Scorecard

Buckfastleigh v Aldenham Cricket Club on Sat 24 Aug 2013 at 1330
Aldenham Cricket Club Won by 8 wickets

Match report First game of tour was a mixed bag full of quality and Aldenham players with Buckfastleigh turning up with only 5 players.
Aldenham decided to field first which wasn't well recieved by any of the team having had an epic train journey down to Newton Abbot and an even longer night in the glorious Lavender House Hotel bar.
Skipper for the day Michael 'dirty pint' Ward opened with Chris 'in and out tourist' Hewett and Dan 'next year I'm on it but don't tell my mum' Knight (only joking Carol) who found their in different line and length but it was the youngster picking up the first wicket. Chewitt (obviously exhausted by the previous nights antics) had to take himself out of the attack which luckily brought Sen 'all nighter' Bala into the attack picking up 2 impressive wickets getting all the fielders jubilant about an early finish.
An erratic spell from Basil 'now Barry' Letts prologed the game unnecassily made skip Ward have to make a change and he looked no further than Char 'I love the train' Munroe who ended the first half of Buckfastleigh's innings and began the Aldenham rejects part. First up it was Michael '1 night out of 4' Glover who firstley came to the crease with left handed gloves on and then snicked his 2nd ball to Nic 'safe hands' Hale....well toured Frostie! Mr Barot eyeing up 47 runs to reach a well deserved 1000 run season looked nervous not be able to deal with pacey cougared Munroe's bowling. The nerves didn't manage to settle seeing a rank long hop from skipper ward sticking it down Mayuren 'now Moreen' Balas throat (on the 2nd attempt) and recieving a rowdy send off from everybody near him. The only other highlight from the rest of the innings was the veteran underused Nic Hale who manage to beat the overused Tim Hale who played an missed at a straight 1 (not for the first time this season).
The responce was emphatic. Sachin '1 day' Sanghvi took to the Buckfastleigh attack with his unique slapping techique to all parts with Moreen Bala rotating the strike every now and then at the other end. With a 6 hitting bet in the back of his mind, it was the slick Sanghvi who surrendered his innings first having only took 1 to the river. In came Char ready to take Sanghvi's money from him carting a 6 off Karan 'stick to batting mate' Barot and then off his replacement who was bowling the Jeremy Snape Moon balls which was celebrated but all (apart from the emptied wallet Sachin. The runs were on the board and it was a case of seeing the game out but unfortunatly Moreen could only risk Tim hales back running himself out ending on a patient 34. In came the itching Nic Hale only needing 3 to win and after some poor banter from himself and the Chairmen and the double ball bouncer he recieved, took him to the river having gone through his sons hands winning the game just before 20 overs was called.

Buckfastleigh Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 9w 1b 4lb 
for 10 wickets
17
143 (37.0 overs)		     
Jones ct  D, Knight 26
Hardy b  S. Bala 16
Singh ct  Char. Munroe 13
Anton lbw  S. Bala 0
Joe b  J. Knight 11
Glover ct  Char. Munroe 0
Barot ct  Ward 34
Hale b  N. Hale 6
Letts lbw  Ward 3
Russell Not Out  15
Burrows lbw  B. Letts 1

Aldenham Cricket Club Aldenham Cricket Club Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Chris Hewett3.001000.003.33
Dan Knight5.0031131.006.20
Sen Bala9.0328214.003.11
Basil Letts4.3114114.003.11
Charlie Munroe5.04422.000.80
Julian Knight3.0029129.009.67
Michael Ward4.001929.504.75
Nic Hale4.03414.001.00

Aldenham Cricket Club Aldenham Cricket Club Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 16w 4b 1lb 
for 2 wickets
22
145		        
Sachin Sanghvi b  Singh 32 41 5 1 78.05
Mayuren Bala run out  T. Hale 34 78 3 43.59 1
Charlie Munroe Not Out  53 34 7 2 155.88
Nic Hale Not Out  4 1 1 400 1
Itty Haque   1
Basil Letts   1
Michael Ward  
Dan Knight  
Julian Knight  
Sen Bala  
Chris Hewett  

Buckfastleigh Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jones5.002300.004.60
Joe4.002100.005.25
Barot5.003200.006.40
Singh4.0019119.004.75
Hale4.001400.003.50
Anton1.001600.0016.00
Letts2.301500.006.00