North Elmham (26 pts) beat Hethersett & Tas Valley "B" (5pts)

 

Highlights:

North Elmham: R. Futter 71, S. Malherbe 68, A. Kay 4-35, M. Elmar 3-30

Hethersett & Tas Valley "B": M. Kemp 41 B. Burrett 17

 

Report

On a very pleasant afternoon second in the league North Elmham,  led by their vice captain Ant Keeble, in the absence of Chris Palmer, batted first on a pitch that was dry, true and fast, unlike the pitches of the previous few weeks - and they revelled in it.

Stephan Malherbe and Grant King opened the innings and got it away to a good start  with boundaries coming in all directions with King preferring to score 6's before holing out to mid on for 33. Chris Crane had a short cameo of 14 before being bowled by Chapple which was the cue for Richie Futter to join Malherbe at the wicket .  The pair proceeded to lay waste to the Hethersett bowling with twelve  4's each plus a 6 for Futter .  Malherbe eventually put the ball straight down the throat of deep square leg off the bowling of O. Hutt for 68 whilst Futter  supported by Ian Sinclar and Andy Kay went on to make 71 before being bowled by Kemp.  Sinclair ended the day with 25 not out after an unusually slow start.  The best of the Hethersett bowlers was G. Chappel who took 1-36 and was the only bowler to bowl any  maidens, he did not appear to be turning the ball but he was accurate. The other bowler who impressed was Howard, although he took no wickets his economy of action was impressive for a 14 year old and he consistently hit the ball on the seam to get movement. North Elmham finished the day on 235 for 5 off their 45 overs.

The misfortunes of Hethersett continued when they went in to bat with Andy Kay's first over yielding just one run whilst Ian Sinclair opened his account with a wicket maiden to dismiss Ross Jones for 1.  Miles Kemp arrived at the wicket and took a liking to some of the North Elmham bowling,  unfortunately the same was not happening at the other end as Boulderstone was out for 4 bowled by Kay.  Burrett put up some resistance with an innings of 17 before being caught at deep mid off by Kay off the bowling of Elmar. Kemp was out shortly after for 41 caught by Tindall off the bowling again of Elmar. Howard stayed around for a while for a very patient 13 whilst Chappel and Branstreet were dismissed very quickly. T Hutt put up a spirited rearguard of 14 but it was not really of much help as Hethersett were all out for 137 after 38.2 overs with extras being the second highest scorer at 26. Andy Kay and Matt Elmar were the best of the North Elmham bowlers with 3 wickets each, followed by Ian Sinclair with 2 and an impressive little spell at the end by Grant King of 3 overs, 2 maidens, no wickets for one run. A very successful afternoon for North Elmham, but you couldn't help feeling a little for the youngsters of Hethersett, they did try very hard.

Next week at home to Great Melton in the penultimate game of the season.

 

North Elmham

 

S. Malherbe ct Chapple b O. Hutt 68,

G. King ct Burrett b Boulderstone 33,

C. Crane b Chapple 14,

R. Futter b Kemp 71,

I, Sinclair not out 25,

A. Key ct Howard b T. Hutt 7,

A. Keeble not out 1,

extras 14,

Total 230 for 5 (45 overs)

 

T. Hutt    11   -   0   -   53   -   1,

J. Boulderstone   8   -   0   -   57   -   1,

G. Chappel   12   -   2   -   36   -   1,

J. Howard   8   -   0   -   46   -   0,

O. Hutt   4   -   0   -   19   -   1,

M. Kemp   2   -   0   -   13   -   1

 

Hethersett & Tas Valley "B"

 

R. Jones b Sinclair 1,

R. Parslow b Sinclair 8,

M. Kemp ct Tindall b Elmar 41,

J. Boulderstone b Kay 4,

B. Burrett ct Kay b Keeble 17,

J. Howard b Kay 13,

G. Chappel b Elmar 4,

J. Branstreet b Elmar 5,

T. Hutt b Kay 14,

O. Hutt b Kay 4,

D. Ellis not out 0,

extras 26,

Total 137 all out (38.2 overs)

 

A. Kay   10.2   -   2   -   35   -   4,

I. Sinclair   8   -   3   -   27   -   2,

M. Elmar   9   -   2   -   30   -   3,

A. Keeble   4   -   0   -   19   -   1,

A. Joplin   4   -   0   -   15   -   0,

G. King   3   -   2   -   1   -   0