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Match Summary: vs. Old Ashfordians, Sunday, 08 Jun 2014

Ground: Nursery Road
Captain: Chris Plume
Match type: 40 overs
Toss: Exiles elected to bat
Weather: Sunny
Opposition: Old Ashfordians scored: 167 for 5 (40 overs)
Exiles Score: 206 for 6 (40 overs)
Result: Won by 39 runs
Man of the match: Andrew Wingfield 50 & 2 for 10

charts of Exiles wicket partnerships for this match
Score board
 Batsmen RunsBalls4s6s
Chris Plume (C)ct.  14 
Jasper Searle lbw 
Dominic Hodgson (W)ct. 
Marc Simpson lbw 13  18 
Craig Williams ct. 50  56 
Andrew Wingfield ct. 50  74 
John Tither not out 47  44 
Lee Harvey not out 15  27 
Ammar Akhtar dnb      
10 Steve Parkinson dnb      
11 Phil Ling dnb      
  Extra(s) 2nb 11w 5b    18      
    206  242   
Bowling
 BowlerOMRWAvg
Andrew Wingfield  4.0 10 5
Ammar Akhtar  8.0 0
Phil Ling  8.0 37 37
Jasper Searle  7.0 37 0
Steve Parkinson  8.0 44 0
Chris Plume  5.0 29 29
Wicket Keeping and Fielding
PlayerCatchRun OutStumpingPenalty
Jasper Searle    
Phil Ling    
Dominic Hodgson (W)   
Steve Parkinson    

On a wonderful summer's day at Nursery Road the Exiles played their inaugural fixture against Old Ashfordians, who it soon emerged had some players from the Royal Ascot side that the Exiles had played a few weeks ago. Much of the pre-match chat centred around whether, if the skipper won the toss, we would field first, as Phil Ling had taken over tea duties and prepared a much anticipated spread. However common sense prevailed and the Exiles batted first, on what appeared a dry pitch.

Appearances can be deceptive, however, as the wicket was a bit slower and spongier than expected, which helped to contribute to 2 of the early Exiles wickets to fall, as the in form Chris Plume, having nailed a trade mark drive 1st ball for 4 tried to repeat the trick on a delivery that stopped a bit in the pitch, resulting in him spooning a catch to cover. Likewise Dominic, who it appears is a fine tennis player, got a bit too carried away by a ball bouncing on him, and offered an easy chance to mid on.
 
The Exiles were clearly rocking, and with John Tither still battling through traffic it appeared the Ling tea would be consumed sooner than anticipated. Thankfully an element of calm was brought to proceedings, firstly by Marc, on debut, and by Craig, who last week was reduced to a jibbering wreck by that old enemy of the Exiles, a big Saturday night out, but on this day was ready to go. These two looked well set before Marc tried to launch a big hit at a slow bowler and missed a straight one. It brought all rounder (yes, he's been upgraded to that status) Andy to the crease, and despite obvious temptations, both Craig and Andy continued to run quick singles, and turn ones into twos and hit he bad ball when offered the chance. Seasoned Exiles observers will realise this is a most unusual habit, but after last week's crushing defeat vs. Surbiton, when their batsmen showed an ability to run quickly between the wickets, it's good to see the current crop of batsmen so ready to adapt their styles of play. Additionally the pacing of the innings this season has been more in keeping with how limited overs cricket should be played, so avoiding the mad last over dashes that were often synonymous with Exiles batting in recent years.
 
Andy and Craig steered the innings towards comparatively safer waters, with a fine 89 run partnership, but just as they both looked set to kick on after reaching their deserved 50s each, they finally succumbed to some fairly ordinary bowling; Craig turning a half tracker to square leg and Andy, now watched by the other Exiles all rounder Simon and his prize winning dog Beefy (who certainly gets the prize for the loudest panting small dog in London!!), smashed a full toss to deep mid wicket where the catch was very well taken. John was by now at the match, and set about with Lee in seeing the Exiles to a decent score in excess of 200. John as usual playing his array of strokes and reached a quickfire 47, ably assisted by Lee in a contrast of batting styles only Exiles cricket can often provide.  The final score was a very respectable 206-6 on a deceptive pitch and a slow outfield.  After last week, however, there was still nervousness that this might not be enough, especially as the bowling looked, on paper anyway,slightly light.
 
After Phil Ling's superb tea, the Exiles set about defending the target with Andy and Ammar opening the bowling and then set about a spell of bowling each that squeezed the life out of the opposition innings.  Ammar was particularly impressive, bowling 8 overs consecutively for a measly 8 runs that prevented the opposition gaining any momentum, and certainly it could be argued contributed to the two wickets Andy took at the other end. After the opening bowlers had been replaced, the change bowlers, including another debutant Steve, continued to apply pressure with accurate bowling as the opposition never seemed likely to chase down the Exiles total, and in the end were left 39 runs short.

Report By: Jasper Searle

Interview with Man of the Match: Andrew Wingfield

Andy Wingfield picked up the man-of-the-match for this game, but it was Craig Williams who scored his maiden 50 for the club. Here is his interview:

On Sunday 8 June 2014, Craig Williams became the 4th Exiles player to score his maiden Exiles 50 during the 2014 season. The Exiles website caught up with Craig for his thoughts:

Well batted Craig – A maiden Exiles half century in only your third game for the club. You must be pleased to reach that milestone so quickly?

Good to hear from you Chris! Yeah I was pleased, especially as it helped set the platform for the bowlers to go on and win us the game. Given that I'd managed 1 including a hideous run out from my first two innings I was keen to chip in with something.

When you came out into the middle we were in something of a hole, and a fourth wicket went down pretty quickly to bring Andy to the crease. What was going through your mind?

Just to settle myself, wait for the bad ball, and not to get out within five balls again. I always like to build partnerships and keep the board ticking over and we'd actually set off at a reasonable pace which always helps.

You looked pretty comfortable throughout and were predictably ruthless on anything straying onto leg-stump. Do you prefer facing quicks or spinners?

Yeah I think I'm better against the spinners, especially when I first get to the crease. I like accumulating runs in the middle order and find it a bit easier to sort my footwork out against the spinners so, yeah spinners is probably a preference!

Have you set yourself any targets for the season? Or is it just to get some regular time in the middle and build from there?

Just to play as much as I can, try and adapt to the game and chip in as much as I can really.

Congratulations on your effort – are there any shots in particular that stand out in the memory?

It was all singles wasn't it? I hope this interview makes the papers before the World Cup takes the headlines away.

Interviewed By: Exiles Website

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