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August 23rd 2026
Is this the last of this year's heat? Quite possibly. Just thought I'd start with that. No reason.60 and counting
Match report J
Simon
Horley won the toss and chose to bat first and at 6 for 30 in the - oh, hang on... I can't see that information on STUPID PLAY CRICKET!!! - somethingth over they might have regretted their decision. Principal wicketeers were Matt Edwards in his opening 3 overs 1 (bowled) for 0 and Matt Brock, who again, shone in his great spell of 8 overs 3 (2 caught by Chinu, 1 LBW) for 18. Jim, replacing Matt early took two wickets (both caught behind in something like PC) in his first spell of four overs for 8, and Kanishka and Suyash backed all this up with one wicket each (yet another Chinu catch for Kanishka and a Sam catch for Suyash) and by the time... some more overs...probably... had passed, the visitors were on... some runs and were a few wickets down. Suyash, you ask? New to our team and very welcome he is too, with his sharp bowling, excellent fielding and batting which we'll see later when we get a SCOREBOOK to look at. We also welcomed Josh Dolan, a friend from Hurstpierpoint, who kept wicket and added some general heft to proceedings, and Sam Simon back to the fold in his first game for some time. Hopefully we’ll see everyone again in the near future. So, given this is a hopeless cause unless I go into Play Cricket and replay the whole match ball by ball into our book, all I can say is that from 30 for 6, M Johns’ 84 not out, N Sherwani's 24 and, later, W Basting's 41 took the score up nicely towards the end of the innings. From (painful) memory I can only apologise for dropping a simple chance at mid-on off George's excellent brave bowling, but I wasn't the only dropper. On a brighter note Chinu took his three great catches, whilst also patrolling deep and saving many runs, as did regular fielding stars both Matts and Henry too, whose throw in from deep by the poplar tree ran Spalding out towards the end of the innings. Going deep into Play Cricket’s nether regions I see that Horley added 47 runs in the last 6 overs for the loss of just one wicket (Henry’s run out) and that the last three overs went for 35 after which excess Horley declared on 195 for 9 after 41 overs batting. I feel I’ve left something important out. If I knew what it was I’d put it in. Kanishka’s tea is always a great spectacle, though this time two tables were enough as he hadn’t asked ChatGPT to make a meal for 60 people, and I have to say the tandoori chicken was definitely worth the turmeric splashes on my neighbour’s whites. In TWCC’s right of reply skipper Matt E asked Henry and Chinu to open and all went well for the first 4.4 overs when Henry was out for 13. He'd shown lot of patience and scored three calm fours, but then chipped the ball back to W Basting who took a nice return catch off his own bowling. Chinu was next to go, in the 9th over – and we’re fairly sure we saw a defensive block in there somewhere – and TWCC were 39 for 2. Suyash at 3 and Sam at 4 found 28 pretty quick runs, but then Sam was out caught for 21 and Matt E didn’t last very long at all – Au dear... and TWCC were suddenly 67 for 4 in the 13th over, still 128 in arrears. Time for the newcomers to show their game, and Josh and Suyash obliged as the two put on 57 runs together with some good running and some special hitting indeed especially from Josh as he sent a lofted extra-cover drive over the oak tree in the playground for a real biggy. The pavilion relaxed a little during this period, and well might they have as everything looked to be in control as the 22nd over rolled by. And then it wasn’t quite as alright as it had been as the bowling tightened up quite a lot in the hands of Sherwani and Johns. Suyash was caught off Johns’ bowling for 32 and Josh went for 42 in just the following over and things began to look a little less rosy, especially as now the ball was more or less exclusively being bowled onto a good length and tight to the stumps. There was still some power to come, but, instead, Jim went in and knocked it about a bit, first with George for whom batting on such a bouncy wicket is pretty tough as the ball is generally passing him somewhere up by his ears, and then with Kanishka. Kanishka does have big hits in him and so does Matt B which we were looking forward to after Jim was out for 7 caught at mid-off, but Matt wasn’t able to put his power down, and TWCC were 9 down with just 139 on the board and 7 overs left. Stick it out for a draw? No! Surviving the good balls, Kanishka and Edward weren’t afraid to put bat to ball when the offer was there, and Edward finished with two fours to his name on 9 not out, but Kanishka, in spite of a massive perfect six into the ash tree in front of houses and a couple of other boundaries, was bowled, out for a fine 16 in the 37th over, and TWCC were all out for 166, some 29 runs short. However this loss for TWCC might read, it was genuinely one of those games where the result was less important than the afternoon’s enjoyment. Horley were good when they needed to be good, and were very friendly all afternoon, and they happened to win. Fewer dropped catches from TWCC and a few more runs here and there and the result might well have gone the other way, but it just happened not to. To the Short’s for some lovely pizzas as the light fell away. Thank you Michael, Lorraine and Henry, and what a lovely way to end yet another Sunday. Scorecard Toss won by Horley CC who chose to bat first in a 38-42/42-38 split draw possible but unlikely 80 over game. If you see what I mean? Horley CC Innings: A Low† ct J Dolan (wk) bld J Simon 14; R Smith bld M Edwards 0; S Cook ct C Sharma bld M Brock 7; J Priyaraj LBW M Brock 0; S Terry ct J Dolan (wk) bld J Simon 0; M Johns not out 84; L Smith* ct C Sharma bld M Brock 1; N Sherwani ct C Sharma bld K Bhattacharya 24; W Basting ct x bld S Tharad 41; E Spalding run our (H Short) 3; J Gee not out 7. Extras 14 (B7, LB1, W4, NB2) Total 195 for 9 (41 0vers) Fall: 1-4, 2-22, 3-26, 4-26, 5-29, 6-30, 7-75, 8-148, 9-155. TWCC Bowling: M Brock 8-3-18-3; M Edwards 4-3-13-1; J Simon 8-1-24-2; K Bhattacharya 8-0-42-1; S Tharad 8-0-34-1; G Chessun 3-0-34-0; H Short 2-0-22-0. TWCC Innings: H Short ct & bld W Basting 13; C Sharma ct L Smith bld W Basting 8; S Tharad ct N Sherwani bld M Johns 32; S Simon ct W Basting bld S Terry 21; M Edwards* ct A Low (wk) bld S Terry 21; J Dolan† bld N Sherwani 42; J Simon ct W Basting bld N Sherwani 7; G Chessun bld M Johns 1; K Bhattacharya bld S Cook 16; M Brock bld M Johns 0; E Bunn not out 9. Extras 16 (B3,LB3, W6, NB4) Total 166 all out (36.1 overs). Fall: 1-20, 2-39, 3-67, 4-67, 5-124, 6-126, 7-132, 8-138, 9-138, 10-166. Horley CC Bowling: W Basting 7-1-29-2; E Spalding 4-0-19-0; J Gee4-2-24-0; S Terry 4-2-24-2; N Sherwani 8-2-23-2; M Johns 8-1-28-3; S Cook 1.1-0-10-1. Horley CC win by 29 runs. Top of page |
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