Category: Men’s Cricket

Henfield vs Kenya Kongonis Thursday 1 August 2019 Kongonis 251-7 (Ochieng 53 no); Henfield 249-7 (Paine 120) Match drawn Scorecard Report provided by Kenya Kongonis Who said time cricket is boring? This game came to an exciting climax over the last 12 overs that saw Kongonis snatch a draw from what had appeared to be an inevitable and heavy defeat. 7 overs and 5 balls into the last 20, Henfield were cruising at 191-0, and all Kongonis’ bowlers had been tried. But skipper for the day, Andy “Rev” Gandon had other thoughts, making the breakthrough with one of his floating off breaks, and Henfield went downhill from there, as pressure built on incoming batsmen to keep the score up to the required run rate of 5 runs an over while the Kongonis bowled tightly, caught everything catchable and fielded like demons, including a brilliant run-out and an outstanding catch. More detail of that finish is in subsequent paragraphs, but Andy Gandon had won the toss...

A June Preview - from the Chairman of Cricket The season is well underway now and it’s time to take a breath and look forward to events in June. T20 is definitely the theme with the White Hart Cup kicking off on the 7th June, more Dutch tourists, the VRA Club arriving on the 15th June and the WSICL Cup and Plate first rounds happening on Sundays later in the month. On the 23rdJune we also have our sponsors match versus the White Hart and the u19s even get underway on Tuesday the 27th at home to St Peters. All events to be supported as much as played in. Tom Paine , with a helping hand from Kev Thorns is looking after the VRA match where the early signs are that ‘participation’ will be more important than ‘competitiveness’. A suitable Henfield XI is being assembled. We are well versed in the needs of the White Hart Cup where we have new opposition in...

This is an informal message from the top, a short exercise in raising awareness of our cricket commitment’s early this summer and appealing for your support. I finish with a competition. Cricket seems to be getting ever harder to make happen. It only happens with a collective will, a team approach and support for the various people trying to lead within the club. The cricket committee – the selection committee, have gone to enormous efforts these early weeks to get league and Sunday sides out, this Saturday the first after the end of the local football season we had 10 league cricketers not available! Sundays especially though are proving a problem. More here later. My huge thanks go to all those plugging the gaps. This also shows our resilience as a club, we do have increasing competition for places fellas and I fore see some uncomfortable selection decisions ahead once availability settles. Full commitment will be essential in anyone seeking to play...