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Oliver Hannon-Dalby: Too many of his batsmen gifted their wickets

Oliver Hannon-Dalby, above, captained Yorkshire Academy when they took it to the last over before going down by one wicket to South Africa Centurians Under-19s at Weetwood.

Yorkshire managed 204-8 in their 50 overs, and it took until the second ball of the Centurians’ last over for Bernhard Beukman to smack Lewis Stabler to long-off for the winning four.

The weather held, and Hannon-Dalby lost the toss. The Centurians preferred to field, and on a bowler-friendly wicket the Academy did themselves no favours when hesitant running after the second ball saw Eliot Callis back in the pavilion.

Jonathan Tattersall and Mosun Hussain staged an excellent recovery with a stand of 85, but in the 26th over off-spinner Werner Erasmus had Tattersall caught and bowled. Three balls later George Ross misjudged the pace of the wicket and was caught at mid-off, and four overs later Hussain on 49 gave an easy stumping chance to Johann Smit. He should have reached 50, but he left himself stranded two yards from home.

James McNichol played a sound innings of 29, and he read the pace of the pitch well. With Hannon-Dalby he put on 24 before Armand Wolmarans, a more-than-useful left-arm spinner, had the captain caught. Barney Gibson and McNichol added 16, but yet again a batsman failed to judge the pace of the pitch and wicket-keeper Gibson was himself stumped off leg-spinner Schalk van Heerden.

There were 10 overs remaining, and too many early batsmen had gifted their wickets. McNichol continued to play well, but five overs later he was caught and bowled by the returning Kyle Melis. Matthew Fisher played some excellent front-foot shots, cruising at a run a ball to an excellent 33. He and Stabler added 37 to make it a respectable total, and the spectators were left wondering whether the batting order was slightly wrong.

Hannon-Dalby and Stabler opened the Academy’s attack, but while the skipper’s pace troubled the first pair they grafted their way to a stand worth 56. First-change medium-pacer Fisher bowled a full length to York both openers, and Carl Karver produced an excellent spell of 3-27 to leave South Africa on 114 -5 in 30 overs.

Battersea was well down the wicket when Gibson stumped him, and Jonck played a poor stroke to be bowled by Tattersall. No. 5 Beukman stood firm. South Africa still needed 22 when No. 11 Wolmarons came to the crease...14 were required off the last three overs...then three off Stabler’s last over.

Beukman settled it second ball. It was a game of contrasts: some good spin bowling, but injudicious shots played by established batsmen. Victory came to the team which batted well down the order, and it was a fine innings by Centurians’ vice-captain Beukman.

Words and Statistics: HAROLD GALLEY

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI v South Africa Centurians U19s

Tuesday, June 26 2012 (10:23) at Weetwood, Leeds

South Africa Centurians U19s won by 1 wicket

South Africa Centurians U19s won toss and decided to field

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI (1st Innings)	South Africa Centurians U19s (1st Innings)
204 for 8 (50.0 overs)	205 for 9 (49.2 overs)
3 Hours, 19 Minutes.	2 Hours, 59 Minutes.

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI ( Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Eliot Callis	run out (K Melis)		1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Jonathan Tattersall	c and b	W Erasmus	32	66	108	1	0	48.48
Mosun Hussain	st J Smit	b A Wolmarons	49	101	127	2	0	48.51
George Ross	c B Beukman	b W Erasmus	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
James McNichol	c and b	K Melis	29	42	66	1	0	69.05
Oliver Hannon Dalby*	c R Oliver	b A Wolmarons	19	21	16	2	0	90.48
Barney Gibson+	st J Smit	b SV Heerden	10	21	15	1	0	47.62
Matthew Fisher	c J Smit	b K Melis	33	32	37	2	0	103.13
Lewis Stabler	not out		13	12	21	0	0	108.33
Nathan Firn
Karl Carver
Ashley Robinson
Extras	1b 5lb 12w 0nb 0pen		18
Provisional Score For Innings			204
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			204	for 8

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
J Oliver	8.0	1	36	0	3 (3)	0 (0)	0.00	4.50
K Melis	8.0	0	36	2	3 (3)	0 (0)	25.50	4.50
A Wolmarons	10.0	1	30	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	30.00	3.00
D Jonck	4.0	0	17	0	2 (2)	0 (0)	0.00	4.25
R Oliver	7.0	2	21	0	3 (3)	0 (0)	0.00	3.00
W Erasmus	7.0	0	27	2	1 (1)	0 (0)	21.50	3.86
S Heerden	6.0	0	31	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	36.00	5.17

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Eliot Callis	1-1	1	Eliot Callis (1) Jonathan Tattersall (0)	0.2
Jonathan Tattersall	2-86	85	Jonathan Tattersall (32) Mosun Hussain (41)	26.1
George Ross	3-86	0	George Ross (0) Mosun Hussain (0)	26.4
Mosun Hussain	4-106	20	Mosun Hussain (8) James McNichol (8)	31.1
Oliver Hannon Dalby	5-130	24	Oliver Hannon Dalby (19) James McNichol (5)	35.6
Barney Gibson	6-147	17	Barney Gibson (10) James McNichol (7)	40.4
James McNichol	7-167	20	James McNichol (9) Matthew Fisher (11)	45.1
Matthew Fisher	8-204	37	Matthew Fisher (22) Lewis Stabler (13)	49.6

South Africa Centurians U19s ( Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
J Smit		b M Fisher	23	61	60	3	0	37.70
K Breed		b M Fisher	40	51	78	6	0	78.43
S Heerden		b K Carver	9	22	27	1	0	40.91
B Beukman	not out		73	91	101	5	0	80.22
J Tait+	c J McNichol	b K Carver	3	12	20	0	0	25.00
R Oliver*		b K Carver	1	7	5	0	0	14.29
B Battersea	st B Gibson	b J Tattersall	16	29	24	0	1	55.17
D Jonck		b J Tattersall	6	8	12	0	0	75.00
J Oliver	run out (O Hannon Dalby)		2	5	7	0	0	40.00
K Melis	c M Fisher	b L Stabler	3	3	9	0	0	100.00
A Wolmarons	not out		8	8	12	1	0	100.00
W Erasmus
Extras	1b 4lb 15w 1nb 0pen		21
Provisional Score For Innings			205
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			205	for 9

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Oliver Hannon Dalby	7.0	2	19	0	4 (4)	1 (1)	0.00	2.71
Lewis Stabler	6.2	0	37	1	4 (4)	0 (0)	42.00	5.84
Matthew Fisher	6.0	0	25	2	1 (1)	0 (0)	18.50	4.17
Nathan Firn	4.0	0	26	0	2 (2)	0 (0)	0.00	6.50
Karl Carver	10.0	0	27	3	2 (2)	0 (0)	20.67	2.70
George Ross	10.0	1	40	0	1 (2)	0 (0)	0.00	4.00
Jonathan Tattersall	6.0	0	26	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	18.00	4.33

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
J Smit	1-56	56	J Smit (23) K Breed (19)	15.2
K Breed	2-81	25	K Breed (21) S Heerden (1)	19.6
S Heerden	3-91	10	S Heerden (8) B Beukman (2)	22.6
J Tait	4-110	19	J Tait (3) B Beukman (15)	28.3
R Oliver	5-114	4	R Oliver (1) B Beukman (1)	30.2
B Battersea	6-146	32	B Battersea (16) B Beukman (16)	38.6
D Jonck	7-162	16	D Jonck (6) B Beukman (10)	42.1
J Oliver	8-168	6	J Oliver (2) B Beukman (3)	43.4
K Melis	9-183	15	K Melis (3) B Beukman (12)	45.6