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HORNINGSHAM
— batting
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| 1 |
|
c Eltringham |
b Berrigan |
1 |
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| 2 |
|
|
b Stephenson |
2 |
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| 3 |
|
lbw |
b Eltringham |
19 |
|
| 4 |
|
c Khawaja N |
b Stephenson |
0 |
|
| 5 |
|
lbw |
b Stephenson |
16 |
|
| 6 |
|
|
b Eltringham |
33 |
|
| 7 |
|
c & b |
b Eltringham |
4 |
|
| 8 |
|
not out |
|
55 |
|
| 9 |
|
|
b Berrigan |
35 |
|
| 10 |
|
not out |
|
0 |
|
| 11 |
|
|
|
|
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| 197 for 8 dec |
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Fall of wickets:
1–3, 2–13, 3–18, 4–34, 5–46, 6–77, 7–106, 8–195 |
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LONDON ERRATICS
— bowling |
|
Berrigan |
8 |
2 |
35 |
2 |
|
|
Stephenson |
9 |
2 |
47 |
3 |
|
|
Eltringham |
11 |
0 |
44 |
3 |
|
|
Ward |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
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|
Khawaja J |
2.2 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
|
Heller |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Neal |
1.3 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
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| For our first visit to the pleasant setting of Horningsham village, the opposition hadn't mentioned
that the wicket was an artificial one. The start, already held up by late arrivals, was therefore further delayed as studs were removed
and footwear swapped. In this match against a team combining the talents of Horningsham and Peter Oborne's White City XI,
the Erratics won the toss and elected to field. |
| Brian Berrigan and Michael Stephenson began in scintillating form. Brian was too good for one of
James Rivington's old authors (true), who paddled to Matthew Eltringham at square leg. And with his remodelled action, Michael S produced
sumptuous swing, which removed one middle stump and gave Nasir Khawaja two catches behind — one of which he held. Peter Oborne smacked
four boundaries before being given out by his brother James somewhat in the manner of an air traffic controller ("Visibility good,
ball on approach path vector two zero, cross-wind 10 knots, batsman you are cleared to depart, OUT!"). |
| At this point, Brian's spell had to end because the aforesaid umpire James O needed his shoes back in
order to go and pad up; Brian reverted to his spiked boots, in which he could run around in the field. But replacement bowler Matthew E
chipped in with another lbw, leaving the Erratics feeling happy: five down, scoring rate only 3 an over. Tristan Ward started nicely, but
the new bats started to step up the pace. A sharp low return catch by Matthew E broke the little partnership. |
| This sixth wicket brought to the crease James O (known to several through the indoor nets at Lords);
Erratics skipper James R countered by introducing young Jaspar Khawaja, who was unlucky to see the new
bat dropped off his bowling. After 27 overs, the home side were
still only 96 for 6: and this got better when Matthew E removed the free-scoring No. 6. But an extraordinary 30th over rocked the
composure of the Erratics: after two deliveries, Jaspar pulled up with a side-strain, and could not continue; Richard Heller took his place,
but was contorted with shoulder pain after only one ball; Matthew Neal finished the over. |
| Thirty-two runs off the next 3 overs prompted the recall of the opening bowlers, Brian
now sporting the shoes of umpire Peter O — but the change (in bowling and footwear) was not a success. The right fielders never seemed
to be in the right place: when James O was dropped for a third time, the spill earned him both a six and his half century. A late wicket
for Brian was no compensation for the 46 soul-destroying runs plundered off 3 overs from the seamers. |
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