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Neville Cardus (no login)
Posted May 24, 2004 10:21 PM
It was a glorious day at the Little Easton ground, and winning the toss Eastons batted first. Stevens and Mimmack got the innings off to a measured and careful start. Eastons, looking to build on this platform and push the run rate up, lost a flurry of wickets until Carlsberg took the crease, to play a well paced and belligerent innings. Carlsberg deserves a particular mention for not only top scoring with 41, but for also misjudging the pitch of a ball, which he took square on the nose. He managed to not only avoid bleeding on his whites, but also from bleeding on the crease (a true professional). Stevens was the next best with 31. The Eastons innings closed on 139ao, with Eastons sure that the final total was perhaps 40-50 runs short.
The Eastons fielding innings was an inconsistent affair. After an early wicket from Quorns, Rettendon looked to play aggressively and the Eastons fielding proved initially lacklustre. Both Stevens and Tiffen dropped chances, and a malaise seemed to take hold of the fielding side. After a deserved dressing down from the Skipper, the fielding sharpened up somewhat and the Eastons fielding during the second half of the innings eventually returned to something like its usual standard. In spite of the intermittent fielding, the bowling remained consistently threatening. First Harris, and then Mimmack, produced a most rhythmical and constraining spell of bowling and their partnership was certainly one of their better recent bowling partnerships. Harris bowled uninterrupted from the Gilbert End, and he was a constant threat with both pace and line. Mimmack returned parsimonious figures as a result of both swing and pace. This display of line and length from them both left Mimmack with 5-25 and Harris with 4-49, and without doubt these displays won the match for Eastons. Mentions must also go to A. Taylor who took a crucial catch at deep square leg to dismiss the oppositions most threatening batsman, and Stewart for a steady display at short notice behind the stumps.
In short a competent if a little undercooked batting display well compensated for by the bowling attack, with a fielding display that certainly should have been healthier. However this result was still a win for Eastons, and there is a potential new regular fixture with a very friendly side in Rettendon Commoners.
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