Scorecard

Old Elizabethans v Leamington Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 06 Sep 2014 at 12.00
Leamington Cricket Club Won by 75 runs

Match report Leamington made the trip to Worcester to face Old Elizabethans who still harboured hopes of joining Leamington in Division 1 next season.

Old Elizabethans elected to bowl first and their decision was justified with Jonathan Wigley (4) falling in the first over. Ollie Currill (28) and Max Webber (31) then added 55 for the second wicket as the two teenagers played with great maturity. Leamington then lost their way once the home side turned to spin as they slumped to 96-5. However, Lee Hopkins (51) and Jimbo Williams (31) formed a brilliant counter-attacking partnership of 51 before Grant Thornton joined Hopkins in an even more aggressive partnership of 55 before Hopkins fell for yet another valuable contribution. Thornton went on to compile his first ever Birmingham League fifty as he smashed 61 off only 31 balls in helping his side reach a formidable 251 all out. The strength of Leamington's batting order was clearly highlighted by Thornton's brilliant knock as despite being in a perilous position, Thornton helped add 100 runs off the last 10 overs. For the home side, Pugh (3-62), Bartlett (2-42) and Booth (2-51) were the stand out bowlers.

In reply, Old Elizabethans came out all guns blazing but when Thornton had the dangerous Smit caught behind for 20, Mark Ashcroft then picked up two quick wickets to leave the home side 99-3. At this point, the game was still very much in the balance with Miles at the crease, but with wickets tumbling at the other end, he was soon running out of partners. Miles went on to compile a well-compiled run-a-ball fifty, but when Ashcroft had him caught behind for 68, the game was over bar the formalities. Webber formed an excellent partnership with Ashcroft as Webber finished with 3-23 and Ashcroft showed yet again how valuable his acquisition has been this season with 4-28. Thornton (2-36) returned to take the final wicket to secure a 75 run victory. The latest win maintains Leamington's unbeaten season, opening the gap at the top of the table to 74 points.

Leamington welcome Attock, who are currently second in the table, to Arlington Avenue this Saturday for the final game of the season.

Leamington Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
12w 2b 3lb 
for 10 wickets
17
251		        
Jonathan Wigley Bowled  4 2 5 80.0
Ollie Currill Caught  28 63 51 54.90
Max Webber Stumped  31 81 60 51.67
David Bailey Caught  13 24 21 61.90
Mark Ashcroft Bowled  7 28 21 33.33
Lee Hopkins Stumped  51 84 60 85.00 3 1
Jimbo Williams Caught  31 37 40 77.50 2
Grant Thornton Stumped  61 42 31 196.77 1
Tom Warner Bowled  7 6 6 116.67 1
Jagdeep Khurana Run out  1 7 4 25.00
Faisal Khalid Not Out  0 6 1 0

Old Elizabethans Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
L. Booth10.0251225.505.10
H. Pathiranage7.0140140.005.71
J. Smit6.003500.005.83
T. Pugh9.5062320.676.31
J. Miles10.0326126.002.60
E. Bartlett7.0132216.004.57

Old Elizabethans Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
16w 2b 12lb 
for 10 wickets
30
176 (39.4 overs)		     
J. Boyle ct Williams b Ashcroft 22 57 52 42.31
J. Smit ct Hopkins b Thornton 20 28 21 95.24
J. Miles ct Hopkins b Ashcroft 68 112 66 103.03
D. Goodyear ct Williams b Ashcroft 14 32 30 46.67
S. Cairney run out Warner 6 34 19 31.58
M. Cooper lbw Webber 6 12 9 66.67
E. Bartlett ct Hopkins b Webber 0 3 3 0
O. Hills st Hopkins b Ashcroft 1 20 7 14.29
T. Pugh ct Thornton b Webber 1 6 7 14.29
L. Booth b Thornton 8 20 18 44.44
H. Pathiranage Not Out  0 9 7 0

Leamington Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Tom Warner6.012700.004.50
Grant Thornton5.4035217.506.18
Faisal Khalid6.001700.002.83
Mark Ashcroft10.012847.002.80
Jagdeep Khurana5.003200.006.40
Max Webber7.002337.673.29