Match Report
| Roan & Lambethians | v |
Rodmersham |
| Match Type | Kent League |
| Venue | Roan School Playing Fields |
| Date | Sat 24th May 2003 |
| Result | Rodmersham (16pts) beat Roan & Lambethians (3pts) by 4 wkts |
A solid all round team performance enabled Rodmersham to overcome some difficult playing conditions and register their first Kent League victory of the season.
Roan & Lambethians could only muster135 for 7 from their 50 overs as they struggled against an accurate Rodmersham attack supported by good fielding. All of the bowlers returned excellent figures with Piet Botha (3 for 48 ) being the main wicket taker.
The Rodmersham response got off to a good start with 40 runs coming from the first 11 overs. A change of bowling reduced the scoring rate with only Piet Botha(34) making any impression as the score crept to 63 for 4 from 24 overs. In the next 8 overs Neil Barton (35 from 27 balls) and Stuart Blackbourn (26) progressed the score to 125 for 4 to set up an eventual 4 wicket victory for Rodmersham.
Innings of Roan & Lambethians |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | N Khan | Bowled | Nokes | 30 | L Gregory | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2 | J Khan | Bowled | Gregory | 8 | C Whitehead | 15 | 5 | 23 | 0 | |
| 3 | A H Khan | Bowled | Botha | 40 | P Botha | 15 | 3 | 48 | 3 | |
| 4 | S Ahmed | LBW | Botha | 0 | D Nokes | 12 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
| 5 | N Farkah | LBW | Botha | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | A T Khan | Ct C Mason | Nokes | 2 | ||||||
| 7 | M Ahmed | Not | Out | 22 | ||||||
| 8 | P Montgomery | Run | Out | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | R Tahir | Not | Out | 14 | ||||||
| 10 | K Barron | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | R Parker | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 14 | |||||||||
| Total | 135 | for 7 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||
Innings of Rodmersham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | P Botha | Ct A T Khan | Barron | 34 | R Parker | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2 | M Jones | Bowled | S Ahmed | 14 | A T Khan | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 3 | C Mason | Ct Montgomery | Barron | 2 | S Ahmed | 12 | 2 | 32 | 2 | |
| 4 | D Mason | Bowled | S Ahmed | 0 | K Barron | 13.2 | 3 | 33 | 4 | |
| 5 | S Blackbourn | St N Khan | Barron | 26 | J Khan | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 6 | N Barton | Ct N Khan | Barron | 35 | ||||||
| 7 | N Hodkinson | Not | Out | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | M Bond | Not | Out | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | D Nokes | DNB | ||||||||
| 10 | L Gregory | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | C Whitehead | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 17 | |||||||||
| Total | 136 | for 6 wkts (37.2 overs) | ||||||||