MCCC v's Bank of England Saturday June 26 2004 @ Roehampton - Match Result Draw

Match Report to be posted here.

Match Photos

Part of the MCCC team assemble prematch
Johno Smacks another six

Mordern Corinthians V Hindhead

The day began well with clear skies and high optimism after two crushing victories on the Saturday and Sunday. This however was not to last after losing the toss Morden were put into bat. In good conditions and facing a hostile opening bowler Morden set about the task of posting a good score, as always happens however the weaker slower bowler at the other end caused problems by taking first the wicket of Graeme and then Ali. We proceeded to lose wickets until Jono and Brian came to the crease putting on fifty plus partnership. A great innings from Jono with some able support allowed us to put a reasonable total of 190 on the board somewhat short of the skippers wish of 220 knowing the batting strength of the opposition.

As Morden entered the field the rain had begun to fall making conditions very difficult for the bowlers. Jack Harris a semi pro opening bat for Hindhead also to the attack to the bowlers with some ferocious hitting. Despite a good example of line and length bowling from Charlie and some intriguing slow bowling from Tony, Graeme and Jono ( The ball would not have spun in a million years given how wet it now was) Hindhead reached the total with wickets and overs to spare.

On reflection there was little to have been done against the batting but one feels given better conditions to bowl in the result would have been a lot closer. The skipper would like to thank everyone for their efforts on the day as we all played a part with either the bat or ball.

Dave O'Brien

MCCC Saturday XI make it 4 in a row
MCCC v's Cuddington Casuals @ Overton Road

On an overcast day, MCCC skipper Andy Fletcher, lost the toss and found himself opening the innings with Krishna Murali in an overs game. The wicket was a bit patchy with a random sprinkle of dandelions, giving a varied bounce to the Cuddington Attack. Krishna was first to go, caught behind, chasing a wide one. The Skipper was soon following, out in almost identical fashion. The top-order began to wobble with the score showing 2 for 15! Mark Bartram was next out, again trying to force a shot of a loose delivery after a Cuddington bowling change. This was beginning to look like a vintage Corinthians collapse. Fortunately, Sam Cope fresh back from undergraduate exams, managed to shore up things with a powerful 25 with Imran Ahmad trying to keep up with pace with the pace of things. Imran hung around for while to notch up controlled 50 before throwing his wicket away with a tired shot. Steve O'Neil's quick-fire 21 combined with some tail-end resistance took the MCCC total to a respectable 165 for 9 off 40 overs, but was this going to be enough??

The task of bowling out the opposition began in earnest with Sam and Jess opening the attack. Sam in particular looking the more menacing of the two, whilst Jess stuck to his nagging line, giving nothing away. Ironically, Jess was first to strike with Sam taking a sharp chance at square leg. Sam again featured in the next dismissal this time bowling a peach of a delivery getting a nick before arriving in the safe hands of Steve Vickery. Things all of a sudden were looking very different. MCCC were on fire!!! Jess Bowled out giving only 8 runs away from his spell the pressure was firmly on Cuddington. First change was Krishna and then Tony Hammond. Krishna gave another consistent performance with the ball in his debut season. However it was Tony Hammond who did the major damage claiming 6 precious wickets, claiming the best bowling figures of the season so far 6-18. Cuddington were all out for 85 runs, with the final margin of victory being 80 runs.







Bowling Figures
Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Sam Cope 6-1-19-2
Jess Sharling 8-5-8-1
Krishna Murali 8-1-26-1
Tony Hammond 7.2-1-18-6

MCCC Team
1.Krishna Murali, 2.Andy Fletcher, 3.Mark Bartram, 4.Sam Cope, 5.Imran Ahmad, 6.Viv Sharma, 7.Steve O'Neil, 8.Barek Choudhury 9.Jess Sharling 10.Tony Hammond, 11.Steve Vickery

Photo Links
Andy and Krishna going out to bat
Andy Fletcher discusses tactics
Barek doing the scoreboard
Mark Bartram and Jess Sharling look on
Jess attempts a drive
Sam Cope and Tony Hammond look on