Knockers Vs Staplehurst

Win :: Played on Sunday 16th June 2024

Knockers
218-8

Staplehurst
124-6

Match Report


35 over game

Knockers: 218-8 (Singh 43, Marsh 40)

A remarkable day for debutants and long-toothed alike.

Dire straits of calls for a 20/20 infiltrated club communications at the last minute but thanks to our anti-democratic values the format was never in doubt and the Knockers tossed to bat in a 35/35 game in sight of Staplehurst’s glorious pavilion.

The pitch was a gem, very well prepared and servicing both batter and bowler alike. Newcomer Bishop was sent in with thoroughbred Jah, the former’s diagonal strokeplay revealing a delightful late cut and in-to-out whack over extra cover that seized upon early chances to set a valuable tone that remained for the innings. Jah was also there.

Both openers fell, caught out, with Matt Landinho and Ayush Singh taking to the fore. Heavy is the head that wears the crown of match management as Lando struggled to display his usual shotmaking aplomb, credit to the oppo bowlers for not offering too much. Lando went for 10 (there’s a ? In the scorebook so we’ll hold onto that for a few decades to see how close things get vs Scott) and Ayush set about his business very nicely.

Kuts had lubricated the waiting batsmen with lager so we knew there was good energy in the shed. Ted walked in next and followed some very scratchy bottom edges with some fluidity that added to Ayush’s tempo nicely. The scoring rate kept up and thoughts turned towards getting past 200. No-one has ever had that thought and made it there so, honourably, the two in the middle raced around for a good few overs and a 74-run partnership set up Knockers for an entertaining finish after both fell to hasty whacks.

Jai, Yusuf and Kuts all managed to contribute, featuring Ted subbing in for the oppo field and catching his debutant ringer at point. Akhil continued his red inkers, we’re all fascinated to see what’ll happen when he opens next time out. Joe Dale finished off the innings becoming a villain by ruthlessly dispatching a 9-year-old to the cover boundary off the final ball.

The sub-20 crowd was baying for more, and fast. A quick turnaround at tea and we marched out for a defence filled with dramatic moments.

Jai and Yusuf quickly developed a keeper-gully rapport and our over rate plummeted but the energy was high as we basked in the sunshine with tails up. Jonah and Kuts delivered a very tight opening spell and Jonah returned a caught & bowled to get things moving.

Staplehurst remained watchful throughout so wickets were initially tough to come by but the bowlers were resolute and Akhil did some damage to their middle order with 2 scalps. Joe Dale bowled an exceptional spell, 7 on the Jonathan, and only conceded 12 amidst his 2 wickets.

We eventually removed their long-standing opener with a Jah in-ducker but not before Yusuf comprehensively won himself the villain award by hurling a return throw at the very-in-his-ground batter, conceding 4 byes in the process.

Landers, Bishop and Ted tidied up the end of the innings with some canny death bowling. Matt came close to a full-length dive for a caught & bowled, Bish plied his short-format expertise with yorkers and Ted sampled a bodyline strategy with some moon balls so non-spinners.

We finished our 35 with a 94-run win but it was a healthy game indeed. The oppo youngsters stood out with their conduct, Kuts left early for a kids party and a good number of Knockers stayed after to enjoy the bar.

Onto Meopham next.

TM

 

Batting

Batsman  How Out  4s  6s  Runs
Ed Bishop  caught   4  0  32
Jayatheerth Seetharaman  caught   0  0  4
Matt Landers  caught   1  0  10
Ayush Singh  caught   5  0  43
Ted Marsh  bowled   5  1  40
Jai Shah  caught   3  0  17
Yusuf Sohoye  caught   4  0  24
Christian Kutner  lbw   2  0  12
Akhil Anand  not out   0  0  2
Joe Dale  not out   1  0  4
Jonah Munday  dnb   0  0  0

 

Bowling

Bowler    Overs    Mdns    Runs    Wkts
Christian Kutner    6.0    1    180
Jonah Munday    5.0    0    221
Joe Dale    7.0    1    122
Akhil Anand    4.0    0    92
Yusuf Sohoye    4.0    1    141
Jayatheerth Seetharaman    3.0    0    51
Matt Landers    2.0    0    180
Ed Bishop    2.0    0    140
Ted Marsh    2.0    0    100

 

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