Date 02/07/2009
Season 2009
Competition Friendly
Match format 20 overs
Opposition Elthamians
Venue Foxbury Chislehurst
Toss Lost
Decision Crusaders bowl first
Result Won

Elthamians innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Bell c Spud Whale b Mike Taylor 18
2 Kennedy b Mike Taylor 14
3 Lockwood run out 75
4 Driscoll lbw b Spud Whale 1
5 Appleyard b Jabir Sarwar 0
6 Moore c Glen Timms b Glen Timms 21
7 Kirby run out 0
8 Carey st Neil Morrison b Glen Timms 3
9 Nash c Spud Whale b Darren Moyse 1
10 Gaywood c Spud Whale b Darren Moyse 0
11 Forde not out 0
  Extras b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 1 6
  Total 10 wickets, 19.4 overs 139

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Darren Moyse 3.4 0 21 2 0 0
2 Mike Taylor 4.0 0 30 2 0 0
3 Spud Whale 4.0 0 30 1 0 0
4 Jabir Sarwar 4.0 0 30 1 2 1
5 Glen Timms 4.0 0 25 2 0 0





Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Chand Channa c b Carey 51
2 Jagdesh Singh b Nash 18
3 Gary Magnus b Carey 2
4 Gordon Schultz st b Nash 28
5 Neil Morrison c b Moore 8
6 Jabir Sarwar c b Moore 5
7 Lucky Singh run out 1
8 Glen Timms b Moore 7
9 Spud Whale run out 0
10 Mike Taylor not out 2
11 Darren Moyse not out 12
  Extras b 3, lb 1, w 3, nb 1 8
  Total 9 wickets, 19.5 overs 142

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Gaywood 3.5 0 36 0 2 1
2 Forde 4.0 2 17 0 0 0
3 Carey 3.0 0 25 2 1 0
4 Nash 4.0 0 35 2 0 0
5 Moore 4.0 0 10 3 0 0
6 Lockwood 1.0 0 15 0 0 0

Match Report

Thursday 2 July –v- Old Elthamians at Foxbury

Crusaders preserved their long unbeaten 20/20 record with a dramatic, victory achieved from the penultimate ball of the innings. Against a strong Elthamians eleven, Crusaders welcomed Lucky Singh for debut and Softy Timms for a first game of the season.

On a humid evening Elthamians took the opportunity to bat first, with the openers taking an immediate liking to the pace of Danglers and complete lack of any pace provided by Mr Taylor. With Crusaders looking shoddy in the field it looked like it was going to be an evening of toil. Despite getting carted all round Chislehurst it was Mike who made the initial breakthrough, removing both openers with 'even slower' balls.

Lockwood (75) ensured that the scoring rate remained brisk, with some lusty blows, but Crusaders gradually exerted some control, with good spells from Jabs and Spud. Eventually we raised our game in the field, with superb run outs from Jabs and Lucky and at the umpteenth attempt, a successful stumping from Simply. Timmo was pick of the bowlers, despite looking several yards slower each year that he plays, picking up 2-25 and the innings was polished off by Moysey courtesy of two almost identical catches from Spud at mid on. At one stage it looked like we would be chasing at least 160, but a good back end restricted Elthamians to 139.

A sparkling opening stand of 69 between Chand (Poison Ivy) and Jagdesh (Ace of Spades) put us firmly in control. For once it was Jagdesh who played second fiddle, as Chand struck 11 boundaries in an entertaining 51. His innings was ended by a superb catch on the boundary, which started a mini collapse. Jagdesh and Gary - playing anything but a 'Blockbuster' followed soon after and it took a dashing 28 from Gord, who was obviously inspired by his Michael Jackson entry music to put us back on track. Elthamians maintained a high standard in the field throughout, which combined with the Crusaders in-built ability to press the self-destruct button, meant that the game was always going to go to the wire. Some nonsensical running from Timmo, followed by a ridiculous dance down the track, ensured the loss of 3 wickets, with the score anchored on 127. This left the final pairing of Moyse and Taylor 2 overs to score the required 13 runs for victory. A few scampered singles and a couple of lusty blows from 'The Wanderer' and we were home.