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Black Sunday - A Dark Day for Batting at OSCC

BY THE NUMBERS

On August 16, 2009, Offley & Stopsley Cricket Club slumped to two crushing defeats. Steve Bexfield’s 1^st XI were dismissed for 51 in a shocking 118-run reversal against local rivals Lilley and Darrell Cooper’s 2^nd XI were skittled for 69 in a 92-run reversal against Flamstead.

Here we consider some of the key numbers from that dreadful day where Offley’s batsmen gave a suitable impersonation of men who had never played the game before.

 1/3        Off all OSCC Innings over the weekend ended with a Duck

0              Offley’s opening partnership against Lilley

0              The combined number of runs scored by Steve Bexfield, Dhrupal Patel, Chris Austin, Marc Ward, Damian Sale, Dathan Sale, Adam Ward and Charles Page

0              The number of league games won by Lilley before they played Offley

1              The number of league games won by Lilley after they played Offley

1              The number of runs scored by both 2^nd XI openers, Wayne Cutts and Cliff Large

2              The number of Offley batsmen run out by Matthew Freeman

2              The number of shooters received by Colin Keeley over the course of the weekend

3              The number of batsmen to reach double figures

4              The combined number of runs scored by the Second XI’s top six batsmen

7              The second highest score of the Offley innings at Lilley from Darren Lunney

7              The number of 1^st XI batsmen dismissed for 3 or fewer

8              The number of ducks recorded

11           The number of runs scored by the 2^nd XI by the time the sixth wicket fell

12           The number of extras in the 1^st XI’s 51 all out

15           The 1^st XI’s highest stand of the day (N. Brodie & D. Patel)

18           The number of runs combined from 9 of the 1^st XI’s 10 batsmen

21           The number of runs scored by Nathan Brodie, the only man to reach double figures at Lilley

25           The highest score of the day from PAUL HUM

33           The 2^nd XI’s highest stand of the day (G. Law & P. Hum)

39           The number of runs scored by Offley’s batsmen at Lilley

51           The total amassed by the 1^st XI at Lilley

69           The total amassed by the 2^nd XI against Flamstead

95           The number of runs scored off the bat by 21 Offley batsmen