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Match Summary: vs. Surbiton Imperials, Sunday, 27 Jul 2014

Ground: Colets Sports Club
Captain: Chris Plume
Match type: 40 overs
Toss: Exiles elected to bowl
Weather: Mainly Sunny
Opposition: Surbiton Imperials scored: 119 all out (35 overs)
Exiles Score: 120 for 2 (18 overs)
Result: Won by 8 wickets
Man of the match: Dominic Hodgson 75 not out

charts of Exiles wicket partnerships for this match
Score board
 Batsmen RunsBalls4s6s
Chris Plume (C)ct. 
Will Kent (W)not out 24  47 
Jasper Searle lbw 12  11 
Dominic Hodgson not out 75  49 15 
Sanket Deshpande dnb      
Bernard Leuvennink dnb      
Andrew Wingfield dnb      
Terence Moynihan dnb      
Steve Parkinson dnb      
10 Phil Ling dnb      
11 Naren Patel dnb      
  Extra(s)  5w         
    120  110   
Bowling
 BowlerOMRWAvg
Andrew Wingfield  7.0 20 10
Naren Patel  5.0 32 0
Phil Ling  8.0 32 0
Terence Moynihan  8.0 27 9
Bernard Leuvennink  5.0 10 3.3
Steve Parkinson  2.0 4
Wicket Keeping and Fielding
PlayerCatchRun OutStumpingPenalty
Will Kent (W)   
Steve Parkinson    

Dominic Hodgson hit an imperious maiden Energy Exiles 50 to put an end to his side’s winless July and lead them to a dominant 8-wicket victory over Surbiton Imperials at Colets Sports Club.

After Chris Plume and Jasper Searle had fallen early in the chase of 120, Hodgson joined opener Wil Kent in the 4th over and the pair combined to put on an unbeaten stand of 104 to guide their side home. Where Kent (24*) was circumspect, generally treating anything of a full length with care, his young partner Hodgson was anything but, hammering 15 boundaries in his 75. He exploited the short boundary on one side with a number of front and back foot drives, but was also merciless on anything in the slot from the other end, helped by some occasionally generous fielding and a fast outfield. With 22 runs remaining and more than half the overs to still be bowled, Surbiton’s fielders could only watch helplessly as Hodgson went aerial on both sides of the wicket, finishing the chase inside 18 overs and sealing his Man of the Match performance.

Earlier, the Exiles had produced a disciplined bowling display, following the skipper’s instinctive, but not necessarily universally supported, decision to bowl first having won the toss. The wicket was flat and firm, albeit with a fair amount of grass, and Andy Wingfield and Naren Patel produced a disciplined opening new ball spell to show there was enough in it for the bowlers if they put the ball in the right areas. Surbiton were 4 down before long, with Wingfield (2-20) and Terence Moynihan (8-2-27-3) bowling consistently good lengths. A solitary middle order batsman accelerated to a breezy 50 before he became one of Moynihan’s 3 victims. Bernard Leuvennik (3-10) mopped up the tail and the short-handed Surbiton were all out for 119 well short of their allocated 40 overs.

It was collectively a strong team performance and a pleasing win on a warm day meaning an early start in the bar afterwards. Next up for the Exiles, they host Merton at Nursery Road.

Report By: Chris Plume

Interview with Man of the Match: Dominic Hodgson

On 27 July 2014, Dominic Hodgson hit 75 not out off 49 balls, to become the 8th different player (after Plume, Wingfield, Gundry, Williams, Kent, Leuvennink & Shete) to score a 50 for the Exiles this season - and the 6th to score his maiden one for the club this year. The Exiles press office caught up with Dominic for his thoughts:

Dom, very well played - it must've been a good feeling to get your maiden 50 for the club - after a couple of recent near misses?

Absolutely! Although the couple of near misses gave me the confidence moving forward that a 50 was just around the corner. Those two scores in the 40's were for a losing cause so this 50 feels that much better knowing it went towards a win, albeit against a weakened opponent.

Any nerves as you approached the landmark?

Not really. Will and I had seen off their quicks and were filling our boots against their weaker bowlers. By the time I got to 50, I was scoring at a good rate so the landmark came up too quickly to get nervous.

Have you made many 50's in your cricketing career so far?

It's been a while Andy! I haven't played cricket, before playing for Exile's, since I was 13. Although there was the odd 50 in there and even a century back then, it was too long ago to really remember them properly.

What are your favourite shots?

It's got to be the cut and the pull. I love it when the bowler drops short or gives any width. But then again don't we all!

How have you enjoyed your first season with the Exiles so far?

It's been brilliant being a part of this team, and it's great to start putting some contributions forward. Hopefully there are more contributions I can make this season.

You used to be a pretty serious tennis player - have you played against anyone famous or at any famous venues?

I've played a practice match against Tim Henman in the latter part of his career, which will always go down as my favourite practice, because Tim was an absolute hero of mine. I got a couple of games too. I guess the obvious place is Wimbledon when I played in Junior Wimbledon. The best thing tennis gave me though is the chance to travel the world, not necessarily tennis venues themselves or personnel.

Do you think your tennis ability has helped your batting?

It certainly has, Andy. I haven't spent many hours in a net's session, but I've spent many an hour on a tennis court and that has had to of had some impact on my batting technique.

What are your cricketing targets going forward?

Just to keep making solid contributions. There's no milestone I have in my head just yet, but I love batting and hope to keep this run going.

Dominic, thanks & once again very well played - and here's to plenty more runs from you in an Exiles shirt!

Thanks Andy! Good luck in the next couple of games.

Interviewed By: Exiles Website

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