Morden lost the toss, fielded first and drew the match.
B.Sargent-Cain 12.2-2-42-4 C.Louis 12-1-49-4 A.Gilley 9-2-41-1 I.Tyne 4-0-20-0
Name How Out Bowler R B M 4 6 A.Lewis Boardman 0 5 3 P.Bodman ct.Hanson Newton 37 80 113 4 C.Louis ct.Walters Newton 4 11 9 I.Tyne lbw Bowen 4 29 30 1 A.Gilley Bowen 0 1 4 B.Sargent-Cain ct & b Newton 71 73 68 11 S.Alexander not out 0 13 15 K.Bromley not out 3 14 10 S.Ahmed N.Brooker R.G.Atkins Extras (b.15,lb.2,nb.4) 21 Total for 6 wickets (37 overs) 139
FOW 1-0, 2-13, 3-36, 4-36, 5-130, 6-133
Morden Parish ended their three match losing run with a very respectible draw against ten man Normandy, in the first ever clash between the two clubs. Morden made three changes to the previous week's line up, with Charles and Russell returning, plus Shakir making his first appearance of the season.
Normandy, who had scored over 200 in both their previous matches, made an impressive start to their innings, scoring 43-0 after 8 overs. However, Ben was bowling at a lively pace on a helpful surface, and he took two quick wickets in the ninth over to bring Morden back into it. One of these was an edge to first slip, where Charles clutched at the rapid ball but couldn't hold on to it. Luckily, he deflect it in the direction of second slip where Karl completed the catch! Three overs later, Charles was receiving all the all the congratulations however, when he had the big-hitting opener caught behind by Phil. This man had made 40 out of his side's 55-3, and in the next over, Ben trapped the new batsman lbw, to leave the visitors on 61-4. The game entered a quieter phase in which 13 runs came off eight overs, and Alan Gilley came on to replace Charles, bowling well and in fact taking a wicket in his second over. Normandy fought back well from this point and the next partnership was worth 55, but Charles returned to the attack in the 31st over and struck immediately to end the stand. He carried on to take three wickets in four overs at this stage, two of which were bowled and the other was a very smart catch at backward square leg by R.G.Atkins. In the last over, Ben managed to clean bowl the No.5 who had made 57 out of his team's total of 157 all out.
After tea, the Morden innings suffered an early setback when Ahmed Lewis was bowled by a rapid, inswinging yorker in the first over for a duck. Charles Lewis, another left hander came in next, but departed in the 4th over, snicking the ball to the keeper. Ian Tyne was the new batsman, playing his 50th innings for the Parish and he played a defiant innings, surviving for half an hour and even managing to guide one quick delivery between first and second slip for a nice boundary. His efforts came to a somewhat bizarre end when he did something that possibly no batsman in the history of the game has ever done; he "walked" following an lbw appeal, even though the umpire had deemed it to be "not out." Following this, Alan Gilley was out for a golden duck, and Morden were 36-4 in the 15th over. Ben Sargent-Cain came in next and scored a superb 71, which was his 4th half century for the Parish and his 4th highest score ever. He hit 11 fours and scored at very nearly a run a ball. His partnership of 94 with Phil Bodman was the second highest in the Club's history for the 5th wicket. When Phil was eventually caught at mid off after an innings of nearly two hours, the Parish required 28 to win off five overs, with 5 wickets in hand. Unfortunately though, Ben departed fairly soon after Phil and it was left to Steve Alexander and Karl Bromley to play out the remaining 3.5 overs to secure the draw Morden Parish deserved.