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Coleshill 1st XI v Denham 1st XI

August 26th 2006

James Nicholas's Report

Denham did well to restrict Taplow to 258 all out after 300 looked on the cards.

Perrera scored 69 and looked very dangerous before Bobby Dix took an incredible one handed catch from a fiercely struck drive. Even more impressive was his cartwheeling celebration!

Pettman scored a quick 61 before being dismissed by James Nicholas who finished with the creditable figures of 4-48.

In reply Denham lost Bowry for a second ball duck and only Usman Khan (82) could handle the spin of Perrera (4-17) in the first half of the innings as he passed Gary Hales' club record for most league runs in a season. Lets hope he can keep it going in the final game and win the award for most runs for any player in the league this year.

James also made 55 but no-one else made any significant contribution, and although they were up with the run-rate Denham were bowled out for 189.

This win for Taplow secured them the league title after Chalfont St Giles' recent slide.

Taplow 259 all out (J Nicholas 4/48)

Denham 189 all out (Usman Khan 82, J Nicholas 56)

Next week: Away to Chalfont St Giles 12:30 start

Denham 2nd XI v White Waltham 2nd XI

August 26th 2006

Mark Dalton's Report Awaited

The match was abandoned (12 points each) when it was building up to an exciting finish.

White Waltham 232/9 off 49.5 overs (J Simpson 4/57)

Denham 169/4 off 40.5 overs

Next week: Home to Littlewick Green 12:30 start

Sunday: Denham v Queensbury XI

August 27th 2006

Russell Bowry's Report

On Sunday there was a game of cricket between Denham and Queensbury.

Everyone was fooled by the early start of 1pm, and there were lots of latecomers, including the tea lady. Queensbury only had 9 men, and on winning the toss, unselfishly decided to bowl first, which they did admirably well.

The fielders worked relentlessly and there was a fantastic run-out of Joe O’Hara by the slip who was wearing jeans; “Oww, U should of seen it!” said Joe. “Yes we did,” we said, “Oww it was great!”

Rai made another fifty (77), as did Bowry (54), but collectively the Denham innings was like dissolving the remaining crumbs of a urinal cake with a well-aimed slash - its not really that hard and the pleasure doesn’t last very long. Denham finished their 40 overs with a score of 231 for 7.

Because the tea lady was late Queensborough faced 10 overs of Harish Bhatt and James Nicholas whilst tea was being prepared. Both bowlers took two wickets and the writing was on the wall for Queensborough as they slumped to 29 for 4. The writing said; “You have absolutely no chance of winning this game.”

Chairman Bill Nicholas was upset that someone had written on the wall, but was persuaded to calm down by the players who said that this was an unfortunate part of the modern game and that no-one was to blame. The players took tea without further incident.

Of the remaining 30 overs to be completed, Denham only needed 13 to complete their win. This was because Kirval Bhatt destroyed the middle order with figures of 7 overs, 3 for 28. At the risk of using a word that is too long, too intellectual and one that no-one will understand, Bhatt’s performance with the ball was rupalicious. All his wickets were bowled; the correct reward for persistently bowling the ball full and straight.

At the other end Mehta cunningly threw in some variations to his leg-spin and collected 1 wicket, but Kirval was the star of the day, the man-of-the-match. His superb bowling prompted the question, “Could he be the next Javagal Srinath?” Well, obviously not, that would be silly. But seriously, another suggestion was made; “Is he the kind of player that could do a job for the seconds next season?” Answer: “Yeah-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-es-es-sssss!!!!!!”

Kirval Bhatt?