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Cricket
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Week 73 – August 8th – Kent v Hampshire Royal London Cup
Can you believe it? Another miserable day for cricket. We arrived at the ground (Beckenham) and sat in the car for at least 3 hours before stepping outside and finally taking our seats.
Play didn’t start until 14:30, should have started at 11:00. I said to Claire that if it rained again, we would go home.
Not surprisingly Hampshire won the toss and put Kent in, but openers Tawanda Muyeye and Ollie Robinson gave a good start against attack including former international bowler Kyle Abbott (bowled with some good pace), until Tawanda Muyeye was bowled by John Turner for 24.
Looking to our right, we could see a huge dark cloud moving in, so we moved to the car and just as we reached it, the rain poured down, so as agreed we left. With Kent 70 for 4 in 14.2 overs.
Amazingly the rain stopped and they went back out, but Kent were convincingly beaten by 6 wickets in reduced 24 over match.
This was after the Saturday match for Speldhurst II was cancelled, this summer is miserable. ?
Ollie Robinson taking guard. 
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Week 72 – July 26th – Week 2 of lockdown ending
Speldhurst II 149-8 in 35 overs (James Flemington 51, Arthur Plunkett 45, Nicholas Scott 6-2-24-2, Scott Conway 3-0-15-2) drew with Penshurst Park II 40-1 in 10 overs
Another wet weekend was promised as the 2s hosted Penshurst – top of the league, and responsible for our infamous 29 all out earlier this season. With sweet revenge on our minds, and a shortened game of 35 overs per side agreed, our openers calmly negotiated the opening bowlers to leave us 63-0 from 18 overs – not many times this season has our number six batsman been able to umpire overs 10-20, without having already batted!
When wickets did fall, they fell in neat batches of three, but this did not distract from two classy knocks: 51 from James Flemington, which lifted him coolly to the summit of the 2s top run-scorers list, and a brutal 46 (26 balls) from Arthur Plunkett which saw him try to hit most deliveries into his own back garden!
I managed to make 3 not out at the end of the innings.
With 149 on the board, we knew we were in with a good shout. SCC newbie Gary Humble acquitted himself excellently in his first three overs for the club, conceding just four runs. His next four balls however, saw him pick up an arm injury and then go for 17! In the end just 10 overs of tight bowling and fielding were managed by a high-energy, high-quality Speldhurst side hell-bent on retribution!
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Week 72 – July 26th – Week 2 of lockdown ending
We went to the county ground at Beckenham to see Kent v Lancashire in the Royal London one day cup. This was the first time I had been to ground to watch a match and I could show Claire where I did my ECB coach training from earlier in the year.
As seems to be the case for us this year, the rain followed us and we only saw 14.5 overs of cricket.
Lancashire had reached 71 without loss when play was halted by a downpour at 12.02, with Josh Bohannon 39 not out and Keaton Jennings unbeaten on 24. Kent’s Darren Stevens had bowled six overs for just 11.
The legend that is Darren Stevens during warm up 
Darren Stevens ready to run in to bowl 
Nice take by Ollie Robinson down the leg side pass Keaton Jennings. 
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Week 71 – July 19th – Week 1 of lockdown ending
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.
Certificate for the Father Time plaque. -
Week 71 – July 19th – Week 1 of lockdown ending
Final pictures from 150 years match between Speldhurst v MCC.
Nice capture of a take by wicketkeeper Edward Wesson. 
Well beaten and captured the ball in the picture. 
Putting some effort into that ball. 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.
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Week 71 – July 19th – Week 1 of lockdown ending
More pictures from the morning play of Speldhurst v MCC.
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Week 71 – July 19th – Week 1 of lockdown ending
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Week 70 – July 12th – Week 9 of lockdown easing phase 3
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…
