Match	Haverhill				v	Wivenhoe
Date:	10-Jun-06
Result	Haverhill won by 10 wkts
Innings Of	Wivenhoe							Innings Of	Haverhill
Barder					b.Sullivan	0		Winter	Not Out					88
Harwood					b.Dellar	26		Youngs	Not Out					57
Lawrence	c.Godwin				b.Woodley	6		Dellar
Fulford	c.Youngs				b.Sullivan	78		D Wilkins
Burdett					b.Dellar	6		Godwin
Wilby	st.Wallis				b.Dellar	4		M Wilkins
Baldwin					b.Dellar	5		Street
Smith	Not out					6		Poole
Mitchell					b.Dellar	1		Wallis
Hodges					b.Dellar	1		Sullivan
								Woodley
					Extras	12							Extras	4
					Total	145							Total	149
				For 10 wkts								for 0 wkts
Bowling	O	M	R	W				Bowling	O	M	R	W
Sullivan	10	3	33	2				Lawrence	8	0	69	0
Woodley	6	0	48	1				Hodges	3	0	28	0
Dellar	8	1	41	6				Smith	3	0	28	0
Youngs	5	1	14	0				Fulford	1	0	17	0
								Wilby	1	0	7	0

Although Wivenhoe where obviously undermanned they did well to construct a defendable score of 145. A number of issues however where against them, the outfield was extremely fast, Haverhill had their strongest batting line-up this season and the top order batsmen have been in brilliant form. If Wivenhoe didn’t bowl well and field well it was going to be a quick end to the game.

Neil Winter (88) and Simon Youngs (57) combined great play with sharply run singles and even managed to run a couple of three’s to the enjoyment of the small but vocal Haverhill crowd. Neil’s explosive opening over scoring 3 fours through the off side set the tone for the innings. Simons strong leg side aerial shots were sweetly timed and run to the boundary at a fast pace.

At times the run rate was balancing between 8 and 10 runs per over.

Haverhill 0 for 149

Personal comments:

England’s campaign to win the world cup may have more of an impact on this teams success than I originally anticipated. We managed to field our strongest side of the year this week however some players where noticeably away with the pixies. This also seemed to distract me from the task at hand at times and I will need to be aware of this should “when” England get through.

Australia hasn’t been in the World cup for 30 years and “stone the crows” if England and Australia make it through. It was at times, during the Ashes, that biting my tongue and nodding in defiant agreement became daily responses to probes from English cricket fans trying to get a rise. I wait with bated breath.

When England get through I am concerned that attention to the games maybe just a little redirected to the World Cup. I can appreciate this and trust that we can work around it.

I dream of seeing Australia play England in a World Cup match, although highly improbable, I would have to admit my mind wouldn’t be 100% focussed on the cricket either.