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25th April v East Sutton. Home (friendly) skied a catch into the hands of a very happy Charles,
and when veteran Tim Bull held a catch off Nic,
East Sutton won the toss and batted first. Charles, Holborough were all out for 198. Frittenden needed
opening the bowling with Nic Rodreigo, worked a solid start to chase this down, and they got it,
through a full 8 over stint unchanged, taking 2-25. with Chamil taking the lead in a century opening
Mark Handley also bowled his 8 off the reel, getting partnership with Richard Hunter. When Chamil (60),
2-26, by which time the visitors were 71 – 4 at the half- Richard (30) and Mark (10) were out in fairly quick
way mark. The scoring rate picked up over the last 20 succession, momentum was checked, but Charles
overs, but youngster Ryan made an impact with 1-10 turned things around. With Captain Nic accumulating
and a catch, and Nic came back to take a wicket, before 17 unbeaten runs at one end, Charles blasted six 4s
a final scoring flurry took East Sutton to 185-6, of and five 6s in a destructive innings of 62 not out.
which their captain L Tinsley, contributed 51 not out. Frittenden scored 202-3, reaching victory in the 37th
In reply, Frittenden opener Chamil was given LBW over to win by 7 wickets, and in so doing became the
for 14, while neither debutant Charlie Sleightholme become the first ever leaders of Division 3 West.
nor Simon Casswell troubled the scorers. When
skipper Craig Smith was caught for 31, Frittenden 9th May v Headcorn. Away (friendly)
were 60-4 off 16 overs, and S Deep had taken all
the wickets, finishing on 4-32 off 8. Whether it was Headcorn batted first on the first warm Sunday of the
Deep’s departure or Dobson’s arrival, or more likely season, and our youngsters were again thrown into the
both, the next 13 overs saw a dramatic turn-around. fray as Louis and Ryan opened the bowling. Both took
While Mark Handley ticked along scoring 34 not out wickets, and Louis in particular can be very proud
Charles Dobson made an unbeaten 84, including 9 of his 1-21 off 6 overs, on a day when several other
fours and 6 sixes, the last of them to win the match. bowlers suffered as J Ovenden scored 49, and A Fisher
Frittenden won by 6 wickets, with 10 overs to spare. made an unbeaten 105 (retd). Ian Wicks (jnr) took
one wicket, guest player Michael Winner got two and
A return to the It was a 30 over a side match, in which batters were 2nd May v Holborough Anchorians. Charles applied some control with 1-16 off his 7 overs.
obliged to retire (not out) upon reaching a score of
Home (League match)
All but one of Headcorn’s players made contributions
battle between 30 or more. The B&J won the toss and decided to Covid-19 put paid to the Kent Village Cricket League with the bat, and they finished with 257-6 from their
field. Chamil Almeida and Aiden McGinley opened
40 overs. Frittenden’s innings was opened by Chamil
for the Club. Chamil moved smoothly to a precise
last season, but it has returned for 2021 with a new
leather and 30 (retd), while Aiden fell short of magic score by structure. Frittenden, having been Champions of and Don Smith. They put on 34 runs without loss,
but then 5 wickets fell for 13. Chamil made 29, Don
4 runs when adjudged LBW for 26 to the bowling
Division 6 in 2018, and finishing 2019 in a respectable
9, Aiden McGinley 8, Louis and Stephen Harmer 1
of Callum, celebrating his birthday. Isaac Handley
mid-table position in Division, now finds itself in
willow then scored a quick 33 (retd), with six fours. The the dizzy heights of Division 3 West. We also found each and Captain Nic’s innings is best not mentioned.
Respectability was restored by Charles, who had to
Club suffered a middle order wobble, as TC took two
ourselves, as the season’s first league fixture arrived,
wickets, assisted by uneven bounce, before Charles missing several regular first-teamers, meaning a content with 39 (and out for the first time this season),
Tim Bull timbbull@aol.com Dobson came to the middle, bludgeoning 33 (rtd) call-up for oldsters and youngsters. Nic Rodreigo while Ian and Michael both made 32s, but Frittenden
in just 9 scoring shots, including 4 sixes. The Club captained the team, called the toss correctly, and were all out for 162 in 36 overs, losing by 95 runs.
closed on 167 for 5. The B&J’s batters struggled against inserted the opposition. The first half of the innings Frittenden Cricket Club is a welcoming, friendly
HM Government, clearly unwilling to take on accurate bowling in the early overs, despite a special was to all intents and purposes a gladiatorial contest Club, playing a match almost every weekend from
again the wrath of the village cricket lobby, rule allowing occasional cricketers an extra life if they between two big men: Charles versus the visitors April to mid-September. We play League and Friendly
cunningly relaxed covid-19 restrictions sufficiently had not scored a run. This meant several had to be opening bat, Nasser Raja. Charles bowled 9 overs cricket, priding ourselves on playing all games in a
to allow the season to open in April. Cricket teas, got out twice, to the particular frustration of Club unchanged, taking 3-31 but was unable to dislodge sporting and cheerful spirit, where, while we try our
spectators, and socialising in the Club house were junior, Louis Harmer. TC picked up the scoring rate Raja. After a tricky start, Chamil got into a groove best to win, we set out to enjoy every match whatever
out, but this failed to dampen enthusiasm for a making 19, including a six, before being caught off with his off-spin, running through the middle order the result. If anyone is interested in joining, we are
return to the battle between leather and willow. Aiden’s bowling. Tom Hayden top-scored with 29, to take 4-28. With senior bowlers absent, youngsters always keen to find new players. For information,
but the innings ended with the pub all out for 78, Louis and Ryan were called on again and filled the please see our Play Cricket website: frittenden.
18th April v Bell & Jorrocks XI. Home the Club winning by 89 runs. The Club’s youngest gap despite being put under huge pressure by a well- play-cricket.com or contact the writer. Net sessions
We began with a friendly fixture against TC’s B&J players excelled the field; Louis took 3 for 13 (could set batsman. Mark Handley and Nic then returned are currently taking place on Thursday evenings.
XI, who managed to combine a great game of cricket have had more were it not for the “special” rules), and with ball, Mark picking up one wicket. Nic finally
with the consumption of heroic quantities of lager. Ryan Martin 1 – 18 and a catch to end the innings. sent Raja back to the Pavilion, out for 93 when he
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