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Saturday 8th September 2007
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Binfield 1st XI v Wargrave 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI slumped to a 54
run defeat at home to Wargrave in the Chilterns League 2nd
Division. Wargrave won the toss
and decided to bat first but Binfield’s opening bowlers Adam Carson
and Barney Sykes immediately had Wargrave in trouble at 15 for 3. A fourth wicket partnership between
Martin Woods and John Driscoll repaired the damage as they put on 105 for
the fourth wicket before Driscoll was run out for 63. Woods (66) and Chris Lunn (48 not out)
then continued the good work putting on 69 for the fifth wicket and
further good running between the wickets allowed Wargrave to record a
respectable 225 for 7 from their maximum allocation of 52 overs. Barney Sykes (2 for 30 from 12 overs)
and Adam Carson (2 for 40 from 10 overs) were the pick of the home
side’s attack.
Binfield’s reply started in much the
same fashion as Wargrave and soon they were struggling at 34 for 3. Wickets continued to fall at regular
intervals with only Michael Carson 31 and Paul Edgington 20 making useful
contributions. Barney Sykes,
batting at number 8, played an excellent innings to record his maiden
league fifty to keep Binfield in with an outside chance of winning the game.
His dismissed for 62 left Binfield no option but to bat out for the draw
but Wargrave claimed the final wicket with just 8 balls remaining. Scott Walker with 5 for 41 was the pick
of the Wargrave attack but all the visiting attack bowled consistent line
and length to make life difficult for the Binfield batsmen.
Wargrave 225-7
Binfield 171-10
Wargrave 30 points
Binfield 6 points
Wargrave 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI successfully
negotiated their final league match of the season to ensure that they remained
unbeaten for the entire season.
Wargrave 160-10
Binfield 161-5 (Colin Canty 54)
Binfield 20 points
Wargrave 5 points
Saturday 1st September 2007
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Binfield 1st XI v Littlewick Green 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI romped to a convincing
148 run and maximum point victory over a weakened Littlewick Green 1st
XI at Binfield on Saturday. The
visitors won the toss and invited Binfield to bat first on a decent
batting wicket. Binfield openers,
Michael Carson and Ian Goddard got their side off to a flying start,
putting on 96 for the first wicket before Goddard’s dismissal for a
fine 41. Carson survived a chance
at slip early on in his innings before imposing himself on the visitors’
attack to record an excellent 110 before he became the sixth batsman
dismissed by which time the score had reached 222. Binfield’s captain, Tony Boad
batted sensibly for his 46 not out which allowed him to declare after 48
overs with the total on 251 for 8.
Three Littlewick Green bowlers claimed wickets – Snape 2 for
68 from 15 overs, Hurley 2 for 38 from 9 and Lane 2 for 30 from 5.
In reply, Littlewick Green made a patient
start against the accurate Binfield opening attack of Barney Sykes and
Chris Miller. The first wicket
however fell with the score on 10 as Horne was run out by a direct throw
from the boundary by Simon Massey as he was attempting a third run. Miller and Sykes claimed a wicket each
as Littlewick Green struggled to 17 for 3. A steadying partnership between Snape
and Armstrong took the score to 45 before Adam Carson dismissed Snape for
19. Tony Boad made frequent
bowling changes to try to force the victory and it was the introduction
of Michael Carson that brought most reward as he claimed 4 for 13 from 5
overs to complete a fine all round performance. Littlewick Green were finally dismissed
for 103 in the 39th over with Chris Miller (2 for 16 from 8
overs), Adam Carson (1 for 2 from 5 overs) and Barney Sykes (1 for 26
from 10 overs) the other wicket taking bowlers.
Binfield 251-8
Littlewick Green 103-10
Binfield 30 points
Littlewick Green 5 points
Littlewick Green 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Match forfeited by Littlewick Green
Binfield 25 points
Littlewick Green 0 points
Fixtures 8th
September 2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Wargrave 1st XI
Wargrave 2nd
XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Saturday 11th August 2007
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Both Binfield matches started with a
minute’s silence in respect of Binfield player Keith Strong who
sadly passed away the previous day after a brave battle with cancer. He will be sadly missed both as a
player and as a friend to all involved in Binfield Cricket Club. Both 1st XI and 2nd
XI provided a fitting tribute to their team-mate by securing promotion to
the First Division of the Chilterns League.
Little Kingshill 1st XI v Binfield
1st XI
Having all but secured promotion last week,
Binfield 1st XI failed to keep the pressure on league leaders
Wraysbury with a loss away at Little Kingshill.
Stand-in Binfield captain Simon Massey won the
toss and elected to bat first on a slow, damp wicket. Openers Mark Ennis and Michael Carson
found the going difficult against some consistent bowling but remained
patient until Little Kingshill finally picked up the wickets that their
bowling deserved. Binfield were
struggling at four wickets down before James Wright (50) and Simon Massey
(37) put on a partnership of 58 to restore some respectability. However Binfield were bowled out for
140 with Chandler, Majid and Bambridge as the stand-out bowlers taking eight
wickets between them.
In reply, Little Kingshill started quickly
but lost wickets regularly leaving the game in the balance with their
score on 90-5. Barney Sykes and
Michael Carson proved to be the most threatening bowlers with two wickets
each. But it was not enough as
Mayer steered the home side to victory with 45 not out.
Binfield 140-10
Little Kingshill 141-5
Little Kingshill 30 points
Binfield 4 points
Binfield 2nd XI v Cookham Dean
Cookham Dean won the toss and decided to bat
first to try to secure maximum points to close the gap on the teams
fighting for the second promotion sport behind Binfield. Both openers found it difficult against
the opening attack of Adam Carson and Ian Foster but managed to take the
score to 25 before the loss of the first wicket. Jake Richardson played a fine innings
of 47 before he became the first of Ian Goddard’s four victims with
the score on 62. Cookham Dean made
steady, but unspectacular progress against the accurate Binfield attack
through excellent contributions of Chris Kellaway (50) and Andy Pett
(37). A late push to increase the
scoring rate coupled with some less than perfect fielding allowed the
visitors to reach 188 all out in the last of their maximum allocation of
52 overs. Ian Goddard claimed 4
for 60 from his 15 overs and Bob Hughes 3 for 56 from 12 overs.
Binfield’s reply started badly with
the dismissal of Ian Rigby in the first over with the score still on
zero. Ian Goddard replaced Rigby
and immediately went on the attack as he flayed his way to a quick 82
before he was dismissed with the score on 108. Captain Colin Canty had been content to
feed the strike to Goddard but after Goddard’s dismissal he took
centre stage to reach an unbeaten 68 and guide Binfield to victory. He was well supported by Rob Carson (27
not out) but it was fitting that the captain should stroke the winning
runs to secure maximum points and guarantee winning the league title.
Cookham Dean 188-10
Binfield 189-2
Binfield 30 points
Cookham Dean 5 points
Fixtures 1st
September 2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Littlewick Green 1st XI
Littlewick
Green 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Saturday 11th August 2007
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Binfield 1st XI v Amersham Hill 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI kept the pressure on
Wraysbury with another maximum points victory over visitors Amersham
Hill. Having won the toss,
Amersham Hill’s innings started poorly as they were reduced to 30-4
thanks largely to the opening spell of Barney Sykes who claimed 3 for
15. A fifth wicket partnership of
83 between Wheeles, who hit a quickfire 54 and Richardson-Hill (33)
evened up the game. The
introduction of spin saw Tony Boad dismiss Wheeles in his first over and
then proceed to take 5 for 8 from his 9 overs as Amersham Hill collapsed to
138 all out in the 40th over.
Binfield’s chase passed without too much drama as captain
Mark Usher (38 not out) and Simon Massey (46) put together a 72 run
partnership before Dustin Yates hit a powerful 24 not out to get Binfield
over the line for the loss of just two wickets.
Amersham Hill 138-10
Binfield 139-2
Binfield 30 points
Amersham Hill 3 points
Amersham Hill 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI romped to a
comfortable seven wicket and maximum points victory at Amersham Hill to further
extend their lead at the top of the Chilterns League 2nd
Division. Amersham Hill won the
toss and decided to bat first and got off to a flying start as Telford launched two sixes and two boundaries in
the first three overs. His
dismissal, bowled by Martin Coster, in the fifth over slowed the run-rate
and thereafter Binfield’s bowlers dominated. Wickets fell at regular intervals
throughout the innings as Amerhsam Hill were finally dismissed for 136 in
the 40th over. Ian
Goddard (4 for 26), Bob Hughes (2 for 15), Matt Humphrey (2 for 25) and
Martin Coster (2 for 31) shared the wickets for Binfield.
It was essential that Binfield got off to
a solid start and stand-in captain, Ian Rigby (24), and Ian Goddard (25)
did just that against the initially wayward home attack. This pair took the score to 71
before 3 wickets fell in quick succession to leave Binfield faltering on
93-3. This however was the last
success that the home bowlers were to have as Rob Carson (34 not out) and
Clarence Sparks (25 not out) took Binfield to 139 for the loss of just 3
wickets from 28 overs.
Amersham Hill 136-10
Binfield 139-3
Binfield 30 points
Amersham Hill 3 points
Fixtures 18th
August 2007
White Waltham
1st XI v Binfield 1st XI
Binfield 2nd
XI v White Waltham 2nd XI
Binfield 1st XI v Great Kingshill 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI registered their
fourth consecutive maximum points victory last Saturday after overcoming
visitors Great Kingshill by 6 wickets at the F.W.E. Goates Memorial Ground.
On a scorching hot day, the visitors elected to bat first but soon lost
both openers to the bowling of leading wicket taker Barney Sykes with
only 9 runs on the board. Sykes then proceeded to take another two
wickets in an impressive opening spell which left Great Kingshill in all
sorts of trouble on 36-4. After first change bowlers, Paul Edgington and
the returning Rupert Warren took a wicket each, it was left to Nick
Hallatt and James Anderson to repair the damage for the visitors. A
promising partnership of 73, which was bringing Great Kingshill right
back into the game, was ended with the very first ball after a drinks
break when Edgington took a sharp catch at slip off the bowling of leg
spinner Michael Carson to remove Anderson for 45. Hallatt fell shortly
after for a defiant 32 and it was only a last wicket partnership of 33
between Johan Holder and Pete Jackson which allowed the visitors to claw
their way up to 186 after they were finally bowled out in the 44th
over.
Binfield knew a good start was vital chasing
Great Kingshill’s respectable score and openers Mark Usher and
Michael Carson laid the platform with a solid opening partnership of 102
which was ended when the former edged a delivery to wicketkeeper Holder
off the bowling of Anderson for 26. After reaching a fluent 69, Carson departed soon
after and when Paul Edgington was out caught down the leg side, Binfield
had lost 3 wickets for only 14 runs in 5 overs. However the in form Simon
Massey and young wicketkeeper Sean Ennis settled things down again with a
mature partnership of 62 until the latter was out caught at midwicket for
29 with only 8 runs required. Massey saw Binfield home in the next over
with two boundaries as he finished on 44 not out and left the hosts still
in with a realistic chance of catching leaders Wraysbury with only 5
games to go.
Great Kingshill 186-10
Binfield 188-4
Binfield 30 points
Great Kingshill 6 points
Braywood 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Both teams found batting difficult in the
Chilterns League 2nd Division game at Braywood but Binfield
ended as convincing winners in a low scoring game. Braywood won the toss and invited
Binfield to bat first and they immediately reaped rewards as Binfield
opener Ian Rigby was dismissed with the total on just one. The most productive partnership of the
day saw Colin Canty and Rob Carson put on 40 for the second wicket before
Carson was dismissed for 27 to a smart catch by
Pete Burrows at slip. Canty
battled on to reach a well deserved 50 before he was dismissed for 53 with
the total on 107. A useful
contribution of 15 by 12 year-old Mikey Allan-Canty pushed the score on
to 131 before he was the last man out in the 40th over. The wickets were shared around each of
the five bowlers used by the home team.
Binfield needed to make early in roads
into the home side’s batting line up and Adam Carson duly obliged
by dismissing both openers in his third over with the score on just
19. Martin Coster continued his
fine form as leading wicket taker in the league and was rewarded with the
outstanding figures of 7 for 14 from 12 overs as Braywood slumped to 64
all out in the 28th over with only one batsman reaching double
figures. Ian Foster was once again
the model of accuracy as he claimed 1 for 9 off his 9 overs.
Binfield 131-10
Braywood 64-10
Binfield 27 points
Braywood 5 points
Fixtures 11th
August 2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Amersham Hill 1st XI
Amersham Hill
2nd XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Little Marlow 1st XI v Binfield 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI maintained their
promotion push to Division 1 of the Chiltern League with an emphatic 180
run win at struggling Little Marlow last Saturday. A brutal 188 run
partnership in only 24 overs between Simon Massey and Paul Edgington was
the backbone of an excellent batting performance from Binfield on a
wicket which miraculously, despite the recent flooding problems that many
areas around the River Thames have suffered, was reasonably hard and dry.
After an indifferent start when, after winning the toss, Binfield lost
openers Mark Usher and Michael Carson cheaply, Massey and Edgington soon
got into their stride as they took advantage of the close fielders by
hitting over the top and were soon peppering the boundary at regular
intervals. This prompted Little Marlow to change tactics and captain,
Anwar Mahmood decided to employ most of his men on the boundary in the
hope that the accelerating run rate would come down. However, this
didn’t deter Massey and Edgington in any way shape or form as time
and again they were able to find the gaps to reach the boundary or
particularly in Edgington’s case, clear it by some way. Despite
some close shaves, Massey reached a well deserved century with a single
to the rapturous applause of his teammates. The hosts bowling attack became
more and more demoralised as each suffered at the hands of the aggressive
pair until relief came when Edgington skied one to mid wicket and was
caught for an entertaining 79 and Massey fell shortly after for a
brilliant 125. A useful 39 run partnership between Tony Boad and Chris
Miller in quick time allowed Usher to declare after 46 overs with a score
of 289-5 on the board.
After tea, a confident Binfield took to the
field with the knowledge that they had 54 overs in which to take 10
wickets to secure a 30 point victory. They had to patient in order to get
the breakthrough as Little Marlow’s openers, Glennerster and Rigby
started resolutely against the spin of Boad and Carson. However the
introduction of Massey accounted for Glennerster as he tried to cut a
straight ball but only succeeded in playing it on to his stumps. The
wicket seemed to galvanise Binfield as it signalled a collapse from the
home side as 30-0 soon became 53-5 with Barney Sykes using the new ball
to good effect to take 3 quick wickets. A 35 run partnership between
Rodger and Sharif repaired the damage to some degree but after the former
was caught for 24 off the bowling of Chris Miller, Binfield could sense
that victory was close. The last 4 wickets fell for only 21 runs as Little
Marlow slipped to 109 all out in the 35 over with Miller removing the
last two batsmen to finish with figures of 3-20. With 6 games to go and a
healthy advantage over third placed Wargrave, Binfield are looking good
for a return to the top division
Binfield 30 points
Little Marlow 3 points
Binfield 2nd XI v Denham 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI continued their
march towards the Chilterns League 2nd Division title with an
emphatic nine wicket victory over visitors Denham. Binfield captain Colin Canty won the toss
and contrary to expectations decided to field first. The decision proved a good one as
Denham’s batsmen never got to grips with the accurate Binfield
attack but batted throughout their maximum allocation of 52 overs to
reach 137 for 6 wickets. Ian Foster
with 1 for 19 from 11 overs and Ian Goddard 1 for 22 from 15 overs kept
the visitors on a tight rein.
Binfield made short work of chasing down
the total and reached 138 for 1 in just 25 overs. Ian Rigby was dismissed for 23 with the
score on 43 before Colin Canty (61 not out) Ian Goddard (32 not out) took
Binfield took their victory target.
Binfield will be looking for a similar
result next week as they take on Braywood, their closest challengers in
the table.
Binfield 20 points
Denham 2 points
Fixtures 4th August
2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Great Kingshill 1st XI
Braywood 2nd
XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Binfield 1st XI v Hurley 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI kept up their winning
ways of late with a narrow victory over visitors Hurley last Saturday.
They were indebted to a fine innings from young opening batsman Michael
Carson for the win that keeps the pressure up on leaders Wraysbury, who
visit the F.W.E. Goates ground this weekend for a top of the table
fixture. After winning the toss on Saturday, Hurley elected to make first
use of a well prepared and good looking wicket but made the worst
possible start by losing stalwart Phil Ridgeway with only 7 runs on the
board. Fellow opener Dave Simoes and Kunal Nandwani put on a partnership
of 33 before the latter was caught by the impressive Carson, with his
first but by no means last contribution of the day, at deep mid off for
23. When Simoes and Dennis Day both fell to promising new Zimbabwaen
recruit Chris Miller, Hurley were really up against it and it required a
stubborn and determined knock from Kayani to ease them out of trouble.
Binfield thought they had dismissed Kayani early in his innings when Paul
Edgington took a sharp catch at gully off the bowling of Tony Boad but
their confident appeals were turned down. Kayani made the most of his
lucky escape to anchor the Hurley innings with a disciplined 39 not out,
which in spite of three quick wickets from Edgington reached 144 all out
off one ball short of 50 overs.
In reply Binfield started promisingly until
captain Mark Usher was caught behind off the bowling of Farouk Hussain
for 16. This signalled a mini collapse as Adam Marshall was dismissed
without scoring and Simon Massey, after a few lusty blows, was caught in
the slips for 17. After Paul Edgington and Sean Ennis were also back in
the pavilion for single figure scores, the latter unluckily adjudged lbw
after the ball struck his bat first, Binfield found themselves in a
similar predicament to where Hurley were earlier in the day. Salvation
came in the shape of 16 year old Carson who displayed a maturity beyond
his tender years by guiding Binfield towards their target with an array
of confident shots all around the wicket. When he was stumped off the
bowling of the miserly Phil Ridgeway for an excellent 61, Binfield still
required 28 with 7 wickets down and only 6 overs remaining. Fortunately
the combined experience of Mark Ennis and James Wright contrived to ease
the tension in the home dressing room by guiding Binfield home with 14
balls remaining to give them a morale boosting 30 point victory ahead of
the mouth watering clash with Wraysbury.
Binfield 30 points
Hurley 5 points
Hurley 2nd
XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Binfield 2nd XI took full
advantage of their closest rivals’ free weekend to claim a maximum
30 points to extend their lead at the top of the Chilterns League 2nd
Division. Binfield captain, Colin
Canty, won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first on a good
looking wicket at Hurley. Binfield
recovered from the early loss of opener Ian Rigby for two thanks to a 50
run partnership between Canty and Ian Goddard. Goddard’s dismissal for 16
brought Dustin Yates to the wicket and he and Canty took the score on to
97 before Canty was dismissed by a stunning catch by Steve Taylor for a
typically aggressive 58. Yates
took over from Canty and he smashed a quick 55 including 5 huge sixes
before we was caught on the boundary while attempting another
maximum. The rest of the Binfield
middle order failed to capitalize on the excellent start as Binfield
slumped to 171 for 8 from 36 overs.
A thirty run ninth wicket partnership between Rob Carson (24 not
out) and Bob Hughes secured Binfield maximum batting points before the
last two wickets fell in quick succession to leave Binfield 204 all out
in just 45 overs. Hurley’s
slow bowlers Chaz Dawkins with 4 for 37 and Dave Walton 3 for 19 did the
bulk of the damage as Binfield were dismissed for the first time this
season.
In Hurley’s reply, Binfield got the
early breakthrough from a quick, short delivery from Adam Carson that was
fended off for Ian Rigby to take a simple catch at slip. The second wicket pairing of Mike Walton
and Steve Taylor took the score on to 64 in just 16 overs – the
former playing the anchor role supporting the much more aggressive Steve
Taylor who reached a quick-fire 33 before he was dismissed to sharp catch
at gully by Clarence Sparks off the bowling of Martin Coster. Coster then proceeded to cut through
the rest of the Hurley line up as he claimed 6 for 35 from 13 overs as
Hurley were dismissed for 109 in the 42nd over. Opener Walton played a watchful innings
to carry his bat throughout for an unbeaten 19.
Binfield 30 points
Hurley 6 points
Fixtures 21st July
2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Wraysbury 1st XI
Coleshill 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Saturday 7th July
2007
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Littlewick Green 1st XI v Binfield 1st
XI
After a four week break from playing a
serious competitive league game due to the inclement weather which hit
the whole of the UK during June, Binfield 1st XI returned to
winning ways with a convincing victory over a struggling Littlewick Green
side last Saturday. Despite the horrendous conditions that all clubs have
been faced with in preparing for cricket games of late, Littlewick
Green’s ground looked a picture on Saturday as bright sunshine
basked over it. On winning the toss, Binfield captain, Mark Usher,
elected to bat first with the view that the extremely grassy wicket was
unlikely to get any better as the day wore on. The move appeared to pay
dividends as Binfield set off at a run rate of 5 an over as after the
dismissal of Usher, Adam Marshall and young wicketkeeper, Sean Ennis,
kept hitting the gaps and picked up runs at regular intervals. After
Marshall was bowled for a fluent 28 followed by the returning Simon
Massey who also missed a straight one and went for only 5, Paul Edgington
joined Ennis at the wicket and set about pushing the score along. Despite
some accurate, tight bowling from Chris Symonds in particular, the two
Binfield batsman were beginning to build a healthy partnership until
Ennis was somewhat controversially given out lbw for a fine 48. However
this did not deter Edgington in any way as with the Littlewick Green
bowlers tiring in the hot conditions, he started to take advantage
favouring the mid wicket boundary to score the majority of his runs.
Edgington’s enterprising innings came to an end on 74 and helped
Binfield post a more than respectable score of 242-8 off their full
allocation of 52 overs with Symonds the pick of the home side’s
bowling recording figures of 3-59 off his 15 overs.
Usher turned to the spin duo of Tony Boad and
Simon Massey to open the bowling for Binfield attempting to tie the
Littlewick Green openers down. Both proved to be successful early on as
first Boad picked up the wicket of Littlewick Green captain Adrian Hurley
for 10 and then Massey proceeded to bowl fellow opening batsman Chris
Fuller through the gate for only 7. Pressure then began to tell on the
Littlewick Green middle order as some tight bowling and good fielding
kept them well below the run rate. Usher then opted to take the new ball
in the hope that wickets would begin to fall as Littlewick Green
attempted to attack the Binfield total. After Paul Edgington took a
wicket in his first over, to complete a fine individual match, the stage
was set for Barney Sykes as he ripped through the heart of the home
side’s batting with a spell of aggressive fast bowling which
resulted in him being on a hattrick at one stage. Sykes finished with
figures of 5-16 off 7 overs as Littlewick Green fell well short of their
victory total subsiding to 84 all out and therefore allowing Binfield to
take the maximum 30 points from the match. With the second half of the
season starting this weekend, Binfield will hope that the worst of the
weather is over as they strive to mount a promotion charge back to the
Premier Division
Littlewick Green 4 points
Binfield 30 points
Binfield 2nd XI v Littlewick Green 2nd
XI
Binfield secured a maximum 30 point
victory but were made to work hard for it by visitors Littlewick Green on
Saturday. Littlewick Green won the
toss and invited the home side to bat first on a pleasantly warm and
sunny afternoon. Binfield openers,
Colin Canty and Ian Rigby made a positive start and had reached 41 from
10 overs when Rigby was became the first of wicket-keeper Green’s
five victims when he was stumped from a leg-side delivery. Rigby was quickly followed back to the
pavilion by fellow opener Canty (39) and Clarence Sparks. Binfield then made steady but
unspectacular progress and had reached 120 for the loss of five wickets
from 34 overs thanks to useful contributions from Martin Coster (30) and
Gary Chippendale (35) but were still some way off posting a decent score
with all their regular run-scorers dismissed. 16-year-old Matt Humphrey came to the
home side’s rescue with his maiden senior fifty and he was
supported by 12-year-old Michael Allan-Canty with 15 including a huge six
over long-on and Rob Carson (19) which allowed Binfield to reach 238 for
8 from their full allocation of 52 overs.
Humphrey’s was particularly severe on any short pitched
deliveries but was equally comfortable driving off the front foot as he
reached his highest score of 64 not out.
Pick of the visiting bowling attack was Leary who claimed 3 for 54
from his 15 overs.
Littlewick Green’s reply started
slowly against the accurate Binfield opening attack of Ian Foster and
Clarence Sparks and had reached just 13 from the first 13 overs with both
openers dismissed. Horne and Armstrong
then performed an admirable rebuilding of the visitors run chase to take
the score on to 90 from 27 overs before Horne was dismissed for 34. The left-handed Armstrong was the more
fluent of the two and was particularly strong driving through mid-on and
mid-off and he reached a hard-hitting 64 before the re-introduction of
Ian Foster to the attack led to his demise. Hickman meanwhile started slowly but
gained in confidence to reach a well-deserved 44 before he was the sixth
man out with the score on 175 with just 7 overs remaining. With the dismissal of both Armstrong
and Hickman, any hope of the visitors reaching the target had all but
disappeared but a Binfield victory still looked unlikely. Martin Coster returned to the
home’s attack to claim three vital wickets including two in his
final over to allow Binfield to dismiss Littlewick Green for 190 and
claim the victory with just seven balls remaining. Ian Foster and Martin Coster did the
bulk of the damage – the former taking 4 for 30 from his 15 overs
and the latter 4 for 38 from his 10 overs.
Binfield 30 points
Littlewick Green 8 points
Fixtures 14th July
2007
Binfield 1st
XI v Hurley 1st XI
Hurley 2nd
XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Wargrave 1st XI v Binfield 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI slipped to their
first defeat of the season last Saturday after losing a very closely fought
game against Wargrave by 1 wicket off the penultimate ball of the match.
In sticky and humid conditions, Binfield captain Mark Usher won the toss
and elected to bat first on a hard and flat looking wicket. After a calm
and uneventful start which yielded 17 runs off the first 5 overs,
Binfield lost in form opening batsman Michael Carson for 8 after he
attempted to play an expansive drive outside off stump and was caught by
wicketkeeper Martin Woods from the bowling of the impressive John Rimmer.
With the addition of only another 18 runs to the score, disaster struck
as Binfield lost both Adam Marshall and Paul Edgington in the same over
to Wargrave captain Neil Robinson and when Tony Boad was out shortly
after having played a ball onto his own stumps, the visitors were in all
sorts of trouble at 40-4. They were rescued in part by Usher, who was
watching on in despair from the other end as wickets were tumbling around
him, and young wicketkeeper Sean Ennis who came out looking to attack the
Wargrave bowlers. Their partnership, through a mixture of good running
and some carefully executed attacking shots, had reached 57 until Ennis
was dismissed for 32 holing out to deep mid on. Usher meanwhile brought
up his half century with a four through the covers as he looked to dig
deep and bat the innings. A partnership of 42 with Mark Ennis who made 22
got Binfield up to 161-7 with 5 overs remaining. Usher then proceeded to
push the accelerator as he suddenly raced to 92 before he was run out in
the penultimate over of the innings having failed to make his ground
after losing his balance to a ball from Rimmer. Binfield eventually
succumbed to 201 all out as Robinson took the final two wickets to finish
with excellent figures of 4-10 off 6 overs.
In reply, Binfield decided to open the
bowling with their spinners, Tony Boad and Michael Carson and the move
paid dividends straight away as the latter removed Chris Lunn for 0 in
only his second over and then proceeded to take a catch off his own
bowling to remove John Rimmer in his next. After Boad then had John
Colbourne caught at slip for 17, Wargrave found themselves in a similar
position to where Binfield were earlier in the day, struggling at 32-3.
However, Neil Robinson decided to launch a counter attack in an attempt
to get Wargrave back into the game. He found useful support from John
Moss (18) and Andy Amor (25) as Wargrave suddenly sensed victory with 39
required from the last 6 overs. In a desperate move to tilt the balance
back in Binfield’s favour, Usher decided to bring back Ian Caffell,
who had previously bowled with good pace but inconsistent accuracy. The
match swung from one way to the next as first Caffell picked up the key
wickets of Phil Norris for 12 and then the crucial scalp of Robinson for
an excellent 83 but the Wargrave tail end batsmen still managed to keep
up with scoring rate. With 6 required off the last over, the final pair
of Jerry Smith and Scott Walker managed to drag Wargrave over the
finishing line and ultimately hand them a 30 point victory, finishing on
202-9. Despite remaining largely in control for the great majority of the
Wargrave innings, Binfield picked up only 9 points from the game and with
a break in their league programme coming this weekend, will look to
bounce back from defeat when they entertain Little Kingshill in two weeks
time
Wargrave 30 points
Binfield 9 points
Binfield 2nd XI v Wargrave 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI maintained
their unbeaten record in the league but were made to work hard by a
strong visiting Wargrave 2nd XI. Binfield captain, Colin Canty, lost the
toss and was invited to bat first on a typically fast and true Binfield
wicket. The overcast, humid
conditions and the early hint of moisture in the pitch was exploited by
Wargrave opening bowlers Nabeel Aziz and Scott Morton who made life very
difficult for Binfield’s opening pair of Ian Rigby and Canty who
batted through 20 overs for their partnership of 45 before Canty’s
dismissal for 16. Ian Goddard
joined Rigby and this pair took the score along to 88 before Goddard was
bowled for 24. Rigby batted
patiently without ever being able to dominate the attack and when he was
dismissed for 47 with the score on 132 for 5 from 40 overs, Binfield were
looking in trouble. In form
batsman Matt York was joined at the wicket by youngster Matt Humphrey and
these two added 87 runs in just 12 overs to allow Binfield to post a
respectable total of 221 for 6 from their full allocation of 52
overs. This pair batted superbly
with a mixture of good strokeplay coupled with excellent running between
the wickets. York was dismissed in
the final over for a fine 64 and Humphrey remained undefeated on 21. All four of Wargrave’s bowlers
had bowled a disciplined line and length to contain Binfield’s
batsmen with Morton 1-36 from 12 overs, Armet Bhasker 1 for 42 from 12
and Stephen Jeffery 4 for 72 from 14 taking the six wickets to fall.
Canty decided against taking the new ball
immediately as he opened with slow bowlers Ian Goddard and Bob Hughes but
8 overs with the score on 39 without loss he decided to take the new ball
and switch to his usual opening attack of Ian Foster and Martin
Coster. This change brought
immediate results with the dismissal of opener Stephen Jeffery for 24
with the score on 39. Dangerman,
Phil Drew arrived at the crease and was promptly dropped first ball and
this the first of several missed chances as Binfield’s recent trend
of missing vital catches resurfaced.
Drew was dropped twice before finally being dismissed by Foster
for an aggressive 33. Meanwhile opening
bat, Harpreet Singh was steadily accumulating runs and the partnership
between him and Ken Clark had put the visitors firmly in the driving
seat. With 115 required from the
last 20 overs and with 8 wickets in hand there looked to be only one
result. Clark was slightly
unfortunate to be run out at the non-striker’s end for a fluent 35
but new batsmen took Keith Tunstall over from Clark and still Wargrave
looked favourites to win the game.
Foster however kept things tight at one end, bowling his 15 overs
unchanged to return figures of 2 for 43.
At the end of Foster’s spell, Canty returned to the slow
bowlers to take the pace off the ball and it had the desired result as
Bob Hughes bowled Singh for a patient 65 with his first ball. The required run rate kept creeping up
until Wargrave settled for a draw with their total on 202 for 5 wickets
from their 48 overs.
Binfield 12 points
Wargrave 8 points
Fixtures 16th June
2007
No league
fixtures – free weekend
Binfield 1st XI v White Waltham 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI enjoyed an emphatic
7 wicket win over opponents White Waltham last Saturday to remain in 2nd
place in the 2nd Division of the Chiltern League. After
inviting the visitors to bat first on what was a deceptively slow wicket
despite its appearance, it didn’t take long for Binfield’s
opening bowlers, Rupert Warren and Paul Edgington to strike. Firstly,
Edgington bowled Peter Layton with the score on 13 and 3 overs later,
Warren successfully appealed for an lbw decision against fellow opening
batsman Robert West to leave the visitors struggling on 19-2 off 11
overs. The innings never really got going for White Waltham as after
Warren was replaced by Barney Sykes, he proceeded to take quick wickets
clean bowling two batsmen with late in swinging deliveries. Only an 8th
wicket partnership between Jeremy Ellis (18 not out), who chanced his arm
by surviving two close run out opportunities and Luke Beard (19)
prevented White Waltham from totally capitulating before Sykes removed
the last two batsmen in successive balls to leave the visitors on 123 all
out. Sykes finished with figures of 4-24 whilst Edgington managed to
record his best return of the season too taking 4-37 off his 11 overs.
Binfield knew that they had 67 overs to bat
in which to win the game but lost captain Mark Usher for 10 before
Michael Carson and Simon Massey brought about a recovery with a 2nd
wicket partnership of 51. Massey, playing a typically robust and
attacking innings by hitting over the top of the in field on numerous
occasions, dominated the stand before he was somewhat controversially
given out lbw for 40 with the ball appearing to hit him outside the leg
stump. This didn’t deter Carson in any way as he continued to play
fluently and after the loss of Adam Marshall for 4, in partnership with Sean
Ennis, he eased Binfield to their target with more than 37 overs to
spare. Carson ended on 41 not out with fellow youngster Ennis chipping in
with an unbeaten 25 as Binfield registered a comfortable 20 point win.
With Wraysbury also winning, Binfield will need to keep up the pressure
on them when they travel to take on Wargrave on Saturday
Binfield 20 points
White Waltham 2 points
White Waltham 2nd XI v Binfield 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI continued their
excellent early season form with a maximum point victory at White Waltham
on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the Chilterns League 2nd
Division. Binfield captain, Colin
Canty, won the toss and with a strong batting line up at his disposal had
no hesitation in batting first despite the soft nature of the
wicket. His decision proved
correct as he led by example to plunder the home attack for a majestic
innings of 129 including 14 fours and 3 sixes. He was well supported by fellow opener
Ian Rigby who had progressed to 18 before he was needlessly run out
attempting a second run with the score on 47. The two largest partnerships of the
innings were both of 63 between Canty and Martin Coster (24) and Canty and
Matt York (33) and these allowed Binfield to declare their innings after
48 overs with the total on 243 for the loss of 7 wickets.
White Waltham’s reply got off to a
disastrous start with Dale dismissed to Martin Coster’s first
delivery. Two further wickets fell
before the total had reached double figures – with Canty taking a
difficult chance at silly mid-off from Coster’s bowling and Gary
Chippendale taking a fabulous catch at gully off Ian Foster’s
bowling. Coster claimed two further
wickets to finish with 4 for 19 from his spell of 9 overs. Only two White Waltham batsmen reached
double figures as their reply crumbled to 73 all out in the 34th
over with Rob Carson (3 for 22) and Bob Hughes (2 for 10) cleaning up the
tail.
Binfield 30 points
White Waltham 3 points
Fixtures 9th June
2007
Wargrave 1st
XI v Binfield 1st XI
Binfield 2nd
XI v Wargrave 2nd XI
Great Kingshill 1st XI v Binfield 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI maintained their
good early season form gaining the best of a draw against hosts Great Kingshill
on Saturday. Fielding arguably their strongest side of their season thus
far boosted by the returns of Simon Massey and Michael Carson, Binfield
went into the game off the back of a remarkable win against Little Marlow
last week; a game which will be forever remembered for Ian
Goddard’s amazing feat of taking all 10 wickets in the innings.
Despite this, Goddard dropped down to the 2nd team as Binfield
opted to go into the game with an exceptionally strong batting line up.
The move appeared to pay dividends as after losing the toss, Binfield
were asked to bat first and calmly made their way to 64 without loss
inside the first 17 overs suffering no alarms a long the way. Openers
Carson and Adam Marshall played fluently all around the wicket before the
former was the first to fall for 42, well caught by Jon de Beer off his
own bowling. Marshall followed him back to the pavilion not long after as
he was bowled by Great Kingshill captain Ander Wilson for 26 to leave the
game very much in the balance at 79-2 off 20 overs. Acting captain Tony
Boad, deputising for the injured Mark Usher, and Simon Massey then laid
the foundation for a large total with a big 3rd wicket
partnership as the latter in particular set about the Great Kingshill
bowling with some ferocious cuts, drives and pulls to all parts of the
ground. Massey had reached an excellent 83 when he tried one big shot too
many and was stumped off the bowling of the persevering Martin Smith. The
fall of Massey’s wicket signalled a Binfield collapse as they then
proceeded to subside from 171-3 to a disappointing 220 all out failing to
use up their allotted 52 overs. The two main architects of
Binfield’s demise were Great Kingshill’s two off spinners,
Smith who took 4-64 and Martin Davies who claimed figures of 3-42.
Great Kingshill came out after tea knowing
that they had 51 overs to try and reach their target of 221 on a flat,
well prepared wicket. They started slowly however as Boad and Massey
opening the bowling with the old ball, exerted early pressure on the
opening pair of Jon de Beer and Paul Michaels by tying them down and
giving then no width to work with. de Beer buckled first as he was caught
by young wicketkeeper Sean Ennis off the bowling of Massey and then Boad
bowled Nick Mitchell at the other end as Binfield gradually wrestled
control of the match. Michaels though had other ideas as he slowly but
surely brought the hosts back into the game gaining valuable support from
Richard Banford (16), Alex Hallatt (27) and Johan Holder (44). The fall
of his wicket for 53 however meant that the last hope that Great
Kingshill had of winning the game had gone. It was then left to captain
Wilson and bowling hero Davies to see out the last 6 overs and ensure
that Great Kingshill escaped with a draw. They did so but not without a
few alarms, the closest of which was a difficult chance that fell just
short of Barney Sykes at mid on. The Great Kingshill reply eventually
finished on 189-9 and meant that Binfield collected 14 points from the
match taking them to 2nd in the table after 4 games. They will
look to push on from there as they prepare to entertain White Waltham
this weekend
Binfield 2nd XI v Braywood 2nd
XI
Binfield 2nd XI were unable to
force a victory in their Chilterns League 2nd Division match
at home to Braywood despite fielding probably the strongest 2nd
XI in the history of the club.
Binfield dominated the game throughout but some missed catches
cost them as Braywood held out for the draw.
Braywood captain Duane Carter won the toss
and invited Binfield to bat first hoping that some light showers in the
morning would provide some additional help for his bowlers. Binfield openers, Colin Canty and Ian
Rigby took the score onto 15 before Rigby was dismissed by a smart catch
by Pete Burrows. Last week’s
ten-wicket hero, Ian Goddard, then joined Canty and these two took the
score to 66 before Canty was caught for 28. Goddard had reached a fluent 49 when
Carter took an astonishing catch at short extra-cover to cut short his
stay at the wicket. At this stage,
Binfield were in a spot of bother at 128-4 but this innings was rescued
by an excellent 90 run partnership in 17 overs between James Wright and
Matt York. Wright, playing his
first 2nd XI match, was the more dominant of the two but York
too played a significant role in the partnership that was full of
excellent running between the wickets and firmly struck boundaries. Wright was dismissed for a fine 74 and,
as is often the case, he was quickly followed by York for 29. Binfield batted through their maximum
allocation of 52 overs to post a challenging total of 247-8. Braywood’s opening bowlers Carter
(3-58) and Lee Wardrobe (2-60) were the pick of the visitors’
attack.
Braywood set their stall out from the start
to bat out for the draw and despite the best efforts of the Binfield
bowlers Binfield were unable to force victory. The innings started slowly as some
missed slip catches allowed the Braywood openers to bat through 15 overs
before the fall of the first wicket.
Wickets fell at regular intervals but with the excellent playing
surface it was always going to prove difficult to dismiss batsmen who are
not playing any attacking shots.
The innings closed after 48 overs with Braywood on 111 for the
loss of 8 wickets allowing them to claim just a single batting
point. Ian Foster with 4 for 23
from 15 overs, Martin Coster with 3 for 18 from 8 and James Wright with 1
for 20 from 11 were the pick of the home side’s attack. Binfield
captain Colin Canty rotated the bowling to try to force breakthroughs but
ultimately it was the missed chances that prevented Binfield from
claiming the victory that would have extended their lead at the top of
the table.
Binfield 16 points
Braywood 5 points
Fixtures 2nd June
2007
Binfield 1st
XI v White Waltham 1st XI
White Waltham
2nd XI v Binfield 2nd XI
Binfield 1st XI v Little Marlow 1st
XI
Binfield 1st XI recorded a
maximum 30 points in their victory over Little Marlow in the Chilterns
League 2nd Division match sponsored by Alfa Chemicals. The victory was due to a once in a
lifetime performance from Ian Goddard who returned to the first team and
claimed all ten Little Marlow wickets.
Binfield captain, Mark Usher, lost the
toss and the home side were invited to bat first and a damp wicket. Little Marlow’s opening bowlers,
Akram and Mohammed, made life difficult for Binfield’s openers
Usher and Keith Strong. Strong in
particular was fortunate to survive a number of dropped catches. However, it w | 
