misc974573	England Over-70s v New Zealand Over-70s
	IMC Over-70s World Cup 2024
Venue	Pound Lane, Marlow on 1st August 2024 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Players	13 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	New Zealand Over-70s won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England Over-70s won by 9 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Umpires	S Venkatesan, M Wale
Referee	CA Bury
Scorers	V Devers, G Lupton

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New Zealand Over-70s innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AF Pond	run out (Stafford->Lamb)	1	18	23	-	-	5.56
RM Smith	lbw b Sheppard	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
JM Wilson	b Sheppard	9	22	25	1	-	40.91
*BA Guthrie	retired hurt	68	106	138	7	-	64.15
JA Renshaw	run out (Stafford)	1	8	17	-	-	12.50
+AT Penny	st Lamb b Young	30	83	111	3	-	36.14
PJ Nixon	c Stafford b Young	11	23	26	1	-	47.83
M Dawson	b Turton	1	3	7	-	-	33.33
EA Watkin	run out (Towe->Lamb)	0	2	5	-	-	0.00
LP Ryan	not out	7	4	8	1	-	175.00
JAJ Cushen	not out	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
SP Woolliscroft	did not bat
RL Craig	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 15 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Smith, 0.4 ov), 2-6 (Pond, 5.6 ov), 3-12 (Wilson, 6.5 ov), 4-20 (Renshaw, 11.1 ov), 5-118 (Penny, 38.5 ov), 6-132 (Dawson, 41.5 ov), 7-136 (Watkin, 42.6 ov), 8-149 (Nixon, 44.5 ov)

England Over-70s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sheppard	9	1	24	2	1	-	27.00	2.67
Hayes	9	5	5	0	2	-	-	0.56
Andrews	5	0	21	0	2	-	-	4.20
Stafford	7	0	25	0	-	1	-	3.57
Young	9	0	36	2	3	-	27.00	4.00
Turton	6	0	33	1	1	-	36.00	5.50

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England Over-70s innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ARG Peters	not out	53	85	115	7	-	62.35
DW Elder	c Penny b Cushen	18	24	36	3	-	75.00
SJ Sargent	not out	41	46	79	6	-	89.13
*JA Evans	did not bat
DJ Towe	did not bat
+GHH Lamb	did not bat
MT Stafford	did not bat
NP Andrews	did not bat
PJ Hayes	did not bat
SW Sheppard	did not bat
MS Young	did not bat
J Turton	did not bat
J Hall	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 13 w)	20
Total	(1 wicket, 115 minutes, 25.5 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Elder, 8.6 ov)

New Zealand Over-70s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cushen	6.5	1	29	1	1	-	41.00	4.24
Nixon	4	0	18	0	-	-	-	4.50
Watkin	8	0	46	0	1	-	-	5.75
Woolliscroft	4	1	8	0	2	-	-	2.00
Dawson	3	0	24	0	2	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> England Over-70s target was 131 runs in 37 overs
--> New Zealand Over-70s innings: 50 in 141 balls, 94 minutes
--> New Zealand Over-70s innings: 100 in 215 balls, 141 minutes
--> England Over-70s innings: 50 in 76 balls, 51 minutes
--> England Over-70s innings: 100 in 133 balls, 97 minutes
--> BA Guthrie 50 in 86 balls, 108 minutes with 6 fours
--> ARG Peters 50 in 76 balls, 91 minutes with 7 fours
--> BA Guthrie retired hurt in the New Zealand Over-70s innings having scored 68 (team score 125/5)

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BA Guthrie and AT Penny added 98 in 111 minutes for the fifth wicket in the New Zealand Over-70s innings
Guthrie was forced to retire hurt at the end of the 40th over in the New Zealand Over-70s innings due to heat exhaustion
Rain coupled with thunder and lightning at the first drinks break after 15 overs in the England Over-70s innings forced the players to leave the field at 5.05pm with England Over-70s 62/1 (Peters 36*, Sargent 3*)
Play resumed at 6.31pm
Non-batters: SP Woolliscroft (New Zealand Over-70s), J Turton (England Over-70s)
Fielders only: RL Craig (New Zealand Over-70s), J Hall (England Over-70s)