North Enfield’s 1 st XI were relegated to Division 4A of the Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League
following an entertaining defeat to Chipperfield & Clarendon.
Chipperfield elected to bat first, but found themselves in early strife, as after one opener had found
the boundary on multiple occasions, he unthinkably ran himself out after hitting the ball straight to
Pat Honnor. He was soon followed back to the pavilion by the number three batter, removed by
Thomas Munt, before the captain’s torturous innings (4 from 49) was ended when he edged the
impressive Adam Jessop through to William Munt. With the visitors 80 - 3 at drinks, North Enfield
were in command, however - a considerable fourth wicket partnership took the game away from
them, as both the number four (78) and number five (79) batters played some eye-catching shots,
but also took advantage of some sub-par catching from the hosts. Lower order hitting propelled
Chipperfield past 250, before Will Griesdale claimed two wickets in the final over to restrict them to
274 / 8.
Unfortunately, North Enfield found themselves in the familiar position of being three wickets down
early on, before Honnor and Irfan Ali steadied the ship. Despite Honnor falling for 33, Ali and Sam
MacMurdie continued to accumulate, steering North Enfield towards a potential winning position.
As Ali passed 50 and motored on, a growing home contingent started to get excited as the hosts
neared 200, however - the fall of Ali for a wonderful 86 and MacMurdie for a gritty 39 saw the end
of their chase and they were eventually bowled out for 229, losing by 45 runs and being condemned
to Division 4A next season. There was better news elsewhere, as the 2’s 6 run victory over Reed,
spearheaded by Kieran Jones’ 98, meant that they finished 6 th in Division 9B.
Over the past week, North Enfield also completed two friendly victories, as 50s from William Munt
and Ishan Tilakaratna saw them post 241 / 8 against Enfield Ignatians Rugby Club, before two
wickets apiece for David Brandon, Hannah Gilmore, Freddie Pearson and Chris Gillman saw them
bowl the Rugby Club out for 121 to complete a 120-run victory. Also, centuries for Gillman (102*)
and Tilakaratna (108*) saw North Enfield amass 301 / 4 against Camel CC on Sunday, who posted
277 in reply, as North Enfield won a high scoring thriller by just 24 runs.
following an entertaining defeat to Chipperfield & Clarendon.
Chipperfield elected to bat first, but found themselves in early strife, as after one opener had found
the boundary on multiple occasions, he unthinkably ran himself out after hitting the ball straight to
Pat Honnor. He was soon followed back to the pavilion by the number three batter, removed by
Thomas Munt, before the captain’s torturous innings (4 from 49) was ended when he edged the
impressive Adam Jessop through to William Munt. With the visitors 80 - 3 at drinks, North Enfield
were in command, however - a considerable fourth wicket partnership took the game away from
them, as both the number four (78) and number five (79) batters played some eye-catching shots,
but also took advantage of some sub-par catching from the hosts. Lower order hitting propelled
Chipperfield past 250, before Will Griesdale claimed two wickets in the final over to restrict them to
274 / 8.
Unfortunately, North Enfield found themselves in the familiar position of being three wickets down
early on, before Honnor and Irfan Ali steadied the ship. Despite Honnor falling for 33, Ali and Sam
MacMurdie continued to accumulate, steering North Enfield towards a potential winning position.
As Ali passed 50 and motored on, a growing home contingent started to get excited as the hosts
neared 200, however - the fall of Ali for a wonderful 86 and MacMurdie for a gritty 39 saw the end
of their chase and they were eventually bowled out for 229, losing by 45 runs and being condemned
to Division 4A next season. There was better news elsewhere, as the 2’s 6 run victory over Reed,
spearheaded by Kieran Jones’ 98, meant that they finished 6 th in Division 9B.
Over the past week, North Enfield also completed two friendly victories, as 50s from William Munt
and Ishan Tilakaratna saw them post 241 / 8 against Enfield Ignatians Rugby Club, before two
wickets apiece for David Brandon, Hannah Gilmore, Freddie Pearson and Chris Gillman saw them
bowl the Rugby Club out for 121 to complete a 120-run victory. Also, centuries for Gillman (102*)
and Tilakaratna (108*) saw North Enfield amass 301 / 4 against Camel CC on Sunday, who posted
277 in reply, as North Enfield won a high scoring thriller by just 24 runs.