Headley CC V Kings CC

08-Jun-08

Confusion on the warmest day of the year to date saw two sides turn up to play against Headley at their picturesque ground on top of the North Downs. The outcome of some frenetic negotiation by the home captain saw an agreement that the 3 teams would play a round robin of 15 over a side matches.

Kings were first up against the home side who had won the toss and elected to bat first. Playing for the first time and opening the batting for Headley was under-18 Middlesex player Page, and he took full advantage of the short boundaries by plundering 22 off the first over. This set the tone for the remainder of the innings as the talented starlet put virtually all the Kings bowlers to the sword. However, once again Kings were guilty of some dropped catches and Page was given three lives in total. But nothing could be taken away from a young talented player who had so much time on a true track and who made the most of the short boundaries. When he was finally dismissed, stumped by Smith (the keepers 100th dismissal) off the bowling of Gale he had amassed 134. Kings stuck gamely to their task in front of a sizeable crowd but could not prevent Headley from posting a highly impressive 183 from their 15 overs. Kings made a very good attempt in their chase for the runs. Some fine striking from Richard Warne and Gordon Young got Kings off to a good start in maintaining the 12 run an over needed. Yet Warne fell leg before, as did Joel Miah shortly after. Then when Simon Pipe was caught at mid-off Kings were starting to struggle. Yet Young and Jaemie Gale kept Kings in with a shout until Young was bowled. Still Kings persevered and Gale and Mears got Kings to 150 at the close of the innings

HEADLEY

M. PAGE ST. SMITH B. GALE 134
A. PICKERING CT. MEARS B. PIPE 12
J. PICKERING CT. & B B. GALE 24
J. ALLUM CT. GALE B. MIAH 6
G. WALLER NOT OUT 6
G. NOBLE NOT OUT 0
C. BIERMANN
A, MEARNS
M. MOSS
A. PARKER
T. SMITH
EXTRAS 1
TOTAL 15 OVERS 183

J. MIAH 4-0-42-1
S. PIPE 4-0-31-1
G. YOUNG 4-0-60-0
J. GALE 3-0-52-2

KINGS

R. WARNE LBW B. PARKER 23
G. YOUNG B. J. PICKERING 35
J. MIAH LBW B. PARKER 2
S. PIPE CT B. BOWLER #2 0
J. GALE NOT OUT 48
D. BLISSETT B. BOWLER # 4 5
O. MEARS NOT OUT 15
R. YOUNG
S. SMITH
S. TIGHE
R. SONES
EXTRAS 21
TOTAL 150

PARKER 4-0-31-2
BOWLER # 2 4-0-45-1
PICKERING 3-0-18-1
BOWLER # 4 3-0-32-1
BOWLER #5 1-0-11-0

In the second match Kings were pitched against Jesters, who had elected to bat first. This time there was to be no real concerns for Kings, who led by a some excellent bowling from Simon Pipe kept the scoring well in hand and reduced their opponents to a less than par score of just 89. In reply some excellent batting from Richard Warne and Dave Blissett set the platform for Kings to get home with four overs to spare, Warne ending up 46 not out.

JESTERS

TAUSEF CT. WARNE B. MIAH 12
CLARK CT. TIGHE B. PIPE 8
ANSBRO CT. SMITH B. PIPE 9
SIDDLER CT. MEARS B. PIPE 1
GREENSLADE B. PIPE 0
ORE B. GALE 14
DRAKE CT. SONES B. TIGHE 28
HANCOCK NOT OUT 10
DE SILVA NOT OUT 4
LADNER
ROSS
EXTRAS 2
TOTAL 89

J. MIAH 4-0-23-1
S. PIPE 4-0-24-4
G. YOUNG 2-0-9-0
R. SONES 2-0-7-0
J. GALE 2-0-12-1
S. TIGHE 1-0-16-1

KINGS

D. BLISSETT CT B. ANSBRO 28
R. WARNE NOT OUT 46
J. MIAH CT B. ANSBRO 5
S. PIPE LBW B. ANSBRO 0
O. MEARS NOT OUT 6
J. GALE
G. YOUNG
S. TIGHE
S. SMITH
R. YOUNG
R. SONES
EXTRAS 5
TOTAL 90

LADNER 3-0-15-0
DE SILVA 2-0-28-0
ANSBRO 3-0-13-3
ROSS 3-0-34-0

Having played their two games Kings were able to enjoy a beer whilst watching the last game between Headley and Jesters, which resulted in a win for Headley after the star of the day Page struck two massive sixes to seal the victory in the last over.

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