East Hanningfield & Great Burstead cc

 First and foremost I apologise if I've got Marlon's surname wrong

This was an unusual game where it rained for virtually the whole of the game and what with it being at the start of the season there were plenty of grass cuttings combined with the wet grass, so the two's in normal conditions would have probably been 4's and the 1's at least 2's.

The wagon wheels are approximations, but when I showed the captain at the end of the game he pretty much agreed that they were representational. 

6/5/23

East Hanningfield & Great Burstead cc 3rd XI v Basildon & Pitsea 5th XI at Hannikins Farm, Billericay.

Cliff Ferady No.1_____________________

Listed last year as the 8th highest scoring batter at the club with an average of 18.25 last year and the captain of the current 3rd XI.

All time - 6th Highest scoring bat, played 68 games, scored 926 runs with a high score of 70. Average of 15.69 with 2 x 50's. 

Feraday had some nice shots the late cut was particularly nice I thought and the cover-drive. The cover drive looks like his got to shot. In this game because of the grass cuttings and how wet it was we didn't really get to see him at his best. But observations with regards bowling to him - I think most of us bowled full to him, I certainly did. Anything wide of the off-stump and he's on to it with that cover drive, so that needs to be covered in the field. Looking at how he gets out on Playcricket (See below or here ) He's out 39.9% of the time to catches which is worth keeping in mind and it might be worthwhile trying slower or shorter balls if you're seam bowler or in my case (Wrist spin) Top-spinners. 

The other observation I made bowling so full was that he didn't like it around the leg-stump and just outside of the leg-stump line. This was bowling virtually yorker length back-spinning Flippers, so if the conditions had been normally good length leg-breaks or fuller leg breaks might produce results? 

Another point - anything outside of the off-stump he was looking to play the back foot cut shot which might account for the high percentage of caught dismissals - he might be getting caught behind - keeper, slips, gully or point? 

Overall confident and correct batter, but looks to take chances on shorter balls outside of the off-stump. 

As a Wrist Spinner, given what I saw in this game and the 39% catches factor. My initial analysis would be that he doesn't favour his leg-side play and I'd look to exploit that. I'd bowl over the wicket and load the leg-side with my best catchers and most athletic players and look to bowl him around his legs, occasionally bowling a flipper to get him with a faster straight ball. It might also be worthwhile doing the Warne thing and moving around the crease changing your angles - even looking to bowl around the wicket to see how weak his leg-side play is, it might be the shots off the leg are his risky shots? 

Marlon Jatajekara No.2________________

Marlon's analysis to follow...