Scorecard

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Harpenden II on Sat 20 Jun 2009 at 1.00pm
Northwood Town Cricket Club Won by 9 runs

Match report NORTHWOOD TOWN produced a much needed and deserved nine run win over Harpenden despite being handicapped by huge selection problems. With several regulars missing - including the captain and vice captain - Town knew they would have to dig deep and they pulled an excellent result out of the bag. Dave Bushnell took up the captaincy and on winning the toss elected to bat. Bushnell decided to put his own stamp on the team and open up with a more aggressive bat in the form of Johanes Van Ee. This worked well as Van Ee and Brendan Heaney began positively in an opening partnership of 35. Van Ee in particular made an impression with 38 in little time. However, from 62-1 the hosts once again showed a lack of backbone in the middle order and collapsed with minimal fight. Only Michael Lister stood firm as he carved out a critical 39 but no-one else was able to produce a substantial partnership with him and Town were eventually dismissed for a poor looking 128.

In reply, Bushnell decided to shake up the bowling attack and opened with Van Ee and Richard Doling. This paid immediate dividends as the visitors were soon in early trouble at 2-2. However, the batsmen did knuckle down and looked in total command as they crept up to 87-2. Bushnell was rotating his bowling effectively and this paid off when he brought Doling back to produce a blistering spell. With Bushnell himself switching to bowling uphill, Harpenden collapsed like a pack of cards under the pressure and the visitors crumbled to 119 leaving the taste of victory very sweet for Town. Doling had produced a tremendous 6-28 off ten overs whilst Bushnell claimed 3-25 off eleven overs.

Bushnell was delighted with the performance:
"Given the circumstances we performed extremely well. It was a great team effort and we need to show that sort of attitude throughout the rest of the season"

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
7lb 
for 10 wickets
7
128		        
Brendan Heaney b Savio 14 1
Johannes Van-Ee ct Savio b Makower 38 1
David Bushnell lbw b Kerley 8
Mushraf Malik ct Washington b Kerley 0
Richard Doling lbw b Kerley 9 2
Michael Lister b Savio 39
Richard Robbins st Sprowson b Kerley 2
Gurpal Ahluwalia lbw b Kerley 0
John Boast ct Tuck b Makower 0
Dominic Whyley Not Out  4
Ishmeet Singh b Makower 7

Harpenden II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
J Savio9.0237218.504.11
J Peck2.001900.009.50
P Makower18.2734311.331.85
J Kerley12.033356.602.75

Harpenden II Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
23lb 
for 10 wickets
23
119 (33.2 overs)		     
M Brookes lbw b Doling 40
A Hooper ct Van Ee b Doling 0
E Washington ct Heaney b Van Ee 0
D Whiteley ct & b Doling 30
O Tuck lbw b Bushnell 3
O Chinneck ct & b Doling 21
G Sprowson lbw b Doling 0
J Kerley lbw b Doling 0
P Makower lbw b Bushnell 0
J Savio b Bushnell 0
J Peck Not Out  2

Northwood Town Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Richard Doling10.032864.672.80
Johannes Van-Ee8.0226126.003.25
David Bushnell11.222538.332.21
Dominic Whyley4.002500.006.25