Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Superstars, Thursday, 21 Jun 2007
Ground: King's House Sports Ground
Captain: Andrew Wingfield
Match type: 35 overs
Toss: Exiles elected to bat
Weather: Cloudy
Opposition: Superstars scored: 187 for 8 (35 overs)
Exiles Score: 191 for 4 (35 overs)
Result: Won by 4 runs
Man of the match: Keith Roberts 65 not out

Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keith Roberts | not out | 65 | 101 | 4 | 0 |
2 | Pablo Palao | st. | 35 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
3 | Jasper Searle (W) | ct. | 28 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Sam Scott | b. | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Chris Edwards | b. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Andrew Wingfield (C) | not out | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Wil Scott | dnb | ||||
8 | Gwyn Thomas | dnb | ||||
Extra(s) 16w 9b 16lb | 41 | |||||
191 | 210 |
Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Wingfield | 7.0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 21 |
2 | Sam Scott | 6.0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 |
3 | Pablo Palao | 7.0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 38 |
4 | Wil Scott | 7.0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 9.3 |
5 | Gwyn Thomas | 6.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Keith Roberts | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wil Scott | 1 | |||
Andrew Wingfield | 1 | |||
Jasper Searle (W) | 1 | |||
Chris Edwards | 1 |
Ah, the guilty pleasures of midweek games;
engaging in noble sporting pursuits while the city works;
it's wrong but in all the right ways.
So it was, the exiles opened a new chapter at Chiswick on Thursday 21st June against the Superstars - 70's tv program tribute team - all Kevin Keegan look-a-likes with bubble perms.
Captain Wingers won the toss and elected to bat in a 35 over, nine a side jaunt with last man apparently standing, whatever that may mean.
A postmodern left handed opening partnership of roberts and Palao strode manfully to the wicket and soaked up good opening spells by Gundry [for it is he] and Evison [though fading after a bright start]. They constructed the meaningful partnership of the innings against the best spell of bowling, with roberts taking care to ensure his continuing presence at the crease and Palao swinging his mighty blade with gay abandon. Palao departed having exhausted his attention span but achieving a run a ball 35.
Thereafter, batsmen were given the freedom to open their shoulders with Roberts keeping it real at his end. Searle score an unfettered 28, scott s a breezy 13 and Wingfield a determined 9.
Exiles finished the innings on 191 [9 short of Wingers target of 200] with roberts unbeaten on 65. Extras numbered 41. Gundry bowling 7 overs for 9 runs and gaining the prize wicket of Scott S.
With a mix up in the canteen, tea was in doubt, but then wonder of wonders a veritable feast of chicken nuggets and chips arrived for all, with cakes for afters. Our eyes moistened with tears of joy as we tucked into this healthy repast and waddled slowly back to pitch D.
Exiles began with Wingfield and Scott's bowling tight opening spells with wingers picking off two of 'em. Superstars all batted with purpose and kept themselves in the game. Palao and Thomas practiced their art with little luck and Roberts managed several chin rubs in a short spell but the revelation of the game was the startling return to form of Scott W. Having demonstrated an apparently text book case of the yips in the previous game, a week of intensive psychotherapy yielded 3 wickets including a champagne moment return catch.
However, there was still the Gundry conundrum to be overcome. Scoring freely and looking purposeful; the game was not in the bag in any way at all, nope, no siree.
Wingfield and scott s returned to bowl out the game and kept it sufficiently parsimonious for exiles to emerge victorious by 4 runs, despite a comic book 5 overthrows in the final over. Gundry finished unbeaten on 41 I think.
So a famous victory and jolly super game, a good all round performance. Despite all the grumbling and moaning about openers not scoring quickly enough, Mr Roberts demonstrated the vital importance of at least one batsmen taking on the responsibility of batting through for as long as possible. The pressure was reduced on incoming batsmen and an eminently defendable total was achieved. the fielding performance was one of our better ones.
Man of the match was Keith Roberts.
Report By: Sam Scott