29 May 2014
Halstead (A) - Sunday 1st June
Phil S (c), Dan Y (wk), Darren D, Stuart J, Noman H, Tony M, Dave H, Raj A, Justin R, Karl H, Sid P
Tour washout
We can only hope for better next year!
22 May 2014
PBUK Cavs Collapse
The Property Book Cavaliers played their second CECL match on Tuesday against the reigning champions, The Real Oddies.
The Cavs fielded first and restricted the Oddies to 163/4 from their 15 overs. D Dellar (0-12 from 2), N Hussain (0-11 from 2) and H Kumar (0-9 from 2) all bowled economically, with the successful bowlers being J Rawlings (1-33 from 3) and T Craiston (1-25 from 2). The other two wickets were run outs, with D Young collecting good throws from H Kumar and JJ Elliston for both wickets.
The Cavs reply brought back memories of the 2012 CECL Final against Boxted as a top order collapse saw the Cavs slump to 15/5 before D Dellar (5) and JJ Elliston (5) added 12 for the sixth wicket (the highest partnership of the innings), with JJ hitting the only boundary of the Cavs innings. With wickets continuing to fall, the Cavs were 37/9 after 8.2 overs, T Craiston (7 - the top scorer) and D Young (2*) got the Cavs up to 45 before Craiston jnr was bowled after 13.4 overs - Both batsmen enjoying some time in the middle... The Cavs slumping to a 118 run loss, G Knight claiming unbelievable figures of 4-1-12-6 for the Oddies!
Cavaliers break their duck
16 May 2014
Property Book Cavaliers - Chapter 1
From bitter experience we know the Mersea big hitting batsmen well, most having made 100s against us in league and cup matches over the years. To be set a target of 164 wasn't the worst we might have expected although Mersea were lacking some strength in depth. A valient chase led by 80 from your correspondent gave the PBC a sniff but good bowling from Storrar was the main difference with PBC falling 19 short of their target.
15 May 2014
Teams for Sunday 18th
Phil S (C), Vinnie, Jack K, Simon, Stuart, Dan S, Darren, Noman H, Dave H, Dan Y (WK) & Tony
Second Team vs Real Oddies (Mile End - Home) - Meet at MILE END @ 11:30am
Ed (C), Raj A (WK), Zubair, Kelum, Karl, Gregg, Sid, Craig, Peter J, James Ba, & Atif
9 May 2014
Tour to Derbyshire - confirmed
Fri 23rd: Chatsworth House (T20, 6pm)
Sat 24th: rest day
Sun 25th: Hathersage (40 overs a side, 2pm)
Mon 26th: Elton (40 overs a side, 2pm)
There are still spaces for the touring party if you would like to join in. The cost is £85 and all tourers are requested to transfer their tour fee to the Cavs account as soon as possible. Please contact Phil Sadler or Peter Johnson for further information.
1st XI: High Easter - away (11th May)
7 May 2014
Youth Triumphs Over Experience
Friendly Start for First XI
It's been a while since Cavaliers played any friendlies and our inexperience meant the hosts had to rescue the situation and provide a match ball. The preliminaries were carried out in a friendly fashion and Cavaliers agreed to bat first in a 40 over match, slightly delayed as the Chelmsford keeper was late to arrive.
The first over was profitable as Simon dispatched over and under pitched balls to be boundary but the going was more sedate for the next 10 overs as the bowlers tuned their radar and Simon & Vinnie struggled with the slow pace of a soft, straw coloured wicket. Just as the opening pair started to accelerate Vinnie fell to a poor ball hit to extra-cover. The change bowlers, especially from the top end were regularly dispatched to the boundary as 80 runs were added for the second wicket putting the Cavaliers on a decent 100-ish off 20 overs. Captain Darren and Simon had a conference and decided to accelerate the scoring but this was Darren's downfall as he missed a pull. Young Ollie Hills was unlucky to time a flick to square leg. Debutant Salman took an immediate liking to the spinners dispatching them down the ground time and again to make 45 off 25 balls ensuring Cavaliers made a competitive score. Simon fell just short of his hundred and the inning closed at 221-9.
Tony Mayhew was not out for the 100th time since records began - an amazing achievement.
Stuart and Asif, on loan from C&EE, opened the bowling and it was immediately clear that Chelmsford were going to attack anything off line or length. Asif was very unlucky having found the edge of the stronger opener's bat only for Darren to shell the catch. With runs coming at an alarming rate Cavaliers turned to Noman and Ollie Hills who both made an impression by dismissing an opener each. Suddenly the game was back in our hands as tighter bowling restricted the scoring and the required rate got up towards 6 an over.
A good partnership led by the left handed #4 put that game back in Chelmsford's favour and thanks to some geriatric fielding and rusty bowling the game ran away from the Cavaliers, eventually going down by 5 wickets.
Man of the Match: Simon (92)
1 May 2014
Teams for Sunday 4th
First team Vs Chelmsford (away, Chelmer Park) - Meet at the Rugby Club @ 11:30am
Darren (C), Simon, Vinnie, Dan Y (WK), Noman, Stuart, Salman, Phil S, Ollie H, Asif I & Tony
Second team Vs Coggeshall (home) - Meet at the Rugby Club @ 12noon
Ed (C), Sid, Raj A, Pete, Zubair, Atif, Asif K, Karl, Dave M, Kelum and Gregg