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Sunday April 20th 2008
Herongate CC v Stanford le Hope CC
Herongate 149 all out - Luthra 81 Palmer 37 /
Poulton 7 for 5
Stanford 152 for 6 - Gray 30 Drain 25 Poulton
35 Not Out
Stanford took a young(ish) side for their regular
first friendly match on the subutteo sized pitch at Herongate
Acting Captain Mark Knight won the toss and
inserted the opposition on a greenish wicket looking to make early
inroads however this plan seemed to have backfired when the ever aggressive
Manesh Luthra deposited the attack to various parts of the county reaching his
50 in 8 overs ! after the returning Kevin Smith removed his opening
partner,Luthra was joined by Palmer who continued the onslaught to bring
the home team onto 120 for 1 after 15 overs.
Knight then decided to bring Ross Poulton into the
attack to slow the run rate down who ignored his captains wishes by
taking wickets instead, he removed the
dangerous Luthra for 81 and proceeded to take a further six wickets averaging
two per over finishing with astonishing figures of 5
overs 3 maidens 7 wickets for 5 runs
Apart from Palmer 37 and Dixon 13 not out the home
team offered little resistance and collapsed to 149 all out in 25 overs.
In reply Stanford's openers Michael Gray(30) and
Matt Higgins(7) set about their task, after Higgins departure James Drain (25)
came to the crease and with a few
alarms took Stanford into the 90's until four wickets fell to have the
visitors on 112 for 6.
Enter Poulton who had been dropped down the order
as punishment for ignoring his captain whilst bowling hitting a rapid 35
not out and along with Marvin Hagler 11 not
out saw the visitors home with 10 overs to spare.
Worthy footnote that Knight with 3 stumpings
offered to buy a jug whereas Poulton didnt.