Played 30/7/22 at Wickford Memorial Park on pitch 3 as indicated in the image below.
Game was against their 5th XI, but there were 3 players of note that you need to be aware of.
No.1 Matthew Cranfield (No picture).
His records go back to 2005. He's played at all levels including recently 1st and 2nd XI games, but generally in the last 2 years has played primarily in 3rd and 4th XI games. Averages 27.30 and has a high score of 95 not out against Oaklands 1st XI and a score of 90 in 2018. Some years has contributed with 23% of team runs. Has seven 50's to his name.
In this game I dropped him off a dolly of a catch at mid-on off Paul McKeon in the first over and he went on to score 23 before being run-out, up till then he looked good and may have made the difference between a win or a loss.
No.5 George Hellen (No picture).
*Note This wagon wheel is an approximation based on memory and looking at the scorecard.
Younger bloke (18?), athletic, good fielder and bowled really well in this game with 4 wickets. His records go back to 2019. Has some decent scores and looks promising as a batsman and therefore a threat to bowlers and your team.
No.11 Alan Ball (No picture).
This bloke was an older player and looking through the records, A.Ball has records that go back to the 1980's. In more recent years he's played in the 4th,5th and 6th XI. This current year his best score is the one in our game (Wagon-wheel below).
*Note This wagon wheel is an approximation based on memory and looking at the scorecard.
If you look at this blokes stats he's better than the figures suggest. This year if you look, you'll see that he's 50% not out which suggests that, as in our game, he bats last as a choice, possibly as he's not as agile as he'd like to be, but don't be fooled. if the bloke at the other end rotates appropriately and stays in, Ball will take the attack to you, don't be fooled by his age, he's an adept batsman at the levels he plays.
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