Scorecard

Honourable Artillery Club v Incogniti Cricket Club Incogniti CC on Mon 23 Aug 2021 at 12pm
Incogniti Cricket Club Lost by 2 wickets

Match report One can not have known, such was the thriller played at HAC on Monday 23rd August 2021, that it was one of two fixtures being played by representatives of the purple and yellow.

As any Incog will know, it would be highly irregular and completely inaccurate to describe the side that took on the Honourable Artillery as the 'B side'. So... I won't. But it may or may set me up for a smattering of musical references. The sun was shining, a lovely 'track' prepared, an Incogniti side bursting at the seams with batting; and a generous invitation to bat first was presented. It turned out, however, that our batsmen considered themselves more of an unreleased single than one of the big hits of the Incogniti album. And so, as we searched for people willing to be the front men, the game got underway.

Top of the pops was a fantastic 52 by Ed Waite, who was the backbone of the innings, who set the game up nicely with 33 from Nick Wood. It would be impossible not to mention Jamie Wood, who just like Joe Root (the comparisons end there), dropped himself from 3 to 4. He may or may not describe himself as a baller, but unfortunately it was just a first-baller this time. Before Perry Pearce closed out the innings with the candidate Jordan Cahir, observers who have missed eye tests due to the pandemic may have been excused for thinking they were playing with Liam Livingstone. It was in fact Mr Tom Mason, who came out like a man posessed, striking back to back pull shots to the boundary in a rapid-fire 20 from 13.

A target of 160 was probably 30-40 runs below par, despite the slow track stopping (must have been an old discman). The limited bowling options made it a real challenge to defend. After a big breakthrough (or two), ineveitable partnerships began to grow. The aim was to contain, however with a slightly sub-par total, we were never able to quite get the rate under control, and wickets were hard to come by. With Sunny Bowry waiting in the wings, he also refused to spin the decks, due to the limited runs per over required, and so the skipper was forced to bowl his longest ever spell of 22 overs. A tight call, and one that we will never know what could have been...

In the end, with just an over and a half to spare, HAC made it over the line to win the game by two wickets.

Incogniti Cricket Club Incogniti CC Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
1w 3lb 
for 10 wickets
4
159		        
Ashley Leat ct Free b Rizwan 9 19 47.37
Nicholas Wood ct Edwards b Parry 31 53 58.49 1
A.N. Other b Rizwan 3 9 33.33
Jamie Wood ct Taylor b Rizwan 0 1 0
Ed Waite ct Parry b Herenjal 52 61 85.25 1
Alexander Smith ct Herenjal b Caviet 0 10 0
Tom Mason b Parry 20 13
Perry Pearce ct Taylor b Parry 23 39 58.97 1
Sunny Bowry lbw Parry 5 13 38.46
Candidate Two ct Chappell b Parry 9 14 64.29
David Boothroyd Not Out  3 4 75.00 2

Honourable Artillery Club Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Santosh13.0244144.003.38
Rezwan6.002137.003.50
Tristan7.0133133.004.71
Parry11.322955.802.52
Alauddin3.002900.009.67

Honourable Artillery Club Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
4
162 (44.3 overs)		     
T Free ct Waite b Boothroyd 5
M Edwards ct N.Wood b Boothroyd 9
L Casey b Cahir 62
S Parry b Boothroyd 4
T Chappell ct Pearce b Cahir 0
C Taylor ct & b Boothroyd 18
T Caviet Not Out  35
R Alauddin Run out  9
R Alauddin ct & b Boothroyd 0
S Herenjal Not Out  16
E.Rizwan  

Incogniti Cricket Club Incogniti CC Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
David Boothroyd22.0473514.603.32
Candidate Two16.3059229.503.58
Nicholas Wood6.012400.004.00

  • Umpire :
    Gordon Whickman
  • Scorer :
    Peter Wiseman