Haverhill vs Dunmow

Dunmow played host to Haverhill this week on a warm day that saw a quick outfield and a hard wicket with more bounce that has been provided in previous weeks. Haverhill won the toss and elected to bat.

Opener Neil Winter (4) played an swinging delivery through mid wicket which took leg stump with stand-in opener skipper Rob Sullivan looking on. An early wicket brought Martyn Wilkins to the wicket with obvious clear instructions to consolidate the innings. Both batsmen played cautiously with the occasional aggressive stroke before Wilkins (14) was caught by R Cooke. 2 for 64.

Adam Dellar (85 not out) joined Rob Sullivan (65) at the crease. Adam stamped his authority on the game with a superb number of drives through the cover region. Rob Sullivans hard work was wasted when he tried a cross bat slog to leg spinner Rooney and was caught at a deepish mid-on. A rusty but effective innings for the skipper.

The skippers departure brough in form Dan Poole to the wicket who immediately took and with wristy expertise exposed many fielding gaps and boundaries for his quick fire 36.

4 for 213

Opening bowlers Martyn Wilkins (9-2-24-0) and Rob Sullivan (9-4-27-1) bowled a tight line and length with Sullivan getting the breakthrough early to put Dunmow on the back foot, superbly taken by Paul Sullivan at first slip. Dunmow consolidated and started to accelerate when Russ Davis (7-1-41-2) put the breaks on with two quick wickets. Adam Dellar had shown a return to his early season form with the ball, a beautifully flighted delivery to get danger man I Peacock (43) before he could really get going was a highlight.

Joe Woodley and Russ Davis had the task of bringing the team home with the last few overs however due to some poor fielding in the last 10 overs Dunmow chased down the runs with won wicket to spare.

9 for 214

Captain Says:

Obviously I am really disappointed in the loss. Not in the team, we fought hard but the game slipped through our fingers. I think at times however in the field we did go to sleep. Games like this can go either way and when you lose by a single run you can’t point the finger at any one incident or individual, that’s why we play team sports to enjoy the wins and suffer the losses together. A single not taken by a batsmen, a misfield, a dropped catch, a poor throw – all of which contributed to our loss. Flip the coin over and a good piece of fielding, the extra run that was stolen or the good catch taken is the difference between winning and loosing.

Having said that what do you look at?

Personally, you need to look at chronic issues:

Team depth

Team attitude

Game preparation and training

Individual attitude towards each other and the game

Improve on these and improve your likelihood of winning. Focus on the individual or the specific instant when something didn’t go your way and your planning for failure. Hang in there guys we still have our chance to make this year a real success and not just another season, we can do it.

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