OWCC weekly reports 17th aug & 1st XI averages

Posted 21st August 2019

Old Wilsonians 219 for 8, Sidcup 222 for 4

A fourth wicket stand of 165 between Casey Jerrom (76) and Danny Corbett (115 n,o) enabled Sidcup to take a step nearer Division One cricket in 2020 and increase Old Wilsonian fears of playing in Division Three The visitors were 45 for 3 when the pair came together, with the hosts looking the more likely winners, but they needed only 10 runs, and with five overs remaining, when Jerrom was run out for 76 Earlier the OWs had compiled a steady, rather than exhilirating, 219 for 8, with Velson Devarajulu (50) and Josh Lawrence (23) getting them off to a fine start, but although Akeem Ifill (37), Dan Seston (25) Michael Mitchell (26 n.o) and Jonathan Rodda (19) all made useful contribitions, you always felt that they had not fully exploited that postive start, as James Dawes, 4 for 49 and Henry Walker, 3 fror 41, bowled Sidcup back into the game These sides could be two divisions apart next season, but if they both keep their heads, it will be only one

Old Wilonians 2nd Xl , HSBC 2nd Xl 116

This was a vital win for Old Wilsonians as they fight to preserve their position in Division 2, and they recoverded from an unconvicing start thanks to Wayne Crossland (92 n.o) who held the innings together after they had lost three early wickets, with Danny Phillips (19) and Stan Sherlock (22) in particular giving him valuable support The visitors then made a dream start with the ball as HSBC lost two wickets for three runs. However, Bilal Awan (32) then showed some resistance but could not prevent his side slipping to 79 for 8, and although Assad Naeem (31 n.o) and Joe Webber (19) showed some late defiance, they could not prevent their side being dismissed in 29.4 overs, with David Pilgrim, 3 for 19 and Siva Ranjan, 2 for 16 being the pick of the OW bowlers

Roan and Lambethans 1st Xl 176 for 9, Old Wilsonians' 3rd Xl 104 for 6

Roan and Lambethans relied on tight, rather than penetrative bowling for this win as they only took six wickets against Old Wilsonians, who were restricted to 104 runs from their 40 overs, as Jason James (35 n.o) and Oliver Willis (19 n.o) were enjoying a profitable partnership when time ran out Earlier the home side had to rely on their late order batsmen, Ben Pearce (25 n.o) and Arnan Ejaz (30) as, apart from opener Kashif Munir Malik (38), the top order had let them down as the OW bowlers, Joe Jukes, 3 for 34, Tom Sullivan, 2 for 13 and Zac Desouza, 2 for 24, had threatened to dismiss them cheaply

Old Wilsonians 4th Xl 92 for 9, Sidcup 4th Xl 93 for 2

Runs proved difficult to come by in this game as Old Wilsonians and Sidcup scored just 185 between them in 75.4 overs, which equates to around 2.4 an over A day to be a bowler then? Well, to a degree, with Sidcup's Jonathan Ragg, 3 for 19, Jacky Thomas, 2 for 17 and Peter Ragg 2 for 20, starring for Sidcup, but they only lost two wickets as Mchael Buchan (30 n,o) and Josh Dias (23 n.o) saw them safely, albeit gingerly, home

Hayes Sunday Development 184, Old Wilsonians 127

This game had much to admire - five wicket hauls for both Josh Lawrence, 5 for 38 (Old Wilsonians) and Luxan Sureshan, 5 for 16 (Hayes) and a commanding innings of 80 by Stuart Eddicott (Hayes), but it was the home side that won this encounter because of a dramatic collapse by the visitors who slumped from 99 for 2 to 127 all out, thanks to that man Sureshan Hayes batted first and as well as Eddicott, Finlay Baker (26) and Lewis Thistleton (21) also made useful contrbutions, whilst the OW reply also started promisingly, thanks to openeing bat Velson Deveraluju (46). But then came that dranatic collapse and they were dismissed in less than 28 over

Saturday Averages - 1st Xl

Batting - Qualification; 3 completed innings

Inngs N.O Runs HS Avg

M.Golding 15 3 474 104 39.50 (Syd)Sherlock 8 1 200 42* 28.57 J. Lawrence 9 1 202 43 25.25 V. Devarajulu 15 0 374 106 24.93 M. Mitchell 14 3 233 32* 21.18 A. Ifill 12 2 204 44 20.40 J. Rodda 13 1 224 43 18.66 J. Gold 4 1 42 24 14.00 Dan) Seston 3 0 31 25 10.33 L.Pryor 6 2 39 14 9.75 E. Bettridge 3 0 29 21 9.66 K.Maxwell 5 1 28 22 7.00 S. Ranjan 5 0 32 15 6.40 D.Ellicott-White 10 2 48 9 6.00 D.Forbes 8 3 17 6 3.66 Also batted: A Owen-Browne 11*, J.Sims 4 & 9, S Dandeniya 31, D. Nichols 0, J. Phillips 0.. (Dan)Robbins 0, J. Sellar 0, O.Willis 9 , I.Rodda 0 , J.Jukes 8 & 0* , J.Holland 31 & 3, D. Pilgrim, 1,1, & 1*, A. Pomering, 0 & 0, C. Scott 21 & 7

Bowling - Qualification; 10 completed overs

Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best

D. Forbes 56 8 212 12 15.71 3 for 47 D. Ellicott-White 125 26 432 25 17.28 4 for 30 (Syd) Sherlock 24 0 104 6 17.33 5 for 37 M. Golding 91.2 10 427 16 26.68 4 for 27 J.Sims 12 2 56 2 28.00 2 for 25 M. Mitchell 134.4 25 461 16 28.81 4 for 24 A. Ifill 57 5 205 7 29.28 2 for 37 E. Bettridge 27.3 0 151 5 30.20 2 for 24 J,Jukes 10 3 31 1 31.00 1 for 28 J. Rodda 64.1 1 310 8 38.75 2 for 29 D. Pilgrim 18 1 98 2 49.00 1 for 8 J. Lawrence 15 1 54 1 54.00 1 for 33 Also bowled: A Owen-Browne 5-2-15-3. J, Gold 4-0-42-0 J.,Sellar 4-0-10-0 S. Ranjan 25-0-95-0 , T Sullivan 5-2-5-1, O. Willis 9-3-35-1 Wicket- keeping 9 - L.Pryor (6ct 3 st) 2 K. Maxwell (1ct, 1st) 1 - J. Phillips (1 st)

Catches 8 - Mitchell 6- Golding, Devarajulu. 5 –Lawrence 4 - Ifill 3 - Rajan, Gold , 2 - Ellicott-White, Forbes, Seston 1 - Rodda, Bettridge, (Syd) Sherloc