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

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

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)