Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sun) v Southern Electric on Sun 09 May 2010 at 2:00pm

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Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sun) v Southern Electric on Sun 09 May 2010 at 2:00pm
Andover Cricket Club Won by 186 runs

Match report Andover Sunday 1st XI got off to the best possible start to their campaign in a day to remember for individual brilliance and general team spirit.

Captain Jonty Hadfield set the positive tone by winning the crucial toss and batting, knowing that runs on the board was the essential requirement for victory. Hadfield led by example accompanied by James O'Gorman; the Kiwi cutting loose against the new ball. What followed was a masterclass of technique, powerful striking and finesse as the duo provided great entertainment with a partnership of 127 before O'Gorman (59) was eventually cleaned up in the most comprehensive way, with two stumps out of the ground. Hadfield continued to bully the bowling attack hitting some towering sixes but after the loss of two cheap wickets to less than adequate decision making, by Richard Woodley and Matt Knight, Andover could have panicked and quickly found themselves in turmoil. However, the emergence of Mike Adams quickly put these worries aside as he confidently upped the tempo alongside Hadfield in a partnership of 118. Hadfield continued to blaze the ball to the boundary and, when Adams was dismissed for 68, he reached his first century of the season with another fine display of timing. His magnificant innings came to a close on 131 due to a superb piece of catching and the Andover innings petered out to close on 341-6.

With this massive score, Andover was virtually assured of victory and the scene was set for the bowlers to dominate. Jack "The Project" Andrews proved his untapped resevoir of ability with the ball in a fiery new ball spell. His bowling could prove very useful in future fixtures. Alongside him Ali Hooper bowled his usual spinning miracles but the opposition batsmen saw beyond the spell and dented his confidence with some blistering strokeplay. However, with such a huge total on the board wickets continued to fall to the Knight brothers, bowling a deadly concoction of deliveries. It was left to Richard Woodley who ripped through the lower order and was the pick of the bowlers, returning 3-21 in a tidy spell. Southern Electric were hurried out for 155 and the game was won.

Dominant. Convincing. Ruthless. Hopefully a sign of things to come for the season ahead.

Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sun) Batting

341 for 6

Player Name		Runs	Catches
Jonty HADFIELD	Caught Amis/Harding	131
James O'GORMAN	Bowled Souter	59	2
Richard WOODLEY	Bowled Mehta	0
Matt KNIGHT	Caught Collis/Metha	2
Mike ADAMS	Bowled Stocks	68
Dan TURNER	Bowled Harding	28
Robbie HADFIELD	Not Out	24
Peter ROBERTS	Not Out	6
Ali HOOPER
Jack ANDREWS
James KNIGHT			1

Southern Electric Bowling

Player name	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Harding	8.0	65	2	32.50	8.13
Renwick	8.0	78	0	0.00	9.75
Souter	4.0	37	1	37.00	9.25
Mehta	8.0	55	2	27.50	6.87
Stocks	8.0	42	1	42.00	5.25
Collis	3.0	49	0	0.00	16.33
Hickman	1.0	10	0	0.00	10.00

Southern Electric Batting

155 for 10

Player name		Runs
Souter	Bowled Andrews	17
Mehta	Bowled Roberts	56
Amis	Caught O'Gorman/J Knight	10
Harding	Caught O'Gorman/Woodley	9
Bullock	Bowled J Knight	1
Stocks	Bowled Roberts	3
Harbottle	Caught J Knight/Woodley	14
Hickman	Lbw Woodley	4
Collis	Bowled M Knight	2
Renwick	Bowled M Knight	17
Lawerence	Not Out	0

Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sun) Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Jack ANDREWS	6.0	1	26	1	26.00	4.33
Ali HOOPER	8.0	0	45	0	0.00	5.63
James KNIGHT	6.0	1	15	2	7.50	2.50
Peter ROBERTS	6.0	0	20	2	10.00	3.33
Richard WOODLEY	4.0	0	21	3	7.00	5.25
Matt KNIGHT	2.3	0	13	2	6.50	5.20
Mike ADAMS	1.0	0	6	0	0.00	6.00

Umpire :
Brad Bradley
Scorer :
Triena Adanms