grasp after they rattled up 297 in sweltering conditions at Millfields, and then reduced their rivals to 17 for two in reply.
Baddow would not buckle, though, and squeezed home with three balls and two wickets to spare in the 45 overs per side contest.
It leaves Sports rooted to the bottom of the T Rippon Premier League table, with their next two fixtures being tough trips to Goresbrook and Thurrock.
“All the lads were completely demoralised,” Hamilton said. “It must have been a great game for neutrals to watch as there were almost 600 runs scored and it went right to the wire but finishing second in such circumstances was hard to take.
“We gave our all, but little things went against us throughout and, ultimately, that cost us. With just a bit more rub of the green, the outcome would have been different.”
A superb fourth-wicket partnership of 140, in 20 overs, between Hamilton and Joel Whittake had put Sports in command after they were inserted. Whittaker hit a sparkling 96, while Hamilton made 64.
Joel’s innings, in particular, was a delight. He thumped 21 off the first eight balls he faced - two glorious straight sixes being the highlight - and was totally dominant until being caught at deep mid-wicket when within sight of a deserved century.
Three figures also looked possible for the belligerent Hamilton, who hit two sixes and eight fours, before he was given out next ball.
Hamilton was one of the three Burnham players adjudged to be stumped, while Robin Whittaker, younger brother of Joel, was given out LBW for 38 to an opponent bowling round the wicket after sharing in a productive eight-over seventh-wicket stand of 67 with Andy Stephens (27).
The same pair then grabbed an early wicket each to leave Baddow on the ropes but the visiting team responded with a cavalier approach through Huartson and Smith (52), who put on 107 in only a dozen overs.
Smith’s departure did lttle to stem the assault, Huartson and Wilson adding a further 101 before the former, having earlier survived a loud shout for a catch at the wicket, was brilliantly caught by Robin Whittaker, running in from long off, for 100 off the bowling of Hamilton.
For an encore, Whittaker took two wickets with successive balls as Baddow slipped to 231 for six. That became 273 for eight, when Fuad Ahmed superbly ran out Wilson (68) off his own bowling and then disturbed the stumps of another rival.
Baddow’s ninth pair needed 22 off the final three overs but had whittled that down to six from the final one, bowled by David Bridge. After managing three runs from the first two balls, Simmons (41 not out) miscued a shot through the off-side which dribbled away to the boundary.
It was not all bad news for Sports, though, as they picked up nine bonus points, plus fellow strugglers Little Baddow and High Roding were also suffering defeats.
Amazingly, Springfield accumulated a league record 500 for three in their game away to Little Baddow. Jim Symonds, batting at four, scored an undefeated 201, and James Latimir-Jones helped himself to 182. The pair hit the bulk of the 27 sixes that were struck as the visiting team averaged 11 runs per over. Little Baddow managed 208 in reply.

SIX OF BEST BY CAMPION PROVES IN VAIN
A six-wicket haul by Greg Campion could not prevent Burnham Sports 2nd XI losing a low-scoring match to Goresbrook 3rd XI by 26 runs.
Sports began the match with only eight players - they struggled to locate the ground after a late switch of venue - but skipper Campion’s haul of six for 50 meant that Goresbrook did not fully cash in, as they made 152-9 from their 40 overs
Roger Perrin backed up his captain, finishing with figures of 9-4-11-1.
Sports, who had won their past four completed matches, also struggled to master conditions and subsided to 126 all out in 33.3 overs, despite Steve Rees-Evans making 30. Gilham proved the match winner, picking up five for 22.
This Saturday, Burnham’s 2nd XI entertain Eastwood 3rd (start 1pm).

Burnham Sports CC 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
1nb 10w 6b 4lb 
for 10 wickets
21
297		        
Paul Green ct Evans-Green 8 8 2 100
Jack Silvester st T.Smith 24 27 5 88.89
Fuad Ahmed ct Evans-Green 6 15 40.0 1
Joel Whittaker ct Chowdray 96 88 11 4 109.09
Jamie Hamilton st Chowdray 64 57 8 2 112.28
Robin Whittaker lbw Chowdray 38 26 5 1 146.15 1
David Bridge ct Wilson 0 6 0
Andy Stephens st D.Smith 27 23 2 1 117.39 1
Tom Silvester b D.Smith 1 5 20.0
Neil Saunders b Chowdray 12 16 1 75.00
Dominic Whittaker Not Out  1 5 20.0 3

Great Baddow Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Evans-Green5.0034217.006.80
Huartson6.004600.007.67
T.Smith4.0036136.009.00
D.Smith6.0031215.505.17
Simmons5.002900.005.80
Wilson10.0057157.005.70
Chowdray0.0153413.250.00

Great Baddow Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 8w 4b 5lb 
for 8 wickets
19
299 (44.3 overs)		     
Huartson ct R.Whittaker b Hamilton 100 14 2
Gunalan ct and b Stephens 1
Chaudrey ct D.Whittaker b R.Whittaker 4
D.Smith ct D.Whittaker b Ahmed 52 9 1
Wilson run out (ahmed) 68 9
Wyatt ct D.Whittaker b R.Whittaker 1
Van Kruning b R.Whittaker 0
Simmons Not Out  41 6 1
T.Smith b Ahmed 9
M.Smith Not Out  4
Evans Green  

Burnham Sports CC 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Robin Whittaker10.0054318.005.40
Andy Stephens5.0037137.007.40
Jack Silvester3.003000.0010.00
Fuad Ahmed8.0060230.007.50
Jamie Hamilton10.0053153.005.30
Tom Silvester3.002100.007.00
David Bridge5.303700.006.73