2006 SEASON
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RESULT |
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Syresham (A) |
L 112 all out* / 113-3 3 |
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Radway (H) |
W 142-5* / 143-6 3 |
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Fenny
Compton (A) |
L 33 all out* / 34-2 3 |
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Hinton in
the Hedges (H) |
W 206-4* / 100 all out 3 |
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Woodford Halse (A) |
D rained off 3 |
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Preston
Capes (H) |
W 189-8* / 91 all out 3 |
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L 286 all out*/ 176-4 3 |
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Culworth (H) @ Culworth |
W 94 all out / 80 all out 3 |
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Sibford (A) |
L 158 all out /121 all out 3 |
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01 Jul 06 |
Syresham (H) |
L 211 all out /142 all out 3 |
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Radway (A) |
L 194-8* / 195-5 3 |
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Fenny
Compton (H) @ Fenny |
L 130-7* / 131-2 3 |
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Hinton in
the Hedges (A) |
D rained off 3 |
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Woodford Halse (H) |
W 153-4 / 151 all out* 3 |
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Preston
Capes (A) |
L 159-7 * / 162-6 |
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L 73 all out* / 74-2 3 |
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Culworth (A) |
W 127-4 / 121-8* 3 |
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Sibford (H) |
W 150 all
out*/110 all out 3 |
Sunday 10 September
Friendly BODICOTE 282-7 beat BROUGHTON & NN 277
all out by 3 wickets
A couple of late
withdrawals saw BCC take on Broughton initially with 9 men (George joined in later).Under
a hot sun, BCC struggled to plug the gaps, but started
reasonably Ok thanks to DC 1-21 and a fired up Inzamam
1-38 (off 8 overs,definitely his best ever spell). At
63-3 things could certainly have been worse, and indeed did become so, as
inevitably Stuart Walton tucked into the change bowling to score 51 (at least
his fourth consecutive 50+ against us). He was outscored at the other end by
Parsons who slammed 86. Sam Allen then had Stuart well caught by his old man on
the long on boundary, before Dave came on and removed him with a caught and
bowled. B &NN were well past 200 at this point, but Dave reeled them in
bowling a bemused Neil Mepham with a ball stunning in
its lack of pace or indeed movement. With Woodah
steaming in at the other end (2-33), Dave completed what he thinks may be a
career defining 3-37. 277-9 was a tall order with Roger and Porger
both back in the hutch at 30-2, but the Barbarian stood tall (fridge/packing
case tall according to Stuart) and smote 44, and Dave dispatched the bowling
all round the ground for a fine 62, departing at 148-4.Woody and Stuart then
put on 41, before Stu was out for 19, bringing Sam
Allen (age 13) to the crease. Sam looks to be a chip of the old block, and was
completely unfased in putting on 80 for the 6th wicket,
scoring 16, including a lovely 6 off his legs (hmmm).Alexander Smith(1*) then
joined his slightly more
experienced colleague, the task of scoring 8 off the last two overs not proving onerous, with the winning hit a six into
the lane with 4 balls to spare, leaving a knackered Woody on 88* (50th 50), and
another remarkable win in the bag, even better than last year when only 273 was
chased down. Collective rigor mortis then set in for the over 40s in the bar.
Saturday 26 August
BODICOTE 150 all out (20 pts) beat SIBFORD 102 all out (6 pts) by 40 runs
So this was fortunately
not do or die and one or two good batting displays and
some tight bowling meant we finish on a winning note.
Heavy overnight rain had
messed up the Barlow/Cronin belter they had prepared
and Bodicote got off to a slow start against some
accurate bowling from the visitors. Inzy fell first for 5 and Andrew followed a ball later, well
caught behind for 9 – 15-2 off 10. Dave and Polly took the score up to 44
before the Skip was bowled by a killer shooter that jagged back from outside leg
to slam into the base of his stumps – a truly unplayable ball. Polly was
in good form, enjoying his time away from domesticity and when George was out
for 1 another 42 runs had been added with Polly having brought up his second
successive 50. At 85-4 and loads of batting to come the inevitable happened
– a collapse to 99-8, with Polly out for 56 his fellow old Bloxhamists Craig and Dan bagging ducks (Craig’s a
golden) and Stuart making one. The ninth wicket pairing of Dave C and Deano added a quick 34 with DC hitting three 6s in his 26
and Dean took the score up to 150 before being out for 28 with 2.5 overs to go.
Defending 150 Bodicote would need early wickets and when the prolific Wilby edged Dan to Stanno behind
the stumps off the first ball of the innings, the perfect start looked to have
been achieved. Sadly the usually reliable Stanno
dropped the chance. This looked costly as Sibford
moved onto 33 inside 6 overs before Dan bowled Wilby for 16 just as the rains came. The teams came off and
it looked settled in however the clouds sort of circled rounds Kingsfield and surprisingly the teams were out again within
10 minutes and no overs lost. Dan completed the over
and took his second wicket having Sibford’s No
3 caught by Andrew. 33-2 soon became 41-3 as Dan picked up his third wicket
courtesy of a great snaffle by Porge at first slip.
Skipper Dave brought Barlow and DC into the attack and they kept things tight
with the latter reeling off five consecutive maidens. They reduced Sibford from 67-3 to 70-6 between the 19th and
26th overs with DC taking one wicket and
the Chair two, including a very late arrival of the one ball a season that
spins past the edge of the batsman and clips off stump (OK if you don’t
agree then write the match reports!). Sibford moved
onto 96-6 with 10 overs to go to put the game in the
balance before a wicket each for the Chair and DC (who was bowling the faster?)
cut them back to 96-8. The tail added little and at 103-8 skipper Allen, in his
last act at the helm, brought on Inzy to keep things
interesting. He induced a run out before Barlow took his fourth wicket to end
proceedings and see Bodicote go above Sibford into sixth place with a playing record of Pl 18 W 7
D 2 L 9. The Chair noted his record as Pl 10 W 2 L 8 and when not playing Pl 8
W 5 D 2 L 1!
Saturday 19 August
BODICOTE 127-4
(20 pts) beat CULWORTH 121-8 (3 pts)
by 6 wickets
So the time-honoured drop avoiding sixth win was
finally achieved and means that we can enjoy the last game of the season
against Sibford. We were beyond flirting with
relegation more like giving it a good humping so the 20 points earned proved
vital.
Skipper Cronin was faced with one of our more serious
availability crises with Woodruff, Allen, Buckingham, Newman on holiday and
Barlow and Stanno working. However Polly decided that
the jewellery shops of the South of England could do without him for a weekend
and Irv also made himself
available. Despite this we still needed to call on a debutant who hadn’t
played for years – Mark Munoz, who became the first BCC player with a Z
in his name since the great PZ Kovacs c1985-1993. Even more surprising than
picking an unknown, untried player who hadn’t played for years Dave
called up 2nd XI skip Symmo.
As it turned out Culworth
also had selection problems and they relied on Chris Bateman (34) and Richard
Harper (24) for the bulk of their runs, these two veterans being two of a very
small number of players in the league who have been playing longer than the
Chair, who made his debut at Culworth in 1975. Most
of Bodicote’s bowlers kept it tight and scoring
was not helped by a wet outfield – it was
surprising the game went uninterrupted from the weather as many were called off
or played to reduced overs. Dan Smith took 2-11 and Si Hawken 2-29 with Dean the pick
of the bowlers taking 3-16 despite the skipper describing his bowling as
“Pies”, harsh words but if anyone knows what a pie looks like it
would surely be Dave. He himself went 1-47 off 10 and even let Symo have a couple of uneventful overs.
In reply Bodicote soon lost
opener Smiths R and S. Craig hit a quick 17 but when out at 33-3 things did not
look great. However George and Polly soon put Bodicote
on track with some big hitting. They added 88 levelling the scores before
George was out going for a six to bring up his 50. His
44 was however a great effort. Polly did bring his 50 up, moving onto 54*, with
a six to secure a six wicket win with overs to
spare.
So well done team for winning, especially as Preston
Capes played and thrashed Hinton, and well done Skipper Cronin for his first
win at the helm.
Saturday 12 August
BODICOTE
73 all out (1 pt) lost to LEAMINGTON
KHALSA 74-2 (20 pts) by 8 wickets
A pretty miserable performance with the only consolation
that Preston Capes did not make up a huge amount of ground on us as they lost
nearly as heavily too.
Captain
Crona had assembled a reasonably strong side for
mid-August. It was good to see Dan Smith back no doubt at the peak of his game
after a 3 ˝ week cricket tour with Bloxham School in
South Africa. Sadly there was one fact slightly wrong in our understanding of
his sojourn – it was a rugby tour, still useful to get him back for the
last three games nonetheless. Dave won
the toss and batted. Chairman Barlow had decided to counter Khalsa’s
big hitting style with a big boundary but unfortunately he couldn’t get
the line maker up onto the scout hut roof.
Wigger opened with Stanno
and the Wig soon scored a 4, by dribbling one into the tree. 13 had been added
without too many alarms before Mark played all round one and an over later Stanno did the same – 13 for 2. Woody and Porge moved the score on 29 before Woody was trapped by a
quick rising delivery, caught behind. Dan Smith soon followed then Dean, then
George (for a comparatively huge 16), then the Skip furious at an LBW decision
from a left arm over bowler on the bottom end of the 1 in 4 sloping strip at
the top of the square. Stu and Barlow bagged ducks to
leave the score 66-9. Whilst all around had failed Inzy, who batted 6, stood firm, peppering the third man
region. He blew the balls faced/runs scored sweep into oblivion with 16,
including one rasping cover drive 4. Sadly he too succumbed to leave the score
a paltry 73 all out. Khalsa are not top without good
reason, they bowled and fielded well but this was a pathetic capitulation.
Bucks
picked up an early wicket and again bowled accurately. Dan Smith also looked
sharp and with a total to defend will hopefully come into his own and Dean took
a second wicket to earn the team their one bonus point. Skipper Dave ended
proceedings on a lighter note with Inzy and Porge bowling in tandem and remarkably the Khalsa batsmen treated them with a good deal of respect or
perhaps they just couldn’t believe what they were being served up.
Saturday 5 August
PRESTON CAPES 162-6 (20 pts) beat BODICOTE 159-7
(6 pts) by 4 wickets.
So Bodicote
breathed life into the relegation dogfight with a loss at second bottom Preston
Capes who now are just 24 points behind us.
Runs came from Stanno
37, Craig Irvine 24 and Woody 30 NO. However skipper Cronin’s assessment
was that we couldn’t raise the tempo when required. With bowling
resources thin Bucks was again the pick of the bowlers (or so his text said)
with 3-39 and Stanno bowled well too but
BODICOTE
153-4 (20 pts) beat WOODFORD HALSE
151 all out (5 pts) by 6 wickets
A win at last!
Bucks was the pick of the
bowlers (or so his text said) with 3-33. DC took 3-32 and Bhav
and Phil two each. Stanno made 29 and Dave Allen a
rapid 64 NO to see the total reached with 9 overs to
spare.
HINTON IN THE HEDGES (10 pts) drew with BODICOTE (10 pts) – no play rain
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It poured down at about
Saturday 15 July
BODICOTE 130-7
(3 pts) lost to FENNY COMPTON 131-2
(20 points) by 8 wickets
So with Kings Field not available, courtesy of the Bodfest, a trip back to Fenny scene of our humiliating 33
not out earlier in the season. Although we performed better than that it was
another loss and just one more bonus point than the May debacle.
Fenny won the toss and stuck us in. Dave would no
doubt have batted first as bowling resources were limited. Inzy
and Woody opened up with the former disappointing those who had him down for a
single figure time at the wicket and he scored 6 as did Woody. Dave struggled
to 8 and George bagged a blob with a looped up catch to mid off which is
proving his speciality. So in the face of some accurate bowling and some
movement off the pitch we were 28-4 off 17 and in danger of repeating the
famous 33. Dean however joined the fray and his quick fire 17 helped improve
the run rate before he fell with the score on 64 after 25 overs.
Bodicote had welcomed cyber player Craig Irvine back
for his second game of the season and he was looking to improve on the 70 (nett) he had scored in the Rye Hill Open earlier that day.
Stuart joined him and the two added 50 without ever cutting loose before Craig
was run out for 49 in the 37th over. Bucks struggled at the rarified position of 8 and only managed a single before
Barlow took 5 off the last 3 balls to move the score up to 130. Stuart finished
on 23 no with three great fours and plenty of attempted ones! Some early
movement in the wicket notwithstanding this was far short of what was required
particularly with Big Si, Phil and DC absent.
Bodicote needed early wickets but sadly couldn’t get
the breakthrough. Dean almost pulled off a wonder catch off Barlow at backward
point and then saw an attempted pull shot off his bowling just clear Pat
Knight’s head at square leg. However apart from a few balls beating the
bat that was as good as it got. Barlow bowled tightly but never looked like
taking wickets and was replaced by Porger who
surprised Welsby with a straight one to pick up an
LBW to make it 65-1 off 18. “One becomes two” Craig exhorted and he
was right. Dr Bucks who had come on for Dean, and bowled well on his return to
the firsts, cooked up a cunning plan to remove Harris and saw him caught at
short mid wicket by the skip. Dean narrowly failed to run out Deeley soon after but he and Derek Maries
then took control easing Fenny to a win with overs to
spare.
So 4 Ls in
the results column tells it’s own story. This
report is written before the other results are known but Saturday’s game
at Hinton has become a big 40 pointer!
Saturday 8 July
BODICOTE
194-8 (6 points) lost to RADWAY 195-5 (20 points) by 5 wickets
One
to file in the games we should have won category.
With
skipper Dave Allen unfit after his World Cup injury (see Discussion Forum for
details) Inzy’s earned a recall. Stanno was also unavailable so when Bodicote
were inserted skipper DC sent in Wigger to open with Inzy. These two somewhat surprisingly gave Bodicote their best start of the season. Wigger hit some lovely shots through mid wicket and Inzy even hit the ball. The two had added 41 in 10 overs before Radway brought on
slow bowler Douthwaite and he accounted for Inzy for 8, not, surprisingly when he attempted a reverse
sweep slog, but bowling him a ball later. Wigger fell
in the next over for a good 30 and the good start evaporated. George hit a big
four before lobbing an easy c&b back to Douthwaite and Dean was then caught sweeping. 41-0 had
become 46-4. Woody and DC set about repairing the innings and took the score
slowly up to 71 in the 25th when Woody became Douthwaite’s
fourth victim soon followed by Phil bowled for 1. Douthwaite
had now taken 5-16 (this must be what opposition teams feel like when Barlow
takes wickets) but Cronin decided to hit him out of the attack and did so
taking 22 off the next over. Dave made his 50 just before Stu
fell for 2 and Bodicote were on 107-7 off 31. Barlow
scratched around to put the score on 115 with 5 overs
to go and then all hell broke lose as Dave went ballistic. He hit 9 of the next
over and then 30, including 4 sixes off the next. 14 came from the next with
Barlow finding his range too before DC moved onto his ton with another huge six
taking 18 off the penultimate over. Barlow took ten off the last before being
run out off the last ball for 21 with the score on 194 with 79 off the last
five overs. Dave finished on a magnificent 110 all
out including 11 sixes and more lost balls than the Bodicote
Open
Bodicote took an early wicket when Douthwaite was bowled by a beauty from Simon however Radway made good progress keeping up with run rate despite some
good bowling from Phil. Dean was brought into the attack and bowled Pick for 30
but besides that suffered an off day with his three overs
going for 38. Barlow replaced Phil and made up for dropping No 4 Rutherford
when he had him caught at long off by Big Si for 29.
DC had Hibberd caught behind for 1 and them Douthwaite junior who had opened and batted well for 49 was
caught by Dave of the Chair. With 59 needed off 11 things looked good but Barnes and Haydon scored
well. The crucial over came with 33 needed off 6. Dave’s first ball, a
high full toss was swung away to deep square by Haydon
with Wigger underneath it to. Sadly Mark not only
failed to catch it he knocked it over for 6 and dislocated his finger in the
process. Two balls later Haydon was dropped again by
Dean at long off and this was effectively game over. Radway reached their target with 10 balls to spare after a
good six wicket partnership added 60 but Bodicote
will be disappointed with the bowling resources available not to have done
better. Three losses on the trot, down to third from bottom, Fenny away again
next week with DC, Big Si and Phil not available
things need to improve.
Saturday 1 July
BODICOTE 142 all out (7 points) lost to SYRESHAM 211 all out (20 points) by 69 runs
Another bizarre day in the history
of
Syresham’s batsmen came out firing and were quickly
notching up boundaries off Dave and Phil although Dave did pick up an early
wicket when Collins drilled a full toss to Wigger at
mid on.
Bodicote’s response was in almost direct
contrast to Syresham’s quick scoring. After 13
tight but not earth shattering overs the score stood
at 7-3 with Inzy, Stanno
and George all out, the latter then going home for an extended sulk. Woody got
runs above overs with two fours in the 14th
over and the rate increased gradually as he made 27. Wigger
made 5 before a second extended drinks break at 28 overs
with the score on 62-5, to listen to
BODICOTE 121 all out (6pts) lost to SIBFORD 158 all out (20 pts) by 37 runs
A disappointing loss against a side below us in the
table means that at the halfway point in the season or record reads a
symmetrical W 4 D 1 L 4.
Sibford School was a new venue to all but the very oldest
BCC players. The School is run by Quakers, whose strength is quiet
contemplation so they probably don’t have many pupils like Phil whose
chat woop woop level almost
went off the scale. The school obviously take the water shortage very seriously
and hadn’t seemingly applied any for weeks. This left an uneven strip
with extravagant bounce for the bowlers to the extent that despite winning the
toss Dave inserted them Sibford countered the
vagaries with a positive outlook led by
former Bodicote player (and there aren’t many
of those in the league - I can only think of Tubby) Guy Wilby.
Newer players were filled in about Guy’s debut knock for Bodicote, 153 no, and he seemed intent on a similar score
as he smashed the ball high to all parts. His opening partner however did not
match him, in fact in one of Simon’s overs he
failed to connect with the first five swinging deliveries and he was bowled by
Phil for 1 with the score on 27. No 3 Woollerton
helped Wilby move the score onto 79 after 18 overs before he skied one off Dean to Barlow at point, who couldn’t persuade anyone else to go for it and
pouched it with a relieved look on his face. Dean struck again in the next over
when Stanno had Wilby
caught behind for 57 and things looked a lot better at 88-3. Sibford continued to attack and used the pace of the
bowling to help the ball to the boundary with Dave unlucky to bowl a spell of
4-0-23-0 and most of their batsman got a few to move them up to 154-6 with 5 overs left which on this track was too many. Dean had by
now bagged five wickets and he and Barlow both got two players out in their
next overs to reduce Sibford
to 158 all out. Dean ended up with 7-56 off his 12 overs
and Bodicote remarkably held all six catches that
came their way with Andrew taking two behind the stumps after a hard afternoon
of leaping and swooping.
In response, Inzy –
who cannot currently buy a run sadly – departed for a blob to bring Stanno and Dave together. They moved the score on to 28 in
the 11th before Dave ran Andrew out for 4, an unusual error by the
skip. George and Dave took the score up to 45 in the 17th and again Bodicote were looking comfortable until Dave was well
caught at slip for 28. This precipitated a painful slow collapse with Polly,
Stuart and Dean all out cheaply to leave Bodicote
53-6 off 24 overs. Sibford
relied on steady tight bowling and helped by the pitch they were now well on
top. That was until the arrival of Cronin in Barbarian mood and he set about Wilby who had just come on to bowl taking 18 off his only
over including 1 huge six. George hit 6 off the next over and then Dave took 19
off Davies’ one and only over and with another nine added off the next
the score had raced up to 111-6 in the 28th. Sadly, with Sibford now very looking worried, the fun couldn’t
last – George was out for 23 and Dave soon followed caught at long on for
a breathtaking 43 in fewer than 20 balls. Phil hit one 4 before departing,
Barlow never looked connecting with any big ones and Si
was bowled for a duck to leave Bodicote 37 short with
five overs left.
Saturday 17 June
BODICOTE 94 all out (20 pts) beat CULWORTH 80 all out (5 pts) by 14 runs
Genuine
all-rounder Inzy (umpire, scorer and now sub match
analyst) reports…
Culworth’s quicker bowlers went for
a few runs, but didn’t take a huge amount of wickets ,
on comes the slower bowler, some tall old boy at 1 end and a little kid
spinner, Richard Eaton, son of Fred at the other and it went from 70s for 2
(Andrew 30, Dave A 27) to 94 all out (highlights were duck from Por-ger and big 6 from Newman). Eaton finished with 5-5.
In
their innings Inzy put down a catch early on (did
drop it twice + pushed it into face), Dave then took an absolute stunner, 1
handed to his right off Newman. Simon had 2 snaffled. Then on came Deano, first off an aggressive bounce that took the opener
(caught by Stanno behind) then another wicket in the
same over. Later in the innings George also took a top 1 hander sort of having
to come forward (better than his catch at Evenley !!!). Eventually managed to get them all out for 80, good
fielding performance (8 or 9 catches I think) backed up with some good
aggressive bowling won the day.
Saturday 10 June
BODICOTE 176-4 (9 pts) lost to LEAMINGTON KHALSA 286 all out (20 pts) by 110 runs
A trip to Mid Warwickshire to play
new opposition Leamington Khalsa at Lighthorne with a fast bumpy outfield, short boundaries and
dips and slopes in the run-ups. Dave lost the toss and the oppo
decided to bat .. well to
bludgeon really and they immediately set about the Bodicote
bowling. With Newman and Cronin missing, the new ball bowlers Simon and
debutant Bhavin were treated with no respect. Khalsa reached 50 off 7 with the ball smashed to all parts,
often in the air, but hit very hard. Bucks broke through with the score on 98
after 15 overs and with Barlow tied the runs down a
bit so that Khalsa had slowed down to 136 off 20 when
they lost their second wicket
Opener Kuldeef then fell for a hard
hitting 93 and two more colleagues fell going for their shots so that the score
stood at 172-5 off 30. No 5 Sanjay had survived when Skipper Dave failed to lay
a hand on a lobbed up chance at deep mid off and he then punished the visitors
to pile the runs on with 90 coming off the next 8 overs.
Dave’s son Sam also put Sanjay down, but at least he got a hand to his.
Secret weapon Kilvo finally snared Sanjay for a rapid
85 and Bodicote actually bowled Khalsa
out thanks to a fine run out from George who hit the one stump he had to aim at
from backward point. The total however was a daunting 286. Bodicote’s
bowlers had toiled in the sun with some gruesome figures - Bucks the pick of
then with 4-64 off 12 (including the only maiden of the innings), Hawkeye went
for 53 off his 6, Bhavin 1-64 off 10, Kilvo 2-16 off 2 and the Chair a whopping 2-79 off 11. On
another day balls might have gone to hand (whether the would have been caught
is a different issue – this was another poor fielding display) but Khalsa did not let up from first to last
If we were going to get near this
total we needed big scores from the main batsman and Inzy
quickly stood aside for Dave after playing round a straight one. Dave and Andrew added 110 before Dave fell
for a boundary studded 78 but this had been achieved in the relative sedentary
rate of 4.5 an over which meant the target was never on. Andrew used the time
at the crease for batting practice before falling for 39 to avoid any calls of
jug avoidance. George helped the run rate with 36 which included 5 maximums,
the pick of which went sailing over the clubhouse and another would have landed
in Bucks’ lap had he not moved to gallantly leave his wife Anne to fend
for herself. Bhavin and Stuart moved the score to 176
which at least secured four bowling points and nine in total – our best
ever losing effort as we are probably the worst side for amassing or worrying
about bonus points in the league.
BODICOTE 189-8 (20 pts) beat PRESTON CAPES 91 all out (4 pts) by 97 runs
A good win with everyone playing their part.
Dave
won the toss and batted but Bodicote struggled to
60-4 with Andrew, Inzy, Skipper and Woody all having
departed after scoring a few. George and, making a welcome rare Saturday
appearance, Slogger came together and put on 73. Rog scored 28 and George scored 56, batting very well
according to Skip. A late flurry from Dan Smith (11), Phil, one big six onto
scout hut and Bucks (11 off 3 balls) took the total up to 189 with 17 off the
last over..
Simon
took two early wickets but was a bit expensive however the
WOODFORD HALSE (10 pts) drew with BODICOTE (10
pts) – no play rain
It rained and rained and rained !! Not a ball was bowled in the SNCL. Since 2003 our
record at Woodford has been – no play due to rain, Match abandoned due to
rain, cancelled due to football, no play due to rain
BODICOTE 206-4 (20 pts) beat HINTON IN THE HEDGES 100 all out (3 pts) by 106 runs
To our good fortune a small haven of
good weather hung over Bodicote which allowed last
week’s disaster to be put behind us. Most other games were postponed and
it was important we played because on this showing Hinton will sadly be 20
points for the taking by most teams, especially if, as per Saturday, their two
best bats are missing.
The early portents didn’t look
good with rain around but George had prepared a good strip and when the rained
stopped it was (a 37 over) game on starting at 2.15 pm. Dave lost the toss and
we were duly inserted. Andrew and Inzy opened and
made a cautious start in difficult conditions. The score reached 23 in the 11th
over before Inzy departed for 7 trapped by 59 year old (there’s hope for a few more years for some
of us yet!) Chris Loggin and by three balls later it
was 31-2 with skipper Dave’s record 44W.
Polly then joined Andrew and the two
of them got the scoreboard moving helped by some erratic bowling as Hinton
struggled to get a grip, literally on the wet ball - Thorogood
went for 26 off 2 overs with 17 off his ten-ball
second stretching the scorers’ ability to squeeze all the action into the
relevant box. Polly hit some big ones whilst Andrew played some classy off-side
shots to reach fifty. Polly was finally out for 29 in the 25th over
with the pair having added 84. This brought George to the wicket and he played
responsibly, allowing Andrew to farm the strike and they took the score up to
182 in the 34th over before George fell for 21. Dave C was promoted
to join Andrew but played a bit part as the opener powered to his century which
he reached at the beginning of the 37th and last over and finished
on a chanceless 107 not out to leave Bodicote on a surely match-winning 206-4.
After another fantastic tea the main
issue was ensuring that we hurried 20 overs in as the
rain was still threatening. To achieve this skipper Allen opted for Barlow to
partner Hawkeye. Simon got an early breakthrough when Linford
was well caught in the slips by DC. Barlow then struck twice with Andrew, who
following his marathon batting stint, was having to stand-in behind the stumps,
catching the other opener off a turning delivery and then stumping Upstone from one that turned at least a foot. Hinton had
reached about 50-3 when Hawkeye was replaced by Bucks who struggled with his
line and length but picked up a wicket when Andrew produced a fantastic low
diving catch to his left to remove Wills for 19. By now 20 overs
had been bowled – in under an hour which impressed umpire Syd - so a result was guaranteed. Barlow finished his spell
on 3-35 with Andrew claiming his fourth dismissal from another spin induced
edge which removed Prendagast for 42. Apart from a
couple of dropped diving catches off Barlow by Wigger
(flying potato) and Crona (top effort), Bodicote’s fielding was pretty good with
Woody’s throw from the ropes which skimmed off the bails on the full a
highlight - however just to make the rest of us feel really inadequate spectating son of Skip, Sam Allen (13), casually pinged one
back from well over the boundary to George which went like an exocet.
Crona was cranked into action to remove the tail.
After a sluggish, wishing he hadn’t eaten so much tea, start he duly
worked his way through the lower order helped by Andrew’s fourth catch,
one for Hawkeye at mid-on and a loopy one which Skipper Dave in the slips took
no chances with and ordered George out of the way before pouching it.
Hinton’s main aim was to reach 100 and their first batting point of the
season and Smart saw his leg stump up-rooted by Dave trying to achieve this.
With the last over to be bowled by DC, Hinton were on 99-9 and Inzy at short mid-off kindly flopped all round
a forward defensive shot by their No 11 to allow them a scrambled run to reach
their target before Dave picked up his fifth wicket to end up with 5-13.
However there was no contest for the Man of the Match award with Stanno’s 107 no and five dismissals = 3 jugs –
what with the one owing from the Radway game a
fortnight ago Andrew’s outstanding payments to The Plough are soon going
to match his Student Loan debts. To help Andrew has made himself
available for sponsorship, click here
to contact him.
Saturday 13 May
BODICOTE 33 all out (1 pt) lost to FENNY COMPTON 34-2 (20 pts) by eight wickets
This really was awful.
Another Bodicote
X travelled to Fenny Compton seeking to build on last week’s success.
With Skipper Dave away it meant Skipper Dave was in charge. That is the Cronin
version and Flintoffesque fears that the
responsibility might affect the great all-rounder’s
performance were dispelled when we realised he had yet to take a wicket or
score a run this season.
Rain had left the Fenny track a
little juicy and with more forecast it would be a good toss to win which Fenny
did and duly inserted Bodicote. First ball of the
second over Inzy creamed a beautiful straight drive
past the bowler for four and that remained a high spot in what was to follow.
Last week’s hero Stanno was caught and bowled
off a leading edge with the score on 13 and Polly soon followed caught behind
off a low inside edge. George followed to a fine c&b
and a procession of Inzy, Woody, Stuart, Dave C, The
Chair, Kilvo collapsed in the face of some good
bowling from Derek Maries in particular and good
catching. That notwithstanding 33 all out in 16 overs
was a very poor effort.
Simon opened up and took a wicket
with the first ball with the opener caught round the corner by the Chair. He
bowled well as did the skip who generated some pace and movement and was
unlucky that when he found the edge the ball went to Inzy
who failed to hang on to it. Simon earned a bonus point with his second wicket
but the total was passed with 10.5 overs bowled at
As D Ream sang, Things can only get
better ………… but only if we work to make them
better.
Saturday 6 May
BODICOTE 143-6 (20 pts) beat RADWAY 142-5
(5pts) by four wickets.
With your correspondent unable to
play the tension of a win off the penultimate ball cannot be fully realised in
a second hand account. Happy for any other contributions to
do the game justice.
The weather meant the game was
reduced to 28 overs per side. Dave won the toss and
stuck them in which is unusual for Dave. Simon Hawken
took the first three wickets to fall ending up with 3-30 odd but Radway scored too freely … helped by some dropped
catches. Dave Cronin bowled the last over of the innings which went for 16 to
leave a pretty daunting total.
It was good to see Andrew back in
the side particularly as Dave Cronin underlined his all-rounder status with a
golden duck, the first ball of the innings. He stick around whilst other took
up the mantle. Skipper Dave hit a quick 35 and Inzy,
Polly and George all made a few with Polly falling to an outrageous LBW, when
he hit it whilst Porge was sick having eaten too much
tea. With 15 needed off 4 things looked good but Stuart couldn’t get the
ball away or get Andrew on strike and this became a nervy 4 off the last.
Stuart was run out bringing in Phil to hit the winning runs with a ball to
spare and Andrew ended up on a fine 63 no.
So good to get off the mark against
a team who had beaten us twice last season.
BODICOTE 112 all out (2 pts) lost
to SYRESHAM 113-3 (20 pts) by 7
wickets
The season opened with a loss at Syresham but as the optimists pointed out a lot better than
last season’s pipe opener.
There were 10 players at the ground
at
Wigger - “Are you at Radway?”
Bucks - “No I am at the top of a mountain in
So it was 10-man Bodicote
again who were inserted. With Steve Pratt tracked down to
Syresham’s tea did not disappoint and was
eaten with relish by the team before trooping out to field. Phil got an early
breakthrough with an LBW but after that the result was never in doubt. George
might have made it interesting had he hung on to a straightforward chance at
cover but the score moved rapidly onto 70 before Dave introduced secret weapon Kilvo. He quickly took a wicket when he distracted the
batsman by smashing down the stumps by the umpire in his bowling delivery
– the shocked batsman spooned it up to Dave at mid on. Later the bails
got their revenge by defying the laws of physics to both hit Kilvo on the head as he lay prone on the floor after a
straight drive hit the stumps. He did pick up his second wicket with the total
almost reached with a cunning double bouncer before bowling four wides to allow Syresham to reach
their target with many overs to spare..
2006 SEASON
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FIXTURE |
RESULT |
| |
Syresham 'A' (H) |
W 67-3 / 66 all out* 3 |
| 06 May 06 |
Flecknoe (A) |
D rained off 3 |
| |
Woodford Halse ‘A’ (H) |
L 127 all out* / 64 all out 3 |
| 20 May 06 |
Helmdon (A) |
D rained off 3 |
| |
Boddington (H) |
D rained off 3 |
| 03 Jun 06 |
Thornborough 'A' (A) |
W 245-6* / 179 all out 3 |
| 10 Jun 06 |
Charlton 'A' (H) |
W 187-4 / 186-9* 3 |
| 17 Jun 06 |
Dunchurch & Bilton 'A' (A) |
L 181-7* / 176 all out 3 |
| 24 Jun 06 |
|
W 125 all out/110 all out 3 |
| 01 Jul 06 |
Syresham 'A' (A) |
W 146-5 / 144 all out* 3 |
| |
Flecknoe (H) |
W 48 all out* / 49-2 3 |
| |
Woodford Halse ‘A’ (A) |
L 155 all out* / 156-1 3 |
| |
Helmdon (H) |
D rained off 3 |
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Boddington (A) |
L 236-4 * / 56 all out 3 |
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Thornborough 'A' (H) |
L 203 all out/136 all out 3
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Charlton 'A' (A) |
L 243-7 / 184-7 3 |
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Dunchurch & Bilton 'A' (H) |
L 130 all out* / 133-2 |
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L
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So the
season ended with a loss at Marston. Bodicote racked up a good score with
DUNCHURCH & BILTON A 133-2 (20 pts) beat BODICOTE A 130
all out (3 pts) by 8 wickets
Another loss for the 2nds who were
no doubt a rudderless crew with Skipper Symo playing
in the 1sts. Bodicote’s runs came from Gary Lee (44), Andy Hawken (23) and newcomer Matt Darby (25). However the total
of 130 was easily passed by D&B. The only glimmer of hope is that the
SNCL results report one of their leading wicket-takers and batsman as “C
Brough” implying he might not have been registered!
D&B’s take on proceedings should be found on their site.
Saturday 12 August
CHARLTON
A 243-7 (20 pts) beat BODICOTE
A 184-7 (7 pts) by 59 runs
The
bowlers toiled as Charlton made243. Darren Wyatt who comes to Bodicote nets took advantage of his in depth knowledge of
the attack to hit 84.
In reply
Symo hit 44, Big Al 46 and Balti
30 odd but the total was never really in reach
Saturday 5 August
THORNBOROUGH A 203 all out (20 pts) beat BODICOTE A 136 all out (7 pts) by 67 runs
Thornborough had been bowled out for 19 the week
before but did somewhat better scoring 203 with Balti,
3-47 and Pat Knight, 3-42 the pick of the bowlers. Gary Lee scored 42 NO but
no-one else did much with the bat and the 2s have joined the 1s on an availability
inspired slump.
BODDINGTON 236 for 4 (20 pts) beat BODICOTE A 56 all out (2 pts) by 180 runs
Well they have improved a lot and picked
up some new players …..
Saturday 22 July
BODICOTE A drew with HELMDON (10 pts) (10 pts) no play rain
It poured down.
WOODFORD HALSE A (156 for 1 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE
A (155 all out – 3 pts) by
9 wickets
A weakened 2nds lost out at fellow
promotion chasers Woodford. Bodicote batted first
and runs came from Skipper Symo 20, newcomer Mark
Austin 18 and Dick Smith, 31, who was lured back / made himself available
via the website – highlighting the power of the media! BCC’s bowling
resources were sadly thin, Alan Starkie not withstanding,
but he pulled his hamstring after 4 balls and the two young Woodford openers both batted well
and each scored 70 to ease them to a comfortable win.
BODICOTE A 49-2 (20 pts) beat FLECKNOE 48
all out (1 pt) by 8 wickets
A facile win all over before tea against
weak opposition. With joint table toppers Woodford losing the 2nds are now
clear in front at the top of the Division 4 table.
Bhavin ripped Flecknoe
apart with figures of 6-11 off 12 overs (I suspect
there is already an email in my inbox asking for his Best Bowling performance
to be updated in the Player Profile section). Al Starkie
took another two and Robert and Symo had one each.
The runs were comfortably knocked off with Robert Booth getting 18 no and
young Scott Caister getting a chance to bat before
triggered off LBW by mean old Andy Hawken.
Next week a big one v Woodford away
though sadly Bhav is going back for his monthly
fix of “the Smoke”. All that healthy fresh air is making him ill.
BODICOTE A 146-5 (20 points) beat SYRESHAM A 144 all out (5 points)
An early start allowed the football
to be enjoyed (?) in full Bucks took a couple of wickets and Bhavin 4, with a jug avoidance dropped catch off the last
ball of his spell. Bodicote were wobbling on 29-4
after a good spell from youngster Dan Archer
However Symo and Gary put on 103 with the
skip scoring a maiden 50 ending on 59.
The 2s are now joint top of Division
4 – top effort!
Saturday 24 June
BODICOTE A 125 all out (20 pts) beat
This was good result considering Bodicote batted first and had been reduced to 48-7 inside
15 overs with only Gary Lee with 25 putting up any
resistance. Bodicote were pleased to welcome back
doyen of the chat room, cyber player Craig Irvine, whose last game at Kings
Field in 2004 had seen him smash 132 no for the 1sts – you guessed it
he got a duck. The innings was repaired by Mark Smith and Chris Bukcingham whose disappointment at being not selected for
the 1sts was at least countered by a chance to bat. They added 62 before Bucks
went for 24. Mark ended up on 38 no and Bodicote
125.
Marston struggled to get to grips with Chris
and Bhavin with the Doc taking 2-39 off his 12 and
Bhav 5-24. They too were reduced to 40 odd for 7
but edged their way back into the game with Robert, for once, not effective.
However tight bowling at the death by Balti and
Symmo kept them at bay with Man of the Match Wigger capping a fine day by producing a fine catch to take
the last wicket.
Saturday 17 June
BODICOTE A 176 all out (7pts) lost to DUNCHURCH & BILTON A 181-7 (20 pts) by 5 runs
Close to a fine win against new opposition
but ultimately disappointment..
Dunchurch’s No 2 & No 3 batted well scoring
59 & 39 however Robert again did some damage moving the ball square but
taking some tap (Ed – I know what
it is like, well partially). He finished with 4-60, Balti
with 2-50 and the oppo on 181-7. Newcomer Mark Austen and Nigel Smith both took
good catches. In reply Robert scored 16, Mike H 18, Symo
15, Big A 14 Gary 44 and Balti 38. You would have
thought this was enough but sadly not. Dosser was
out for 4 with two balls to go looking for the match winning 6.
BODICOTE A 187-4 (20 pts) beat CHARLTON A
186-9 (6 pts) by 6 wickets
Another good win for the 2nds who are
zooming up the table.
Charlton batted first and openers Knight
(63) & Rush (48) gave them a very good start with Bodicote a bit lacklustre in the field. Everything changed
when Robert Booth was brought into the attack and his ever-improving leg spin
brought him 6-37 off 8 overs. Charlton’s own
youngsters struggled to play him and would have read Latin better than they
read him – surely he will be given the Club “Spinball
Wizard” mantle soon.
Robert also scored a good 30 in Bodicote’s reply. However it was Dean who led the attack
scoring a scorching 91, reaching his 50 in just 11 overs.
When he was out with the score in the 130s
BODICOTE A 245-6 (20 pts) beat THORNBOROUGH A 179 all out (7 pts) by 66 runs
So at last the sun shone and the 2s
made the most of it rattling up an impressive 245-6. Robert Booth (23), Mike
H (39), Gary Lee (20) and Dean (36) all contributed but the main man was Bhavin who hit 92* - a top score. Dean sent one of the oppo’s bowlers off to casualty trying an unwise c&b which looked like a broken wrist. Balti was one of the few to fail to make an impression with
the bat falling to a junior’s pea roller which he missed and saw the
ball nestle at the foot of the stumps with just enough energy to knock the
bails off.
Thornborough batted well in response but were never
really in the hunt. Robert destroyed their lower order with a fantastic display
of spin bowling taking 6-29 including bamboozling the Thornboro skipper to the extent that he was bowled and out
hit (head) on wicket at the same time.
BODICOTE A (10 pts) drew with BODDINGTON
(10 pts) no play rain
So that’s now 31 overs in five weeks of cricket – what a dreadful May.
Forecast better for June though!
HELMDON (10 pts) drew with BODICOTE
A (10 pts) no play rain
An early postponement meant some of the players could at least play golf. Sadly the 2nds have only batted for 31 overs so far in this soggy start to the season.
Saturday 13 May
BODICOTE A 64 all out (5 pts) lost to WOODFORD HALSE A 127
all out (20 pts) by 63 runs
The result fails to tell the full picture!
Bodicote bowled pretty well and Dean Watts
showed no sign of his bad ribs to record figures of 6-50 and backed up by
Bhavin’s 2-31 Woodford made 127. A tea which even Woodford
agreed was spectacular was consumed at The Plough whilst the teams were unaware
of the blackening skies overhead. In response Robert Booth batted well for
22 but the rest perished trying to get the run rate above Woodford’s
as the thunder rumbled and the lightning flashed. A higher run rate was finally
achieved with nine wickets down and 19.5 overs bowled.
Unfortunately big Andy H was then bowled (a dreadful shot according to skipper
Symmo – who should know) to give Woodford
the win. However as the teams came off the heavens opened so if Andy had survived
we would have won courtesy of that marginally superior run rate!
An alternative view on
proceedings from Andy H is in the Discussion Forum.
Saturday 6 May
FLECKNOE (10 pts) drew with BODICOTE
A (10 pts) no play rain
Sadly the weather did not abate in
rural Warwickshire so the 2nds had a fruitless trip to Flecknoe
as did Bobby Lawrence a bit later in the day going to watch..
Saturday 28 April
BODICOTE A 67-3 (20 pts) beat SYRESHAM A 66
all out (1 pt) by 7 wickets
In marked contrast to their 1st
team colleagues the 2s had a comfortable win over Syresham.
All the Bodicote
bowlers got amongst the wickets with Skipper Symmo
taking 3-17 and Dean 3-3. Newcomer Bhavin looked
handy and picked up 2-22 and Robert Booth also got a wicket. They were aided
by some good catching with Balti, Symmo,
Nigel Smith and Robert all pouching chances.
Bodicote wasted little time getting the runs.
Robert made a steady 14 and Dean thrashed
a quick 34 including three 6s as the total was reached inside 11 overs. With the new
2006 SEASON
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| DATE |
FIXTURE |
RESULT |
| 03
May 06 |
Hinton in the Hedges
|
L 188-3* / 74 all out 3 |
| 10
May 06 |
Hook Norton |
L 191-2* / 103-9 3 |
| 17
May 06 |
Sandford St Martin |
D rained off 3 |
| 23
May 06 |
Broughton & NN Cup
|
A rained off now 6 June
3 |
| 24
May 06 |
Banbury |
D rained off 3 |
| 31
May 06 |
Great Tew |
L 136-7 / 132-5* 3 |
| 06
June 06 |
Broughton & NN Cup
|
W 107-9* / 68 all out 3 |
| 07
Jun 06 |
Banbury XX |
L 168-2 / 84-8 3 |
| 13
Jun 06 |
Round 2 Cup |
Conceded
by us |
| 14
Jun 06 |
Broughton & NN |
L 105-6 / 116-4 3 |
| 21
Jun 06 |
Hinton in the Hedges
|
L 96 all out* / 97-0 3 |
| 28
Jun 06 |
Hook Norton |
L 138-6 / 190-5 3 |
| 05
Jul 06 |
Sandford St Martin |
W Conceded by them 3 |
| 12
Jul 06 |
Banbury |
L
124-5 / 167-4 3 |
| 19
Jul 06 |
Great Tew |
W 131-6* / 92-1 run rate 3 |
| 26
Jul 06 |
Banbury 20 6.00 pm (H) |
W 132-5* / 130 all out 3 |
| 02
Aug 06 |
Broughton & NN 6.00 pm (A) |
W 131-9 / 126 all out 3 |
With
thanks to Woodah for
his reports during the season.
Wednesday 2nd August
BODICOTE
131-9 beat BROUGHTON & NN 126 all out by 5 runs
The mid-week
season signed off with an unlikely third consecutive win, BCC beating Broughton
by 4 runs. Batting first, on a variable pitch, Bodicote
were soon in trouble losing the whole upper order very quickly. A potentially
disastrous 69-8 (with only 10 men) was turned around by 'City Boy' Bhavin (38*) and Adam Harris (33*). A partnership of 62* saw
us to an unlikely 131-9 as the clouds gathered. In reply Stuart Walton, as
usual posing a threat scored just over fifty, but Bhavin
and John Morewood bowled tightly in the heavy rain
to leave the game poised at 56-1 off 10. Adam bowled well in taking 2-33,
but the drama at the end revolved around the fourth bowler, no less than the
legendary Porger. With 34 needed off the last three overs, the Porg conceded 6
off his first five balls, then cunningly bowled Stuart Walton a no-ball beamer
which he hit for four. Thus suckered, he allowed a jubilant George to bowl
him with the seventh ball of the over. With 16 required from the last over
George set up a showboating finale, when needing five to win off the last
ball, he rattled the timbers again to record a career best (in league cricket)
of 2-35
BODICOTE 132-5 beat
BANBURY XX CLUB 130 all out by
2 runs
BCC building on last on the triumph of last week, recorded a second consecutive win for the first time
in eons. Batting first against a decent XX club attack, Phil scored 24, including
a bizarre spliced six over long on. The rate was further raised by a manic
PTM, who terrified various bowlers (+ umpire & non-striker), with some
high octane charges down the wicket, which combined with a classic cover drive
and sublime flick off his legs gained him 24. Bhav
(33*) & Porger (15) moved things along, although
it was always hard going against Asif & Goodway, so a score of 132-5 was creditable. In reply XX club
reached 82-2 off 12, before danger man Adeb
fell bowled to Woodah in a rare spell. The mythical
Bodicote Albatross was now nervously hopping out of it's nest and unfurling its wings. Enter the Barbarian. With
16 needed off the last two overs, Phil suffered
a slight attack of the yips, bowling 2 no balls and two wides,
but managed a wicket with his last ball, to bring star man John Wright to
the crease. The Barbarian cannily didn't let him face, and with 3 needed off
the last 2 balls, gloriously sent Debrun's stumps
cartwheeling, with a fast rising dot ball securing our
first ever win over our illustrious opponents. The Albatross took
wing and soared
Wednesday 19th
July
BODICOTE
92-1 beat GREAT TEW 131-6 by a faster run rate
Great Tew batted first scoring 131-6, with Bhav
& Hawka bowling tightly. Symo
took 3 wickets, albeit at a pricey 42 runs off 4 overs.
In reply as the clouds gathered, PTM smashed 14 off 8 balls (of which 5 he
missed), eclipsing the normally aggressive Porger
(20 .o.). However this was merely the overture, as City Boy Bhav
strode in and hammered 52 n.o. from
the next 7 overs giving us a score of 92-1 off 9.2
overs as the heavens opened. This should have
been a draw as 10 overs had not been bowled. but Great Tew sportingly conceded,
giving the midweek team its first genuine-ish win
of the season
BODICOTE
124-5 lost to BANBURY 167-4 by 43 runs
Back to losing ways, after last week's stunning walkover. Banbury batted first on a belter of a wicket, but were soon in a spot (no more than that) of difficulty against Bhavin (1-13) and CP3O (2-36) at 30-3. It could have been better as Cutler lead a charmed life courtesy of numerous comedy drops by a selection of Bodicote's finest. Ollie Murrey, at the other end, needed less help as both collected 50s (which I'm sure they will treasure) and posted a score of 167-4. The other four BCC bowlers all went for 10+ an over. In reply Proctor and Freeman bowled very well, giving little to hit. A few boundaries came with Bhavin (18) & Woody (20), but Porger (43), completing a fine all-round performance (apart from his bowling), accelerated the rate, aided by the legendary PT Miles (14). It was great to see PT back in harness, and a sumptuous back foot cover drive rolled back the years for the more seasoned onlookers.
BODICOTE beat SANDFORD ST MARTIN – walkover
Are there that many French or Portuguese in Sandford who wanted to watch the World Cup semi to mean they
couldn’t put a team out. First win of the season
but not very satisfactory and to think Sid left us to go and play for them!
Wednesday 28th
June
BODICOTE
138-6 lost to HOOK NORTON 190-5 by 52 runs
Hooky batted
first on a dusty dog, with the talented King (think PT with a bit more certainty)
chalking up a fine century (retired), including 8 massive sixes, and 29 off
one of Robert's overs. The other Hooky batsmen were
no slouches and helped to post a large score of 190-5, whilst it is best to
draw a veil over the bowling figures , it says
everything that the pick of the bunch was the fast and furious Porger (1-16 off 2 overs). This
was incidentally George's first wicket in
BODICOTE
96 all out lost to HINTON IN THE HEDGES
97-0 by 10 wickets
Bodicote
batted first, struggling to 96 all out, with only Stanno
with 25 and Robert 16* making any headway.In reply
Hinton breezed to an easy win inside 12 overs, although
Hawka and John bowled tightly for 6 overs, only going for 23 between them. Walker and Wills were,
however, harsh on Robert and Adam who both got a bit of tap. Interesting bowling
cameos were seen from the little used Slogger (1
maiden), and the vastly underbowled Simon Pollard
(0.2 overs for 6).
BODICOTE
105-6 lost to BROUGHTON & NN 116-4 by 11 runs
BCC bowled
tightly to restrict Broughton to a slow start, with CP3O recording a parsimonious
1-8. Stewart Walton loosened the shackles somewhat against the guesting Dr Buckingham (who to be fair did beat the bat on
several occasions). With all bar one catches held, including a remarkable
running (yes running!) catch by John on the boundary, B&NN finished on
116-4.In reply a solid start by Woody(32) and George (17) saw a healthy 63-0
on the board from 11 overs. However with their departure,
and that of a mystified Bhav (bowled by a very small
boy), things declined, with no one able to give a push to get us over the
finish line, with a disappointing total of 105-6 leaving us adrift, and left
with the consolation of another massive feast in the Plough (thanks Michelle).
Bhav's quote of the week. Bhav to
John Morewood ' When I came here I thought
you were a farmer boy, coz of the Tash, no one has
one in Bermondsey'. We explained that John was in fact from a small city called
Wednesday 7th
June
BODICOTE
84-8 lost to BANBURY XX CLUB 168-2 by 84 runs
XX club batted first, quickly putting the Bodicote bowling to the sword, with the exception of Hawka, who bowled a fine spell. The opening pair put on an
accomplished 150, before a Symmo wicket and
a run out brought the innings to a close at 168-2. To those that felt that
they had been a bit ruthless, it is worth considering that it could have been
worse, as David Clark didn't bat.
In reply Woody & George were unable to get to grips
with Adam Goodway and departed for turgid scores
of 11 & 4. Bhav played a couple of lovely shots and
was by far the best BCC batsman scoring 28. Symmo was quickly dismissed, clearly upset by the
constant chatter out in the middle, and it was left to Inzamam
to provide any remaining entertainment, although Barney and Roger may disagree,
both having been run out by a country mile (answering to the younger players,
the question of the origin of Richard's monika).Inzy then played a fantastic straight drive for four,
and two reverse sweeps off an 11 year old. However being Inzy,
he inevitably he missed all the orthodox sweeps that he attempted. The XX
boys were suitably impressed, prompting one of them to tell Richard that
he must be close to his 50.Inzy then departed for deceptive 13.
The innings closed at 84-8, and we must accept (despite all
the chat on the forum) that we were well stuffed by an opposition
who could have been at lot harder on us if they had wished, as their real
pace bowlers weren't used.
BODICOTE
107-9 beat BROUGHTON & NORTH NEWINGTON
68 all out by 39 runs
Rarer than a Stanno jug (only joking Andrew)
a Midweek win.
With Balti away C3P0 was left in charge. He lost the toss and Bodicote were stuck in on a wicket that had received only
minimal preparation. This was not to due to any lack of effort but that the
shed padlock refused to open. Symmo finally provided
the solution as he angle grinded through it at about
C3P0 opted
to open with himself at the Cow End and Symmo at
the Village End and the latter produced a wicket first ball – with a direct
hit run out to leave one B&NN youngster disappointed at not facing a ball.
Broughton struggled to get the ball away and when the other opener did connect
powerfully with one it zoomed straight at Thurb
at mid on who pouched it nonchalantly to give Symmo
his first wicket. He then bagged a couple of bunnies to finish with 3-7 off
his five overs. Skipper John had replaced himself
with Adam at the Cow End after three overs and Adam
bowled well but suffered at the hands of Broughton’s Neil Mepham.
After 10 overs B&NN were 20-odd for 4 but Mepham got their recovery going assisted by a couple of drops
on the long on boundary by Wigger. When Symmo spell ended John brought himself back on at the Village
End (did I detect the hint of a raised eyebrow from the Chair at mid on at
this move?). Adam picked up a wicket when Woody took a catch at short mid
on before Robert Booth was brought into the attack to replace the Skip. Robert
accounted for Mepham caught one-handed by Woody
at backward point and then the oppo skipper stumped
by Andrew. Barlow bowled a couple of overs of leggies from the Cow End (his first time at that end since
1994 the record books show) but Robert polished Broughton off with three more
wickets to finish with an excellent 5-20.
BODICOTE 132-5 lost to GREAT TEW 136-7 by 3 wickets
A game we should have won....
After 3 washed out games, the sun was at last shining as the crew headed out to the delightful setting of Gt Tew. The toss was won and skipper decided that a change in tactics may bring better fortune so we were batting...
Woody and Porger (or Por-Ger as some other Edgbaston cricket fans thought...) started slowly as usual, with Porger mastering the straight defensive push back to mid off, beautifully demonstrated at least a 2 dozen times. 10 down and 42/0 prompted chants of "tempo" from the many batsmen waiting in the wings and the pressure took it's toll as Porger eventually fell for 26 including only 2 boundaries..."the bowling was good...!" yeah OK
Enter City
Boy... when he eventually made it to the crease that was, his slow
walk shuffle type thing seemed to resemble a small boy walking to mummy
after pooing his pants..must be a
So with only 7 overs remaining we needed to accelerate, and we did ..Woody hit a couple of maximums before falling for a jug avoiding 47, City Boy now apparently poo free smashed at quickfire 39 before falling in the deep. Wigger 7 and Symo 1 were both run out quickly but a final total of 132 gave us something to go at..
The usual pairing of Big Si and Meps opened up and as per usual Big Si kept it tight and Meps chucked it everywhere...but a couple of quick wickets fell as the batsmen were surprised by the occasional straight ball.! The runs continued at a steady pace and after 10, the openers had bagged 2 each and the home side at 50/4 we were set up nicely...
The change brought C3PO into the attack who started tight, and young Adam from the other end, but by now it had become apparent that the opposition may have reversed some of their batting order..!!! The the runs really started flowing as Murray smashed Adam for 3 consecutive 6's although he gained revenge by snaring him next ball. Without any jugs secured in the game so far, a Bodicote mess was well over due and it came quickly with a skier ....missed by all including Slogger in a Tubby type moment.... apparently he didn't see it..!!
Another drop behind and a drop in the deep from Woody secured the nights beer but the opposition were almost home as City Boy came on to bowl the last over in the failing light, two smashed boundaries from Shah and they were home with 2 balls to spare....
A top game that you never really mind losing...but I think if we're going to win in this division the Skipper will need to more brutal with his bowlers...
Will those highly motivation tones of Balti (not usually known for his patience...) " OK take a break...that enough of that sh**e..." be heard sooner that later... ??
So back to the Plough it was for chip butties, beer and pizza...but not before the weekly City Boy quote...
Woody: " Balti, loved the bit about Bhav and the maple syrup the other week..."
Bhav: " hey man...I neffer said that...I neffer said that....."
Woody: " you don't say Bhav......."
BANBURY drew with BODICOTE – rained
off
Guess what
BROUGHTON & NN drew with BODICOTE
– rained off
Replay 6th June.
SANDFORD ST MARTIN drew with BODICOTE
– rained off
Despite moving the game a night to
avoid the Arsenal-Barcelona clash the weather didn’t improve enough to play.
HOOK NORTON 191-2 beat BODICOTE 103-9 by 88 runs
A delightful spring evening saw the
Bodicote XI descend upon sunny Hook Norton, the team similar
to last week but with Thurby and Bobby Boy in for
Barney and Wigger.
A lost toss and opposition were batting. 2 ex Banbury 20 stars Riley &
Knight trotted out to face the Bodicote opening
pair of Big Si and Meps.
Four overs each proved fruitless and a steady stream of runs continued,
including 4 consecutive 4's off Meps no thanks to
some poor fielding from "hands in pockets" Woody who seemed more
lethargic than usual.
A change and C3PO was into the wickets
claiming Knight for 41 stumped by Slogger and 2
overs later Lunel bowled for 12. Riley now joined by Leader
start crashing the willow around and boundaries seemed plentiful as they easily
picked the gaps. Slogger secured the 2nd
jug of the night (after Woody) for missing the easiest stumping chance ever
to finish Knight, somehow managing to fall over and miss the stumps altogether...
Adam was now joined by Bobby Boy Lawrence as they tried hard to keep the run
fest down, although Bob attempted a "game over" buffet ball which
flew into a back garden thumping into a shed and was never seen again...a
spare was found..
The runs just kept coming and if it wasn't for some heroic fielding deep square
from City Boy they would of passed 200 but 191-2
was still plenty ....
The usual opening pair of Woody and Porger got the
run chase going with a few streaky 4's from Woody who seemed to have woken
up a little by now. But it wasn't long before Hooky were into the wickets
as Woody left for 15 and City Boy who couldn't capitalise on surviving being
given out then recalled in the previous over went for 11.
Porger continued preferring 1's and 2's over his
normal boundary swotting style but soon fell for 22.
Hooky now brought on young spinner McKee and the wickets really started tumbling
...Slogger came and went for 4, as did Thuby for 1. Adam secured kit bag with a goldie and Balti
showed a little resistance before charging and being easily stumped for 12.
Meps and Si pushed it around a little
but soon departed and we were still over a hundred behind. The final pair
C3PO and Bobby batted the innings out and we passed the ton with some lusty
blows from the John who finished 2nd highest scorer 17 not out.
So 2 down and 2 losses...this division seems tougher than last year...
So in the new tradition back to The Plough for feed and ale.....and the journey
home proved just enough time for another City Boy quote..
"Bhav
you missed Morris Dancing last night at The Plough"
"Oh pity....so who's this Morris
bloke...will he be there tonight....?"
HINTON IN THE HEDGES 188-3 beat BODICOTE 74 all out by 114 runs
Into the sticks for the midweek opener at Hinton with a new look younger team containing only 1 player over 50 and not 1... but 3 under 20...!! something not seen for many a season.....
It all started
with such promise, the toss was won and opposition were inserted. Big
Si Hawken and Meps (who seemed to have manifested into a fully grown
gorilla since he last played 2 years ago) opening the bowling and with
3 good overs each they managed to contain the opening
pair of Jamie Martin and Freeman. A double change brought the young and
old together, debutant youngster Adam Harris and C3PO (John Morewood).
Some tight stuff from both brought wickets, dangerman
Martin (30) lbw Morewood and Adam bowled new to the crease Linford (1) before he got going.
Freemen by now was starting to accelerate and with boundaries becoming plentiful
another change was required, debutant no2. Bhavin
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A final total of 188/3 including 11 6's.... they surely had enough...
Woody and Porger opened and prevented an early collapse although chasing 188, 5 off 4 seemed a little light... but the once flat pitch now seemed to be now doing all sorts.... Porger after surviving a drop 1st ball stuck a couple of lovely straight(ish) 6's before falling for 20, Woody soon followed for 12 and the famous Bodicote collapse was back on. Wigger, Bhav and Slogger all struggled to get going and departed quickly as Hinton's dibbley dobbley bowlers proved difficult in the failing light. Wickets continued to tumble with only Barney showing any resistance, matching Porger with a big 6 before falling for 11.
The conclusion came in the last over all out for 74 with Big Si on kit bag being the only duck. Linford
gained his revenge for batting failure returning beer buying figures of 6
- 12 off 4......who needs Jamie Martin....
In true
midweek tradition a loss 1st up, but no matter ...against this strength
opposition we will always struggle....still, an enjoyable game and played
in good spirit by both teams.
So back to Plough it was back for chip buttys and beer....but the journey wasn't without more surprises from city boy..
"what's that yellow stuff Balti"
"rape seed for rape seed oil Bhav"
"is that what yu put on cricket bats..?"
"no Bhav that's maple syrup"
"ah right on man..."