Halstead Cricket Club News story


First and 2nd XIs open their accounts (Weekly Round up 1st/2nd June)

05 Jun 2013

Ipswich v Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI on Sat 01 Jun 2013 at 13.00
Halstead Cricket Club Won by 6 wickets

Match reportHalstead opened their Division One accounts with a hard fought victory over fellow struggles Ipswich. The win took the club off of the bottom of the table.

Ipswich batted first and one man lead from the front. James Alder scoring nearly all the runs in a 78 run opening stand. His partner Rusby (5) would be the first wicket, getting himself run out.

Ipswich ticked along the scoring and Alder completed an impressive 100 with the scores on just 119. He fell immediately after however, the first of three victims of Digby Harding's left arm spin. Polley (17) and Stockton (13) were the other two as Ipswich were left at 157-4.

Ipswich lost three more wickets toward the end of their innings, Hondo (2), McKinnon (4) and Drury (41), closing on 203-7 off of 50 overs. Charlie Douglas-Hughes and two run outs accounting for them.

Halstead's reply did not get off to a faltering start, losing three wickets with 61 runs on the board. Neale Dakin (11), Douglas-Hughes (22) and Graham Wickes (21) the men to go. 

This brought together Freddie Preston (59) and Mark Johnson (75 n. o.) at the crease. The pair would go on to change the tide of the match, with a game winning partnership. They added 128 runs for the fourth wicket, taking the score up to 189-4 and all but winning the match for Halstead.

A quick burst from Chris Rayner (11) after PReston was out, was enough to see Halstead across the line and give the first eleven a first league win in over a year.


Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 2nd XI v Brightlingsea I on Sat 01 Jun 2013 at 13.00
Halstead Cricket Club Won by 3 wickets

Match reportThe second eleven also got their first win of the campaign with a well deserved defeat of Brightlingsea.

Brightlingsea batted first and lost quick wickets at the top of the order. Ian Pont had Barry (7) trapped lbw, he then took the catch of Baker (19) off the bowling of Tristan Blackledge.

Pont had Cracknell (10) caught behind then Justin Rose dismissed Gould (8) to leave Brightlingsea reeling at 49-4. MacDonald (45) rebuilt with first Hindley (20) and then Barton (32 n.o.) to take Brightlingsea up to 140. A further two lbw decisions, to Rose and Blackledge swung the game back Halstead's way.

Brightlingsea fell from 176-6 to close on 181-9. Blackledge took a third wicket, Steel taking one and a run out.

An early breakthrough wicket of Adam Morris (0) proved to be a false dawn for Brightlingsea as most of the Halstead line-up played measured innings, ticking along the run scoring.

Matthew Webb (26) and Blackledge (32) played composed knocks as Halstead's run chase progressed. Simon Steel's (65) powerful knock took the game away from their opponents, and despite a flurry of late wickets, David Baalham (23 n.o.) saw Halstead home to a three wicket win.


Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 3rd XI v Nowton on Sat 01 Jun 2013 at 13.00
Halstead Cricket Club Lost by 193 runs

Match reportHalstead were comfortably beaten at home to Nowton, as their opponents made it seven wins from seven in Division Eight West.

Their opponents always looked strong, with Kretzmann (124) and Reynolds (49) putting on 142 for the first wicket. This was despite tight opening spells from Andy Rose and Callum Hansey, which kept scoring to a minimum.

Wickets were hard to come by, but Halstead did not help their own cause. Lax bowling contributed a huge 56 extras to the total. Mark Harris thought he had Kretzmann trapped lbw before making fifty, but he survived and went on to score a near chanceless 100.

Alex Rippingale claimed two quick scalps, but Kretzmann continued to punish the continued short balls he faced, and despite a late burst of three wickets from Ben Morris and one apiece for Harris and Rose, Nowton closed on an imposing 274-7.

Halstead were never up with the rate in reply. Tight bowling from Nowton kept the runs down, whilst taking frequent wickets. Only three Halstead players made double figures, Morris (24) top scoring, whilst Nowton conceded nearly 50 less extras.

Halstead were bowled out for 81, Reynolds claiming 5-27 .

Halstead Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI v Coggeshall on Sun 02 Jun 2013 at 13.00
Halstead Cricket Club Lost by 4 wickets

Match reportHalstead bowed out of the Piri PIri Cup with a last over defeat to Coggeshall Town.

Halstead batted first and lost two quick wickets, Matt Webb (0) and Goush Raviendran (9) with nine runs on the board.

Charlie Douglas-Hughes (32), Freddie Preston (57) and Mark Johnson (45) weighed in with a substantial percentage of Halstead's total, adding nearly 150 runs between them. The Morris brothers, Adam (19 n.o.( and Joe (8 n.o.) came together that Halstead added the only other sizeable partnership as Halstead closed on 197-7.

Two quick wickets from Preston had Coggeshall in trouble, but their middle order started to take the game away from Halstead. Verraynne (25), Jackson (49)m Simmons (57) and Cross (37 n.o.) turned the tables in their favour. Tight bowling from Digby Harding forced the game to the final over, but Carl Bragg (10 n.o.) was there to hit the winning runs.



Halstead Cricket Club Friendly XI v Wickham St Paul on Sun 02 Jun 2013 at 14.00
Halstead Cricket Club Won 42 runs

Match reportA Halstead side with six Colts products beat a Wickham St Paul's side containing another two in a 4 over friendly on Sunday.

Batting first, Halstead set a formidable 220-6, with Will Clark (920 and Sam Walter (46) impressing. Quickfire knocks from George Edwards (21) and Christian Robinson (18) helped boost the total.

In reply Wickham set off at a fast pace. Their innings was anchored by John Gisby's (110) hundred. But tight spells from Callum Hansey, Dylan Moss and Walter took the game away from Wickham.

Eddie Green bowled well with the new ball for no reward, whilst tight fielding, particularly from Luke Robinson helped keep the total down and gave Halstead the win.