Reports 2010

In the 5th/6th place league play off match, Abberton entertained Great Waltham. Batting first Abberton had difficulty coming to terms with the Great Waltham attack loosing early wickets to Mary Shaw (15 for Two) and K Dreyer (17 for Three) with only Jo Sibley (12) showing early resistance. The game turned Abberton's way with a fine stand between Hannah Porter (26 retired) and Megan Doyle (26 retired) quickly followed by a lively innings from Max Harris (15 not out), Abberton reaching 121 for seven off their allotted twenty overs.

In reply Great Waltham were no match for the Abberton attach with wickets falling at regular intervals. N Bridge (11) was the only one to reach double figures with Min Patel (3 for Two) in devastating form. Hannah Porter (9 for Two) and Max Harris (11 for Two) were the other main wicket takers with the visitors all out in the fifteenth over.

The 7th/8th play off was between Maldon and Eight Ash Green. Batting first, Eigjht Ash Green were emmidiately into their stride with openers di Passfield (25 retired) and Debbie Aylward (25 retired) scoring at over seven runs per over. Vanessa Smith (28 retired) produce some hard hitting scoring her runs in four overs! Sarah Harris (29 for One) and Georgia Mathers (12 for One) had some success but a late flurry from Karren Dredge (22 not out) saw the visitors finish on 137 for two.

In reply, Maldon lost an early wicket but Sarah Harris (18) and Grace Penketh (15) showed stubborn resistance, scoring steadily but unable to keep up at the required rate. With their dismissals, the run rate dropped but the tail were determined to hold out and finally reached 67 for nine off their twenty overs. For the Green, Debbie aylward (5 for Three) and Jane Swift (10 for Three) were the pick of the bowlers.

Copdock 75 for 6 wkts (3 points) lost to Colchester & EE 76 for 2 wkts (20 points) by 8 wickets

Abberton 152 for 5 wkts (20 points) bt Mistley 58 all 0ut ( 2 points) by 94 runs

Batting first, Abberton lost early wickets to the accurate bowling of Michelle Mauger (20 for Three). Opener Jo Sibley (28 retired) held the side together gaining support from Sue Theobald (25 retired) the home side regained control and scored freely. Alfie Shepherd (17), Hannah Porter (19 not Out) and Min Patel (15) saw the runs pile up, finishing on an excellent 152 for five. L Dixon (37 for two) was the other wicket taker.

In reply, Mistley started slowly with Amy Cook (11) and H Churchill (14). Hannah Jeffrey (7 for five) off four overs proved unplayable with Alfie Shepherd 3 for One) off four stoppiong the run flow. Mistley battled on but were no match for the much stronger abberton side.

Sudbury 112 for 5 (20 points) bt Eight Ash Green 79 all out (4 points) by 33 runs

Batting first Sudbury started steadily and despite loosing an early wicket Kirsty Sloan (25 retired) and Lucy Philp (25 retired) pushed the scoring to over five runs an over. With their retirements some hard hitting from Lizzie Philp (20) accelerated the rate but two quick wickets in the sixteenth over from Debbie Aylward (17 for Two) left the tail to scramble past the hundred to post a respectable 112 for 5.

In reply, Eight Ash Green were immediately in trouble loosing both openers with onlt one on the board. A Steady partnership between Debbie Aylward (17) and Vanessa Smith (12) put the visitors back on course until a devastating spell from Lucy Philp (12 for Five) put Sudbury in firm control. A late burst from Debbie Green (20) supported by the tail only delayed the inevitable, the return of Penny Everett (7 for Two) into the attack closed the game giving Sudbury a comfortable victory and a well deserved share of top spot in the North league.

Woodham Mortimer 164 for 4 wkts (20 points) bt Rayliegh 47 all out (2 points) by 117 runs

A very warm and sultry evening. Woodham won the toss and elected to bat. Letch and Melhuish opened and put on 31 for the first wicket. A flurry of wickets fell to bring Brown to the crease. Letch and Brown both retired. Southgate and Mitchell entered the fray, after losing a further wicket, Southgate retired and Guppy (19 n.o) and Morling (18 n.o) see out the 20 overs. A brilliant spell of bowling by Verlander got the Woodies off to a good start, getting 4 of the top 5 Rayleigh batters. King put in a good innings of 20 before being stumped. The wickets then fell steadily and Woodham got the victory

Kelvedon & Feering 105 for 6 wkts (20 points) bt Maldon 54 for 5 wkts (3 points) by 51 runs

Kelvedon batted first on a very hot summer evening. They scored well for the first few overs but had to run as the boundaries were saved by some good fielding. Bryony then played some well placed shots and retired on 27. Vicky and Louise continued to score well until Megan Daniels took the first wicket for Maldon. George Mathers bowled extremely well picking up 3 wickets in 3 overs for just 8 runs backed up by some great catching from her team mates. Vicky retired on 29 and Bryony Pipe bowled a wicket maiden to finish the 20 overs. Kelvedon closed with 105 for 6.
Nicola and Kerry opening the innings for Maldon but the accurate bowling of Bryony Butcher kept the run rate below target. Wickets fell regularly although Kerry batted through to finish on 19. Kelly Wattell contributed a well deserved 11 and Maldon closed with 54 for 5.

Old Chelmsfordians 118 for 7 wkts (7 points) lost to Great Waltham 147 for 5 wkts (20 points) by 29 runs

Colcheste & EE 32 for 1 wkts (20 points) bt Abberton 29 all out (0 points) by 9 wickets

Batting first Abberton were left stunned and three wickets down after a devestating opening over by the silent but violent Kiri Samaranayake(4-7) who also took two catches and a run out. Jamie Newstead(8) and Min Patel(2) provided some resistance for the visitors. All the Colchester bowlers contributed to the wickets with Lucy Stuchfield(3-4) the other main wicket taker.

In reply Hannah Jeffrey(1-8) was rewarded with a wicket after some accurate bowling but Kara Toleman ensured the home side the win in the 6th over with a blazing 26no.

Mistley 85 for ? (3 points) lost to Sudbury 123 for ? (20 points) by 38 runs

Eight Ash Green 139 for 6 wkts (20 points) bt Copdock 44 for 9 (3 points) by 95 runs

Batting first Eight Ash Green got off to a flying start scoring at over ten runs per over. Vanessa Smith (20), Di Passfield (14) and Jane Swift (25 retired) caused the initial damage until some quick wickets slowed the rate. Sarah Bamfield (21) accelerated the scoring assisted by the tail with Sue Miller (11) and Karen Dredge adding more valuable runs, enabling the home side to reach 139 for 6 wickets. For Copdock, Emma Bigmore (17 for Two) and Flo wilkinson (13 for one) were the main wicket takers.

In reply the Green bowlers were devastating with Vanessa Smith (12 for Three), Debbie Green (8 for Two) and sarah bamfield (8 for Two) reducing the visitors to nine for six after five overs. Kay White (10) and Emma Bigmore (7 not out) showed considerable resolve holding out until the final over, falling some ninety five runs short.

Rayliegh 62 for 4 wkts (2 points) lost to Maldon 63 for 3 wkts (20 points) by 7 wickets

Old Chelmsfordians 80 for 8 wkts (4 points) lost to Kelvedon & Feering 81 for 2 wkts (20 points) by 8 wkts

OCs started shakily with both openers run out but then K Collins steadied the innings ably assisted by A Farrar who went on to score 25 and retire. T Latimer also scored a creditable 13. The best of the Kelvedon attack was T Yates 3 for 12 off 4 overs and V Tunn 2 for 15 off 2 overs.
Kelvedon replied with B wild retiring on 26 and T Yates getting 24 after replacing H homes, who was bowled after a promising start by K Golding. The winning 4 was hit by T Wilson who finished a good innings of 12. K Golding topped the OCs bowling with a very neat and tidy spell 1 for 12 off 4 overs and A Farrar took the other Kelvedon wicket and finished with 1 for 19 off 4 overs. Kelvedon and Feering won by 8 wickets.

Great Waltham 42 all out (0 points) lost to Woodham Mortimer 43 for 0 (20 points) by 10 wickets

Abberton 138 for 8 wkts (20 points) bt Eight Ash Green 84 for 6 wkts (7 points) by 54 runs

Abberton entertained 8Ash Green hoping for another win to keep pressure on the teams at the top of the league.

Batting first they got off to a good start with Jo Sibley (16) and Alfie Shepherd (25 retired) putting on 45 for the first wicket. Amy Finbow (13) Hannah Jeffrey (15) Helen Barnes and Minal Patel both scored 16. Abberton Scored steadily but wickets began to fall with 5 wickets falling for 4 runs, Chris Jones (3 for 19) and D Martin (2 for 17) being the pick of the green bowlers. Abberton reached 138 for 8 from their 20 overs.

In reply despite losing Di Passfield early on, D Aylward and J Swift both reached retirement with 26 and 27 runs respectively, but no other batter maintained the run chase against some accurate bowling and the green eventually finished 84 for 6 off their 20 overs leaving Abberton winners by 54 runs. Hannah Porter (2 for 18) had the best figures for Abberton.

Colchester & EE 155 for 2 wkts (20 points) bt Mistley 63 for 8 wkts by (2 points) 92 runs

Colchester showed their impressive batting strentgh with 3 ladies retired. A special mention to K.Samaranayake who hit an impressive six, add this to her brilliant bowling and you can see why she was picked as the player of the match. Mistley's bowling attack did show some improvement as they gave away less extras than in previous matches. Alice Antliff was the pick of the Mistley bowlers with figures of 1 for 16. It was down to Hollie Churchill to carry the hopes of Mistley with the bat, however she didn't get the support she needed and when she retired it was only the tail enders, Freddie Gibert and Elouise Liddell that could manage to form a partnership ending the innings on 63 for 8.

Copdock 60 for 8 wkts (1 point) lost to Sudbury 61 for 0 (20 points) by 10 wickets

Rayliegh 83 for 7 wkts (5 points) lost to Great Waltham 118 for 5 wkts (20 points) by 35 runs

Gt Waltham got off to good start with K Drayer retiring on 28, followed by R Bryar making 19 before being dismissed by the little dynamo Harmsworth. Rayleigh responded with Davis bowling a hatrick dismissing Green 5, Parking 14, and Z Drayer 16. Harwood-white took a high catch in the deep dismissing Myles for 7.
Rayleighs colts came in to defend their wickets well and Billett was bowled for 4. Brown took the first of her 4 wickets dismissing Castle 12, then Harwood-white 8, M King and Kelly, both out for nought. F King made a good stand defending her wicket well, whilst Elmer was bowled for 2. The match was played in good spirits and it was a warm sunny evening nicely spent

Maldon 91 for 5 wkts (20 points) bt Old Chelmsfordians 90 for 9 wkts by (6 points) 5 wkts

Old Chelmsfordians won the toss and chose to bat on a very warm summer evening. F Mower and G Collins scored quickly against the opening bowlers. Collins was eventually bowled but Mower retired on 25. A Farrer scored a very quick 25 including one six however E Penketh then came on to bowl and the run rate fell along with the wickets. Only 18 more runs were scored off the bat with E Penketh taking six wickets for 3 runs from 4 overs and B Pipe taking one for 5 from 2 overs. Old Chelmsfordians finished on 90 for 9 with A Farrer (30) and F Mower (25) both not out having returned to the crease.
The Maldon openers N Hadfield and K Turner started cautiously but picked up the rate after the first four overs. L Bailey and F Mower took the first two wickets but only after Maldon had caught up with the run rate. E Penketh came to the crease and finished the innings for Maldon with a boundary on the first ball of the sixteenth over with contributions from A Daniels, K Wattell and S Harris

Woodham Mortimer 95 all out (20 points) bt Kelevedon & Feering 88 all out (8 points) by 7 runs

On a beautiful Friday evening Kelvedon won the toss and invited Woodham to bat. Southgate was out early, Letch and Brown then put on 39 for the second wicket, Thorogood came in and got a speedy 10 and Letch retired, the Woodham wickets tumbled to bring letch back in and with Hayman got the woodies to 95. It was Kelvedons turn to bat and like Woodham lost an early wicket, wild and Yates put on 51 for the second wicket and a Kelvedon win looked on the cards, but great bowling by Thorogood netting 4 wickets kept the woodies hopes alive, wild came back in and Kelvedon needed 13 off the last 2 overs, bowlers Southgate and Smith kept their nerve and saw the woodies through. Both teams contributed in what was a great game of cricket

Old Chelmsfordians 63 all out (1 point) lost to Woodham Mortimer 64 for 1 wkt (20 points) by 9 wickets

Colchester & EE 130 for 2 wkts (20 points) bt Sudbury 35 all out (1 point) by 95 runs

Colchester batted first with Natalie Samaranayake(25 retired) and Kara Toleman(25 retired) scoring at a steady rate against an accurate Sudbury opening attack. Jenny Grinter(18 not out) kept the score ticking over while Laura Hartley(22) helped herself to a few boundaries before a good catch at point gave Lizzy Philp(30 for one) the breakthrough. Penny Everett(12 for one) was the pick of the bowlers for Sudbury.
In reply Sudbury struggled against the accurate line of the Colchester bowlers. Kara Samaranayake(10 for three), Natalie Samaranayake(5 for five) and Lucy Stuchfield(5 for two) tore through the batting order by the 13th over with only Penny Everett(7) and Liz Philp (8) looking comfortable at the crease.
Player of Team: P.Everett(Sudbury), K.Samaranayake(Colchester)

Great Waltham 97 for 2 wkts (5 points) to Kelvedon & Feering 98 for 3 wkts (20 points) by 7 wickets

PLayer of the match for Kelevdon & Feering was Briony Butcher.
PLayer of the match for Gt. Waltham was Karen Dreyer.

Rayleigh 74 for 4 wkts (3 points) lost to Old Chelmsfordians 75 for 3 wkts (20 points) by 7 wkts

Woodham Mortimer 82 for 2 wkts (20 points) bt Maldon 81 all out (4 points) by 8 wkts

Woodham won the toss and invited Maldon to bat first. Maldon got off to a flier Hadfield and Ross batting very well and put on 47 for the first wicket. After Lees was out there was a bit of a batting collapse, mainly due to some fine bowling by Letch and Southgate. Patel then came to the crease and was going well until a great piece of fielding by Brown was run out. Hadfield retired on 25, 2 further wickets fell to Sam Morling, Hadfield came back only to be bowled first ball by Verlander. C Daniels played well for her 8 not out.
Woodham then took to the crease, Southgate and Brown made a steady start, Brown was then bowled by Patel bringing in Letch who hit out well and retired on 26. Mitchell then came in and with Southgate formed a good partnership of around 25 runs. Mitchell was out ct by Hadfield off Mathers. Southgate retired on 26 and Verlander saw the Woodies through to victory

Sudbury 102 for 7 wkts (7 points) lost to Abberton 108 for 5wkts (20 points) by 6 runs

Abberton batted first and got off to a quick start with some excellent running between the wickets. Lizzie Philp (20 for One) made an early breakthrough with the wicket of opener Bibley (10) but excellent batting from Alex Shepherd (26 retired) and Min Patel (21) kept the score board ticking over. Abberton finished with a very good 108 for 5.

Sudbury started the chase in their normal steady way and Super batting from Kirsty Sloan (26 retired) and Penny Everret (26 Retired) followed by a good performance from Lizzie Philp (15) meant Sudbury were well up with the run rate. Unfortunately Alison Smith (6) and Chloe Mills (5) were then out bringing the tail into bat. Inexperience and some good bowling from Max Harris (8 for two) and Helen Barnes (29 for Two) saw Sudbury just 6 runs short of the total with 102.
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K.Sloan was player of the team for Sudbury and A.Shepherd for Abberton.

Colchester & EE 66 all out (20 points) bt Eight Ash Green 44 all out (5 points) by 22 runs

Colchester were put into bat and were soon under pressure with accurate bowling and tight fielding from Eight Ash Green resulting in two early wickets. Kara Toleman(15), Lucy Stuchfield(15) and Kiri Samaranayake(13) managed to provide some momentum but once their wickets fell Eight Ash Green slammed on the brakes and only gave away 10 runs from the last 7 overs before dismissing the home side in the 17th over for a mere 66. All the bowlers had good spells, D.Green(16 for One), Vanessa Smith(14 for One), but Debbie Aylward(15 for Three) shone throughout taking key wickets, a catch and a run out.

Colchester's feisty opening pair soon had the visitors on the back foot with Kiri Samaranayake(5 for Two) taking two wickets in two balls and KaraToleman(3 for 0) bowling two maidens. Lynn Gunn(3) battled well until a good throw from the boundary and a calm take from Anna Heywood(19 for One) provided a run out. Sarah Banfield(9) and Vanessa Smith(5) put on the highest partnership but with wickets regularly falling Eight Ash Green were also all out in the 17th over but well short of the total needed. Natalie Samaranayake(11 for Four) and Lucy Stuchfield(2for Two) were the other wicket takers.

Player of the Team: D.Aylward (Eight Ash Green), Natalie Samaranayake (Colchester)

Copdock 68 for 6 wkts (4 points) lost to Mistley 101 for 6 wkts (20 points) by 33 runs

Kelvedon & Feering 140 fo 1 wkt (20 points) bt Rayleigh 21 all out (0 points) by 119 runs

Kelvedon & Feering got off to a good start. Wilson was caught by K Castle bowled L Frost for 16 but was the only wicket to fall with L Johnson, B Butcher and Z Wager all retiring and H Holmes not out with 20. The total set for Rayleigh to chase was 140.

Rayleigh suffered and early set back losing opener L Frost to a run out, but this young side gamely fought on and never lost the good spirit in which the match was played. Eventually, tight fielding and bowling had the team all out for 21 and KFCC won by 119 runs. Bowling honours to L Cowell 8 for 3, R Wilson 2 for 2 and V Michie 5 for 2.

Maldon 77 for 7 wkts (20 points) bt Great Waltham 76 for 7 wkts (5 points) by 3 wickets

Gt Waltham batted first and D Poole and N Bridge got the team off to a flying start. I Patel took the first wicket for Maldon in the 6th over which was quickly followed by two more from mother and daughter duo Emma and Sarah Harris. The superb catch by Emma was the turning point of the innings as M Shaw went for 0. Despite a good innings from N Bridge retiring on 25 the run rate was kept down by the Maldon bowlers who continued to pick up wickets with I Patel taking 3 for just 9 runs, another great catch from K Wattell and M Daniels taking the 7th wicket in the last over.
N Hadfield and K Turner started the run chase well against some excellant bowling from D Poole. Eventually Hadfield was bowled by Z Dreyer but top scored for Maldon with a quick 19 runs. K Turner and G Penketh contributed 13 each but were bowled by Poole and Dreyer leaving A Daniels at the crease who saw the team home with runs from E Harris and G Mathers and just two balls left to play.
Player of the team was Emma Harris for Maldon and Nancy Bridges for Gt Waltham

Mistley 56 for 1 wkt (1 point) lost to Abberton 185 for 2 wkts (20 points) by 129 runs

Colchester & EE 136 for 7 wkts (20 points) bt Copdock 75 for 7 wkts (5 points) by 61 runs.

Batting first Colchester started strongly with K.Toleman(26no) getting quick runs and N.Samaranayake(28ret) and J.Grinter(15) pushing the total up steadily. K.Samaranayake(25ret) picked up the scoring rate again until S.Wilkinson (4-13) and F.Wilkinson (1-15) provided some good control and removed the tail cheaply. A.Farrel(2-29) was the other wicket taker for Copdock.
Copdock found runs hard to come by in the opening overs and then lost a wicket with the introduction of A.Heywood(1-4). A.Farrel(25ret) and F.Wilkinson(11)batted well and provided good resistant before 3 run outs slowed the scoring rate and left the target out of reach. For Colchester S.Hanson(2-1) and K.Swampillai(1-11) were pick of the bowlers.
Player of the Team: Copdock-A.Farrel Colchester-K.Samaranayake

Eight Ash Green 68 for 5 wkts (2 points) lost to Sudbury 114 for 3 wkts (20 points) by 46 runs

Batting first, Sudbury were slowly away against the accurate opening attack of Vanessa Smith (14 for One) and Debbie Aylward (17 for One) taking eight overs to reach 28 before the first wicket fell. Opener Kirsty Sloan (25 Retired) and Lucy Philp (25 Retired) piled on the pressure scoring fifty off the next six overs leaving Eight Ash Green ruing missed chances. Fine supporting knocks from Alison Smith (19 not out) and Chloe Mills (8 not out) saw the visitors finish on a commendable 114 for 3.

A weaken Eight Ash Green line up got off to a poor start against the excellent Sudbury attack of Penny Everett (8 for One) and Lizzy Philp (4 for 0) off four overs. Lucy Philp (12 for Three) completed a great evening's performance for the visitors. Chris Cunningham (14) and the stoic opener Lynn Gunn (18 not out), completing a league first by carrying her bat through the innings without scoring 25, were the only resistance, leaving the home side well beaten by 46 runs.

Woodham Mortimer 119 for 1 wkt (20 points) bt Old Chelmsfordian's 73 all out (2 points) by 46 runs

What a lovely evening for cricket!! Old Chelmsfordians won the toss and invited Woodham to bat. Woodham got off to a flier Southgate and Brown scoring well, Brown retired and Melhuish came in and carried on the good work, Southgate retired, Smith was out, Melhuish retired and Guppy and Mitchell see the Woodies through to 119 off their 20 overs. Old Chelmsfordians came in to bat and were pegged back by some impressive bowling by Verlander claiming both openers. Farror then came in and hit some great shots retiring on 26. Southgate and Melhuish came on to bowl and the wickets tumbled, Southgate claiming 3. Dudley amd C Mower put up stubborn resistance at the end but were unable to stay out the 20 overs Woodham bowling them out for 73. In the event that Old Chelmsfordians only had 10 players Woodham allowed them a player back of their choice, hence Dudley batted twice!!

Rayleigh 50 all out (1 point) lost to Kelvedon & Feering 146 for 2 wkts (20 points) by 96 runs

Kelvedon batted first. Butcher, Wilson, Bild and Wager retired with Tunn taking plenty of quick singles. Only King and Lees were able penetrate their defense and take a one wicket each.
Rayleighs opening bat fell quickly for 2 runs but Frost managed to defend her wicket making 21 quickly. Cowell took her 3 wickets early and McGowan, although looked promising, was unlucky caught after 4 balls. After two runs out Moore and Ramsey dismissed batters 7, 8 and 9. Rayleigh's run of bad luck took them to 9th man in, who made 9 runs. King made 2 not out but the 11th man was injured and did not bat.
Player of team: L Cowell Kelvedon, Rayleigh ???

Gt Waltham 117 for 6 wkts bt (20 points) Maldon 116 for 3 wkts (8 points)by 4 wkts

Great Waltham lost the toss and were asked to bowl on a batters paradise. Tight bowling early on by Mary Shaw and Karen Dreyer kept the run rate down. Karen eventually made a break through by bowling K. Turner. Some steady batting by E. Penketh and N. Hadfield took Maldon's score along and led to them both retiring. Once the opoeners had gone Waltham kept their score rate down which only led to one run out and A. Daniels being bowled by Zelda Dreyer for a good 18 runs. Maldon finally posted a total of 116 for 3. In reply Waltham made a fantastic start after an early loss of Nancy Bridge, with Darel Poole (27), Mary Shaw (26) and Karen Dreyer (27) all retiring. There was a flurry of wickets before waltham reached their target with a loss of 6 wickets with an over to spare

Abberton 74 all out (5 points) lost to Colchester & EE 117 for 7 wkts (20 points) by 43 runs

Batting first Colchester & EE got off to a tremendous start with openers Natalie Samaranakye (26 retired) and Kara Tolman (26 retired) taking command. Kiri Samaranakye (26 retired) continued the punishment supported by L Stuchfield (14) and Jenny Grinter (13). The tail, in the attempt to add quick runs folded to the bowling of Min Patel (19 for Four) and Hannah Jeffrey (12 for Two) leaving the visitors on a very creditable 117 for 7.

In reply Abberton started steadily with Jo Sibley (10) leading the way. Further resistance came from Hannah Jeffrey (15) and Hannah Porter (15), but they were always behind the rate. Accurate bowling from all of the Colchester bowlers kept them in full control with L Stuchfield (15 for Three), Kara Toleman (13 for Two) and Natalie Samaranakye (16 for Two) the main wicket takers. So complete was the Colchester control that they dismissed the home side in the eighteenth over.

Copdock 86 for 8 wkts (4 points) lost to Eight Ash Green 89 for 3 wkts (20 points) by 7 wickets

Batting first Copdock lost a wicket in the first over but then Aisha Farrell (10) and Gill Morris (26 retired) put the visitor's bowlers under some pressure adding fifty in nine overs. The middle order showed stout resistance frustrating the Eight Ash Green bowlers until Chris Jones (7 for Three) pegged the run flow. Kate Scott (15) gave a creditable performance until run out near the end leaving the home side on a well deserved 86 for 7.

In reply the Eight Ash Green openers scored at will with Di Passfield (26 retired) and Debbie Aylward (27 retired) leading the way supported by Vanessa Smith (17), reaching 80 off ten overs. The introduction of Soo Wilkingson (10 for Two) made the visitor's struggle over the final hurdle but the damage had been done and the Green reached their target in the thirteenth over.

Sudbury 135 for 0 wkts (20 points) bt Mistley 54 all out (0 points) by 81 runs

On another very sunny evening Sudbury played their home game against Mistley. Batting first Sudbury gave a great performance, results from the first four, who all retired, Kirsty Sloan with 25 runs, Ali Alecock � 25, Lucy Philp � 27 and Penny Everett � 28. Ali Smith and Amy Harrington faced the final two overs and remained not out. Final runs achieved , 135 for 0.

Sudbury used 6 bowlers, Amy Harrington taking 3 wickets, Kirsty Sloan with 2 and Lucy Philp with 1. The much improved fielding gained 4 ran outs, getting Mistley all out within 19 overs. Four players made their debut, Liz Spencer,who had a fantastic catch, Aaron Ferguson, Helen Paterson and Anna Cooper who bowled her first over.

Old Chelmsfordian's 105 for 7 wkts (20 points) bt Rayleigh 85 for 2 wkts (6 points) by 20 runs

Kelvedon & Feering 61 for 0 wkts (20 points) bt Gt Waltham 60 all out (1 point) by 10 wickets

Great Waltham batted first and M Shaw and L Parkin started well putting on 36 before the fall of the first wicket. Then the KFCC girls picked up some great catches and there was extremely tight bowling to dismiss Great Waltham for 60. M Shaw topped the Gt Waltham batting with 20 and for Kelvedon, Beth Wild got 5 wickets for 4 runs, Hayley Ramsey, 2 wickets for 5 and Tori Yates 2 wickets for 9 runs.
Kelvedon set about responding at a great pace. Butcher and Wild were in fine form; Beth Wild retiring on 28 and Butcher not out 23 which left L Johnson to hit a 4 to wrap up the innings in 7 overs. Kelvedon and Feering won by 10 wickets.

Maldon 72 for 8 wkts (2 points) lost to Woodham Mortimer 73 for 0 wkts (20 points) by 10 wickets

Eight Ash Green 85 all out ( 7 points) lost to Abberton 96 for 9 (20 points) by 11 runs

Batting first, Abberton lost three early wickets to the opening Eight Ash Green attack of Victoria Smith (13 for Three) and Debbie Green (22 for Three). Hannah Jeffries (19) and Helen Barnes (28 retired) regained the initiative pushing the score along at ove six an over. The rate then slowed but sensible batting from the tail frustrated the green bowlers with Max Harris (7 not out) and Alex shepard (9) adding valuable runs.

In reply, Eight Ash Green scored steadily keeping up with the required rate. Hannah Jeffries (9 for Three) stemmed the flow until Caroline Hill (17) and Karen Dredge (14) put the pressure back on the visitors. Max Harris (24 for Four), although conceding runs, was no match for the tail and with the demise of Jane Swift (10) the tail folded giving the visitors victory by 11 runs with two overs to spare.

Mistley 85 for 6 (3 points) lost to Colchester & EE 87 for 1 (20 points) by 9 wickets

Batting first Mistley lost an early wicket but did well to see off Colchester's opening bowlers. A.Cook(23), M.Mauger(16) and B.Antliff(17) scored steadily to set a reasonable score of 85. Wickets were shared between the bowlers with S.Winch(11 for One) getting her first league wicket and A.Heywood(23 for Two) standing out.

In reply for Colchester, N.Samaranayake(25 retired) and K.Toleman(28 retired) were away quickly with the 50 up in the fourth over. C.Chinnery(18 for One) provided the only breakthrough for Mistley and the home side reached the total in the seventh over.
Player of the side: A.Cook(Mistley), N.Samaranayake(Colchester)

On a beautiful Friday evening Sudbury played their third league game of the season at home to Copdock.
Copdock won the toss and elected to field first.
A dominant batting display saw the ladies record their highest ever score in a 20 overs game of 154 for 4. Notable performances from Kirsty Sloan 26 not out, Lucy Philp (29 retired), Penny Everret (22), Alison Smith (22 not out) and Chloe Mills (18).
The Copdock wicket takers with one a piece were Copdocks player of the match Gill Morris, Katy White, Soo Wilkinson and Megan Claxton.
Copdock Struggled against the Sudbury attack scoring 55 and were all out in the last ball of the innings.
The pick of the Copdock batters were Gill Morris (12) and Kate Scott(10)
Sudbury used 8 bowlers and all recorded good figures, especially Lizzie Philp, Kirsty sloan and Wendy Pearce with two wickets each and Chloe Mills with one Wicket and two run outs.Jess Shepherdson kept well with one catch and special mention to Becky Spencer who bowled her first overs in a league game with figures of 2-0-9-0.
Sudburys player of the team was Penny Everret

Rayleigh 60 all out (3 points) lost to Woodham Mortimer 122 for 5 (20 points) by 62 runs

Woodham batted first with Brown making a quick 27 and retiring. Smith held steady with 15. Frost, Lees, Billet and Davis bowled well for Rayleigh and F king took a fantastic high catch running in from the boundary. Harmsworth and Billet took their first wicket in ladies cricket. However Rayleigh were unable to slow Woodham down, scoring 122 runs in under an hour and a half, Morling taking 11 and Verlander another 17.
Rayleigh had their work cut out and M King retired at 27. Castle and Billett fell with 3 and 8 runs respectively. Woodhams bowling was practised and accurate with Brown and Morling both taking 3 wickets each. Rayleigh's late order batswomen Davis and Kirby made a good attempt to stay at the crease and defended their wickets well both scoring 3 runs a piece.
The first game this season enjoyed in the warm sunshine and no blue finger!
Players of the team - Rayleigh M King, Woodham C Morling,

Great Waltham 147 for 3 (20 points) bt Old Chelmsfordians 113 for 9 (6 points) by 34 runs

Player of the team for OC's was A. Farrer and the player of the match for Waltham was Karen Dreyer.

Kelvedon & Feering 99 for 5 (20 points) bt Maldon 28 all out (2 points) by 71 runs

Kelvedon started the innings well, but a couple of quick wickets from Harris and Hadfield left Briony Butcher and Tia Moore to rebuild the innings. Both batted well and retired, Butcher with 28 and Moore with 25. Later contributions included 15 from Tori Yates with two wickets for Patel who finished with 2-18. Kelvedon scored 99 for 5.

Maldon struggled to build any significant partnerships as tight bowling and regular wickets from all the Kelvedon bowlers applied pressure. K Turner top scored with 7, and for Kelvedon Moore took 2-3, Johnson 2-8, Michie 1-3 and impressive figures from Ramsey of 3 overs, 2 maidens, 2 wickets for 2 runs. Maldon were bowled out for 28 giving Kelvedon & Feering the win by 71 runs.

Batting first, Abberton were soon into their stride scoring freely against the Copdock opening attack with Jo Sibley (25 retired) leading the way. C Stoppard-Baker (43 for Two) removed Sue Theobald (11) and Helen Barnes (6) but Min Patel (25 retired) and Titch Harris (25 retired forged ahead. Maxine Harris (19 not out) and Katie Mead (22 not out) scored rapidly to reach the very high score of 179. The most economical Copdock bowler was Soo Wilkinson only conceding 18 off her four overs.

In reply, Copdock were no match for the experienced Abberton bowlers with Min patel (8 for three leading the way. Despite resistance from Stoppard-Baker (7) and L Bulger (5) the Copdock side collapsed and were all out for 30. Titch harris (5 for Two) and Sue Theobald (9 for Two) were the other wicket takers.

Sudbury 77 for 3 wickets (20 points) bt Colchester & EE 76 all out (3 points) by 7 wickets

Sudbury won the Toss and elected to field first. Some tight bowling by Lizzie Philp (7 for 0) and Penny Everret (8 for Four) restricted the batters but then Colchester's player of the match, Kara Toleman (29 not out) scored quickly. Jenny Grinter (13)also batted well but excellent all round fielding restricted Colchester to 76 runs.
Colchester's opening bowlers, Kara Tolman (8 for 0) and Natalie Samaranayakr (18 for 0) started well and frustrated the Sudbury openers. However they eventually got into a good rhythm. A. Alecock (16) was then run out but player of the match for Sudbury, Penny Everret (27 retired) steadied the ship and along with Kirsty Sloan (25 retired) helped Sudbury to win with one ball to spare. An exciting finish

Woodham Mortimer 77 for 1 (20 points) bt Great Waltham 75 all out (2 points) by 9 wickets

Woodham won the toss and invited Gt Waltham to bat first. The opening bowlers of Southgate and Hayman bowled well and restricted the runs and put pressure on the batsman. Bridge batted well but was bowled by first change bowler Brown. The runs were still hard to come by and apart from a spirited 16 from Shaw the wickets tumbled with some consistency. The final score 75 from 19.4 overs. Brown and Southgate opened for Woodham and despite some good bowling from Shaw and Z Dryer managed to keep the scoreboard ticking. Southgate retired on 25, Smith came in and carried on the good work, Brown was then out to a smart catch from the wicketkeeper. Guppy came in and with Smith see the woodies home. I would like to thank Gt Waltham for their help with Hayley Throrgood who was injured during the game and was taken to casualty. Girl of the game for Waltham was Mary Shaw and for Woodham was Sophie Southgate.

Kelvedon & Feering 71 for 1 wicket (20 points) bt Old Chelmsfordian's 69 for 6 wickets (1 point) by 9 wickets

OCs had a shaky start losing both openers within the first two overs. F Mower and G Collins steadied the innings with a partnership of 18. T Latimer scored well before being run out for 10. Bowling honours went to Tia Moore with final figures of 4 overs 2 maidens 1 wicket for 2 runs and V Michie 3 overs 1 maiden 1 for 8.
With the light fading fast, Kelvedon set about chasing at a good pace with V Yates retiring on 26, B Butcher out for 12 (bowled I Dudley) and the final runs picked off by Moore and Johnson with 11 overs to spare. A good win by 9 wickets for Kelvedon & Feering.

Maldon 114 for 3 wickets (20 points) bt Rayleigh 79 for 3 wickets (3 points) by 35 runs

Maldon won the toss and batted first. Kelly Wattell was the best of the Maldon batters retiring on 25 runs with 3 boundaries. Rayleigh shared the wickets with the best figures going to Zoe Williams whi kept her run rate to 4.25 per over. King and Lennox got the Rayleigh innings off to a good start but Isha Patel bowled well picking up 2 wickets for just 1 run from 4 overs. The Rayleigh team batted the full 20 overs, with Lennox finishing 21 not out, but could not keep up with the required run rate and finished 35 runs short.

Eight Ash Green 90 for 5 (20 points) bt Colchester & EE 89 for 6 (5 points) by 5 wkts

Batting first in quite poor light conditions, Colchester & EE made a good start with Kara Toleman (14) and Natalie Sama (14) at a good rate. some good fielding by the home team was rewarded with two quick run outs. Stella Layzell (19 not out) anchored the Colchester innings supported by Liz Artindale (9 not out) pushing the final score to a respectable 89. For eight Ash Green, Lynn Gunn (9 for One) was the pick of the bowlers with the other three main bowlers picking up a wicket apiece.

in reply, the Green were soon into their stride with Lynn Gunn (14) and Di Passfield (21) scoring steadily at five an over. Victoria Smith (15) joined Passfield producing some big hitting. With their collective downfall it remained for skipper Debbie Aylward (7) and Debbie green (9 not out) to usher the team home with four overs to spare. For Colchester, Sophie Little (9 for Two) was the pick of the bowlers.

Batting first, Abberton got off to a dreadful start with both openers run out for one. Three more wicket quickly fell before Hannah Jeffrey (39 not out) and Gemma Warsap (16 not out) rescued the situation to post a respectable 92 for nine. Penny Everett (9 for Two), Pearce (10 for Two) and Lucy Philp (11 for two) did the damage for Sudbury.

In reply, Sudbury, despite the loss of an early wicket were soon in control and scored steadily at the required rate. Kirsty Sloan (20), Lucy Philp (22) and Penny Everett (25 retired) almost saw the visitors to victory, a nervy last few balls saw the visitors defeat last years North League Champions with three balls to spare. Hannah Jeffrey (9 for one) was most economical, with Hannah Porter (17 for two) and Max harris (27 for one) the other wicket takers.

Great Waltham 149 for 6 wickets (20 points) bt Rayleigh 42 for 6 wickets (3 points) by 103 runs

Kelvedon & Feering 131 for 4 (20 points) bt Woodham Mortimer 69 for 4 (3 points) by 62 runs

Both teams gamely started the 2010 season under grey, heavy skies and very cold conditions. Woodham Mortimer won the toss and elected to field. The Kelvedon & Feering batsmen set out in a business like fashion and quickly set up a good pace. Honours were pretty evenly spread with Beth Wild retiring and Louise Johnson achieving a creditable 20 before being caught and bold by Meluish. Both Brown and Morling took a wicket a piece. Kelvedon & Feering finished the innings with a very respectable 131 from the 20 overs.
Woodham Mortimer set about their reply with Brown and Southgate responding well to the challenge. Brown went caught by Wild and bowled Tunn but Southgate stuck at the crease doggedly and retired with 25. Eventually, despite their best efforts the total set proved too much and the innings ended with Woodham Mortimer reaching 69 for 4. A good win by 62 runs to start the season for Kelvedon & Feering.

Old Chelmsfordians 123 for 3 (20 points) bt Maldon 94 for 9 (5 points) by 28 runs

Old Chelmsfordians lost the toss and were put into bat by Maldon. The innings got off to a flying start with Libby Knifton racing to 31, hitting 2 sixes and managing to lose the match ball somewhere outside the ground in the process! Elissa Penketh tried to put the brakes on the run rate, taking two wickets and an excellent catch, but steady innings by Kate Golding and Frances Mower saw out the overs for a total of 123 runs. The light was fading fast, so a quick turn around brought Penketh and Hadfield to the crease to open the batting for Maldon. It took 5 overs for OC's to make a breakthrough, with Latimer bowling Hadfield for 15. Elissa Penketh retired on reaching her 25, and with Sue Harris being bowled for 13, Maldon were making a fight of it by going for quick ones and twos. OC's tried to keep the fielding tight, and when Penketh came back to the crease following the dismissal of the final batsman, she had to go for broke. Unfortunately, despite her best efforts,!
and the fact that we could all barely see the ball, the OC's kept her runs to a minimum and won their first game of the season.