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  • Mildenhall v AVCC
    25 August 2014

  • AVCC vs PSR Maharajahs (Aka C Lee lads and dads), 30 overs
    27 July 2014

    Well today, we played Chris Lee and a group of touring fathers and sons from the Henley/Peppard area, all of which could play a bit.

  • Erlestoke vs AVCC T20
    16 July 2014

    Off we went to the magnificent walled-gardens of Erlestoke, looking for a positive result after our recent meeting with them.

  • AVCC Club day
    13 July 2014

    Nice weather greeted our 2nd AVCC Club Day. It was great to see a large crowd around for the opening of our new grand pavilion by Judge Turner.

  • AVCC v Erlestoke
    6 July 2014

    Having dominated the Erlestoke side for at least two seasons - 3 victories in all - AVCC's run came to an end on Sunday, falling 15 runs short, chasing 201 in a 35 over contest.

  • AVCC v Collingbourne T20
    26 June 2014

    Well… Nothing like an easy win.

  • Burbage vs AVCC
    22 June 2014

    On a wonderfully hot summers day we took on the mighty Burbage. I'm told they have a professional Kiwi who's played Test cricket, fortunately he wasn't selected. Their average age was still around half ours so we started the game with some trepidation. Despite the gap in relative fitness levels (and waist lines) we put up a good fight but, alas, came up short.

  • Farley vs AVCC
    15 June 2014

    Not one of our better days....the sort of day when one talks about "taking the positives" out of the match and and "learning from the game" .

  • AVCC v All Cannings
    11 June 2014

    This T20 game followed a familiar pattern for readers who have bothered ploughing through the previous 5 matches. AVCC excelled temporarily in the field and then found we had a few too many runs to chase. Should we try and bat first and change a habit? Anyway, we pulled up 34 runs shy of All Cannings 137 off 20, bowled out in the final over.

  • Avebury vs AVCC report
    8 June 2014

    What a nice ground Avebury is, lovely day too and AVCC registered their first victory, not without a struggle though.

  • Collingbourne vs AVCC report
    5 June 2014

    Near miss at Collingbourne in a good-natured tussle over 20 overs.

  • Chitterne v AVCC
    26 May 2014

    So it was another case of a desperately close finish, but AVCC came up 7 runs short in their inaugural fixture away to the extremely hospitable Chitterne team.

  • Urchfont v AVCC - Wed 21 May
    21 May 2014

    Opportunity lost tonight. AVCC fell 13 runs short of the 98 for 9 target.

  • AVCC vs Marden, Sunday 18 May
    18 May 2014

    Well, we've constructed a solid base from which to improve - or so went the general conversation in the pub afterwards.

 
 
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Sunday, 22 June 2014

Burbage vs AVCC

On a wonderfully hot summers day we took on the mighty Burbage. I'm told they have a professional Kiwi who's played Test cricket, fortunately he wasn't selected. Their average age was still around half ours so we started the game with some trepidation. Despite the gap in relative fitness levels (and waist lines) we put up a good fight but, alas, came up short.

We won the toss and decided to bat first for a change. Alex H (11) and myself (14) began confidently, helped by some lusty blows by young Alex. Rob Hedderwick (16) was just starting to take their spinners apart when he got a ball that bounced, or rather didn't, less than 6 inches off the pitch and had him plum lbw, unfair. Graham Newland (27) anchored the middle of the innings with Ieuan Pearn (12) and Peter Williams (20) providing some late fireworks. A total of 127 was always likely to be too light but gave us something to bowl at.

Tim Law toiled manfully (7-23-0) without due reward. Ieuan Pearn (4-13-2) had the longest run up and grabbed a couple of key wickets. Ben Eveling, Graham Newland, Peter Williams and myself tried to trip them up with a variety of mystery slow bowling (Moeen Ali might be the first person to bowl a Doosra for England but Ben's been doing it in Wiltshire all year). The pick of the bowling was Ben Jones (5-25-4) picking up his first wickets for AVCC, well done Ben. Burbage added a bit of fun by getting their batsmen to play a shot they've never tried before to the first ball they each faced. We saw two reverse sweeps, a couple of switch hits and even a "ramp" shot.

I see we have a return match in August, let's hope they don't bring the Kiwi.

Mike Parr