Cricket
Today our certificate arrived for the Father Time plaque that will be on display on the new Father Time wall at the Lords cricket ground.
It’s for me and Claire in celebrating the England Women World Cup win at Lords in 2017 which we were at.
I think the best atmosphere I have been at for any sporting event.
Final pictures from 150 years match between Speldhurst v MCC.
MCC 265-6 dec in 44 overs (J Raynard 50, H Lloyd 110, A Moen 74*, James Waters 5-0-28-3) beat Speldhurst 184 in 43.4 overs (Dave Booth 36, Mike Jeffreys 44, R Balyliss 10-0-48-3, Matt P Hannon 9-3-29-3, Michael Churchill 8.4-1-34-2, R Glaysher 9-3-34-2) by 81 runs.
Another video from the Speldhurst v MCC match.
More pictures from the morning play of Speldhurst v MCC.
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Farningham II 192-6 in 40 overs (Simon Evans 63, Richard Pleydell 47*, Owain Withers 3-0-17-2) lost to Speldhurst II 193-7 in 36.3 overs (Mark Flemington 36, James Greenidge 93, Kevin Cullern 7-0-25-2, Chris Scott 8-0-30-3) by 3 wickets.
The 2s were asked to field at a warm Farningham which made a change regarding the weather, and it quickly became clear why. The pitch was hard and flat, and wickets were hard to come by, especially if you drop five catches before the first drinks break!
The breakthrough came through a suicidal run out, and a retired “tired”. We did take some late wickets through Owain Withers but plaudits go to the middle-overs squeeze provided by ‘spin twins’ Mark Flemington and James Greenidge. Both bowled nine overs for 25 runs and this in my eyes won the match.
Batting came second and came easier. M Flemington and Ed Wesson opened proceedings, both looking good until Ed missed one. Mr Greenidge then came to the crease with the full weight of his name and heritage behind him. He did not disappoint! The highlight of his fabulous 93 being a flicked six into the pavilion – the lowlight was him being out with 6 still needed to win.
Despite a late collapse (of course) we got there. With overthrows! I was actually out there at the winning time and ended with 6 not out which included the over throws. Fiery Farningham were audibly disappointed – couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch…
Another video to watch.
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This afternoon I received confirmation that the plaque I had ordered had been put up on too the new Father’s Time Wall at Lords.
In future postings your see pictures of it and the certificate.
1,000 FIRST-CLASS WICKETS FOR ANDERSON
Kent 19-5
James Anderson made his first-class debut in 2002. Now, here we are in 2021 and there is another huge milestone wicket for the Lancashire and England pace bowler.
Heino Kuhn is the man to go, caught behind for a nine-ball duck – the other four were all taken by the slips. His figures now are 7-5-3-5 and that is the 51st time he has taken five or more wickets in a first-class innings.
Just shows how the game has changed, as Jimmy has taken more test wickets then county wickets.
He will most likely be the last player to reach 1000 first class wickets with the way the game is going and of course he had to do it against my county.
