Great Gadsby steers Hunts to victory, Bretton milestone for Bennett

Long-serving Cambridgeshire captain and legendary opening batsman Nigel Gadsby turned out for Hunts against Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds and cracked a brilliant 148 not out in a nine-wicket success.
By Alan Swann
Published 12th Aug 2020, 10:15 BST
Andy Bennett.Andy Bennett.
Andy Bennett.

Gadsby and skipper Nick Andrews (52no) steered Hunts past Suffolk’s imposing 40-over score of 264-4

Andy Bennett passed 9000 runs for the club during an innings of 100 in an eight-wicket friendly win over Motley Crew. Bennett put on 189 for the second wicket with Ryan Hyman (106no).

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MERIT TABLE

Batting

N. Gadsby (Hunts Over 60s) *148

B. Woodward (Burghley Park) 125

R. Hyman (Bretton) *106

A. Bennett (Bretton) 100

T. Patchett (Motley Crew) 96

O. Dring (Spalding) 93

S. Prentice (Stamford Town) 92

K. Medcalf (Peterborough Town II) 91

S. Saleem (Peterborough Town) *89

J. Bowers (Wisbech) *85

W. Compton (Newborough) 82

M. Tarrant (Uffington 2nds) 82

A. Morris (Baston) 77

J. Newton (Moulton Harrox) 77

J. Hallett (Wisbech Town 2nds) *73

M. Zafar (Hampton 2nds) 70

J. Boyle (Laxton) 69

T. Dancy (Burghley Park) 69

A. Keen (Baston) 69

M. Underwood (Ketton Sports) 69

D. Jackson (Moulton Harrox) 68

J. Williams (Wisbech Town) 68

N. Du Toit (Orton Park 2nds) 66

C. Craig (Oundle Town) *65

J. O’Reilly (Burghley Park) *65

S. Saleem (Peterborough Town) *64

J. Malton (Market Deeping) 64

D. Ashraf (King’s Keys) 63

S. Dockerill (Castor) 63

Z. Nadeem (Werrington) 62

D. Stannard (Wisbech Town 2nds) 62

S. Potter (Nassington) *61

S. Brooks (Alconbury) 61

U. Tariq (Barnack) 60

J. Thornely (Burghley Park) 60

S. Akhter (Werrington) 59

S. Albutt (Wisbech Town) 59

M. Hodgson (Oundle Town) 58

R. Zafar (Werrington) 57

S. Ashraf (King’s Keys) 55

C. Beale (Moulton Harrox) 55

Q. Farooq (Sheikh 11) 55

A. Johnson (Castor 2nds) 55

J. McIntosh (Burghley Park 2nds) 55

S. Teekasingh (Newborough) 55

H. Brewster (Bourne) 54

L. Davies (Baston) *53

B. Potter (Nassington) 53

R. Sangha (Long Sutton) 53

N. Andrews (Hunts Over 60s) *52

B. Hudson (Baston) 52

M. Fisher (Whittlesey) 51

Rob Kitchen (Nassington) 50

*Denotes not out

Bowling

S. Coles (Moulton Harrox) 5-21

M. Ali (Hampton) 5-34

H. Ameir (AK 11) 5-35

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