August 2019 – Henfield Cricket Club

Monday 5th August Vs. Lindfield - Won by 1 Wicket - Scorecard Tuesday 6th August Vs. Pagham - Won by 3 Wickets - Scorecard Thursday 8th August Vs. Littlehampton, Clapham & Patching - Won by 181 Runs - Scorecard Friday 9th August Vs. Portslade - Won by 36 Runs - Scorecard Sunday 11th August Vs. Lewes Priory - Lost by 6 Wickets - Scorecard Henfield CC U14s played in the SJCF Shield completion finishing runners up to Lewes Priory in the final. They scored 999 runs in five matches and took 44 wickets. The week started off at home vs Lindfield CC. Henfield bowled the opposition out for 154 runs with the wickets shared around albeit Dan Woodward took 4 catches and Will Davies ran two out. Henfield squeaked home with one wicket to spare scoring 155 for 9 with the winning runs scored by James Hampton with a 4. Pick of the bowlers for Lindfield was Benji Parry who took 4 wickets for 25...

Henfield vs Kenya Kongonis Thursday 1 August 2019 Kongonis 251-7 (Ochieng 53 no); Henfield 249-7 (Paine 120) Match drawn Scorecard Report provided by Kenya Kongonis Who said time cricket is boring? This game came to an exciting climax over the last 12 overs that saw Kongonis snatch a draw from what had appeared to be an inevitable and heavy defeat. 7 overs and 5 balls into the last 20, Henfield were cruising at 191-0, and all Kongonis’ bowlers had been tried. But skipper for the day, Andy “Rev” Gandon had other thoughts, making the breakthrough with one of his floating off breaks, and Henfield went downhill from there, as pressure built on incoming batsmen to keep the score up to the required run rate of 5 runs an over while the Kongonis bowled tightly, caught everything catchable and fielded like demons, including a brilliant run-out and an outstanding catch. More detail of that finish is in subsequent paragraphs, but Andy Gandon had won the toss...

Month: August 2019

Henfield CC U14s Sussex Junior Cricket Festival Shield campaign

Henfield Vs. Kenya Kongonis Match Report – 1st August 2019