Saturday 18th June & Sunday 19th June 2005
Offham v New Ash Green
Saturday 18th June 2005
Kent League
Match - 100 Overs
New Ash Green
(3 points) 169 all out (46.3 overs)
Offham (16 points) 170-3 (36 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 7 wickets.
Yet again hoping for a report from the first
XI.
Andy Cox finally got going with the bat, making 89, but no one else managed
more than 12. 169 was not likely to be enough on Offham’s
ground in good weather, and they seem to have knocked off the runs with ease,
winning with 7 wickets and 17 overs to spare.
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New Ash Green II v Sevenoaks Vine IV
Saturday 18th June 2005
Mid-Kent
League Match - 92 Overs
Sevenoaks Vine
(20 points) 237-5 (46 overs)
New Ash Green (2 points) 79 all out (25.2 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 158 runs.
It seems to be downhill all the way at the
moment. Shorn of yet more regulars, with Dan Walton the latest to be promoted
to the first XI, it was always going to be a struggle for New Ash Green. Losing
the toss and having to field first on the hottest day of the year so far didn’t
help, and having a strong batting side for opposition on the day the outfield
was finally becoming quick and the ball was coming onto the bat with some
degree of reliability added to the difficulties faced. Only the occasional
variable bounce came to the bowlers’ assistance, but Vine were, for the most
part, capable of dealing with that. New Ash Green had one early success when
Richard Gorman drove Keith Bushell straight to mid
on, but this only served to bring in Seb Walker, who
played with confidence from very early on. Vine skipper Paul Styles kept him
company in putting on 73 for the 2nd wicket, though he did strike
one jarring note in a match otherwise played in good spirit when he stole a run
when a ball passed back from fielder to bowler went astray. No apology was
offered by the skipper, though
238 to win was a big ask, but the batting
conditions were still good, the pitch was holding together well and Vine’s
bowling did not look as threatening as their batting. Matthew Quantrill and Alan Carter started well, Quantrill
picking up a number of fours with gentle clips which raced across the fast
outfield, while Carter responded to critics of his slow play last week but
heaving a big six into the long grass. At 49-0 in 9 overs
the game looked well poised, but disaster struck when Richard Gorman came on
first change. Initially he looked innocuous enough, three runs being picked up
to take the opening stand to 52 before Carter had a huge swing across the line
and was bowled. Things went from bad to worse for New Ash Green, as in his next
over Gorman got one to shoot and get Quantrill LBW for 31, and in the blink of
an eye 52-0 had become 59-6. There was no coming back from this – Paul Sumner
struck an aggressive 17, but all the Sevenoaks bowlers seemed to find ways of
taking wickets and no other New Ash Green batsman could get past 2. New Ash
Green’s record of not being all out was never in danger of surviving – they
were all out with more than 20 overs to go, and there
was very little consolation that could be drawn from the game aside from a
reasonably spirited performance in the field, with the fielding award for the
day going to last minute reserve Andy Oliver on his senior debut.
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GEC v New Ash Green
Sunday 19th June 2005
Medway Sunday
League Match - 40 Overs per side
New Ash Green
(? points) 29 all out (16.1 overs)
GEC (? points) 30-2 (9.3 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 8 wickets.
Got this bare result from the league website….anyone want to
write a report???
NB This may be a club record low score…..
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