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Kibworth CC - Sunday 1st XI vs Hinckley Amateur CC - Friendly X1

Match report 

Result: Hinckley Amateur CC - Friendly X1 Won by 8 wickets

Date: Sun 15th Apr 2012

Start Time: 14:00

Ground: Kibworth CC

Type: Friendly

Scoring: Standard

Sunday 1st XI

R      B      4s      6s
Monik Patel ct Unsure Unsure       14 0 0 0
Henry Simpson ro Unsure 7 0 0 0
Kevin Messenger      Unsure 1 0 0 0
Jay Boucher ct Unsure Unsure 15 0 0 0
Jaideep Singh ct Unsure Unsure 2 0 0 0
Joel Juvvanapudi ct Unsure Unsure 6 0 0 0
Tej Thakkar ct Unsure Unsure 8 0 0 0
William Jennings Not Out 7 0 0 0
Eliott Lodge LBW Unsure 0 0 0 0
Ian Simpson Not Out 7 0 0 0
Kean Folley * + Did Not Bat       
Extras ( ) 0
Total (8 wickets , 40 overs )      76

Fall Of Wickets

Bowling

O M R W Nb Wd

Hinckley Amateur CC - Friendly X1

R      B      4s       6s
Unsure Not Out      47 0 0 0
Unsure b Monik Patel      14 0 0 0
Wayne Sylvester * +      b Monik Patel 0 0 0 0
Unsure Not Out 1 0 0 0
Unsure Did Not Bat     
Unsure Did Not Bat
Unsure Did Not Bat
Unsure Did Not Bat
Unsure Did Not Bat
Unsure Did Not Bat
Mick Butterworth Did Not Bat
Extras ( 11b 1lb 5nb ) 17
Total (2 wickets , 15.2 overs ) 79

Fall Of Wickets

Bowling

O      M R      W      Nb      Wd
Jaideep Singh 2 0 13 0 0 0
Tej Thakkar 3 1 12 0 0 0
Kevin Messenger      3 0      22 0 0 0
Monik Patel 4.2 2 12 2 0 0
Joel Juvvanapudi 2 0 5 0 0 0
Eliott Lodge 1 0 9 0 0 0

Kean's boys freeze on season opener

On an afternoon where it wouldn't have been surprising to see a polar bear (or was it Abbo in a thick jumper) wandering by the bottom square the Sunday XI emerged from their hibernation to resume their particular brand of mischief. The defeat may have been comprehensive, the weather cold but the warm welcome given to new captain Kean Folley was absolutely genuine. To a team that has had more skippers than your average girls only playground in recent years it was a pleasure to welcome such a clubman into the role.

Now I don't want to labour the point but it was cold. The sort of cold where you man bits would cheerfully retreat in falsetto style if they could. However if only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun then only barking mad cricketers risk a game in Mid-April and therefore into the breach went the Legends.

Now it has to be said conditions were difficult (one sideline wag referred to it as links cricket), the wicket very slow and the home batters generally showed good patience and application to try and work their openings. Special nods in that direction to be given to openers Henry Simpson and Monik Patel who showed commendable fortitude with the ball passing the outside edge on numerous occasions. Especially in the case of Monik this was some bowling achievement as he wielded a bat that must have taken about half of Sherwood Forest to press. I'm not saying it was bulky but that particular piece of willow was comfortably thicker than Forrest Gump with a hangover.

You can't dress it up however and a final Kibworth total of 76 for 8 after 40 overs does point to , perhaps understandably, a lack of scintillating stroke play. Indeed every batter who tried to ramp up the scoring usually found themselves on a return ticket to devastation island pretty soon after. If Kibworth were to win it would require bowling more miserly than Scrooge and with more movement than John Travolta with a cattle prod attachment.

Faced with a low total, an open bar and an uncertain wicket perhaps it was not surprising that one visiting opener went onto the offensive. Showing some neat touches, a good eye and a desire to finish proceedings before a passing eskimo decided to reclaim the square it some became apparent defeat would not be long coming. There would however be time for Monik to bag the first two Sunday victims of the season, both with balls that clipped the top of middle and off, the second one breaking the bail into the bargain. Such talent is good to see but probably wholly out of place within the Sunday environment.

So defeat it was but you can't be too down at the beginning of the season. The banter was good, fun was had and it was great to see familiar faces once more. Roll on next week.

Scott of the Kibtarctic - 17/04/2012