Scorecard

Rainham 3 v Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI on Sat 06 Aug 2022 at 1.00
Purleigh CC Won by 196 runs

Match report THE CARNIVAL IS OVER FOR THE RAINHAM WIN-SEEKERS

On a day when the sad passing was announced of the Australian Seekers singer Judith Durham, famed for the 1960s UK top-ten hit ' The Carnival is Over', it was perhaps appropriate that the regular Purleigh spectators decamped to the Maldon Carnival for guaranteed fiesta fun. But they did miss a Purleigh jamboree as the home side won another toss and opted to bat first on yet another hot day with an increasingly brown and frictionless outfield.

Openers Chris Freegard and Josh Taylor came their closest yet this season to a century opening stand, parted on 97 inside 15 overs when Taylor was bowled for 37. Mark Rynn returned to form scoring 40, losing the skipper for 69 at 133-2 after 20 overs before himself falling at 220 after an 87-run partnership with Melvin John as the Purleigh middle-order at last made a splash. Melvin batted on until the end of the 40th over when he was caught for 84 at 274-4. Jordan Oliver made a quick 17 before being the first of two wickets to fall at 279 and with 3 overs left it seemed that Purleigh might not reach the promised 300. However, another welcome return to form, this time for Matt Oliver, who hit the last five balls for four in a procession of boundaries, floated the score to 311 for 6.

Tea was taken at 4.40pm, Rainham having apparently been wrapped up in a world of their own for a lot of the innings. The opposition approach to the chase was something of a coconut-shy with wickets falling to Melvin and Matt after attempted big shots in both of the first two overs. It was an early parade of batters back to the pavilion as Rainham slipped to 37 for 5 with Matt skittling another three inside eight overs, bowling out to end on 9 overs, 4 for 41. There was no respite for the batting side as change bowler Shahid took three wickets in his third over to leave Rainham on 63 for 8 at drinks (15 overs), surely the Dagenham Girl Pipers could have made a better stab at batting. Too little, too late, the Rainham tail hung around to face the music with the surviving opener for longer than the top order, before a well-deserved scalp for Jack Hardingham and another for skipper Freegard who finished the game with a wicket maiden on 115 all out after 29 overs for the home side to end as carnival kings.

Happily the Purleigh faithfull had returned from Maldon to witness the end of the cricketing spectacle, rewarded with a third consecutive home show next week.

Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
4nb 11w 8b 3lb 
for 6 wickets
26
311		        
Christian Freegard b Kamran 69 13 1
Josh Taylor b Syed 37 6
Mark Rynn ct Bilal 40 7
Melvin John ct Tariq 84 12 1 1
Jordan Oliver b Husham 17 1
Matt Oliver Not Out  23 5 1
Jack Hardingham ct Husham 0
Steve Rynn Not Out  10 1
Shahid Yasin  
Ed Oliver  
A.N. Other  

Rainham 3 Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Tariq9.0065165.007.22
Husham8.0045222.505.63
Syed9.0146146.005.11
Kamran9.0052152.005.78
Zayan4.002400.006.00
Bilal4.0046146.0011.50
Fernando2.001800.009.00

Rainham 3 Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
9nb 4w 5b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
19
115 (29.0 overs)		     
Krish b John 4
Imran Not Out  37
Jamal ct M. Rynn b. M. Oliver 0
Kamran ct and b. M. Oliver 7
Samsudin ct Freegard b. M. Oliver 0
Syed b M. Oliver 1
Husham b Yasin 14
Nyon ct S. Rynn b. Yasin 0
Tariq ct Hardingham b. Yasin 0
Fernando b Hardingham 0
Bilal b Freegard 0

Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Melvin John5.0014114.002.80
Matt Oliver9.0141410.254.56
Shahid Yasin9.0131310.333.44
Jack Hardingham5.0122122.004.40
Christian Freegard1.01010.000.00