Match Report
| Rodmersham II | v |
Old Elthamians II |
| Match Type | Forester Kent League |
| Venue | Bottles Lane |
| Date | Sat 26th May 2001 |
| Result | Rodmersham ( 16pts ) beat Old Elthamians ( 6pts ) by 2 wkts |
A closely fought match resulted in victory for Rodmersham thanks primarily to 15 year old Neil Hodkinson displaying great maturity in guiding his side to victory with a fine innings of 43 not out. Old Elthamians scored steadily, posting a total of 189 for 8 from their 50 over allocation. M Smith top scored with 62 and pick of the Rodmersham bowlers was senior pro Mick Lidstone with 2 for 28 from 13 overs.
A predominately young Rodmersham batting line up set about achieving the target of 190 with great confidence.However, at 90 for 5 the result looked in doubt but Kanul Patel (21) joined Neil Hodkinson to put Rodmersham back on course for Victory.
Innings of Old Elthamians |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | Brown | Bowled | Hodkinson | 29 | 1 | M Lidstone | 13 | 4 | 28 | 2 |
| 2 | Sylvester | Bowled | Patel | 13 | 2 | K Patel | 11 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 3 | M Smith | Bowled | Lidstone | 62 | 3 | D Ansley | 16 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| 4 | N Williams | Bowled | Patel | 15 | 4 | N Hodkinson | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | D Atkins | Bowled | Lidstone | 2 | 5 | T Jackson | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 6 | S Basir | Run | Out | 7 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | P Lee | Ct M Jones | T Jackson | 13 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | J Rowlands | Not | Out | 11 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | P Daniels | Run | Out | 6 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Pearce | Not | Out | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| Extras | 30 | |||||||||
| Total | 189 | For 8 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||
Innings of Rodmersham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | P Day | Ct Sylvester | Rowlands | 16 | 1 | Pearce | 13 | 4 | 36 | 1 |
| 2 | J Anderson | Bowled | Pearce | 4 | 2 | J Rowlands | 9.1 | 2 | 32 | 2 |
| 3 | M Jones | Ct Atkins | Daniels | 20 | 3 | P Lee | 8 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | L Jackson | Ct & Bowled | Lee | 28 | 4 | P Daniels | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 5 | N Hodkinson | Not | Out | 43 | 5 | N Williams | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 6 | P Gregory | Bowled | Lee | 1 | 6 | D Atkins | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 7 | K Patel | Ct Sylvester | Atkins | 21 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | D Ansley | Ct Rowlands | Williams | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | T Jackson | Ct Basir | Rowlands | 21 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | M Lidstone | Not | Out | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| Extras | 34 | |||||||||
| Total | 190 | for 8 wkts | ||||||||