Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI v Great Wakering on Sat 20 Jul 2024 at 13.00

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Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI v Great Wakering on Sat 20 Jul 2024 at 13.00
Purleigh CC Lost by one hundred and five runs

Match report PURLEIGH SPLASHDOWN HARD AGAINST GREAT WAKERING

On the 55th anniversary of man first walking on the moon, the Purleigh team rendezvoused in the hope of taking one small step towards promotion.

A hot day, with the sun god Apollo in the ascendency and the mercury rising, saw Great Wakering win the toss and they had no hesitation in batting first, apart from a long countdown waiting for Purleigh to take the field. It was a smooth lift-off for the bowlers, with Wakering falling to 5 for 2 after 3 overs, then batting carefully to reach 56 for 2 at 15 overs. At 141 for 4 from 30 overs, Purleigh were in a good position to really make the grade, but Wakering's big hitters moved to warp speed, hitting 96 from the last 10 overs to put their innings into orbit, rocketing to 260 for 9 at the end.

It was clear that the Purleigh batting would need to make a giant leap to win the game, but a poor start did not help to leave the launch pad. With Taylor, Dan Oliver, Steve Rynn (32) and mission commander Freegard out within 16.1 overs with 73 on the board, it was clear that Purleigh had a problem. At 92 for 6 the landscape seemed heavily cratered and it was time to prime the parachutes. But Melvin John, after feeling ill at tea, collected some protein pills from ground control (actually Ibuprofen capsules from Ed Oliver's scoring pencil case), put his helmet on, switched to auxiliary mode and tried his best to change things in a most peculiar way. 58 from 28 balls, including 51 from 15 balls, gave everyone a buzz and was a highly entertaining innings taking the score to 141, but with a lack of contributions from the rest of the crew it was not enough, and the innings crash-landed for 155 in the 30th over.

Onward and upward to next week's visit to Eastwood, and a chance to re-ignite the engines and prove that Purleigh's cricketers are made of the Right Stuff.

Great Wakering Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	2nb 4w 16b 1lb for 9 wickets	23 260 (45.0 overs)
I. Frankel	ct John b. Freegard	78
A. Steel	ct John b. Patel	0
G. Pritchard	ct Freegard b. Patel	0
N. Smith	ct J. Oliver b. D. Oliver	40
L. Wiggins	ct and bowled Patel	33
L. Holman	b M. Oliver	35
T. Boosey	b Patel	12
G. Overall	b Patel	7
J. Cooper	ct Freegard b. John	26
A. Nair	Not Out	4
E. Pattison	Not Out	2

Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Jai Patel	9.0	2	36	5	7.20	4.00
Matt Oliver	9.0	0	74	1	74.00	8.22
Melvin John	7.0	0	33	1	33.00	4.71
Shahid Yasin	4.0	0	29	0	0.00	7.25
Christian Freegard	9.0	1	38	1	38.00	4.22
Dan Oliver	7.0	1	33	1	33.00	4.71

Purleigh CC Saturday 1st XI Batting

Player Name		R	4s	6s	Catches
extras TOTAL :	2nb 14w 2b for 10 wickets	18 155
Steve Rynn	ct Unsure b. Holman	32	5	1
Josh Taylor	ct Frankel b. Holman	0
Dan Oliver	ct and bowled Holman	20	2	1
Christian Freegard	ct Cooper b. Holman	4	1		2
Jordan Oliver	ct Overall b. Nair	3			1
Melvin John	ct Boosey b. Overall	58	12	1	2
Jai Patel	ct Overall b. Nair	2
Matt Oliver	ct Unsure b. Overall	8	1
Shahid Yasin	lbw Cooper	10	1	1
Callum Annette	Not Out	0
Ed Oliver	lbw Cooper	0

Great Wakering Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
L. Holman	7.0	2	32	4	8.00	4.57
E. Pattison	5.0	0	19	0	0.00	3.80
J. Cooper	6.0	0	40	2	20.00	6.67
A. Nair	6.0	1	30	2	15.00	5.00
G. Overall	5.0	2	32	2	16.00	6.40

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