Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. WICC, Sunday, 10 Jun 2007
Ground: Nursery Road
Captain: Andrew Wingfield
Match type: Friendly
Toss: WICC elected to bat
Weather: Sunny & humid
Opposition: WICC scored: 209 for 8 (40 overs)
Exiles Score: 211 for 4 (38.5 overs)
Result: Won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: Quentin Davies 69 runs

Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keith Roberts | b. | 33 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Quentin Davies | ct. | 69 | 57 | 11 | 0 |
3 | Amil Patel (W) | b. | 42 | 46 | 8 | 0 |
4 | Wil Scott | not out | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Arnie Glausiusz | ct. | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Simon Gundry | not out | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Sam Kunowski | dnb | ||||
8 | Andrew Wingfield (C) | dnb | ||||
9 | Phil Chamberlain | dnb | ||||
10 | Chris Bunton | dnb | ||||
11 | Naren Patel | dnb | ||||
Extra(s) 15w 23b 9lb | 47 | |||||
211 | 233 |
Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Wingfield | 8.0 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 16.5 |
2 | Phil Chamberlain | 8.0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Simon Gundry | 8.0 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 7.3 |
4 | Naren Patel | 8.0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 10 |
5 | Chris Bunton | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Sam Kunowski | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wil Scott | 1 | |||
Amil Patel (W) | 1 | |||
Simon Gundry | 2 | |||
Sam Kunowski | 1 |
Despite the recent disappearance of Jeff "I'm past my best" Hilson, the Exiles were able to welcome back such stalwarts as Keith 'the firework' Roberts and Phil 'the finisher' Chamberlain for what proceeded to be a third successive nail-biting match.
WICC won the toss on a dry, hard wicket and the decision by committee was to bat first. Andy and Phil bowled well on an essentially good wicket with little lateral movement but some variable bounce. Andy took advantage of the variable bounce bowling one of their openers with a ball that kept a touch low. The bowling and fielding was generally very tight for the first 20 overs with WICCs attacking batsmen labouring their way to 59 for 2. However, Naren did manage to get their former Surrey U15 batsman with a disgraceful delivery that pitched halfway down the wicket but did not bounce – the batsman only managed to top-edge a ball that would normally be dispatched onto the recently re-named 'Bunton tram track'.
The second half of the innings was a slightly shambolic 'Harmison and Plunkett' bowling effort yielding 151 runs. Each bowler, except Simon, bowled at least 4 wides with the ball being generally sprayed on both sides and halves of the wicket. Neel batted well for 50 and Ashok for 38 - however, after the good efforts of the first 20 overs the Exiles did not make the batsmen work hard for their runs dishing out some real cafeteria bowling. One can only imagine some of the phrases that Viv Richards and Bob Willis would have come out with to describe the scene. Classics such as, "some of these fellers need to buck up their ideas. They cannot come on the field and disgrace themselves like this" spring to mind. Wickets did fall at reasonably regular intervals with Simon preferring the method of 'bowled' while Naren was rightly embarrassed with some of his wickets. It is probably the first time that Naren has taken 3 wickets without getting a 'proper wicket'.
The fielding generally held up well under the onslaught with Simon taking an excellent catch off a Naren half-tracker and Sam making some good stops. However, there was one Corry Collymore moment in the covers by Naren who was not paying attention as the batsman hit the ball in his general direction - he appeared to look in Keith's direction as the ball came straight to him. Overall, the extras effort was a bit 'West Indies' with the Exiles conceding 53 - 27 wides, 2 no balls, 15 Byes (wides), and 9 leg byes. Amil had to push back his dislocated shoulder on at least two occasions diving down the legside only to miss another ball. There were times when putting a mattress behind the stumps might not have done the job. The keeping was a mixture of Prior and Ramdin - excellent takes dispersed between some shambolic moments. Sir. Viv would probably sum up the Exiles last 20 overs with the following description: "This is sick, this is some of the poorest cricket I have seen from Exiles for some time. What is going on?"
Following a tea without any crab sandwiches the Exiles set off to chase the 210 required in a positive frame of mind. Phil and Amil had impressed on everyone the importance of 'partnerships' in chasing down large totals. Q was in excellent touch from the beginning of the innings, middling the ball right from the off against a very decent bowling attack. His attacking shots and aggressive running between the wickets made quick inroads into the total. There was one memorable moment following two 'stand and deliver' shots through mid-wicket when WICC moved a couple of fielders to the leg-side and Q proceeded to place the next ball over mid-off. At the other end Keith played a critical innings, particularly against their best bowler who was cutting the ball in and hitting the deck hard. His defence was assured and he accelerated well towards the latter part of his innings.
Q got an excellent 69 off 57 balls and took heed of the advice offered by his new batting coach, Naren, to not be too aggressive. Q eventually fell having set up an excellent platform bringing Amil to the crease. Amil played fluently from the start and put on another good 'partnership' with Keith. The firework was eventually bowled for 33 but not after he had propelled himself into the strike rate rankings in a single innings.
Wil joined Amil with the required rate at around 5.5 runs an over. Amil hit a few boundaries to bring the run rate down but perished for a well-constructed 42 off 46 balls to an Ashok slower ball. With a champion 'finisher' like Chamberlain waiting in the wings the Exiles were well on course to knock off the remaining runs but with the abject capitulation of the previous week fresh in the mind the nerves were still jangling. Wil held his nerve very well and played an excellent pull (not paddle) shot in the penultimate over to effectively end the game as a contest.
This was an excellent victory for the Exiles against strong opposition to banish the demons of the previous week. It has been an encouraging start to the season with the Exiles competitive in every match so far. However, concerns must remain over the number of extras given away and the recent disappearance of Jeff - one hopes that he has not eloped with the ex-civil service barman or taken Viv Richards' criticisms of his hero Corry Collymore to heart.
Report By: Amil Patel