Match: 15th May

Match report Dedham v Great Bromley 15th May 2008 at Dedham Dedham (85-5) beat Great Bromley (78-5) by 7 runs After a fortnight of glorious sunshine, the Dedham Academy season got underway on a damp and dark evening on The Drift. Inserted into bat by the opposition, Dedham’s openers of Captain Angus Lockhart and debutant Oliver Williams started sedately, treating the accurate bowling with the respect it deserved. However following the departure of the skipper LBW, Oliver was joined by Jamie De Cosimo who decided to up the tempo. Aided by wides, and some errant bowling by the Great Bromley support bowlers, they took the score to 40 by the 10th over. The damp newly mown outfield meant that boundaries were proving hard to come by with Oliver hitting the first four of the season over square leg before he was run out attempting a tight second run. Jamie, who was dropped twice during his innings, and the new batsman Ieuan Davies increased the scoring rate through some excellent running between the wickets and after a brief flurry of wickets in the final over Dedham finished on a competitive score of 85 in their 20 overs with Jamie undefeated on 32. It is also worth mentioning that Dedham’s 12th man Sean Gregory kindly agreed to field for the opposition due to them being a player short. After a fantastic tea provided by Anna Mortimer and Michael and Oliver’s mothers, it was in the field that Dedham excelled; from Archie’s first over with the new ball, a wicket maiden, to the last bowled by Michael Wright where Bromley needed 11 to win and could only score 3. All of the fielders were enthusiastic and supportive of the bowlers, with Ieuan taking a good catch at square leg and wicketkeeper Edward Greenwood snaring two catches without conceding any extras. The bowling was well juggled by Angus, with Archie finishing on 3 for 14 from his four overs the pick of the attack, with other wicket takers being Anjay Sorefan and Bertie Mortimer. Not even an expensive 18th over, where Oliver Wright hit two boundaries, could keep Bromley up with a run rate that had risen rapidly due to the high quality of the Dedham bowling and fielding. Congratulations to all of the players for a fantastic effort. The thanks of all the players, once again, must go out to Dimple for her fantastic organisation, as well as to Phil Greenwood for umpiring and to Mr Williams for scoring throughout the game, helped by Jason. A great start to the season from all the players, and a result to provide hope for the long season ahead. Felix Fitch

 

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