Denham 1st XI

V Winchmore Hill 1st XI

Saturday 12th June

Captain Dave Maynard's Report

I now know how Sven Goran Eriksson and England lads feel after losing this game to Winchmore Hill.

Then came one of those turning points. Denham were sure they had a 4th wicket in a run-out, but unfortunately for us the umpire got himself in a bad position and was unable to give the correct decision.

Winchmore Hill then went on to accumulate 274-4 off 49 overs (Faisal 4/64 off 15 overs), leaving Denham chasing 275 off 51 overs.

Paul Hazell and James Nicholas opened the batting and began smashing the ball to all parts of the ground. They quickly put on 147 off 20 overs. Defeat at this stage was never an option, then Paul Hazel was out for an excellent 81 and James Nicholas 80 and Captain Dave Maynard (17) quickly followed and a dubious lbw decision did for Stuart Payne for 0.

This left Denham 193-6 and hanging on for a draw, unfortunately our grip was not strong enough, despite strong resistance from O’Hara (15) and Jamil Shiakh (9). We were eventually bowled out for 231 losing by 44 runs.

In situation like these we need have more application from the batsmen lower down the order because this is a game we should have won and certainly should at least have drawn.

Winchmore Hill Innings

Denham 1st XI Bowling

F.Mahmood 15overs 2mdns 64 runs 4wkts
J.O’Hara 11overs 0mdns 87 runs 0wkts
J.Shiakh 8 overs 0mdns 44 runs 0wkts
D.Hales 7 overs 1mdn 26 runs 0wkts
J.Nicholas 6 overs 0mdns 28 runs 0wkts
A.Treacy 2 overs 0 mdns 22 runs 0wkts

Denham 1st XI Batting

P.Hazell ct.A Massey b Martin Pearce 81
J.Nicholas b M Pearce 80
D.Maynard ct J Shuttle b Martin Pearce 17
A.Treacy b Martin Pearce 3
F.Mahmood b A Massey 1
S.Payne Lbw b M Pearce 0
J O’Hara ct b M Pearce 15
D.Hales b A Massey 6
J.Shiakh ct.Shuman b A Massey 9
P.Schembri Lbw b A Massey 1
P.Ashworth not out 0
Total 231 all out off 46 overs

Winchmore Hill 1st XI Bowling

Mahmood 3 overs 0 Mdns 24 runs 0 wkts
Shuman 8 overs 0 Mdns 53 runs 0 wkts
Matthew Pearce 13 overs 3 mdns 53 runs 3 wkt
A.Massey 15 overs 4 Mdns 48 runs 4 wkts
Martin Pearce 7 overs 0 Mdns 42 runs 3 wkts

Result Denham (7 pts) lose by 43 runs to Winchmore Hill (30 pts)

Hurley XI

V Denham 2nd XI

Saturday 12th June

Captain Jeff Simpson's Report

Cap'n Jeff is off among the Seven Seas and will be back next week.

Summary:

Hurley were restricted to 214/3 off 50 overs.

Denham lost early wickets in out reply, and were staring at defeat at 88/6, but managed to shut up shop for the draw: ending at 144/7 after 50 overs.

15 points to Hurley, only 3 to us.

Denham Sunday XI

V Woodley

Sunday 13th June

Oh So Close

We had a 12 30 start for this game due to the England v France game in the early evening.

Shame about both games...

Woodley won the toss, elected to bat and scored a competitive 227-8 off their allocated 40 overs.

This was probably twenty runs too much due to some incompetent fielding and players wandering from the positions given to them by the captain.

Denham started off slowly and only really got going when Faisal Mahmood 87 and Stuart Payne 45 put on a good partnership to get us back to 6 runs a over.

Hopes were high...

Alas, when these two players got out, we were unable to maintain the run rate and we lost by 6 runs.