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NEWS

Prince Phillip once said “A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket

bat in the hands of a madman”. He was right. This week the

madmen of OD CUACO caused carnage with their cricket bats,

amassing over 1000 runs for the club across the 5 Saturday league

fixtures. Special mentions must go to Dario Boyce for his first OD’s

50, and to newcomer Tom Howe who scored a century for the 4th XI

on debut. You can see from later on in the newsletter that Tom also

set fantasy alight this week, with a ridiculously high scoring week.

Elsewhere on the cricketing radar, it was great to see 4 young

debutants in the 5th XI. Reports have said the boys absolutely loved

the experience. Thanks to all those who helped them have such a

great day and let’s hope there will be many more to come!

Also well done to the ODs Old Bats, a side formed of 6 of our colt’s

mothers! Please take the time to read their match report in this

newsletter, kindly provided by Jane East

I’ll use this opportunity to promote both the 200 Club and Race

Night.

Please sign up for the 200 club! a one off payment of £20 puts you

in the hat for 4 prize draws with top prize of £200. Please speak to

Howard Smith for more details. Think of it as a slightly more

expensive, but more rewarding scratchcard, with proceeds going to

the club.

Race Night will be held on the evening of 7th July. Please keep an

eye out for flyers about the event, or just be prepared for Rebecca

Hamilton who says she is about to start nagging. See the end of the

newsletter for more details.

No game for the 1st XI this week so *just* the four Men’s teams out

on Saturday. Good luck to them and to all others representing ODs

this coming week

Kind regards,

Newsletter #7

15th June 2018

1st XI

OD CUACO 280-6 (50.0)

Catford & Cyphers 63-10 (17.5)

2nd XI

OD CUACO 288-4 (46.0)

Catford Wanderers 136-10 (43.5)

3rd XI

Catford & Cyphers 100-10 (36.1)

OD CUACO 118-10 (19.3)

4th XI

OD CUACO 269-5 (40.0)

Orpington 116-10 (35.0)

5th XI

HSBC 209-10 (34.0)

OD CUACO 97-10 (30.1)

Sunday Friendly XI

OD CUACO 148-8 (35.0)

Oakhill Taverners 130-10 (34.3)

Under 17

Dartford 177-7 (20.0)

OD CUACO 96-6 (20.0)

Under 15

Hartley 144-7 (24.0)

OD CUACO 129-8 (24.0)

Under 13

OD CUACO 137-8 (20.0)

Bromley Common 97-10 (20.0)

THIS WEEK’S RESULTS

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MATCH REPORTS:

1st XI

To start, I would like to use a song to set up this match; 'What a

difference a week makes... 168 little hours!' Edited Jamie Cullum,

2003.

Furthermore, and in the words of many OD legends, there were

'runs for sale' this weekend at OD CUACO!!!

A week had passed from our disappointments of the previous

game, failing to chase down a mediocre 128, but there was an air

of excitement and expectation around the place, with our

unbeaten home record still intact. The visitors were Catford

Cyphers, and they were also in decent nick, with an impressive win

against Harvel in the previous week. Even with their current form,

and a guy who scored 195 red ink, it was no match for the

complete performance by OD CUACO that occurred during the

afternoon of the 8th of March 2018.

OD's batting first on a new wicket, set the tone with an important

open stand of 84. Jamie Batten batting once again with class and

confidence, supported by the old man of the team, Yogi. The opening partnership seemed to squash the

early chat from Catford, with the OD's boys playing along the ground and into gaps, putting excellent

pressure on the Catford boy's ground fielding.

Once Yogi (41) departed the fun then really started. Enter the destroyer, Dario (can't win a football

match) Boyce. Some might say this was overdue, but with a little control and calmness, the class of our

Barbadian team mate shined through in a glorious manner. He and Jamie put on 130 runs for the next

wicket, setting up the innings and the match. Jamie

ended on an industrious 86, with Dario just missing out

on the honours board, with a devastating 92. In a late

flurry, and to create momentum into the second

innings, mentions must go to Winks (24) and the skip

(17). Both sending the ball to all parts, it left use setting

281 to win, meaning the moral in the Catford dressing

room was lively to say the least.

After a fine tea as ever, the saying 'runs on the board'

was how the game continued. Catford from the first

over to the last, were put under unbelievable pressure,

both with impressive bowling from Chris Webster (6-2-

12-5) and Jamie Batten (6-2-15-3), and supported by

some unbelievable, and at times professional standard

catching and fielding. The buzz around the side gave

Saturday 2nd June

1st XI v No Game

2nd XI v Sibton Park (a)

3rd XI v Roan & Lambethans (a)

4th XI v Bexley (h)

5th XI v Stone (h)

Sunday 3rd June

Under 15 v Beckenham (a)

Sun 2nd XI v Sanderstead (h)

Thursday 21st June

U13 v Hayes (h)

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Jamie poses in his VPCOM shirt, overshadowing

Laurence’s shirt. He seems somewhat unimpressed

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Catford no stiff at all! In the 299 games I have played for this club, I honestly feel that was the most

complete performance I have ever seen. It was a pleasure standing at mid-on watching Chris and Jamie's

spells, with Jamie, Chris and Andy Ainger taking (what Clappy would describe as 'straight out of the sock

draw') Jonty Rhodes standard catches. 63 all out was what Catford finished on, and in all honestly, they

were lucky to get that many.

Long may this continue fellas. Gravesend watch out, we are coming for you!

Match report by Aaron White, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3549248

2nd XI

Arriving at Homebase on a sunny Saturday

afternoon to the sight of a lovely batting deck at

Catford Wanderers, the 2nd XI feared being

consigned to fielding first. However, the

generous opposition skipper offered up the

chance to bat first, which was taken very keenly.

Richard Loader and Laurence Sanders resumed

their opening duties and put on a very solid half

century stand to begin the innings - marked with

a proud handshake between overs. Such was

the pleasant nature of the pitch, Laurence

managed to cut consecutive deliveries to the

fence.

Richard’s characteristic elegance at the crease

took him towards another solid score, but

shades of jug avoidance about the dismissal on

42 as he was trapped lbw shortly before drinks.

Sanders was joined by captain Webster - with

the vibrant prospect of Mike Parr arriving at the

crease, these two stalwarts of blocking could

not afford to revert to old habits. A surprisingly

punchy partnership developed - plenty of ones and twos, a hoick over mid-wicket and some alarmingly

ungainly hacks to the leg-side by Sanders brought him a deserved half-century. The aggression didn’t stop

there, as the returning opening bowler put pace on the ball to further aid the run-scoring - a searing pull

shot wide of mid-on brought Laurence another boundary and ensured that no further bouncers would be

attempted.

With the score at 160/1 after 32 overs, the captain fell for 39, attempting to steer a cut shot to the short

boundary only for the ball to nip back and clip off stump via an inside edge.

Parr strode to the crease. The game changed.

In a scintillating display of (largely) controlled hitting, interspersed with measured defence against the odd

delivery, Parr dispatched bowlers left, right and centre. (Well, mainly left...) Within ten overs he was

Dan wonders why he was given this book. He already knows

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approaching a remarkable century. Laurence fell during the course of this period, edging behind and

deciding to walk - despite the jocular West Indian umpire not hearing the nick. Jack Abrahams joined Parr

and played the perfect supporting role by taking singles and letting the star of the show take centre stage.

The score raced past 250, with Parr communicating with the scorers - asking square leg to WhatsApp the

captain back in the pavilion - to check his total. This proved the ambition of the man, seeking the landmark

which would haul his team towards a startling total of 300, but he holed out to cow corner of all places,

falling eight short of that elusive hundred.

A late flourish from Abrahams lifted the final total to an imposing 288/4 (46). Not bad for a team inserted

by the opposition!

The captain decided that the usual tactical gathering before taking to the field should become a full-on

huddle, and conveyed a desire to kill the game off early in the run chase. Dan Hunter struck two early

blows with some impressive swing bowling, before the skipper took another two wickets to really force

home ODs' advantage.

The change bowlers of Tej Patel and Eric Clemming both seemed to complain of ailments, but more

wickets fell to Eric as Catford subsided before drinks. With the game killed off as desired, a rather

inexplicable passage of play followed, with the home side plodding along with little intention of chasing the

final total. Seth Tyler and Ashwani Arora wheeled through their spinning spells as ODs raced through the

overs - not even Laurence's doom-mongering about the threat of non-existent rain could halt the charge

for victory.

Eventually the stubborn partnership was broken, and the tail hit out in vain, with their side less than

halfway to achieving the required total. Tej burgled another three-for, taking his season's total to 9 wickets

at an average of 3.33 - particularly impressive given that most of the runs against his name have been

wides and no-balls.

ODs completed victory as Ashwani spun one through the gate and dismissed the number 11. A 152-run

victory after a perfect batting display and an effective bowling performance, backed up by energetic and

committed fielding. What more could you ask for?

Match report by Daniel Webster, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3582189

3rd XI

OD Cuaco 3rd XI 104-1 (19.3 overs) beat Catford & Cyphers 3rd XI 100 all out (36.1 overs) by 9 wickets

Could Catford restore some pride over Beckenham’s finest after two chastening defeats by our higher

teams? Quite simply - no.

Finally a W on the board for OD Cuaco 3's! We arrived at the Warren in good spirits and a quick look at the

team sheet saw some very welcome names returning - Bill Long and Mark Coles making their first league

appearances of the season along with Pete White and Bill Rouse with their first appearances of any kind

this season. At that to a late call up to Matti Haidar along with some regulars and we were good to go.

The toss was lost but no problem - the oppo let us bowl which the skipper was very happy with given the

line-up. Andy Hall and Simon Henley started off and the first wicket was taken early - a caught and bowled

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for Hall. The two batsmen in looked very sharp though but not as sharp as the 3rd team’s fielders - Haidar

and White taking advantage of some sloppy running with superb run outs - Pete White's in particular

hitting the one stump that he could see. Haidar and Paul Hunter took over bowling duties and took us

through to drinks with Haidar snaffling the 4th wicket just before the juice - caught by Russ Newell. Haidar

struck again immediately after drinks and Bill Long, replacing the ridiculously economical Hunter then

tortured the middle order - three batsmen done LBW - you must get forward on this pitch! Bill Rouse got a

few overs under his belt before Henley and Hall returned to finish things off - Henley taking out the oppo's

main man caught and bowled with Hall and Haidar combining for the last.

The fielding was superb throughout and we have to mention Matti Haidar's bowling - an outstanding 10

overs a pleasure to watch.

At the tea interval we got to see the 1's adding some serious late runs against Cyphers 1st team and it was

not looking like a good day for Catford at the Home of Cricket. Once tea was finished however, it was game

on - we had a job to do.

White and Coles started off and put on a solid 51 for the first wicket, with White the man out having

scored the most of the runs (39). Will Sanders then came in and he and Coles made short work of the rest

of the chase, playing sensibly while dispatching anything loose. Coles finished on 45 not out with Sanders

on 16. We really must apologise here to Liam Osborne who fielded beautifully but was left stranded with

pads on and nowhere to go.

A huge points win taking us nicely into our match this week against last year’s rivals Roan and Lambethans

who are flying high. Let’s hope we can take them down.

Match report by Andy Hall, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3283256

4th XI

OD Cuaco IV XI put last week’s defeat behind them with comprehensive victory over Orpington IV XI.

Normal service was resumed for the 2C-South Thames 2017 Champions as Sawko’s men defeated an

Orpington team, whom were 3 games unbeaten, by 153 runs whilst securing maximum points.

Winning the Toss, OD Cuaco opted to Bat and it turned out to be an inspired choice. Smith and Howe got

OD’s off to a solid start getting to 34 without loss before Smith (10) edged to first slip. The arrival of Anand

brought about a wonderful array of shot making and if it weren’t for his niggling injury the score would

likely had been higher. Regardless, Anand reached his second fifty of the season well before Howe who,

after 8 years out of the game, was still finding his feet, and the pair put together an enjoyable 119

partnership before Meenakshisundaram was caught behind for 72. Howe was then joined by youngsters

Issac Loader (18) and William East (30). Both young men played very well, executing elegant cricket shots

and scoring boundaries. Will East even took to charging the bowlers. These were valuable contributions at

an important time of game and allowed Howe to build good partnerships and play his shots. Howe reached

his 100 and looked nothing short of exhausted. Whilst encouraged by his skipper to bat through, fatigue

had settled in and Howe had one thing on his mind and that was to make as many runs in the quickest

time possible. Howe was eventually bowled for 117 having batted for 39 of the 40 overs, marking a good

comeback into the game. Boyden and Rouse saw OD’s out to settle on 269-5.

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After a well-deserved tea (unbelievable samosas), OD’s

had runs to play with which permitted the bowlers to

set aggressive wicket taking fields.

Openers East and Thomas bowled brilliant line and

lengths and restricted the Orpington openers. Dot balls

were mounting and it was only a matter of time until

the pressure gave in and East claimed his first and only

victim of the day (5-2-11-1), taking down an Orpington

opener, brilliantly caught in the gully, 5 times, by

Smith. Both East and Howard (5-0-21-0) were very

unlucky not to have more victims however, keeping the

opposition to 31-1 off 10 overs and needing a further

239 to win off 30 overs, meant that the pressure was

firmly on the home side. The introduction of James

Tinkler and Anand Meenakshisundaram (5-0-20-2)

brought about 5 wickets in quick succession. The home

side went from 42-1 to 50-6 in the space of 7 overs.

OD’s bowling attack continued to bowl superbly in

pairs with the skipper Sawko (7-0-25-0) providing a

supporting role for the young leg spinner, Loader, who

looked effortless and relaxed today claiming 3 wickets

(2 bowled, 1 caught), in a fantastic spell of ripping turn,

comprising 7 overs, 1 maiden, for 22 runs. With one

wicket remaining and proving to be a little elusive, Sawko turned again to Tinkler who had claimed each of

his 3 wickets in his first spell clean bowled. It took only 6 balls for Tinkler to claim his fourth wicket of the

day, and yes it was once again bowled. Tinkler finished on 6-2-16-4 and was just one fine part of bowling

attacked that dominated from start to finish.

The IV XI find themselves at home next week and back to back wins can help them climb out of the drop

zone (although very early on in the season).

(Skipper’s edit: With such a great all round performance this week at least 4 would be worthy of a Man of

the Match award in any ’normal’ week. But being forced to select just one, the accolade goes to Tom

Howe for only the 4s sixth ton in the play cricket era and for completely demoralising the opposition, for a

tough 39 overs, in his first game for the club)

Match report by Tom Howe, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3289126

Tom made the Kent Batting honours

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5th XI

HSBC 4th XI v OD Cuaco 5th XI

So, the first Saturday 5s game of the year

and the skipper was nowhere to be seen.

The call came, 'Parks, fancy skippering? 4

senior debutants from the U13s, 2 over

75s, give everyone a game'. Oppo claimed

similar strength team in emails during the

week, 35 over game deemed best.

Lost toss bowled.

Asa Smith and Noah de Vaux opened the

bowling with Asa taking a couple of

wickets in his second over, one thanks to

a fine cover catch from Jack McCarthy

and one bowled. The home no 4 chanced his arm before falling to a catch by HD Smith off Noah. Kai

Bennett replaced Noah and picked up the fourth wicket thanks to the skipper finally holding on to one that

hit all four limbs.

At the other end, Alex Davison then bowled some beautiful in swing and trapped the no 6 plumb in front.

As out an LBW as I think I have ever seen. HSBC then batted very well until Couch enticed the opener into

snicking off. Alex then bowled the no 7. Turns out this was his old school teacher! This brought the home

skipper to the crease who batted very well for a 51* assisted by one of his sons who scored 47 to set a very

challenging target.

Freddie Sweeting bowled a good spell without any luck and then Asa and Noah returned for second spells,

each took another wicket. The skip then fancied his chances against the number 11. Five deliveries of

absolute rubbish later, he finally decided to try a slower ball. De Vaux was perfectly placed at cover to

snaffle. 209 all out in 34 overs.

Unfortunately, Richard Bennett had injured himself trying to field the ball and had to go to Beckenham

Minor Injuries Unit, after having his sausage and chips for tea, of course. Kai and Anil opened the innings

before Anil was bowled by a shooter. Kai batted well, watching a few partners depart before he too was

undone by a good ball. In fact, batting proved a struggle for most of us with really only Alex and Howard

making a good impression near the end of the innings.

We ended 97 all out in 30.1 overs.

In truth, we were a little bit out gunned by the oppo. We gave senior debuts to four very talented young

cricketers with two of them getting their first senior wickets. A great performance considering they were

playing on pitches one yard longer than they are used to with heavier balls. As we have come to expect,

the fielding from the youngsters was excellent and I really hope all four debutants enjoyed the game

enough to again show the rest of us how to play.

Match report by Andy Parker, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3683920

5th XI

youngsters

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the 4

debutants

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Sunday Friendly XI

ODs 148-8 (35) beat Oakhill Taverners 130 (34.3) by 18 runs

In glorious sunshine, the skipper broke the habit of a lifetime and won the toss. On hearing this news, Sam

Parke and George Cook began padding up safe in the knowledge that ODs would be batting.

Unfortunately, Sam was a tad rusty and dismissed early doors but George and Andy Rouse built a good

partnership on a slowish pitch against a steady attack, taking ODs up to 30-1 after 10. Rouse was out

seeking to up the ante but this familiar face called 'Bill' Rouse replaced him and hit a couple of lusty blows.

Unfortunately, ODs suffered a mini-collapse as Bill, George (23) and Liam Osborne were out in quick

succession to leave the total at 65-5 after 20. Sanders (25) and Dave Vigus began to rebuild with some

enterprising running to take the total to 110 before both were out, accompanied by Phil Parke, to leave

ODs reeling at 110-8 and in danger of not utilising their alloted 35 overs. Fortunately, the legendary A Hall

(19*) was on hand, supported by Harry Deans, to add an excellent final partnership and take the total up

to an eminently defendable 148. Runs on the board, as someone may have once said!

Following their batting triumph, Hall and Deans opened the bowling and

restricted the Taverners' scoring, before Hall comprehensively bowled out

his victim. A good partnership ensued and took the score to 50-1, with

Parke and H Deans Snr unlucky not to pick up wickets. However, ODs

stayed in the game and wickets began to tumble with a good catch from

Phil Parke’s son at cover off Sam Parke’s Dad’s bowling.

At 80-4, the game was in the balance and so the skip called on Bill Rouse.

Calling on his recent sprint training, he delivered a fine 7 over burst to turn

the game irreversibly towards ODs. Huey Deans picked up the key wicket

of the Taverners' number 3 as the required rate escalated above 7 an over.

Vigus cannily collected a stumping by use of his pads and so it was left to

Hall to clean up the hapless number 11. A great bowling and fielding effort

from all involved as at one stage, the Taverners had seemed to be in a

great position.

Match report by Laurence Sanders, Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3663266

Under 15

Hartley Country Club U15 144-7 (24 overs) ODCUACO U15 129-8 (24 overs)

Hartley won by 15 runs

For the first time in living memory Hartley Country Club came to us (rather than the other way round).

Hartley only arrived with 9 players so it was going to be an interesting contest between the younger but

more numerous ODCUACO and the older and more powerful Hartley.

As is customary we lost the toss and so once again took the field. Alex O’Loughnane and Louis Mills went

for early runs as the openers took maximum toll of anything loose but once again Alex O struck an early

blow to calm things a little. Next up were 2 contrasting spells from the 1st change bowlers. Lewis Moreno-

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Nind (3 overs for 7 runs) turned in yet another miserly bowling performance with no batsmen able to get

after his bowling. Asa Smith had a real nightmare getting his line right but when he did he bowled some

absolute pearlers one of which totally bamboozled the remaining opening batsmen who missed a ball that

moved off the seam to bowl him.

The best bowling of the day came from Olly Colby whose first 2 balls went straight into the slip cordon to

be snatched up by Messrs Loader and East. The hat-trick ball was right on the money and was very sensibly

defended by the incoming batter. The rest of his spell was a tribute to the benefits of bowling at the

stumps and he ended with 2-11 from his 3 overs. Just as we seemed to be chipping away at the batting line

up we started leaking runs from extras and the odd boundary. Isaac Loader discovered what many a leg-

spinner has found out from bitter experience: long-hops and full tosses go to the boundary, balls pitched

up to inexperienced batsmen bamboozle them. He ended with figures of 3-0-18-3; Hartley finished on 144.

With a larger total to chase than the previous week and bigger boundaries it was going to require some

good batting to win this game. On the plus side Hartley only had 9 on the field.

Toby and Isaac opened the batting but we soon lost Toby trying to repeat an earlier shot that had gone for

4. William and Isaac then put on a 50 partnership however the run rate, which had started out at 6 an

over, was reaching 8 an over. Isaac was out LBW playing across the line and we then lost 2 further wickets

to run outs as the attempt to stay up with the rate took its toll.

William retired on 50 having benefited from a number of dropped catches and some generous umpiring

from the opposition umpire. At this point the rate was reaching 9 an over and despite the efforts of Louis

Mills (18) and Olly Colby (11*) we finished 15 runs short and Hartley were deserved winners.

Match report by Robin East

Scorecard: http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/results/3497464

OD’s Old Bats Softball team

So the eagerly anticipated debut of the Old Bats Ladies softball cricket team was suddenly upon us. The

first major error that had befallen the team was that they didn’t realise that it was actually softball cricket

and not softball, so all talk of school rounders had been rendered useless and they were all wishing they

had listened to their little darlings more when they had talked about cricket!

The Whatsapp chat on the day had ranged from what to wear, what pre-training had been done (eating a

bag of revels!!), who had gotten them into this mess in the first place but more importantly, what time

would they be serving the free prosecco!?!?

Due to slight miscommunication as to what time the event started, Becca DV and Rebecca H were thrown

in the deep end when they were the only 2 members of the team that arrived on time and the opposition

of a Beckenham team elected to field. Nikki and Jane had the shock of their lives when they happily idled

along to be thrown a fluorescent orange top and told to get a move on as the game had started. Julie

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arrived with some much needed

supporters in the form of her

husband and son and the game

got underway with 5 team

members and one ringer who

stepped in until Jo arrived.

Given the fact that it was the

first match and the opposition

were less than friendly, they did not embarrass themselves. In spite of some great catching and batting

from Nikki and expert wicket-keeping from Rebecca (yes that’s where Henry gets it from!), they fell short

and did not win. The ringer top scored and then hastily ran off to be with her own team.

Luckily the free prosecco arrived just as the first game finished. It must have done wonders as they won

the next match quite comfortably even though four wickets tumbled in the first over and an East/de Vaux

run out (no need to apportion blame!) didn’t help but it was nice to carry on that particular family

tradition!!!! Tears of laughter from other members of the team could be heard but they managed to turn it

around. Things were on the up thanks to Jo and Becca whose fielding was sublime and some nifty bowling

from Julie.

After a short break for food, more prosecco, of course, and the arrival of a few more OD supporters, game

number 3 got underway which was against the friendliest bunch of ladies of the night. The game was quite

close but some sensational catching by Becca helped turn the game and Nikki decided to finish off things in

style with a 6 straight onto the grass tennis courts! Unbelievable and the crowds went wild!

The team were looking for another victory in the last match, but the competition was fierce i.e. BromBecks

hockey players who were very young and fit! Winning the toss, the Old Bats decided to field first so that

they could have a total to chase!! However, the opposition decided they only wanted to score either 4s or

6s so a huge total was soon amassed. Becca decided to go for it aided by Jane but by now a few aches and

pains had begun to creep in and Rebecca H decided she needed a runner so up stepped Jo. When Jo took

a tumble whilst running for Rebecca, shouts of “the runner needs a runner” were heard from the crowd!

Great batting by Julie, Jo and Nikki was just not enough to get us over the finish line.

Due to a great team effort they won 2, lost 2 which was not a bad result for the evening! More prosecco

followed and a great time was had by all!

A big thank you to the supporters on the evening: Lizzy, Noah, Olly and Alex who hopefully weren’t too

embarrassed by their parents, to Paul for his inspirational words and to Richard for topping up the

prosecco.

Match reports by Jane East

The “Old Bats”

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WHO IS STAT?

The answer to last week’s “Who is Stat?” was Russell Newell. Try and guess who this player is:

STAT ATTACK

Worzel passed 4000 OD's runs and Batten passed 2000 runs

Thomas Howe's century was the 6th in 4th team history

Sawko needs 3 wickets for 50 OD scalps. He also loves the 358 bus.

Play cricket believes Aaron White has played either 299 or 300 games for ODs (depending on which page

you look at)

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Lots of contenders for Picture of the week this week but this one pips it. Youngster Alex Davison made his 5th XI debut and took some key wickets. One of his scalps was his old school teacher from Oak Lodge. Thankfully his teacher took it very well, and was happy to pose for this photo after the game. This is what cricket is all about! Many thanks to Paul Davison for submitting this! Keep submitting your snaps to me for your chance to win photo of the week!

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FANTASY LEAGUE UPDATE

Absolute carnage in Fantasy League this week but there is only one place to begin. New boy Thomas Howe

surprised us all by entering a team four weeks into the season. He then surprised us even more by backing

himself as triple captain and then finished by scoring a century on debut. In doing so he earned 987 points

which must be a record. Steve Sawko only scored one point less (no triple captain involved) by choosing

the 5 top run scorers of the day - incredible!

There were huge scores around especially in the batting section with Boyce, Parr, Anand and Tom all

breaking the 100 point barrier - Anand extending his lead at the top to over a hundred points. Four

bowlers scored over 60 points - Tej Patel (now top of the section), James Tinkler, Isaac Loader and Matti

Haidar while a big mention to three of the colts in the 5's here - Asa Smith (53), Noah De Vaux (46) and

Alex Davison (46) all scoring heavily. On a side note all of the colts in the 5's game v HSBC were selected by

at least one manager each - a great welcome to the club - with Jack McCarthy and Freddie Sweeting also

scoring positive points along with the established Kai Bennett!

In the all-rounder section it was business as usual for Batten - another stack of points earned - whilst Chris

Webster closed the gap on his bro with a score of 125 points to Dan's 82. The final section - the keepers -

was lit up by a stumping, two catches and 11 runs for Howard Smith and a weekly total of 46 points -

superb - though not enough to usurp Gaz Williamson at the section head.

I've no idea where to start with the league table - the difference between the lowest and highest scoring

teams was over 700 points so this was a week to separate the serious leaguers from the part timers.

Sawko is now top, with Chris Webster and Cameron Sanders close behind. Let’s hope for another batch of

wins and points this week - keep your eyes open for that all important team selection!

Written by Andy Hall

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

JAMIE BATTEN – 167 points

Lots of competition for this accolade this week. But Jamie’s 86

runs, 3 wickets and a catch propelled him to the title of Player of

the week!

MANAGER OF THE WEEK

TOM HOWE – 987 points

Let me introduce Tom Howe to you. Joined the club, got his first

game in the fours. The night before he created his team

(Commitment) and made himself his triple captain. He then went

on to score a ton, gaining lots and lots of points for himself. The

rest of his team was also ‘serious’.

Team of the Week: 1,148 pts

1. T Howe 157 points

2. Anand MS 132 points

3. D Boyce 112 points

4. M Parr 112 points

5. L Sanders 83 points

6. J Batten 167 points

7. C Webster 125 points

8. D Webster 82 points

9. H Smith 46 points

10. I Loader 66 points

11. J Tinkler 66 points

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FANTASY LEADERS

OVERALL FANTASY STANDINGS

For more about the ODs fantasy cricket league, visit: https://odcuaco.fantasyclubcricket.co.uk

Managers

Steve Sawko

2776 points

Chris Webster

2706 points

Cameron Sanders

2704 points

Batsmen

Anand MS

341 points

Dario Boyce

234 points

Laurence Sanders

183 points

Bowlers

Tejus Patel

206 points

Isaac Loader

186 points

Dan Hunter

183 points

All-Rounders

Jamie Batten

473 points

Dan Webster

445 points

Chris Webster

389 points

Keepers

Gary Williamson

86 points

Russell Newell

79 points

Howard Smith

72 points

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STATISTICS

*Batting average requires minimum 3 innings, ** Bowling average requires minimum 5 wickets

Most Runs

1. M Parr 366

2. W East 326

3. D Boyce 313

4. J Batten 227

5. I Loader 222

6. C Webster 213

7. D Webster 212

8. E Nott 210

9. H Hamilton 185

10. L Sanders 174

Most Wickets

1. I Loader 15

2. C Webster 15

3. W East 14

4. J Batten 14

5. D Hunter 13

6. A Davison 10

7. A Ainger 10

8. T Patel 10

9. N Worsley 9

10. Anand MS 8

9. T Patel 7

10. C Sanders 7

Most Catches

1. L Sanders 11

2. I Loader 9

3. W East 9

4. D Boyce 6

5. T Patel 5

6. C Webster 5

7. E Nott 4

8. R Newell 4

9. N De Vaux 4

10. C Sanders 4

10. M Parr 2

Highest batting average*

1. D Webster 106.00

2. O Jasper 54.00

3. W East 46.57

4. J McCarthy 46.00

5. M Parr 45.75

Best Bowling Average**

1. T Patel 8.60

2. O Colby 9.14

3.. J Batten 11.82

4. J Tinkler 11.71

5. C Webster 12.00

Most Run outs

1. D Hunter 2

2. O Jasper 2

3. D Webster 1

4. R Newell 1

5. R Loader 1

Highest Score

1. D Webster 133*

2. M Parr 131

3. T Howe 117

4. D Boyce 92

5. M Parr 92

Best Bowling

1. C Webster 5/12

2. T Patel 4/10

3. J Batten 4/12

4. J Tinkler 4/16

5. C Sanders 4/25

Sixes League

1. M Parr 21

2. C Webster 11

3. D Boyce 6

4. H Hamilton 4

5. E Nott 3

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SATURDAY SELECTION

2nd XI v Sibton Park (a)

E Nott R Loader

J East L Sanders ©

M Parr H Hamilton E Clemming

A Arora T Patel S Tyler

D Hunter

3rd XI v Roan & Lambethans (h)

P White M Coles G Cook

D Murrell S Parke

M Haidar B Long

B Rouse R Newell G Sayad A Hall ©

4th XI v Bexley (h)

T Howe A Rouse

Anand MS W East

L Hunter L Boyden W Black R East A Lake

I Loader S Sawko ©

5th XI v Stone (h)

K Harding A Mungol

A Parker © D Illing S Smith P Parke H Smith

H Thomas R Raghaven

D Vigus M Couch

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LEAGUE TABLES

1st XI

Kent Division III 1st XI- http://kcl.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/78296

2nd XI

Kent Division IV 2nd XI- http://kcl.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/79092

3rd XI

NWKL 1B- Metropolitan- http://krcl.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/77280

4th XI

NWKL 1C- Met/West- http://krcl.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/77286

Sunday Development XI

Kent Division 1- http://kentsdl.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/76968

U17

NKJL U17 Division 2- http://nkentjunior.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/78726

U15

NKJL U15 Division 2- http://nkentjunior.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/78739

U13

NKJL U13 Division 2- http://nkentjunior.play-cricket.com/website/website/league_table/78868

U11

NKJL U11 Division 4 NW (pairs)- http://odcuaco.play-cricket.com/website/team_widgets/32694