Scorecard

Hemel Hempstead Town v Leverstock Green Cricket Club Midweek A XI on Thu 17 Jul 2014 at 6.15pm
Leverstock Green Cricket Club Lost by 3 wickets

Match report Highlights: L Koch 31.

HEMEL TOWN denied Leverstock Green a second consecutive Heath Park Cup Final appearance by a margin of three wickets and with nine balls to spare - a lot closer a result than at one stage looked likely.

Ultimately, Green's sluggish early run-rate cost them a serious chance of winning the tie; four or five an over at best for the first half of their innings, albeit the hosts bowling tight lines, meant that even late order scrambling and risk-taking only saw the final score rise to 112.

Levy defended not much more at home to Kings Langley in last year's semi-final, however Hemel's bright start with the bat - 54 from the first six overs - suggested a quick call.

Green showed fine character to drag themselves into the game, though, a series of wickets and an excellent 10-over spell shared between Marc Simonds and Kris Jadeja, saw Hemel running out of wickets with the modest target well within range.

However a steadying 42 not out from number four Alistair Leighton saw Hemel home and into an August 1 final at home to Kings Langley, who beat Northchurch in the other last-four tie.

Leverstock Green Cricket Club Midweek A XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 2w 10b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
16
112		        
Nick Merrett ct Leighton b Moulster 16
Kyle Claxton ct Graves b Moulster 7
Lewis Koch ct Leighton b Finch 31
Marc Simonds lbw b Doodson 4
Kris Jadeja ct Leighton b Doodson 8
Sam Revell ct Moulster b Doodson 6
David Coulshed Not Out  10
Sam Mazurek b Doodson 0
Dayle Littlejohn b Doodson 20
Rich Walker  
Imran Iqbal  

Hemel Hempstead Town Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
May5.002900.005.80
Moulster5.011025.002.00
Reader2.002200.0011.00
Doodson5.002855.605.60
Finch3.0017117.005.67

Hemel Hempstead Town Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1b 3lb 
for 7 wickets
4
113 (18.3 overs)		     
J O'Nien ct Claxton b Jadeja 16
J Graves ct Walker b Koch 5
J Doodson ct Merrett b Iqbal 33
A Leighton Not Out  42
C Blunt lbw b Simonds 13
S Reader lbw b Simonds 0
B Finch b Jadeja 0
B May b Mazurek 0
A Wilson Not Out  0
A Moulster  
W Langley  

Leverstock Green Cricket Club Midweek A XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sam Mazurek3.0024124.008.00
Lewis Koch4.3026126.005.78
Marc Simonds5.0023211.504.60
Imran Iqbal1.0011111.0011.00
Kris Jadeja5.0025212.505.00

  • Umpire :
    TBC
  • Scorer :
    TBC