Scorecard

Old Citizens CC v St Albans Cricket Club 6XI on Sat 20 Jul 2024 at 13:00
St Albans Cricket Club Lost By 33 runs

Match report Another week, another 6XI fixture - this time an 'away' fixture against Old Citizens CC in the familiar setting of Verulamium Park.

Having lost the toss, Saints were asked to bat first on a pitch not exactly in keeping with the picturesque surroundings. However, with the start already pushed back by 15 minutes and a number of the opposition players still enroute to the ground, skipper Webber eagerly agreed to bowl first instead to avoid a further delay.

Witty and Coulling opened the bowling for Saints, but both initially struggled to find their rhythm as the opposition openers made a rapid start, taking full advantage of the quick outfield and short boundaries. The Saints opening pair soon settled in to their spells, with Coulling (1-41) first to strike as Chakma-Smith took a fine catch in the covers. Witty (2-33) soon joined the party, inducing OC's no.3s to tickle one behind into Webber's waiting gloves and then following up with a plumb LBW a couple of overs later. Despite the early wickets, OC's other opener was continuing to make hay, dispatching balls into the surrounding flora at regular intervals, resulting in a number of delays as both teams searched the nettles in hope of retrieving the lost balls. His innings was by no means chanceless, but Saints failed to capitalise on the chances he did offer, so can have few complaints. Molvik (1-34) and Coffer (1-4) took over bowling duties, picking up a wicket apiece in the final over of tidy spells, with Coffer snaring the important wicket of OC's opener who by that time had amassed 80 runs out of a total of 109. Wickets fell at regular intervals thereafter, as Saints were able to exert more control. McNab (2-16) and Pankhurst (2-11) did most of the damage, the latter picking up two wickets in two balls in her opening over, but unable to complete the hattrick. A sharp run out in the final over completed proceedings, with OC's setting Saints what felt like a gettable 167 for victory at a little under 5 an over.

After the tea interval, Saints began their chase with Coffer and Nisar leading the response. A cautious start followed as OC's opening bowlers bowled good lines and didn't give much away, Nisar in particular taking a while to get off the mark. However, once the shackles were broken, runs started to come more easily as Saints made the most of some less than mobile fielding. Coffer was first to go, caught for 15 in the 13th over with the score on 46, and was immediately followed by Chakma Smith, adjudged LBW without scoring. Nisar continued to accumulate at the other end ably supported by cameos from O'Leary (11) and McNab (12) before eventually being caught for a composed 36 in the 24th over. That left 10 overs to go and more than 80 runs needed - Saints would need to get a move on if they were to get anywhere close to the victory line. O'Gorman (5) and Webber (17) tried to up the scoring rate by scampering some quick ones and twos as well as picking off a few much needed boundaries. However, as both perished in quick succession, followed by Molvik for 11, that left an improbable 55 needed from the last 5 overs. The game was pretty much up when Coulling was run out on his first ball by a fine direct hit as he chased a much needed second run, leaving the final pair of Pankhurst and Witty to see out the final few overs and get Saints as close as possible to the target. Witty was dismissed for 2 in the final over, leaving Pankhurst unbeaten on 8 and Saints all out for 133, some 34 runs short of victory.

A slightly disappointing result for the 6XI, but with some good individual performances and one player probably making the difference between the two teams on the day.

Old Citizens CC Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
4nb 10w 1b  
for 10 wickets
15
166 (34.2 overs)		     
A. Iqbal b  Coffer 80
R. Mehmood ct  Chakma-Smith b Coulling 8
O. Khan ct  Webber b J. Witty 3
K. Singh lbw  J. Witty 0
Hsia ct  Molvik 8
Usruan b  McNab 13
A. Khan b  McNab 2
R. Hillman Not Out  26
Panch b  Pankhurst 2
Sakeeb b  Pankhurst 0
R. Millet Run out  9

St Albans Cricket Club 6XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
James Witty7.0233216.504.71
Thomas Coulling7.0041141.005.86
Alexander Molvik4.0034134.008.50
Jamie Coffer3.00414.001.33
Fin McNab4.001628.004.00
Frank O'Leary4.00900.002.25
Kate Pankhurst3.001125.503.67
Ieuan Chakma-Smith2.201900.008.14

St Albans Cricket Club 6XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
8w 6b  
for 10 wickets
14
133		        
Jamie Coffer ct  K. Singh 15 2 1
Sulaiman Nisar ct  O. Khan 36 3
Ieuan Chakma-Smith lbw  K. Singh 0 1
Frank O'Leary ct  MIllet 11 2
Fin McNab st  Sakeeb 12 1
Annie O'Gorman lbw  O. Khan 5
John Webber b  Ursuan 19 2
Alexander Molvik ct  Sakeeb 11 1
Thomas Coulling Run out  0
Kate Pankhurst Not Out  8 1
James Witty b  Hsia 2

Old Citizens CC Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Panch5.011400.002.80
A. Khan5.011700.003.40
R. Millett5.0116116.003.20
K. Singh5.011226.002.40
O. Khan5.0020210.004.00
Sakeeb4.0023211.505.75
Ursuan3.001326.504.33
Hsia2.3012112.004.80