Rickmansworth & Isambard Cricket Club

Chess Valley League Division 8: Averages 2011

Batting (Qualification: 3 innings)

                                             M              I             HS         NO          AGG                 AV

Mark Wembridge           3          3          30*       1          75              37.50

Callum Cusack              4          4          32         0          92              23.00

Rory Cusack                 4          3          27*       1          35               17.50

Stuart Squires               4          4          37         0          65               16.25

Dave Malin                   3          3          14         0          18                 6.00

Also batted:

3 matches: Sean Lindsay 6.

2 matches: Sathish Baskar 29, 22; Brendan Lindsay 0*; Joe McCusker 69, 0; Saheed Mahroof 36*, 25; Ronesh Nathwani 9, 19; Jaimin Patel 5, 3; Paul Plummer 6; Marc Robinson 10, 7.

1 match: Namman Amman 11; Saad Ansari DNB; Tim Babi 4; Viher Buch 7; Antonio Caianiello DNB; Gavin Dundon 1; Raz Khan 29; Rohan Mahadik 14; Amer Malik DNB; Andy Marsh 62; Adam Mitchell 5*; Tony Norton 13; Neil Raithatha 0*; Jack Samways 0; Ben Soames 65*; Nathan Soames DNB; Nalinda Somasiri 5; Srinivas Taraka 11*.

* - not out; DNB – did not bat.

Bowling (Qualification: 3 wickets)

                                               O             M         R          W                  AV                         BEST

Tim Babi                       8          3          16         3          5.33                  3-16

Srinivas Taraka              8          0          35         3          11.67                3-35

Brendan Lindsay            12         2          40         3          13.33                2-19

Ronesh Nathwani           17         2          55         4          13.75                2-17

Callum Cusack              30         3          137       5          27.40                2-6

Also bowled: Saad Ansari 5-0-29-0; Sathish Baskar 15-1-59-2; Viher Buch 10-0-41-1; Rory Cusack 3-0-14-0; Sean Lindsay 23-3-81-1; Joe McCusker 6-0-41-0; Rohan Mahadik 6-2-13-2; Amer Malik 6-1-26-0; Tony Norton 8-1-7-2; Jaimin Patel 2.4-0-17-1; Paul Plummer 13-4-16-2; Neil Raithatha 2-0-26-0; Marc Robinson 18-3-46-2; Jack Samways 5-0-17-1; Nathan Soames 5-0-56-1; Stuart Squires 1-0-12-0.

Fielding

Tim Babi, Mark Wembridge – 2 ct.

Sathish Baskar, Viher Buch, Sean Lindsay, Rohan Mahadik, Dave Malin, Adam Mitchell, Tony Norton – 1 ct.

Posted by Keith Williams

The league season ended as it started, with rain preventing any play at Ickenham; the resulting two points were enough to secure promotion, albeit unfortunately not as champions. Not that you'd know this from the Chess Valley League's website, which still doesn't show our result from 28 August.  (Actually, it does now; we came third - KW).

Congratulations to all those involved in the league and friendly matches this season, but especially to Callum as the successful skipper.  He has truly united the team, who played some great cricket under his leadership.  Our best wishes to him on his forthcoming trip to Griffith, Australia ("the marijuana capital of Oz" - Ray Collins) - hopefully 24 hours' of potential DVT won't make his injured foot any worse...

Also congratulations to those from the joint side who won awards on Saturday night:

Player of the Year - Callum Cusack

Batsman of the Year - Mark Wembridge

Bowler of the Year - Paul Plummer

Clubmen of the Year - Dave Malin, Mark Wembridge

Tea of the Year - Great Missenden Pelicans (with mentions in dispatches for Ashford, Crouch End Calthorpe and Wimbledon United).

Finally, we have two matches left this season: a visit to the bucolic charms of Hare Street and the Hormeads this Sunday, and a trip to the less-bucolic Boxmoor on Sunday 17.  Please give both games your fullest support.

Posted by Keith Williams

Posted by Keith Williams

...for the joint Sunday team.

After our win against Newlands and Northwood on 29 May, we had won four out of six matches, and were looking forward to the summer.  After that, alas, things seem to have gone awry for the team.  The three matches we managed to complete saw a win and two defeats.  Two games were abandoned due to rain, and three cancelled - one due to a waterlogged pitch, the others because, frustratingly, we couldn't raise enough players.

On a positive note, we have begun our Dukes Chess Valley League Division Eight campaign.  The first match was cancelled due to an early June monsoon, but since then we have posted a good win against Abbots Langley, and a narrow defeat against Harrow St.Mary's.  The team are in league action again this Sunday - the first of six consecutive league matches - at St.Albans.

The league table at present suggests that Ickenham and Crouch End Calthorpe might be slugging it out for the title, albeit CEC have only actually played one match, ten of their fourteen points coming from opponents cancelling or cancelled games.  Nonetheless, with three teams promoted, there is genuinely all to play for.  This is the time for people to put their hands up for a Sunday hit and support the joint team - and hopefully we will have a promotion to celebrate come September.

Posted by Keith Williams

Frustratingly, we have had to pull out of Sunday's match at Deando Ruxley due to only having six players available by Thursday lunchtime.  This is a massive disappointment, and our profuse apologies go to the home side.

If the joint Rickmansworth and Isambard team is to survive and thrive, it needs YOUR support - from both clubs of origin (and new players), and for both friendlies and league matches.  I know people may have other committments, but we should have a large enough player pool to make weekly Sunday cricket viable.

I hope this is the last time this season that I will have to post such a message.

Posted by Keith Williams