minc9771	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 2002 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Hints Road, Tamworth on 30th June, 1st, 2nd July 2002 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Bedfordshire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	S Boulton, TG Wilson
Scorers	CK Mountain (Bedfordshire), KB O'Connell (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 257/3 (Shankar 68*, Knott 25*; 67 overs)
Close of play day 2	Staffordshire (1) 172/8 (Cooper 24*, Bulpitt 9*; 55 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AR Roberts	c Harvey b Womble	41	51	72	9	-
DJ Roberts	c Harvey b Cooper	80	150	164	13	-
DJM Mercer	b Bulpitt	7	24	36	-	-
A Shankar	c Franklin b Jones	104	171	177	14	-
+JA Knott	c Franklin b Jones	62	104	134	8	-
TR Bristow	not out	15	30	35	-	-
CP Stearn	not out	15	20	24	-	-
MW Patterson	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
JA Green	did not bat
SJ Watts	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 14 nb, 14 w)	40
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 91 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-91 (AR Roberts), 2-125 (Mercer), 3-169 (DJ Roberts), 4-333 (Shankar), 5-339 (Knott)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	33	5	88	1	1	-
Crook	18	1	105	0	1	-
Womble	13	0	79	1	2	5
Bulpitt	15	1	28	1	-	-
Jones	12	0	52	2	3	1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SJ Dean	c and b Patterson	35	42	83	6	-
MC Longmore	retired hurt	5	15	19	-	-
DR Womble	b Rashid	7	31	35	1	-
PM Cheadle	c Knott b Patterson	12	42	58	3	-
GD Franklin	c Watts b Patterson	0	2	5	-	-
RP Harvey	lbw b Patterson	0	2	2	-	-
AJ Jones	b Patterson	0	1	1	-	-
+MI Humphries	b Rashid	19	48	64	1	-
RA Cooper	not out	29	116	136	4	-
GD Crook	b AR Roberts	21	34	47	4	-
G Bulpitt	c AR Roberts b Rashid	22	39	56	2	-
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 22 nb, 6 w)	42
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Womble), 2-65 (Dean), 3-65 (Franklin), 4-65 (Harvey), 5-65 (Jones), 6-88 (Cheadle), 7-103 (Humphries), 8-139 (Crook), 9-192 (Bulpitt)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	25.4	7	94	3	-	9
Patterson	20	5	57	5	3	-
Green	9	3	18	0	-	2
AR Roberts	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SJ Dean	c Watts b Rashid	38	93	118	6	-
GD Franklin	b Rashid	31	73	82	3	-
DR Womble	lbw b Patterson	29	64	74	5	-
PM Cheadle	b AR Roberts	0	3	4	-	-
RP Harvey	c Shankar b Patterson	53	116	134	7	-
AJ Jones	c Watts b Rashid	15	18	25	1	-
+MI Humphries	run out	11	31	42	1	-
RA Cooper	lbw b AR Roberts	6	14	15	1	-
GD Crook	not out	7	10	20	1	-
G Bulpitt	b Patterson	0	3	3	-	-
MC Longmore	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Franklin), 2-92 (Dean), 3-92 (Cheadle), 4-126 (Womble), 5-150 (Jones), 6-190 (Humphries), 7-199 (Cooper), 8-215 (Harvey), 9-215 (Bulpitt)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patterson	19	4	58	3	-	1
Rashid	16	3	69	3	1	2
Green	6	0	32	0	-	4
AR Roberts	21	10	29	2	-	-
Watts	7	2	18	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AR Roberts	not out	10	14	18	1	-
DJ Roberts	not out	29	14	18	4	1
DJM Mercer	did not bat
A Shankar	did not bat
+JA Knott	did not bat
TR Bristow	did not bat
CP Stearn	did not bat
MW Patterson	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
JA Green	did not bat
SJ Watts	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(no wicket, 18 minutes, 4.2 overs)	45

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	2.2	0	20	0	-	-
Crook	2	0	23	0	-	2

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 100 overs
--> AJ Jones made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Shankar (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Shankar (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GD Franklin (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Patterson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed PM Cheadle in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-54)
--> MW Patterson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> MC Longmore retired hurt in the Staffordshire first innings having scored 5 (team score 18/0)

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DJ Roberts 50 from 85 balls in 95 mins
AA Shankar 50 from 103 balls in 103 mins
JA Knott 50 from 79 balls in 108 mins
AA Shankar 100 from 166 balls in 165 mins

 

 

 

 

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