Scorecard

Takeley Cricket Club Saturday Second XI v Hockerill CC 2nd XI on Sat 03 May 2025 at 13:00
Takeley Cricket Club Won by 9 wickets

Match report After winning the Division 3 title last season, the Two’s kicked off their new campaign with a confident home victory against Hockerill 2’s. Winning the toss — and mindful of the number of bowling options available — the newly appointed skipper chose to bowl first.

Despite the very first ball of the season being a beamer, duly cracked to the boundary, the slip cordon feared they were in for a long, hot afternoon. But those worries were soon swept aside thanks to a superb opening spell of 2-11 from Charlie Mugele. Once Sammons found his rhythm, Hockerill’s batters struggled to build momentum, relying heavily on extras — with Matt Furrer a main offender, along with an unforgettable 10-ball over from Sam Kendrick which ended on a wicket.

Among the chaos, Luca Barnes produced a standout eight-over spell, full of control, guile, and sharp turn, finishing with figures of 3-25 — his best for Takeley to date. The tail offered little resistance, as the wizard-like Oswald weaved his magic with 2-1 in a single over, before Vishal wrapped things up, leaving the Two’s chasing a below-par 151.

During the break, the team refuelled with some quality refreshments — with the real highlight being a stuffed sausage baguette so good it was getting remarks from many players and spectators. Properly fed and fired up, Ozzy and Dom headed out to begin the chase, roared on by Dom’s enthusiastic young son. With Peter Francis opening the bowling for Hockerill, is was decided (by Dom) that Ozzy should take first strike.

Dom batted superbly for his 72, never giving Hockerill a sniff of a breakthrough. When one did come, it was through a wild swipe from the club secretary that saw him bowled. Soon after, a chaotic mix-up left latecomer Matt Fildes stranded mid-pitch — but in a moment that will haunt Hockerill’s dreams, the keeper somehow fluffed the simplest of run-out chances from barely a foot away. That miss proved costly, as Fildes made them pay with a rapid-fire innings, including a thunderous six launched onto the B1256. Takeley chased down the target in just 22.1 overs, securing a commanding first win of the season.

Next up, the Two’s head to High Easter to take on High Roding 3’s next week.

A.N. Other was Will Dabbs

Hockerill CC 2nd XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
8nb 36w 6b  
for 10 wickets
50
151 (34.4 overs)		     
Navdeep Gill b  C Muggley 6 14 1 42.86
Navtaj Singh Gill b  C Muggley 2 9 22.22
Shahzoor Dahri lbw  L Barnes 38 74 6 51.35
Samuel Barker ct  S Hendrick b A Sammons 18 30 4 60.0
Ben Shipp ct  D Dann b S Kendrick 2 24 8.33
Harneet Bains b  L Barnes 0 3 0
Andy Renals b  L Barnes 6 13 1 46.15
Graham Wood lbw  A Osborne 13 22 2 59.09
Tommy Commercial ct  M Furrer b A Osborne 11 20 1 55.00
Peter Francis lbw  V Kapil 5 7 1 71.43
Isaac Tracey Not Out  0 1 0

Takeley Cricket Club Saturday Second XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Augustus Sammons8.0123123.002.88
Charlie Mugele5.021125.502.20
Matthew Furrer3.002600.008.67
Sam Kendrick5.0030130.006.00
Luca Barnes8.002538.333.12
Vishal Kapil4.4029129.006.21
Andrew Osborne1.00120.501.00

Takeley Cricket Club Saturday Second XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 5b  
for 1 wickets
6
152		        
Andrew Osborne b  G Wood 12 29 1 41.38
Dominic Dann Not Out  72 66 7 4 109.09 1
Matt Fildes Not Out  62 40 7 4 155.00
A.N. Other  
Sam Kendrick   1
Syed Ammar Hussain  
Vishal Kapil  
Augustus Sammons  
Luca Barnes  
Matthew Furrer   1
Charlie Mugele  

Hockerill CC 2nd XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Peter Francis8.002800.003.50
Samuel Barker3.002000.006.67
Graham Wood8.0072172.009.00
Shahzoor Dahri3.102700.008.53