London Colney Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Harpenden II on Sat 09 Jun 2007 at 1.30pm
London Colney Cricket Club Lost By 104 Runs
London Colney vs Harpenden II
Saracens Herts League Division 3, Saturday June 9th
Harpenden II 229-4 (46 overs)
London Colney 125 all out, 44 overs
Harpenden II won by 104 runs.
Colney’s season is going from bad to worse as they slumped to their 5th straight division 4 defeat, against a Harpenden II side that that didn’t have to do much more than bowl straight to beat them. The day started well enough, as Colney skipper Matt Bristow at last won the toss, and invited Harps to bat, and then saw Richard Rouse and Tim Fretter produce tight opening spells, but pretty much nothing went Colney’s way, as a succession of mis-hit shots evaded fielders, and confident shouts for LBW were turned down. Harpenden prospered from their early fortune, and progressed with increasing confidence to 229-4, at which point they felt sufficiently sure of themselves to declare a full 7 overs early. For Colney Richard Rouse was the pick of the bowlers, with 2-26 from 10 overs, and there was one each for the skipper and Tim Fretter, but it was the same story of the bowling lacking the penetration necessary to ask questions of a division 3 batting line up.
With Colney’s batting line firing properly, 229 would have seemed an over-confident declaration, but it is a long way from its best this season. True, they went along at 5 an over for the first 15 overs, but by that time half the side was out, many of them simply hitting length balls to fielders. Scott Hadley hit a bright 21, but when he played one expansive shout too many and was caught behind the tail was exposed. In the end Colney couldn’t even play out the draw and slumped to 116 all out, with Danny Webster –Smith offering the only really resistance, top-scoring with 32. With a haul of just 2 points from the last 2 games, Colney are already looking well adrift at the foot of the table.
London Colney Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
215 for 10
Harpenden II Bowling
Harpenden II Batting
229 for 4
London Colney Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling
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Umpire :
Bob Crane
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Scorer :