“Shorten Does a Bergkamp
And Ainsworth is an Anchor”
Match: 23
/ 606
Won
by 64 runs
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
149 - 5 |
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L. Ainsworth 51*, D. Shorten
36 |
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Islip CC |
85 |
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A. Darley 3 - 15, M. Rundle
3 - 17 |
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August 1997 and the dulcet tones of Des Lynam echo
out from Match of the Day. “Well, the result of this month’s goal of the
month is quite extraordinary. In third place, goal nine, Dennis Bergkamp, in
second place goal four, Dennis Bergkamp and in first place, goal 10, Dennis
Bergkamp”. Never had three examples of such brilliance been demonstrated in
such a short space of time by one individual, putting other great feats on
the same stage in the shade. Until now that is, but more on that later. The omens weren’t looking good for this one with The
MAD suffering to usual post tour stresses, strains, extended hangovers etc.
More importantly, we were missing several of the ‘big beasts’ in the form of
Howarth, Turner and Timms, meaning that Lee stepped into the captain’s
trousers for the day. He lost the toss, but then it was considered not a bad
one to lose as neither skipper had a firm idea of what would work best. As it
happened, we were batting.
Mr Ainsworth leading from
the front. Lee (51 n.o) had the confidence to lead from the
front, so opened with Nuno (35). The view from the sidelines was that against
some excellent bowling, from the likes of youngster Crawford and a pitch
providing a series of poppers and shooters, nobody could have done more, but
still when Nuno departed after 17.2 overs the score had crawled up to 56. Not
quite Geoffball, but neither was it looking likely to be competitive. There
was a brief appearance from Taiga (4) and an even briefer one from Cartwright
(0) before Shorten (36) stripped off his silk pajamas and headed out. He said
batting felt great, the bat like a feather in his hands. He then realised it
was Darley’s bat he was using, so a MAD moment nominee ensued as he swapped
to his own blade. Champagne nominee number one came as he middled one
beautifully into a tree outside the boundary before the ball ricocheted back
about 10 yards on to the pitch. The match started to turn at that point and
with late contributions from Darley (12) and Harris (1 n.o.) we reached a
more than creditable 149 off 35 overs. Lee reached his 50 off the second to
last ball and joins a select few to carry their bat through an entire
innings. It was good to see Russ and Jake turn up towards the
end of the innings. Russ having recovered from his operation earlier in the
week and Jake having recovered from Tour. At tea Shorten observed that he had
a clover leaf stuck to his shoe. Not the four-leaf variety, but a good omen
surely?
Mr Shorten, a man who can
seemingly do not wrong in the field this year. So, to the reply then and what can we say other than
we were on fire, and everything went our way. Opening bowlers Darley
(7-0-15-3) and Rundle (7-1-18-3) tore into their youngsters and oldsters. Joe
got the party started with a good grab at gully. Reeves took a nice one at
slip off Darley. Then it happened. The dangerous looking Brennar had been
biffing a few, but now he got hold of one and skied it way over Darley’s
head. Shorten sprinted round from long on, but surely just to stop the two.
As the ball was about to hit the turf, he didn’t break stride, but dived and
stuck out one hand. The ball stuck between his first and second fingers. A
truly remarkable catch, I don’t think anyone, him, Darley, Brennar or the
rest of us could quite believe it. Start practicing that one for the AGM
Dennis. That really took the wind out of Islip and wickets
then fell at regular intervals until they were slumped at 39 for 7. At that
point Black (37) and Hambridge threatened something of a comeback and dark
thoughts were beginning to enter the mind. Until that is, Shorten completed
his hat-trick of Champagne moments, a wonderful direct hit run out to dismiss
Hambridge. Still, we weren’t done and there was time for a second direct hit
run out, this time from Kaito. It is not reported whether Shorten still had
that clover leaf attached to his shoe at this point. Okay, so technically
Kaito’s run out made the final list of Champagne moments, but why let the
facts spoil a good narrative?
Stock footage of Rundle
v1.0 bowling at Islip. There was time for a MAD moment as Nuno and Kaito
sprinted after a ball that was hit between them. They were so engrossed in
the running race that they forgot about the ball entirely and both sprinted
several yards past it, before having to turn around in comedic style. Harris provided the final nail in the Islip innings,
bowling Black and finishing them on 85. A great win then, congratulations to
everyone, special mention to Lee for captaining and providing a platform that
the rest of the guns in the bag could build on.
’Reevsie’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Islip CC Played at Islip, 28 August 2023 Islip CC won the toss and elected to field Far From the MCC won by 64 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
23 / 606 35 over match |
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Team |
Far From the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
L. G.
Ainsworth * |
not out |
51 |
(81) |
4 |
1 |
1-56 |
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2 |
C. T. J.
Williams |
b K. Crawford |
35 |
(51) |
3 |
1 |
2-63 |
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3 |
T.
Kawada-Williams |
c & b K. Crawford |
4 |
(10) |
- |
- |
3-63 |
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4 |
J. A.
Cartwright |
c unknown b K. Crawford |
0 |
(2) |
- |
- |
4-128 |
|
5 |
D.
Shorten |
b Brock |
36 |
(46) |
3 |
1 |
5-144 |
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6 |
A.
Darley |
c unknown b Boucher |
12 |
(19) |
1 |
- |
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7 |
J.
Harris |
not out |
1 |
(1) |
- |
- |
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8 |
M. K.
Reeves |
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9 |
K.
Kawada-Williams |
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10 |
M. S.
Rundle |
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11 |
G.
Carter † |
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Extras |
NB5, W4, LB1 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
(for 5 wickets, 35 overs) |
149 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
B.
Crawford |
7 |
1 |
27 |
0 |
3.86 |
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2 |
Hambridge |
7 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
3.00 |
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3 |
Boucher |
6 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
4.50 |
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4 |
K.
Crawford |
7 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
1.57 |
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5 |
Brock |
7 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
7.14 |
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6 |
Goodfellow |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9.00 |
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Team |
Islip CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
W.
Goodfellow |
c Cartwright b Rundle |
2 |
|
- |
- |
1-5 |
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2 |
L.
Brennan |
c Shorten |
11 |
|
1 |
- |
2-18 |
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3 |
T. Mann |
c Reeves b Darley |
3 |
|
- |
- |
3-23 |
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4 |
J.
Boucher |
b Rundle |
3 |
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- |
- |
4-25 |
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5 |
O. Black
* |
b Harris |
37 |
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4 |
1 |
5-25 |
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6 |
H. Brock |
b Rundle |
0 |
|
- |
- |
6-26 |
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7 |
M.
Russell |
b Darley |
2 |
|
- |
- |
7-39 |
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8 |
B.
Crawford |
c & b Reeves |
4 |
|
1 |
- |
8-52 |
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9 |
R.
Hambridge |
run out (Shorten) |
10 |
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1 |
- |
9-54 |
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10 |
K.
Crawford |
run out (K. Kawada-Williams) |
0 |
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10-85 |
|
11 |
S.
Nelson |
not out |
1 |
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Extras |
NB2, W4, LB3, B3 |
12 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 25.3 overs) |
85 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Darley |
7 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
2.14 |
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2 |
Rundle |
7 |
1 |
17 |
3 |
2.43 |
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3 |
Reeves |
3 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
4.33 |
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4 |
Harris |
5.3 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
5.64 |
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5 |
K.
Kawada-Williams |
3 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1.67 |
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MOTM: D. Shorten Champagne Moment: D. Shorten Buffet Award: J. Harris’ sweet and sour chicken balls (chip side) MAD
Moment: C. T. J. Williams &
K. Kawada-Williams competitive chase but forgetting the ball |
Opposition:
V078 / 011 Ground: G055 / 007 Captain: C026 / 006 Match No: 35 / 224 |