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  • AVCC v Collingbourne
    8 September 2013

    Woe and general misery as AVCC came up short in a 35 over clash with local rivals Collingbourne. AVCC scored 163 for 9 in their allotted 35, but Collingbourne coasted home in the 31st over with only 4 wickets down.

  • Urchfont v AVCC
    1 September 2013

    AVCC glory hunters chased down 151 in 35 overs with 5 overs but only 1 wicket spare. Everyone got a bat, but it was a close shave.

  • AVCC v Mildenhall
    25 August 2013

    A close, low scoring game was won by Mildenhall's unbreakable eight wicket partnership.

  • AVCC v Burbage
    11 August 2013

    A bright and breezy afternoon at Rushall, with Burbage winning the toss and deciding to bat first. A small crowd gathered, swelled by the presence of some of Rory Plank's wedding guests.

  • Winterbourne v AVCC
    4 August 2013

    A close game that could have gone either way, eventually went the wrong way, but the blow was softened by the bar in our hosts' pavilion.

  • Wilcott v AVCC
    21 July 2013

    Local derby goes the wrong way in a tight match.

  • AVCC v Erlestoke
    17 July 2013

    AVCC made it 3 wins out of 3 last night against Erlestoke, if you count the game at the chilly end of September last year.

  • AVCC v All Cannings
    14 July 2013

    Another hot day saw us take on the mighty All Cannings yesterday. Our beloved leader had deserted us to play for some other outfit, I gather they won rather easily but any allegations Simon had shirked off to bolster his averages should wait for the official enquiry.

  • Erlestoke v AVCC
    7 July 2013

    Man was it hot yesterday! Hotter than Andy Murray's jock-strap, I thought. Not that I'm complaining mind - about the weather, that is.

  • AVCC v Farley
    16 June 2013

    The youngsters of Farley gave our grizzled veterans a demonstration of the benefits of being able to run, jump, and bend over.

  • Collingbourne v AVCC
    6 June 2013

    In a match of high tension, AVCC were victorious tonight against a gritty Collingbourne side chasing down 131 with 2 balls to spare.

  • AVCC v Urchfont
    22 May 2013

    AVCC played their first game of the season at home on Wednesday, a T20 clash against established local big noises, Urchfont.

  • Marden v AVCC
    19 May 2013

    AVCC went down to a gut-wrenching defeat to the might of Marden yesterday - local derby - however chance of redemption remains in the return fixture T20 on Wed 29 May.

 
 
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Sunday, 25 August 2013

AVCC v Mildenhall

A close, low scoring game was won by Mildenhall's unbreakable eight wicket partnership.

After a dull morning and a short pre-match shower, Valley won the toss and decided to bat, the captain opening with Tom Law. Mildenhall’s bowling was tight and we scored at a steady pace on what was a true but fairly gentle wicket.

Dudley Perrin top-scored with a handy 36, Rob Hedderwick and Greg Caswell also contributing with 28 and 22 respectively. We were all out for 141 having not quite exhausted our 35 overs, most of the wickets taken were bowled indicating the opposition’s straight bowling.

Mildenhall started quickly but Rory and Tim Law, followed by Rob Hedderwick and Greg Caswell, all bowling 7 straight overs each, got amongst the wickets regularly. Rob and Greg each took a spectacular near-boundary catch, and things were looking very good at one point with Mildenhall 87-7.

However the 8th wicket stand was solid and with overs to play with they got to the target score and hence won by 3 wickets. Almost immediately after this the heavens opened so a well timed finish considering but not the result we wanted of course. Nevertheless many thanks to everyone for taking part again and lots of good stuff to take from the game.