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Half season report - to 5 July 2002

1st XI

The division 1D table at the halfway point in the season shows the 1st XI just in the top half.

Division 1D P W L Tie N/R Total Avge
Risley 9 8 0 0 1 149 18.6
Thurgarton 9 7 2 0 0 145 16.1
Kirkby Portland 9 6 3 0 0 128 14.2
Wymeswold 9 4 4 0 1 102 12.75
Wilsons 9 4 3 0 2 88 12.6
Nuthall 9 4 4 1 0 104 11.6
Underwood 9 2 4 1 2 66 9.4
Farndon 9 2 4 1 2 56 8.0
Ruddington 9 1 6 1 1 49 6.1
Willoughby 9 0 8 0 1 33 4.1

In an unbalanced fixture list we had 7 home games and 2 away games. The home games against Risley and Underwood were not played due to rain - the Underwood game was abandoned after 15 overs. Of the other 5 home games we have won 4 and lost 1. We beat Ruddington by 40 runs, Wymeswold by 42 runs, Nuthall by 13 runs and last weekend beat Willoughby by 46 runs. The home defeat was against Thurgarton by 64 runs. We lost both the away games at Kirkby Portland by 55 runs and Farndon by 5 wickets. We will need to pick up wins away from home in the second half of the season to retain our place in division 1D. A couple of good wins could still put us in a promotion place.

Until recent weekends, the bowlers have had the best of the conditions. Performances to note include James Fletcher's 4-21 against Nuthall (including a hat-trick), Tim Taylor's 4-28 against Wymeswold and Stefan's 4-33 in a lost cause against Thurgarton. Imran has the most wickets - 15.

Here are the 1st XI top wicket takers so far:

   
Games
O
M
R
W
1. Imran Khan
6
51.5
10
142
15
2. Tim Taylor
7
53.0
5
189
11
3. Tim Caldwell
4
36.1
6
103
9
4. Mark Wallbank
6
27.2
0
117
8
5. Dave Rose
6
34.0
4
133
7
6. James Fletcher
3
20.0
1
65
6
7. Stefan Boss
1
10.5
1
43
4

Zak Briggs has been ever present and leads the runs scorers with 137 (average 19.6) with a top score of 45 at Farndon. However, Richard Odell had the highest score with 64 against Wymsewold.

Top 10 1st XI run scorers:

   
Innings
Not Out
Runs
Avge
Highest Score
1. Zak Briggs
7
0
137
19.6
 45 v Farndon
2. Richard Odell
5
0
117
23.4
 64 v Wymeswold
3. Tim Taylor
6
2
89
22.3
 26* v Thurgarton
4. Mohammed Zubair
2
1
75
75.0
 38 v Willoughby
5. Nabeel Syed
2
0
68
32.0
 37 v Willoughby
6. Kish Patel
3
1
67
33.5
 32* v Farndon
7. Eric Dalby
4
1
56
18.3
 32* v Willoughby
8. Imran Khan
6
0
55
9.1
 30 v Willoughby
9. Tim Caldwell
4
0
45
10.3
 28 v Ruddington
10. James Fletcher
3
0
45
15.0
 23 v Kirkby Portland

Teacher's summary: Satisfactory, but could do better - must settle down to some hard work.

2nd XI

The 2nd XI are not doing quite so well.

Division 2E P W L Tie N/R Total Avge
Attenborough III 9 6 0 1 2 121 17.3
Thrumpton II 9 6 3 0 0 121 13.4
Balderton II 9 5 2 0 2 92 13.1
Whatton&Aslockton II 9 5 3 0 1 97 12.1
Kimberley Ins III 9 5 4 0 0 105 11.7
Ruddington II 9 4 5 0 0 92 10.2
Wilsons II 9 2 6 0 1 56 7.0
Keyworth II 9 3 5 0 1 54 6.75
Notts Amateurs III 9 2 6 0 1 51 6.4
Beeston Siemens II 9 1 7 1 0 41 4.6

Having played most of the first half of the season away, the 2nd XI have only 2 wins to their name - won by 9 wickets at Notts Amateurs III (with Stef and Tim Taylor) and beat Whatton & Aslockton by 18 runs at home. In the only other home game we lost a low-scoring game against Balderton by 10 runs. The game at Attenborough was rained off. All the other away games were lost: Kimberley (6 wickets), Ruddington (6 wickets), Beeston Siemens (2 wickets), Keyworth (5 wickets) and Thrumpton (68 runs).

Iftikhar Ahmed (and others in his family) have proved to be useful finds. Ifti has scored 161 runs (avge. 53.7, best 58 v Thrumpton and 51* at Siemens) and taken 5 wickets. His brother Mehtab has scored 50 in 2 innings. John Savill (best 48 v Ruddington) and Dave Nattrass have been the best of the other batsmen. Peter Shaw is the leading wicket taker with 18, including 5-29 v Whatton and 4-33 v Siemens.

The top performers so far:

Bowling:

   
Games
O
M
R
W
1. Peter Shaw
7
70.3
18
169
18
2. Vasim Choudhary
7
29.3
5
92
7
3. Stefan Boss
1
10.0
1
38
6
4. Justin Burton
7
55.3
4
201
5
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
5
55.0
15
150
5
6. Steven Gray
4
24.0
2
80
3
7. Steve Warrener
2
10.0
2
19
2

Note: Stef's 6 wickets were taking in one game against Notts Amateurs.

Batting:

   
Innings
Not Out
Runs
Avge
Highest Score
1. Iftikhar Ahmed
4
1
161
53.7
58 v Thrumpton
2. John Savill
6
1
137
27.4
48 v Ruddington
3. Dave Nattrass
5
0
115
27.5
38 v Ruddington
4. Vasim Choudhary
6
0
64
10.6
20 v Kimberley
5. Geoff Pook
7
0
56
8.0
43 v Whatton
6. Mehtab Ahmed
2
0
50
25.0
36 v Whatton
7. Stefan Boss
1
1
49
-
49* v Notts Am
8. Steven Gray
2
1
42
42.0
28* v Thrumpton
9. Nigel Smith
5
0
37
7.4
22 v Balderton
10. Jeff Moore
2
0
31
15.5
21 v Balderton

Note: Stef's 49 not out was in one game against Notts Amateurs.

Teacher's summary: Not good enough - must do better. See me after school!

Sunday XI

Played 4, won 2 lost 2. Beat Alrewas back in mid-April on a hot, sunny day (remember them?) thanks to 48 from Dave Nattrass and a good 8th wicket partnership between Tim Taylor and Alan Odell (got to get my name in here somewhere!). The home win against Basford Mill was most memorable for the spell of 5 wickets without conceding a run by Justin. Imran hit a sparkling 68 (the highest of the season so far) in a losing cause at Kegworth. Nobody enjoyed the miserable, wet conditions at Snibston (our usual mid-summer fixture!)

Taking into account all weekend games played so far, Dave Nattrass has scored the most runs 211 (in 10 matches), followed by Tim Taylor 135 (9) and Imran Khan 135 (9). On the bowling front, Tim Taylor leads the way with 20 wickets in 12 matches, followed by Imran 18 (9).

To finish off here are the best partnerships by wicket, so far:

1. Tim Taylor & Sean Bush
52
 v Basford Mill
2. Dave Nattrass & John Savill
81
 v Ruddington II
3. Zak Briggs & Nabeel Syed
74
 v Willoughby
4. John Savill & Iftikhar Ahmed
82
 v Keyworth II
5. Will Knights & Kish Patel
43
 v Farndon
6. Imran Khan & Ray Smithson
50
 v Kegworth
7. Ray Smithson & Tim Taylor
37
 v Kegworth
8. Mohammed Zubair & Eric Dalby
49
 v Willoughby
9. Mohammed Zubair & Dave Rose
56*
 v Wymeswold
10. Mark Wallbank & Tim Taylor
28
 v Thurgarton

Also worthy of mentions:

Les Hardy and Dave Nattrass 45 1st wkt v Snibston
Dave Nattrass & Geoff Pook 73 3rd wkt v Alrewas
Dave Nattrass & Iftikhar Ahmed 60 4th wkt v Thrumpton II
Eric Dalby & Mark Wallbank 24* 10th wicket v Willoughby

Alan Odell

Last updated: 11-Jul-2002 (Alan Odell)
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