Match Report
| Old Elthamians | v |
Rodmersham |
| Match Type | Kent League |
| Venue | Bottles Lane |
| Date | Sat 17th August 2002 |
| Result | Rodmersham (16pts) beat Old Elthamians (4pts) by 5 wkts |
An outstanding all round display by Piet Botha saw 10 man Rodmersham to a comfortable 5 wicket victory. Fielding first in intense heat Rodmersham restricted Old Elthamians to 167 for 9 from their 50 overs. Piet Botha (5for54) was outstanding amongst the bowlers, all of whom received excellent support in the field.
An opening partnership of 95 by Piet Botha (83*) and Dave Cogger (29) gave Rodmersham a sound start. The departure of Cogger triggered the loss of 4 cheap wickets but the confident Botha steadied the ship to guide Rodmersham to victory.
Innings of Old Elthamians |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | N Johns | Ct Botha | Whitehead | 38 | T Munden | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2 | J Brown | Bowled | Munden | 6 | C Whitehead | 19 | 4 | 43 | 2 | |
| 3 | A Lyons | Ct & Bowled | Botha | 1 | P Botha | 18 | 3 | 54 | 5 | |
| 4 | J Guthrie | Ct Morley | Botha | 3 | D Nokes | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 5 | I Whaley | Ct & Bowled | Whitehead | 31 | ||||||
| 6 | A Hammond | Ct Morley | Botha | 12 | ||||||
| 7 | B Cartwright | Bowled | Nokes | 21 | ||||||
| 8 | C Joyce | LBW | Botha | 14 | ||||||
| 9 | Muhammed Asif | Not | Out | 19 | ||||||
| 10 | N Pearce | Ct Munden | Botha | 2 | ||||||
| 11 | I Drewer | Not | Out | 4 | ||||||
| Extras | 16 | |||||||||
| Total | 167 | for 9 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||
Innings of Rodmersham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | D Cogger | Ct Drewer | Muhammed Asif | 29 | N Pearce | 17 | 6 | 66 | 2 | |
| 2 | P Botha | Not | Out | 83 | I Whalley | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| 3 | T Munden | LBW | Muhammed Asif | 0 | Muhammed Asif | 18 | 3 | 26 | 3 | |
| 4 | S Morley | LBW | Muhammed Asif | 9 | N Johns | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 5 | N Hodkinson | LBW | Pearce | 4 | B Cartwright | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 6 | P Gregory | Ct Drewer | Pearce | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | L Gregory | Not | Out | 13 | ||||||
| 8 | C Whitehead | DNB | ||||||||
| 9 | D Nokes | DNB | ||||||||
| 10 | L Jackson | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 27 | |||||||||
| Total | 168 | For 5 wkts ( 47 overs) | ||||||||