Not a good month: Whalers 31 July 2005
Report by: the Nurdler

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July has not traditionally been a good month for Salix CC. Frankly none of the others look too hot either, but a check of the records for this millennium reveals that July has yielded a total of three wins from twenty outings. It will come as no surprise then to learn that Salix CC did not win their latest match, going down to a 37 run defeat to the Whalers.

As is, sadly, usual, it all started so well??Birthday Boy, Cap?n Ben, won the toss, inserted the opposition on a damp wicket and they were three down for very little inside the first seven overs (35 in fact, Ed) . Let us draw a discrete veil over the next twenty or so overs and say only that, from a position where 300 was looking a distinct possibility, we did extremely well to hold them to 217 all out in the last over. This came about thanks to some decent bowling, particularly from new boy Adam and seasoned pro* Steve, who picked up five wickets. There was also some good fielding, with only one catch going down in the innings and Ian and Daveski combining to conjure up an excellent runout.

After a typical** Glaxo tea, we set out on the chase. A steady start saw off the opening bowlers but we failed to pick up the run rate and with only 53 runs on the board at half-way, too much was left for the middle order to do. They tried though. Second-half batting highlights included a sparkling fifty for Ian, including the biggest straight six seen outside of the London Nigerian encounters, a sprightly twenty odd from Elvis and a dashing two not out for Steve***.

So to the bar for a beer with the opposition and a birthday drink with Ben.

* Substitute ?veteran seamer? or other cliché as required.

** If you?ve had one, you?ll know, if you haven?t, you don?t want to know.

*** This came off only three balls, contained a very cultured push through mid-wicket and constitutes a 200% increase in Steve?s run aggregate for the season.

Salix CC versus Whalers at Glaxo on 31-07-2005 (40 Over Game) Salix CC (batting second) 180 for 9 off 40 overs Match Lost Whalers 217 all out off 39.4 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Dominic Spillane 20 Caught 2. Mark Dyson 1 Caught 3. Andy Rayner 14 Caught 4. Ben Shaw 16 Caught 5. Ian Roberts 57 Caught 6. Dave Henig 0 LBW 7. Graham Nannery 9 Bowled 8. Mike Ellis 27 Run Out 9. Tony Fletcher 6 Bowled 10. Adam Shadbolt 2 Not Out 11. Steve Jacobs 2 Not Out Extras 26 Total 180		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Steve Jacobs 7.4 1 34 5 6.80 9.20 4.43 2. Andy Rayner 5 0 24 1 24.00 30.00 4.80 3. Adam Shadbolt 8 0 33 2 16.50 24.00 4.13 4. Mike Ellis 8 0 38 1 38.00 48.00 4.75 5. Ian Roberts 4 0 27 0 - - 6.75 6. Tony Fletcher 4 0 23 0 - - 5.75 7. Dave Henig 3 0 36 0 - - 12.00
		Steve Jacobs 1 catch Graham Nannery 1 catch Andy Rayner 1 catch Adam Shadbolt 1 catch Ben Shaw 1 catch Graham Nannery 1 drop

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