Match Report
| Rodmersham | v |
Old Wilsonians |
| Match Type | Kent League |
| Venue | Bottles Lane |
| Date | Sat 31st May 2003 |
| Result | Rodmersham(20pts) beat Old Wilsonians(4pts) by 83 runs. |
Rodmersham took full advantage of some ideal batting conditions to post a score of 240 for 5 from their 50 overs. Piet Botha was outstanding, scoring 129 not out from 132 balls whilst receiving good support from Colin Mason(37) and Stuart Blackbourn(33).
The Rodmersham bowlers made light of the batsman friendly conditions by reducing Old Wilsonians to 31 for 5 after 19 overs. The visitors continued to struggle against a high quality attack backed up by some outstanding fielding. Richard Harris(59) and Doug Forbes (43) gave the score some respectability but could not prevent their side conceeding defeat to Rodmersham by 83 runs.
Lee Gregory Bowled superbly returning figures of 6 for 26 from 11.2 overs whilst Chris Whitehead had the remarkable figures of 1 for 18 in 15 overs.
Innings of Rodmersham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | P Botha | Not | Out | 129 | H Alles | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2 | M Jones | Ct Forbes | Wilson | 0 | S Wilson | 8 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 3 | C Mason | Ct Richard Harris | Kasturiratne | 37 | K Mir | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 4 | D Mason | Ct & Bowled | Wilson | 15 | D Forbes | 11 | 0 | 53 | 1 | |
| 5 | N Barton | Bowled | Harris | 1 | L Kasturiratne | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |
| 6 | S Blackbourn | Ct Wilson | Forbes | 33 | Robert Harris | 12 | 0 | 75 | 1 | |
| 7 | N Hodkinson | Not | Out | 6 | ||||||
| 8 | S Morley | DNB | ||||||||
| 9 | L Gregory | DNB | ||||||||
| 10 | D Nokes | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | C Whitehead | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 19 | |||||||||
| Total | 240 | for 5 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||
Innings of Old Wilsonians |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | Robert Harris | Ct Barton | Gregory | 5 | L Gregory | 11.2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | |
| 2 | N Bier | Ct Botha | Gregory | 7 | C Whitehead | 15 | 6 | 18 | 1 | |
| 3 | B Graham | Ct Botha | Gregory | 4 | P Botha | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| 4 | H Alles | Ct Jones | Whitehead | 1 | D Mason | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 5 | A Roper | Ct Jones | Gregory | 8 | D Nokes | 4 | 1 | 38 | 1 | |
| 6 | Richard Harris | Ct Botha | Gregory | 59 | N Barton | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| 7 | K Mir | LBW | Botha | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | D Forbes | LBW | Barton | 43 | ||||||
| 9 | S Wilson | Ct Blackbourn | Nokes | 12 | ||||||
| 10 | L Kasturiratne | Not | Out | 4 | ||||||
| 11 | C Lake | LBW | Gregory | 0 | ||||||
| Extras | 9 | |||||||||
| Total | 157 | All Out (48.2 overs) | ||||||||