Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Agricola, Sunday, 20 Jul 2014
Ground: King's House Sports Ground
Captain: John Tither
Match type: 40 overs
Toss: Exiles elected to bat
Weather: Moody
Opposition: Agricola scored: 161 for 5 (36 overs)
Exiles Score: 157 all out (38.3 overs)
Result: Lost by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Vishal Shete 51 & 1 for 32
Score board
| Batsmen | | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
1 | John Tither (C) | ct. & b. | 43 |
71 | 4 | 1 |
2 | Jasper Searle | ct. | 11 |
11 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Wil Scott | lbw | 3 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Dominic Hodgson (W) | lbw | 1 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Vishal Shete | ct. | 51 |
74 | 6 | 0 |
6 | Sanket Deshpande | ct. | 5 |
12 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Bernard Leuvennink | ct. | 2 |
16 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Terence Moynihan | b. | 7 |
10 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Andrew Jennings | ct. | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Steve Parkinson | run out | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Naren Patel | not out | 7 |
14 | 0 | 0 |
|
Extra(s) 1nb 20w 2b 1lb |
24 |
| |
|
| | |
157 |
232 | | |
Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg |
1 | Naren Patel |
4.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Steve Parkinson |
8.0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Bernard Leuvennink |
7.0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 36 |
4 | Terence Moynihan |
8.0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 |
5 | Andrew Jennings |
4.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 24 |
6 | Vishal Shete |
5.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 32 |
Wicket Keeping and Fielding
Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
Vishal Shete | 2 | | | |
The Exiles returned for the final time this season to their old home ground at Chiswick to face old foes Agricola with some old faces and some further new recruits in what has been one of the best season in years in recruiting new players. Agricola themselves had a new face, as former Exile Sharaz had got in late contact and had helped bolster their ranks. With their key man Russell also playing, it seemed inevitable that the best chance the Exiles would have to win the game would be to remove these key men cheaply.
The match was played in pitch C, widely regarded as the best pitch, normally, at Chiswick. The outfield was dry and firm but on closer inspection the pitch itself was very green, having for some reason been completely overwatered. It would have been unplayable had the incorrectly forecast thunderstorms appeared over the weekend. There was a suggestion it was done to benefit the kids - well they're going to get a nasty shock when the ball on a proper pitch bounces above the ankle. Put it simply, there is no way a pitch in mid July should not offer more pace and bounce.
The Exiles won the toss and batted first, and looked to be making reasonable progress, albeit John T being dropped second ball. Jasper fell first, after hitting a couple of clean boundaries he followed an awful wide and spooned a catch to cover. This was to set the pattern for the Exiles innings as the pitch nullified Agricola's better bowlers Dan and Russell, whose radar early on was miles off, and saw their slower bowlers cause real problems as the ball skidded along, often barely getting above shin height on this sorry excuse of a pitch.
John looked set for an overdue big score when again the pitch caused him to play a glance to leg far too early and it spooned up in the air where Simon Roberts took a fine running catch off his own bowling. Debutant Vishal seemed to be the only Exile with the discipline and patience to play on this wicket and he didn't get too carried away and hit the bad balls when they came and scored a fine half century on debut.
The same can't be said for others, who simply couldn't get to grips with the complete lack of pace that Agricola started to offer and some of the wickets were literally happening in slow motion as catches were gifted and stumps broken 5 minutes after a shot had been played. One dreads to think what carnage their legendary slow bowler John Morgan would have caused in this deck.
After another underwhelming Chiswick tea, Exiles bowled well without getting much reward, especially as Sharaz was starting to click into gear. In the back of everyone's mind was that whatever other early wickets we might get Agricola had Russell lurking to wreak havoc and despite a couple of glimmers of hope he did all but guide them home with the usual ferocious hitting that was too clean for the numerous boundary raiders to cut off. Next season the Exiles will have to work out a way of getting him cheaply as he has undoubtedly been the difference between the two sides.
Report By: Jasper Searle