The 1st XI lost, the 2nd XI lost, the 3rd XI lost, the Women 1st XI lost and the Sunday XI lost.

No reports were sent to me.

I don't know why I bother!!

Next week the 1st XI host Taplow, the 2nd XI visit Chesham 4s and the 3rd XI travel to Uxbridge 5s. The Sunday XI have an away game at Chipperfield and the Women 1st XI play Ballinger at the CCG.

Colts:

Colts managers – please do send in your match reports for inclusion in the bulletin

Chenies U13 Lions hosted Great Brickhill CC for their first Long format ( 35 overs a side) game on a warm Wednesday afternoon on 6th August. Winning the toss, Chenies elected to bat first. We found ourselves in trouble soon losing both openers early, and at 17/2 with some of our regulars missing, it looked ominous. Ayan and Garv steadied the innings with a 45-run partnership before Garv fell for a well-made 12 off 45 balls, seeing off the new ball threat. Aran Brar, promoted up the order, then joined Ayan- batted with freedom getting his maiden 50 including 5 fours in a single over from their opening bowler. The pair put together 121. Ayan making a polished 69 off 82 anchoring the innings, while Aran made a superb 58 off 57. Daniel and Haris finished the innings with some lusty hitting. 193/5 off 35 overs against a quality bowling attack comprising pace and spin was a top effort. With 194 to defend, we were sitting pretty as Daniel (2/28) and Haris (2/21) dismantled their top order. At 41/4, we had our noses ahead. Our bowlers bowled well in the middle - Kiyaan, Amogh & Manuth bowled tidely, but they say catches win matches, we didn't take ours and with extras mounting, the opposition was always ahead of the run rate. With as many as 30 runs off misfields, we left ourselves a mountain to climb, the opposition needing just 36 off the last 10 to win with wickets in hand. Sam then donned the gloves, braving the injury he picked up while batting and we tightened our act. Dhani ( 0/21 off 5), Ayan ( 1/16 off 5.4) and Aran ( 1/35 off 7) got us back in the game, with 20 needed off 18. With 12 needed off the last 2, it was anyone's game- unfortunately a streaky four and a 6 off the last ball of the 34th left Ayan 2 to defend in the final over. With 3 dots including a wicket, it looked like we could do the great escape but a lucky slice past point meant we subsided to a close loss. It is fair to say that it wasn't our day in the field, and our misfields meant a comfortable win was turned to a loss. Lots of positives to take though - several of our players had their first exposure to long format games, and we kept fighting till the end, our batters showed the temperament to bat long and dug us out of a hole and our bowlers all bowled well. We have a few more long format games to follow, hopefully with a great result to show for our efforts.

In other news:
2025 Subscriptions are now due and available on the website. Thanks to those that have already paid. Full details at this link https://www.chenies-cricket.org/a/subscriptions-46652.html Please pay promptly and early, many of the club running costs are loaded to this time of the year so we do need funds to be coming in so that we can maintain a healthy cash flow. Also remember that you are not insured via the club if you have not paid your subscription.

Personal Coaching – if you want to find that next level in your game from personalised 1:1 coaching then reach out to Roshan Dias on 07427 926943 or visit his website here

An appeal for further help to run the club
Our wonderful club has seen unprecedented growth over the past few years. Credit goes to everyone at the club for facilitating this, but special credit goes to the management committee for working so hard to develop and grow the club.
The downside to this is that the workload upon the committee has also grown such that it is no longer possible for our officials to cope and run the club efficiently or effectively.
We are therefore appealing for members to come forward to help.
The first appeal is for someone to take up the position of Sponsorship Manager: Sponsorship is a significant yet untapped opportunity for funding at our club. We are looking for someone to manage and nurture our existing sponsors, and to proactively work to develop new sponsorship partnerships. The role could easily be shared among 2 or 3 people. If you are interested please speak to Dave Brown or Simon Hargreaves.
Our mantra is ‘many hands make light work’ and we are looking for 2, 3 or 4 people in each of the following areas to form a small team working with the committee member responsible for that area. None of these are committee positions so you don’t have to worry about coming along to meetings; all we’re asking is to get involved and help out in a way that suits you:

Our bar is going from strength to strength under the stewardship of Mick French. But he can’t be there all the time and if we are going to open more frequently with publicised hours then we’ll need volunteers to take on shifts behind the bar. If you’re interested in joining a group of volunteers who could take on shifts occasionally then please contact Mick (mickbeernut@gmail.com / 07771 866370)

An intra club Fantasy Cricket game has been set up by Alex Walker. These are great fun – you just pick a team of 6 from the club’s players and see how their points rack up for your team based upon performances. Entry is just £3. Go to http://chenies-latimer.fantasyclubcricket.co.uk/. Player prices will change each week based on form and anyone not in the database yet will be added automatically once they play a league game.

Instagram – some great work behind the scenes has revived our Instagram account and we’ll be posting regularly and aften throughout the season. Please follow us @chenieslatimercc and @chenieswomenscricket

Also make sure you have downloaded the club app and have your Pitchero account profile set up to receive communications from the club. More details here

For all club kit and clothing requirements, please visit https://www.chenies-cricket.org/a/club-kit-58457.html and contact Dave Brown to order.

Our kit supplier, Chiltern Sports, are also open if you need to acquire any playing equipment. They are well stocked with Shoes, bats, helmets, pads and gloves plus all other playing accessories that you might need. Call the shop on 01296 613399 or Richard Young on 07831 662874.