Match Report
| New Ash Green | v | Rodmersham |
| Match Type | Kent League |
| Venue | New Ash Green |
| Date | Sat 7th June 2003 |
| Result | Rodmersham (16pts) beat New Ash Green (2pts) by 8 wickets. |
Rodmersham recorded their third consecutive Kent League victory on Saturday.
New Ash Green elected to bat first and struggled on a pitch of variable bounce and a well grassed outfield. Rodmersham bowled tightly, restricting their opponents to 50 for 4 after 25 overs which was extended to 140 for 8 from their 50 over allocation.
The Rodmersham batsmen showed far greater enterprise than their opponents achieving the victory target of 141 for the loss of only 2 wickets in 30.4 overs to record a comfortable 8 wicket victory. Once again Pete Botha(78*) shone with the bat ably assisted by skipper Colin Mason(43).
This innings brings Pete Botha's tally of runs in the Kent League this season to 324 in 5 innings at an average of 162.
Innings of New Ash Green |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | K Ginn | Ct M Jones | Whitehead | 27 | L Gregory | 15 | 6 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2 | A Payne | Ct & Bowled | Whitehead | 6 | C Whitehead | 15 | 6 | 31 | 2 | |
| 3 | V John | Ct Barton | Gregory | 7 | D Nokes | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | |
| 4 | D Phillips | Ct C Mason | Gregory | 0 | P Botha | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 5 | V Mayers | Ct Gregory | Nokes | 22 | ||||||
| 6 | M Kluss | St Jones | Botha | 15 | ||||||
| 7 | A Mayers | Ct Botha | Nokes | 14 | ||||||
| 8 | M Scanlon | Not | Out | 24 | ||||||
| 9 | M Meehan | Ct Hodkinson | Botha | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | K Hoddinot | Not | Out | 9 | ||||||
| 11 | M Sumner | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 16 | |||||||||
| Total | 140 | 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 Botha | Not | Out | 78 | M Meehan | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2 | M Jones | Bowled | Sumner | 14 | M Sumner | 10.4 | 1 | 54 | 1 | |
| 3 | C Mason | Ct Kluss | Ginn | 43 | V Mayers | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 4 | S Morley | Not | Out | 3 | K Ginn | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 5 | N Barton | DNB | ||||||||
| 6 | N Hodkinson | DNB | ||||||||
| 7 | P Roach | DNB | ||||||||
| 8 | L Gregory | DNB | ||||||||
| 9 | D Nokes | DNB | ||||||||
| 10 | C Whitehead | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | J Anderson | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 141 | for 2 wickets (30.4 overs) | ||||||||