MPCC v Cuddington Casuals CC

Morden Parish won the toss, fielded and lost by 36 runs.

Cuddington made 130-5 from 37 overs

Sargent-Cain 2-57
Goddard 2-36
Clarke 1-33

Morden Parish

	Batsman	How Out	Bowled	Runs	Balls	Time (mins)
1	P.Bodman	ct.Sattaur P.	Hayman	2	7	10
2	B.Sargent-Cain	ct.Knight	Broers	45	47	73
3	J.Goddard	ct.Knight	Hayman	4	5	6
4	P.Clarke	ct.Sattaur P.	West	16	28	25
5	J.Davidson	ct.&bowled	Broers	11	31	27
6	K.Gilley	lbw	Hayman	0	4	6
7	M.Coote	ct.Broers	Hayman	6	12	19
8	R.Atkins	not out		3	21	26
9	P.Hancock	Bowled	Hayman	0	4	6
10	S.Alexander	Ct.Stockbridge M.	Broers	1	5	4
11	I.Tyne	absent injured
	Extras			6
	Total		all out	94

A Batting collapse led to Morden Parish losing their first match of the season. Chasing 131 Morden were all out for 94 having at one stage been 82-3.

Cuddington made slow progress during their innings. However, they were helped by some poor fielding and several dropped cacthes. All 3 bowlers performed well and Ben Sargent-Cain proved his match fitness by bowling 19 overs unchanged. Other highlights were Steven Alexander taking a catch on his debut and Russell Atkins conceding 4 runs in a "What happened next" moment. Having chased the ball down and stopped it inside the boundary Atko proceded to hurl it at the tree within the boundary rope conceding 4 overthrows to give the batsman a 6, as he had already completed 2 runs.

When Morden batted Ben capped a fine individual performance by top scoring with 45 which included 6 fours and 1 six (courtesy of overthrows into the tree again). Only Phil Clarke and James Davidson joined Ben in double figures and with a couple of controversial umpiring decisions the innings folded. Ian Tyne could not bat due to injuring his hand while catching a ball in the Cuddington innings.