Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Raynes Park Former Pupils, Sunday, 28 Sep 2014
Ground: Abbey Recreation Ground
Captain: Andrew Wingfield
Match type: 40 overs
Toss: Raynes Park elected to bat
Weather: Sunny
Opposition: Raynes Park Former Pupils scored: 226 for 6 (40 overs)
Exiles Score: 43 all out (18.3 overs)
Result: Lost by 183 runs
Man of the match: Phil Ling 2 for 25
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Lamprecht | ct. | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Will Kent (W) | b. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Barry Whiteman | b. | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Neel Dillip | ct. | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Abul Khayer | ct. | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Alastair Rix | b. | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Andrew Wingfield (C) | ct. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jason Savage | run out | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Robbie Foreman | ct. | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Phil Ling | not out | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Extra(s) | 0 | |||||
| 43 | 110 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Wingfield | 7.0 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 16.5 |
| 2 | Phil Ling | 8.0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Neel Dillip | 7.0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Justin Lamprecht | 7.0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | Abul Khayer | 6.0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Alastair Rix | 3.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Robbie Foreman | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Lamprecht | 1 | |||
| Robbie Foreman | 1 | |||
| Will Kent (W) | 1 | |||
| Abul Khayer | 1 |
On the face of it Exiles looked like having a good batting line-up with Will Kent, this year’s award-winner, Justin Lamprecht and Neel Dillip in the side, and Andy Wingfield coming in in his customary position down the order. The bowling also looked fine with Andy, Phil Ling, Justin and Neel to do the bulk. Look a bit deeper, though, and there were only four Exiles regulars, nine players in total, and the opposition leant us Abul Khayer to bring us up to ten.
Raynes Park put themselves in to bat and began indifferently. Exiles kept the pressure on, bowling well and fielding tightly. Phil was rewarded with 2 for 25 off his 8 overs (the only bowler to be bowled out), getting some to swing, and Andy bowled fiercely at the other end. Justin bowled with a bit of pace and took a fine catch in the outfield, and Robbie Foreman took a catch off his bowling at mid-off. When their number 4 and 5 came together, though, Raynes Park started to look dangerous, with the number 5 initially supporting his partner but waiting for and punishing the bad ball. Exiles kept the pressure on and got the impressive-looking number 4 out with a good stumping by Will off Abul’s bowling, and at drinks the game was still very much in the balance.
But it was after this that the number 5 batsman started to really let loose. He farmed the bowling, with his South African partner taking a back seat. He used his strength to muscle regular boundaries and four sixes. When his partner was out, he continued in the same vein and took the game away from the Exiles, with 122 not out – scoring more than half of a forbidding total of 226 for 6.
After tea, the Exiles began their reply. It started badly with no Exiles batsman able to get their eye in properly, and it immediately turned into a procession. Raynes Park used a variety of bowlers, with a couple of quite fast bowlers and some spinners who looked very competent. However, the attack that was used didn’t warrant a score of 43 all out – the Exiles batting line-up didn’t gel, and didn’t have time to, possibly because there weren’t enough regulars, and the innings collapsed.
It was a shame to end the season with a result like this. But as the weather held over all the last three fixtures, it was certainly worth arranging these late-season matches.
Report By: Barry Whiteman