24-07-2011 - Away - ECB National KO - Bedford CC vs Finch

2nd Round

Having beat the Surrey champions Chipping Coulsdon, the U15`s now travelled to Bedfordshire to play Bedford CC.

Finchampstead loss the toss and the opposition elected to bat, the first 3 overs saw Bedford CC score 24 runs, some irratic bowling caused by nerves which seemed to be present in all the bowlers/fielders, The taking of a wicket seemed to calm  Finchampstead down and the boys started to play better,

A few excellent shots from the opposition batsman J Holmes and S Patel saw the heads of the Finch boys drop, but a change in bowling and some excellent fielding saw the boys regain control. After 10 overs Bedford had 69 runs on the board with the loss of 1 wicket,

After drinks Lincoln and Anderson " took the pace of the ball" and this seemed to work with only the opposition scoring 4 an over. Another change of bowling saw Mills brought back in to the attack with Bale at the other end and  for the final 4 overs  between them they took 5 wickets . Bedford reached  139 for the loss of 7 wickets.

Finchampsteads target was 140, which just so happened to be what the Finch captain had predicted. 

Parents and boys sought refreshment and settled down and prepared for stage 2.  

Beswick and Anderson took to the crease and set about achieveing the target set, a few fine shots and irratic bowling, saw Finch on 34 after 4 overs we were doing okay. The loss of a wicket in the 7th over saw Armstrong come to the crease and also a change in bowling from Bedford ( Spin). This seemed to restrict Finchampstead and with the loss of 2 wickets just before 10 overs saw that Bedford where on top. But they hadn`t accounted for a gutsy performace from Lincoln and supported by initial Armstrong and then Bale, that saw Finchampstead reach 138 in the 18.5 over.  A missed timed shot saw Bale return to the clubhouse with Finchampstead requiring 4 runs of the last over. 

Josh Lincoln faced the bowling attack from Dhandha, dot ball, dot ball, dot ball . The spectators on the edge, parents nervous and shaking and in ran Dhanhda to have his fourth ball hit straight back at him and go on to the boundary for 4 runs. With 2 balls to spare Finchampstead had won. 

A fantastic game, played in the right spirit and one that will be remembered by all that played and watched. A big thank you must go to all parents, relatives who came to support in person, but also to all that waited for updates from mobile phones and to those boys that didn`t get to bat and bowl but where just as important in the  win.

Next Regional Finals day at Horsham CC.  

 

Statistics

Bedford CC won the toss and elected to bat
Result	Win
Umpires	ECB
Scorers	Jane Bale and India
Score
Finchampstead CC Scored 142 for 5 in 20
Bedford CC Scored 139 for 7 in 20

Player Performance - Batsmen

Player	How out	Runs	Catch	Stump
Miles Anderson	Caught+Bowled	19	0	0
Ollie Armstrong-Wood	Caught	16	1	0
Thomas Bale	Caught	17	0	0
Billy Beswick	Bowled	20	0	0
Tom Wroot	Not Out	1	0	0
Josh Lincoln	Not Out	42	1	0
Luke Mills	Caught	12	0	0

Player Performance - Bowlers

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Miles Anderson	4	0	29	0
Ollie Armstrong-Wood	2	0	18	1
Thomas Bale	4	0	30	2
Billy Beswick	2	0	16	0
Josh Lincoln	4	0	14	0
Luke Mills	4	0	20	3