Oliver Cup Round 2 – Hedge End CC v Ropley CC – Sunday 13th June
It was an early start this weekend for our eagerly anticipated round 2 cup match against Hedge End.
Ropley captain for the day, Ben Hardy, won the toss and decided to field on what seemed to be a newly laid
artificial wicket. Opening bowlers Will Bentley (struggling with a back injury) and Ben Hardy soon found the
Hedge End opening pair stiff opposition, with singles being taken where possible and some impressive
boundaries being scored in the initial period. However, when the wickets started to fall the runs began to dry up
and both Hugo Hughes and Jack Oxenham were particularly economical during their spells. Nevertheless,
Hedge End finished their inning on 115 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets.
After the interval, Ropley openers (Will and Ben again) took to the crease with the aim of scoring just under one
run per ball. However, after the first five overs and with Ben falling to a fine catch on just 3 runs, the ship well
and truly needed steadying!
Enter, Hugo Hughes in aggressive mood! Having scored one magnificent six and two further boundaries as well
as plenty of quick and decisive running between the stumps, Hugo reached the 30 runs mark with comparative
ease, at which point he (unfortunately) had to retire. This excellent innings and Will Bentley’s equally cool 26
runs, ensured that Ropley were still very much in touch at the 10 over drinks interval, and almost planning the
victory celebrations. However, disaster loomed! After the fall of Will’s wicket, the rest of the team seemed to go
into batting meltdown, losing a further 6 wickets for just 11 runs. A combination of Ropley nerves and impressive
Hedge End bowling/fielding was the cause, and the hope of an impressive victory soon turned to the frustration
of impending defeat. There was always the hope that Hugo would return after the fall of the last wicket to try to
rescue things, but unfortunately Ropley just ran out of overs.
So Ropley bowed out of the 2010 Oliver Cup, beaten by the better team. We now have the Oliver Plate
competition to look forward to, and having witnessed some of the cricket we are capable of in recent weeks, I
think we could have an excellent chance.
Man
of the Match – Hugo Hughes (for an inspirational innings and some fine bowling).
| Game | Hedge End | |||||||||
| Day | Sunday | |||||||||
| Date | 13th June 2010 | |||||||||
| Venue | Hedge End | |||||||||
| Type | Oliver Cup | |||||||||
| Format | 20 Overs | |||||||||
| Meet Time | 9.00am | |||||||||
| Start Time | 9.30am | |||||||||
| Result | Hedge End Win | No. | How Out | R | GD | O | M | R | W | |
| Team | 1 | W Bentley | 1 | Caught | 26 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2 | B Hardy | 2 | Caught | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 3 | H Hughes | 3 | Retired | 30 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 4 | J Oxenham | 4 | Caught | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 5 | J Flindt | 5 | Caught | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 6 | J Tillotson | 6 | Caught | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | C McEwan | 7 | Bowled | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | B Densham | 8 | Bowled | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 9 | W Chamberlain | 9 | Not Out | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | S Ingall-Tombs | 10 | Run Out | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | O Flintney-Collis | 11 | Not Out | 1 | ||||||
| Scorer | Hazel Flindt | |||||||||
| Umpire | Paul Hughes | |||||||||
| Toss won by | . | Ropley | ||||||||
| Team Batted First | Hedge End | |||||||||
| Our score | 87 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 8 | |||||||||
| Opposition Score | 115 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 4 | |||||||||
| Win/lose | Lose | |||||||||
Ropley CC v Sparsholt B – Sunday 6th June
Despite being ravaged by half term absence this week, I managed to muster up a team of ten for this friendly
match against Sparsholt’s B team. As it turned out this was two more than the opposition had managed! It was
therefore agreed that playing the pairs format, and allowing one of the Sparsholt pairs to bat and bowl twice was
in order. In
glorious conditions, Ropley captain for the day, Hugo Hughes, won the toss and
decided to field first. This
proved to be an excellent choice, as Ropley’s opening four pairs of bowlers had plenty of success reducing
Sparsholt to 194 runs (from a starting point of 200) after 16 of the 20 overs. Bowling performance of the day
came from Jack Stevens, taking 4 wickets for just 2 runs from his two overs. However, Sparsholt rallied in their
final four overs and
finished their innings on 225, having lost 11 wickets in the process. After
the interval, Ropley’s opening pair, Jack Oxenham and Jonathan Flindt took to the crease and after hitting
four boundaries between them, finished their spell with a the score on 214. Will Bentley and Hugo then replaced
them and even though they lost three wickets between them, they also hit a further six boundaries, with Will
providing the batting performance of the day (26 runs). Sparsholt’s target had been comfortably passed by the
end of the eighth over, and sensible batting was therefore all that was needed from the remaining batsmen.
Needless to say all was not as comfortable as it should have been, and with no fewer than five wickets falling in
the 16th and 17th overs there was a point where the result looked in jeopardy, but as it turned out Ropley
finished
the innings on an impressive 275 for 11, and victory was secured. All
things considered this was an excellent performance and confidence is now high
going into Round 2 of the
Oliver Cup next week.
Batsman of the Day – Will BentleyBowler of the Day – Jack Stevens
| Game | Sparsholt B | |||||||||
| Day | Sunday | |||||||||
| Date | 6th June2010 | |||||||||
| Venue | Rotherfield Pk CC | |||||||||
| Type | Friendly | |||||||||
| Format | Pairs | |||||||||
| Meet Time | 9.30am | |||||||||
| Start Time | 10.00am | |||||||||
| Result | Ropley Win | No. | Times Out | R | GD | O | M | R | W | |
| Team | 1 | J Oxenham | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2 | J Flindt | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 3 | H Hughes | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 4 | W Bentley | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 5 | D May | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 6 | J Aspell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 7 | S White | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 8 | S Ingall-Tombs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 9 | J Stevens | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | C McEwan | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| Scorer | ||||||||||
| Umpire | ||||||||||
| Toss won by | . | Ropley | ||||||||
| Team Batted First | Sparsholt | |||||||||
| Our score | 275 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 11 | |||||||||
| Opposition Score | 225 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 11 | |||||||||
| Win/lose | Win | |||||||||
Oliver Cup Round 1 - Ropley CC v Longparish CC – Thursday 27th May
Following the mini heatwave of last weekend, Ropley’s buoyant under 11s were back on the field this evening in
much cooler and breezier conditions. This match, having been hastily brought forward from it’s scheduled date
of Sunday 30th May (due to the conflict with the annual Ropley 10K race), was played at Rotherfield Park CC
and had high importance to both teams, being the first round of the WWJC Oliver Cup.
Ropley’s
captain, Will Bentley, won the toss and elected to field.
With
no less than three district players, and one county player in their side,
Longparish represented stiff
opposition, and their opening batsmen admirably coped with some fierce and accurate bowling from messr’s
Bentley, Kelson and Hughes in the opening overs. However, they were finding it hard to get runs and when
Ropley made the first breakthrough, with a fine throw from Sam Ingall-Tombs and a stumping from James
Tillotson, Longparish had just 29 runs
on the board.
Further
wickets then fell, with both Will Bentley and Ben Kelson clean bowling two more
batsmen, and a safe
catch by Hugo Hughes off of the bowling of Jack Oxenham,
dismissing the fourth.
After
20 overs of excellent cricket on both sides, Longparish ended their innings on
68 runs having lost just 4
wickets.
Following a welcome interval, with drinks and biscuits served from the Tillotson camper van, Ropley’s openingbatsmen, Ben Hardy and Will Bentley, confidently took to the crease. The confidence however was to be short
lived, with Ben Hardy falling in the first over to a fine catch.
The pressure was starting to build with the wickets of Ben Kelson (an unlucky inside edge onto the stumps!) and
Hugo Hughes (bowled) falling in the following overs, for just 2 and five runs respectively. Meanwhile, Will
Bentley was settling in to a captain’s innings, taking single runs whenever he could and dealing steadily with
some excellent bowling from the Longparish attack.
By the start of 13th over the game was perfectly poised with Ropley on 47 runs with 3 wickets down, and Longparish fielding superbly. But with
subsequent boundaries from Jack Oxenham, and Caius McEwan
(a magnificent over the shoulder hook shot!), and Will Bentley calmly keeping control alongside them, the
pressure eased and Ropley passed their target in the 16th over to win the game.
Bowler of the Day – Ben Kelson (4 overs, 1 wicket for just 10 runs)Batsman of the Day – Will Bentley (22 runs, not out)
Man of the Match – Will Bentley (for a great innings and leading by example).
| Game | Longparish | |||||||||
| Day | Thursday | |||||||||
| Date | 27th May 2010 | |||||||||
| Venue | Rotherfield Pk CC | |||||||||
| Type | Oliver Cup 1st Rd | |||||||||
| Format | 20 Overs | |||||||||
| Meet Time | 5.45pm | |||||||||
| Start Time | 6.15pm | |||||||||
| Result | Ropley Win | No. | How out | R | GD | O | M | R | W | |
| Team | 1 | B Hardy | 1 | Caught | 0 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 2 | W Bentley (Cap) | 2 | Not Out | 22 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 3 | B Kelson | 3 | Bowled | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 4 | H Hughes | 4 | Bowled | 5 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | J Oxenham | 5 | Caught | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 6 | C McEwan | 6 | Bowled | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | D May | 7 | Not Out | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 8 | W Chamberlain | 8 | DNB | |||||||
| 9 | B Densahm | 9 | DNB | |||||||
| 10 | J Tillotson (WK) | 10 | DNB | |||||||
| 11 | S Ingall-Tombs | 11 | DNB | |||||||
| Scorer | ||||||||||
| Umpire | ||||||||||
| Toss won by | . | Ropley | ||||||||
| Team Batted First | Longparish | |||||||||
| Our score | 69 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 5 | |||||||||
| Opposition Score | 68 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 3 | |||||||||
| Win/lose | Win | |||||||||
Wherwell CC v Ropley CC – Sunday 23rd May 2010
On a glorious sunny morning at Wherwell CC, with the temperature rising to around 30 Deg C, you’d have been
forgiven for thinking that the fabled English summer had finally arrived!
After
formal introductions, Wherwell’s captain won the toss, and elected to bat
first. Ropley captain, Will Bentley,
opened the bowling and with the last ball of his first over the batsman knicked an outside edge to be caugh
behind by
wicket keeper, James Tillotson.
With
Wherwell one wicket down, and just two runs on the board, Ropley’s bowlers
never looked back. Further
wickets
were subsequently taken by Jack Oxenham (2) and Hugo Hughes (1), but performance
of the day, has
to go to Ben Hardy, who bowled a four wicket maiden in his second over, and finished his spell after just three
overs, having taken six Wherwell wickets for just five runs!
Wherwell
finished their innings having been bowled out for just 26 runs.
After
a very welcome interval for some cold drinks, Ropley’s opening batsmen (Will
Bentley and Ben Hardy)
took to the crease in confident mood, and within the
fifth over, passed the target that had been set.
Allthough
the game had been comfortably won, both sides agreed to play out the full twenty
overs, and Ropley’s
batsmen subsequently went on to a total of 109 for 1.
Batting
performance of the day went to Ben Kelson, batting at number three, with an
innings of 27 runs from sixovers, hitting six fours on the way.
| Game | Wherwell | |||||||||
| Day | Sunday | |||||||||
| Date | Sunday, May 23, 2010 | |||||||||
| Venue | Wherwell CC | |||||||||
| Type | 20 Overs | |||||||||
| Format | 11 a Side | |||||||||
| Meet Time | 9.30am | |||||||||
| Start Time | 10.00am | |||||||||
| Result | Ropley Win | No. | How out | R | GD | O | M | R | W | |
| Team | 1 | W Bentley (Cap) | 1 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2 | B Hardy | 2 | Ret | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | B Kelson | 3 | Ret | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 4 | H Hughes | 4 | Ret | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 5 | J Oxenham | 5 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | C McEwan | 6 | Ret | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | D May | 7 | Bowled | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 8 | J Tillotson (WK) | 8 | Not Out | 4 | ||||||
| 9 | W Chamberlain | 9 | Ret | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | O Flintney-Collis | 10 | Not Out | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | J Flindt | 11 | DNB | |||||||
| Scorer | Hazel Flindt | |||||||||
| Umpire | Paul Hughes | |||||||||
| Toss won by | . | Wherwell | ||||||||
| Team Batted First | Wherwell | |||||||||
| Our score | 109 | |||||||||
| Wkts | 1 | |||||||||
| Opposition Score | 26 | |||||||||
| Wkts | All Out | |||||||||
| Win/lose | Ropley Win | |||||||||
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Fair Oak CC |
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 |
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Ropley CC |
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20 Overs |
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11 a side |
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Team |
1 |
B Kelson (Cap) |
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Caught |
11 |
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6 |
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2 |
H Hughes |
2 |
Bowled |
24 |
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2 |
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7 |
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3 |
B Hardy |
3 |
Bowled |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
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4 |
J Oxenham |
4 |
Bowled |
2 |
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2 |
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5 |
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5 |
W Bentley |
5 |
Run Out |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
4 |
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6 |
C McEwan |
6 |
Bowled |
4 |
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2 |
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16 |
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7 |
D May |
7 |
Caught |
2 |
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2 |
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13 |
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8 |
B Densham |
8 |
Bowled |
0 |
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2 |
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7 |
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9 |
W Chamberlain |
9 |
Not Out |
4 |
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2 |
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17 |
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10 |
J Tillotson (WK) |
10 |
Run Out |
2 |
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11 |
S Ingall-Tombs |
11 |
Not Out |
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2 |
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11 |
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Scorer |
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Ned Densham |
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Umpire |
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Paul Hughes |
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Toss won by |
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Otterbourne |
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Team Batted First |
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Fair Oak |
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Our score |
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87 |
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Wkts |
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9 |
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Opposition Score |
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91 |
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Wkts |
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1 |
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Otterbourne CC |
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Sunday, May 09, 2010 |
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Otterbourne CC |
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20 Overs |
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11 a side |
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9.30am |
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9.45am |
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No. |
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M |
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W |
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Team |
1 |
B Hardy |
1 |
Bowled |
24 |
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3 |
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15 |
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2 |
H Hughes |
2 |
Bowled |
4 |
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4 |
1 |
10 |
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3 |
J Flindt |
3 |
Bowled |
5 |
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3 |
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7 |
1 |
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4 |
D May |
4 |
Bowled |
20 |
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1 |
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11 |
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5 |
J Oxenham |
5 |
Not Out |
7 |
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4 |
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11 |
1 |
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6 |
J Tillotson |
6 |
Stumped |
0 |
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7 |
B Densham |
7 |
DNB |
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8 |
C McEwan |
8 |
DNB |
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7 |
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S White |
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DNB |
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10 |
W Chamberlain |
10 |
DNB |
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11 |
O Flintney-Collis |
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DNB |
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Scorer |
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Hazel Flindt |
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Umpire |
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Paul Hughes |
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Toss won by |
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Otterbourne |
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Team Batted First |
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Ropley |
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Our score |
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62 |
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Wkts |
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5 |
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Opposition Score |
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63 |
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Wkts |
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Lost |
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