Scorecard

Long Melford Cricket Club Sat 1st XI v Lakenheath on Sat 02 May 2015 at 1pm
Long Melford Cricket Club Won By 7 wkts

Match report Long Melford 1st XI vs. Lakenheath

Two Counties Division 2 – Week 3


Long Melford Cricket Club’s 1st XI this week entertained a winless Lakenheath side on a cold & cloudy afternoon at the Meetingfield, Long Melford.

With Lakenheath intent on securing a first victory and lifting themselves from the foot of the table, Melford aimed to begin securing more points to build on an encouraging start to the 2015 season.

Melford skipper Stuart Whitehart won the toss and subsequently invited Lakenheath to bat first.

The usual opening bowling partnership of Gareth Boon & James French strangled the Lakenheath openers from the start and had whipped out the number 2 batsman by over 5. Bowling with genuine pace & bounce, French was unlucky not to be among the wickets in the early stages.

With a change of bowling to bring Stuart Whitehart into the attack the Lakenheath wickets began to fall as they struggled to find runs. Shane Leech, the Lakenheath captain offered some resistance with a gritty 40, however without any significant middle order partnerships, the overs rolled on and the total stagnated.

The bowling of Tom Barnard collected 2 wickets in the middle overs, however the stand out bowling performance from Gareth Boon of 4 for 39 from 14 overs ensured Lakenheath only cleared the 100 run mark in over 37 of 45.

Some late, lower order hitting from Lakenheath eventually took the total to a below par 139 for the loss of 9 wickets.

Melford’s fielding was tidy & agile with only 1 catch being dropped in the innings.

After the tea interval, Melford’s opening batting partnership of Tom Barnard & Hugh Walters took to the field and set about the Lakenheath bowling from the off.

Hugh Walters fell for a run a ball 33 including one six and 3 fours whilst Tom Barnard went four overs later, out for 24, both pulling hard to the Lakenheath captain Shane Leech fielding at midwicket.

Adam Matthews steadied the middle order with another obdurate innings and gaining support from Sarmad Murtaza after Joe Harvey’s dismissal, steered the Melford side to victory with a patient 40 not out, a knock that included 6 fours.

With this 7 wicket win under their belt, Long Melford’s 1st XI now lie 5th in the table and are poised to take on the league leaders Ipswich next week at the Meetingfield, Long Melford.

Lakenheath Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 2w 2lb 
for 9 wickets
5
139 (45.0 overs)		     
A. Leach ct  J. French 17 2
D. Palmer ct  A. Skeggs 1
S. Leach ct  J. Wade 40 6
M. Reeves lbw  G. Boon 0
K. Curtis Not Out  39 5
L. Flack lbw  T. Barnard 2
T. Miller run out  D. Brett. 0
J. Tuffin ct  G. Boon 33 4 2
S. Bowers ct  T. Barnard 0
K. Starr run out  J. Harvey 2
S. Palmer  

Long Melford Cricket Club Sat 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Gareth Boon14.033949.752.79
James French8.023200.004.00
Stuart Whitehart6.0016116.002.67
Tom Barnard7.0026213.003.71
Hugh Walters6.02700.001.17
Sarmad Abbas Murtaza4.001600.004.00

Long Melford Cricket Club Sat 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 6b 1lb 
for 3 wickets
8
140		        
Tom Barnard ct  S. Leach 24 5 1
Hugh Walters ct  S. Leach 33 3 1
Adam Matthews Not Out  40 6
Joe Harvey lbw  T. Miller 17 3 1
Sarmad Abbas Murtaza Not Out  18 2
Jason Wade   1
Stuart Whitehart  
Dale Brett   1
Gareth Boon   1
James French   1
Ashley Skeggs   1

Lakenheath Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S. Bowers4.002800.007.00
T. Miller 15.0346315.333.07
K. Starr 14.053400.002.43
S. Palmer 2.001000.005.00
S. Leach 3.01500.001.67
D. Palmer 2.101100.005.08
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