Mon
23rd May 2011
Extra!
Extra! Read all about it!!!
The 2nd XI
unfortunately claimed an unwanted record on Saturday when they
managed to bowl 77 extras...but prior to that what were the
previous best extra-fests, both for Sway and by the opposition?
Willsy has kindly
interrogated the database, so enjoy this light-hearted trip down
memory lane.....
Extras Conceded by Sway
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77 |
Sway
II v Parley IV 21st May 2011
Wides 59
Byes 10 NoBalls 4 Leggies 4
Less said
the better... |
|
67 |
Sway
II v Milford II 1st September 2007
Wides 37
Byes 15 NoBalls 13 Leggies 2
A young
Steve Thistleton had a bit of a no-ball nightmare
bowling 10 in 6 overs, whilst Andy Hillyar, Chave
Anderson, Steve How and Andy Lee all chipped in with
between 6 and 11 wides each. Star performer was Andy Lee
who managed to bowl 7 wides in 1.1 overs! |
|
57 |
Sway
IV v Suttoners II 10th July 2010
Wides 26
Byes 16 NoBalls 2 Leggies 12
Dave
Hurrell's Aussie import Alex Horton proved that he bowls
as well as he bats popping up with 12 wides. Credit to
Mr Lee for being the only bowler not to bowl any extra,
albeit he went for 25 in 2 overs! |
|
52 |
Sway
II v Beaulieu 22nd May 2004
Wides 22
Byes 21 NoBalls 1 Leggies 8
One of
Sway's worst ever defeats - by 175 runs. Healthry doses
of wides from Hillyar, Kumar and Chapman and probably
some dodgy keeping (Norman Wilkie?). Only bowler to
extra free......a very young Robert Steadman! |
|
52 |
Sway
I v Ellingham III 30th June 2001
Wides 41
Byes 7 NoBalls 1 Leggies 3
The only
game on the list Sway actually won! A cracking
selection box of wides from all bowlers but 1st prize to Mr
Hillyar for 12 wides and 2 no balls. Second prize to
Dave Hurrell for 4 wides in just 2 overs of buffet
bowling. Amazingly he picked up 2 wickets, no doubt due
to batsmen being unable to contain their giggles! Third
prize to Alex Gabony who bowled 7 wides in 3 overs for
25 runs! |
Extras
Conceded by Sway's opposition
|
55 |
Sway
I v Ringwood II 31st July 2004
Wides 41
Byes 1 NoBalls 11 Leggies 2
An
amazing performance by Josh Beavis (who I believe is now
plays rugby for Ellingham and Ringwood 1st team) who
popped up with 9 wides in just 2 overs.
|
|
55 |
Sway
III v Otterbourne III 15th May 2010
Wides 32
Byes 17 NoBalls 5 Leggies 1
All
bowlers chipped in with a healthy supply of wides which
was clearly topped up by some indifferent keeping. |
|
51 |
Sway
II v Alderholt II 6th June 2009
Wides 14
Byes 20 NoBalls 9 Leggies 8
Atty
popped down to the 2nds for this game and he must have
been licking his lips in delight at the wayward bowling
on his way to 52. The figures suggest that the ball was
sprayed around on either side of the wicket giving the
keeper a hard job.
|
|
48 |
Sway
v Alderholt New Forest Cup 6th Sept 2009
Wides 32
Byes 10 NoBalls 4 Leggies 2
Alderholt
the culprits again as Sway sealed the cup. Special
credit to the Westwood family who managed 18 wides in 7
overs between them. |
|
47 |
Sway IV
v Bournemouth VI 15th May 2010
Wides 21
Byes 21 NoBalls 1 Leggies 4
Not even
Bournemouth cricket legend Neil Pack (who scored yet
another ton at the weekend) could save his young side
from defeat in an extra strewn game (79 in total).
|
In case anyone is
wondering, there has only ever been 1 game in the clubs history
where Sway have conceded no extras at all. This was a league
game v BAE Systems back in June 2005. However, as Sway had been
bowled out for just 25, our bowlers only had to bowl 10.4
extra-less overs - Wills and Bob Steadman being the only
survivors from this game.
Way back in 1997
in a friendly against British Rail, Sway bowled 20 overs with
just 1 extra, whilst in the same season messers Osborne and Page
also bowled just 1 extra in 16 overs in a league game v Minstead.
Finally in 2004 in a league game v Mudeford, Ron Tranter and
Jack Walton conceded a single extra also in 9.2 overs.
Statistically
perhaps the most impressive Sway bowling performance in terms of
extras was the two extras conceded in 30 overs by Sway I in a
league game v Pennington in 2003. Bowlers that day were Chris
Baughan, Osborne, Golden, Terry Steadman and Tranter
