The Bails 20 juli 2007

Hi All,

Having not heard or seen one of Kieviten’s favourite bondsumpires, Wilbert Stembord, this year I decided to call him yesterday at his home in Dussen. Perhaps not a member Wilbert has always shown great interest and sympathy for our club. With true cricket addict Frank van der Weijden he umpired SGS-2006 and Wilbert even considered to come along on tour with us.  

Apparently Wilbert has suffered a heavy car crash last October. Whilst driving on the main road he got hit in the back by a car speeding a 160 km that was out of control. After he landed on the backseat Wilbert tried to get back behind the wheel and managed to stop his car on the side of the road. Suffering from physical problems Wilbert is still having physiotherapy 10 months later. Through this injury he won’t be able to umpire at least this year. Not sure if he will after.  

JW

Kieviten Fall Victim Of Weather

Despite confident weather forecasts that summer was on the way Kieviten fell victim of the weather for the third time this season. Their game at Jinnah in Abcoude was only 10 overs old when a very heavy thunderstorm sent the players running for cover with Kieviten having scored 30 for 1. Some 2 hours later the rain finally relented and the umpires were able to make a decision as to whether or not the ground was playable. Unfortunately the covers on the pitch had not stood up to the test and the officials decided it would be too dangerous to continue the game.

Kieviten now have 7 games left to play in 5 weekends, and with another poor forecast for next weekend the situation could become even more difficult.

Kievitens second team were able to complete two matches this weekend - which coincidentally were both against Jinnah. On Saturday they lost the away game after being unable to defend a total of 177. All the top 6 batsmen scored 20 but none of them were able to go on to post a big score.

In the return game on Sunday, Jinnah batted first and managed to score 216 all out in a match reduced to 45 overs due to the weather. In reply the Kieviten batting suffered a total collapse and found themselves facing humiliation at 58 for 8. Mitul Luhar (58) and skipper Peter Arnfield (31 not out) were able to restore some pride, and a quickfire 18 from last man Karn Singh hinted at a shock win. It wasn't to be though and in the end Kieviten were all some 43 runs short of the line.

John   

Gents,

No joy for the 2nds at the weekend:  

Saturday:

Kieviten 177 all out in 46 Overs (Nilesh 24, JW 23, Peter 22, Bhavin 22, Mitul 21). 

Jinnah 2 178-6 28 overs  (Peter 3-43, Steve 1-39, Mitul  1-38, Nilesh 1-18). 

After Peter, John and JW had scoured the bars of Den Haag looking for 2^nd XI recruits on Friday, we fielded a full eleven players including three Indians, two English, two Americans, two Dutch, a Sri Lankan and a Scottish Italian. 

Jinnah chose to field but were soon chasing the leather as Bhavin played some powerful drives including a nice six over long off and Nilesh played the ball into the gaps. Runs were coming at 5 an over but it didn’t last, as Bhavin (21) was unlucky to be given leg before and then Nilesh (24) chipped a ball for a good catch at square leg. 

JW and Mitul (21) kept the pressure on with Mitul being aggressive but only to be trapped in front by one that kept low when he was just getting going.  With Steve Mansell unable to resist a slow loopy one and being caught, the United Nations of Kieviten needed to rebuild.  Peter and JW did exactly that by pushing the singles from some reasonable spinners and running hard.  They took the score to around 150 in the 40^th over before Peter (22) perished trying to lift the pace and JW (23) followed shortly after caught behind. 

Alan Sud, who had been wondering why Peter & JW had been blocking the spinners up to the 40^th and “last” over, strode manfully to the crease and immediately starting crashed the ball through the covers.  Karn (8) and Alan (7) ably supported by, Travis Yates, Marco Steijn and the unbeaten Robert de Jonge van Ellemeet, pushed the score up to a defendable 177 and nearly managed to use up their overs. 

After cheese sandwiches, milk and a high energy warm up from Steve, a new look fast bowling attack steamed in. Steve (1-39) got a good caught & bowled in his first over and Bhavin bowled straight. One of their openers liked to hit the ball and unfortunately he crashed several boundaries in the first few overs.

A double bowling change brought LBWs for Peter and Mitul and then Peter got another through a stunning slip catch by Marco - first parrying the ball and then catching the rebound.  

Peter picked up a third wicket and Kieviten sensed a chance, however we couldn’t get their big hitting batsmen out and, despite JW’s advice of bowling less full tosses & half trackers, the fours and sixes continued. It was only after the introduction of Nilesh’s mystery spin that their big man was out clean bowled but he had scored 90 runs and damage had been done.  With only twenty or so runs needed, Jinnah got to their target without further alarm.

Overall, it was an enjoyable match with a contribution from everyone and “more than fair” umpiring from both sides. It would have been nice to win, and there was always the return leg in Wassenaar on Sunday. 

Man of the Match - Nilesh - batted well (and just top scored), kept wicket and then bowled out their key batsman.  

Sunday: 

Jinnah 216 all out 45 overs (Raja 3 -19, Chaudry 3-22, Peter 2-43, Vidush Pujara, 2-48). 

Kieviten 2 173 all out 39 overs (Mitul 58, Peter 31*, Karn 18)

Despite fielding a strong side, Kieviten 2^nd XI lost again on Sunday. A delayed start due to heavy rain limited the match to 45 overs. However, the way their openers played, it was more like 20/20 - it was 63-0 with only eight overs gone even though both Nasir and Peter troubled the batsmen with the short ball. 

Offspinners, Raja and Vidush (Pujara) were brought into the attack with immediate results with 3 excellent wickets for Raja (including a good catch from Chaudry) and a sharp caught and bowled for Vidush.  Suddenly, Jinnah were 67-4 off 15 overs and Raja (9-1-19-3) and Vidush (9-2-48-2) were controlling the game.

Jinnah fought their way back and it was time for a change. Nilesh and Chaudry came on and immediately applied the pressure with four straight maidens and the pressure translated into wickets for Chaudry (6-2-22-3) with some good boundary catching by Vidush. 

Still Jinnah fought but finally we dismissed them for 216 in the last over with Peter grabbing a couple of late wickets (7-0-43-2) but missing an easy run out despite loud shouting from the team.  In general, a good performance in the field, were everyone (but particularly the spinners) bowled well and the ground fielding (particularly Mitul, Vidush and Karn) looked really good.

We thought 216 was a low score on the fast scoring Lapwing oval.  However, after 19 overs and Kieviten being 58-8, we were less optimistic.  The high order batting turned out to be a disappointment - Jinnah bowled fast & straight and wickets fell.  Nilesh thin edged to the keeper, JW was runout after a mix up, Vidush bowled playing across one that kept low, a fired up Raja was cleaned up after scoring just 1; and Nasir & Windy quickly got out.    A dressing room panic for pads would have left us “timed out” but Jinnah waited patiently and then quickly picked up Chaudry and Moshin (nice six though).  

The innings became a quest for respectability, lead by Mitul and supported by Peter. Jinnah first found the partnership irritating, then found it worrying and soon were wondering who would bowl the next over.  An unlikely win seemed a possibility.   Mitul (58 with 6x4 and 1x6), started his scoring with a six and played aggressively and sensibly.  Peter (31*) pushed singles and cracked some good off drives and together took the score into the 130s with a run rate required around six an over.

Mitul got out to a catch in the deep, but the game wasn’t quite over as he was replaced by “why block when you can swing” Karn, who immediately connected and raced to 18 in a last wicket stand of 36 with Peter.  It couldn’t last and Kieviten were finally out for 173 losing by 43 runs with six overs remaining.

Overall, we let ourselves down. A disappointing day for a team with lots of talent, but still many good performances:  Mitul and Peter getting their highest scores of the season; Chaudry getting his best Kieviten bowling and a catch as well.  But… we really need to win some more matches.

Man of the Match - Mitul 58 runs and some great fielding and catching.   

Hi Jan Willem, 

Its unbelievable that it is now twenty years ago that we were having such fun with the Kieviten Fourth cricket team ("May the fourth be with you!!!"). 

How are you? When you get time drop me a line and tell me all about yourself and what you are doing these days. How are Derkje and Paul? 

Greetings from Monica too! 

Who from the old Fourth team do you still have contact with? If you can let me know what each of the following are doing:

George Bontenbal

Coen Kerkhoven

Michiel Kerkhoven

Roland Wigman

I got your address from David Callin with whom I have some contact. Besides that, we do exchange Christmas cards with Alun Jones (and Patricia). We've had some contact with Wim and Loes de Roos over the years, too. 

Twenty years is a long time ago but all of you are still vividly in my memory. Monica and I live in Lloyd Harbor, in Long Island (New York) about 60 kms from New York City. Our son Sumantro is now 19 and has just completed First Year of University in Florida. I guess you were his age when we played together for the Fourth!! Our daughter, Emma, is 10.

I really hope you will have time to update me on all the news. We will be in Holland in August and would love to see you. 

Best regards,

Sunandan 

Sunandan's statistics are: 

George Bontenbal, Alun Jones, Wim de Roos, Sunandan Ray, Roland Wigman, Pieter-Bas Douwes Dekker

Jan Willem de Groot, Jan Boezeman, Michiel Kerkhoven, Robert Haks 

Coen

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MICHIEL KERKHOVEN (player 1986-2003)

Hi JW,

Hoe gaat het? Met veel plezier lees ik altijd deze zaken, maar sinds ik onlangs van baan veranderd ben kun jij in het vervolg m.kerkhoven@jandekker.com gebruiken?

Dank je en laat die Golfers maar lekker naar BZ gaan. Succes met het seizoen en hoop dit jaar wel tijdens de SGS wedstrijd (22 augustus 2007) aanwezig te kunnen zijn! 

Groeten,

Michiel 

PS; was laatst in Zuid Afrika voor het bekijken van een avocado plantage en natuurlijk kwam cricket ter sprake. Ik heb de plant manager de website gegeven voor een eventueel touring team van zijn zoon die geloof ik in Engeland speelt. 

F.M. Kerkhoven

Business Unit Manager

Jan Dekker International B.V.

Business Unit Cosmetic Ingredients

20 quater, Rue Schnapper B.P. 5205

78175 St. Germain-en-Laye cedex

France  Tel: +33 (0)1.39.04.10.14

Fax: +33 (0)1.39.04.10.20

Mobile: +33 (0)6.77.09.14.56

e-mail: m.kerkhoven@jandekker.com

http://www.jandekker.com/

 

Michiel Kerkhoven, PB Douwes Dekker, Wim de Roos, George Bontenbal, Jan Boezeman, David Callin, Martin Reynolds

Roland Wigman, Alun Jones, Sunandan Ray, JW, David May

Coen

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OPEN INVITATION 

Beste cricketclub,
 
wij houden een cricket toernooi namelijk een tape-ball tournament. in deze toernooi wordt gespeeld met een tape-ball een tennisbal, met tape er omheen. wij houden deze toernooi op de 29 Juli in Zeist wij zoeken teams die mee willen doen aan deze toernooi wij zoeken ongeveer 8 teams die interesse hebben om aan deze toernooi mee te doen dus wie het eerst komt wie het eerst maalt. de spelers per team is 11 spelers. de spelersentry bedraagt 10 euro per speler dus een teamtotaal van 110 euro en dit bedrag moet een week van tevoren worden gestord om mee te kunnen doen aan deze toernooi dus uiterlijk 24 juli kan er nog gestord de rekeningnummer zult u krijgen als u interesse heeft als u interesse heeft om mee te doen aan dit toernooi kunt u contact opnemen met: Hamid Butt

het liefst zo snel mogelijk contact opnemen.  Mail: Nawaab_1990@live.nl
Nummer: 0616357540
 
Met Vriendelijke Groet,

Hamid Butt   

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 GROETEN UIT NIEUWEGEIN

Gratis zo lang de voorraad van 5.000 exemplaren strekt.
De Cricketagenda 2007-2008 is verschenen. Dat hadden we graag een maand eerder gezien, maar er is een vertraging opgetreden buiten de invloedsfeer van de KNCB. Het resultaat mag er niettemin zijn. De Cricketagenda is te gebruiken als een gewone persoonlijke agenda en bevat daarnaast allerlei cricket informatie, zoals namen en nummers van bestuursleden en medewerkers van de KNCB, het programma van de Nachenius Tjeenk hoofdklasse en eerste klasse, nummers en websites van de clubs en nog het een en ander. De Cricketagenda heeft een oplage van 5.000 exemplaren en wordt gratis ter beschikking gesteld van alle cricketers. 

JW: Kieviten had er vijftig besteld. We hebben er nog twintig liggen. kievitencricket@hotmail.com 

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Zo lang er plaatsen beschikbaar zijn in het Nederlands elftal.

Aan: de verenigingen die uitkomen in de Nachenius Tjeenk Hoofdklasse en Eerste Klasse.

Van: Paul Jan Bakker (bondscoach) en Bart Lubbers (bestuur) 

Zoals bekend is het Nederlands Elftal deze zomer begonnen aan een nieuwe cyclus, met als voornaamste doel plaatsing voor de Cricket World Cup van 2011 tijdens de ICC Trophy in 2009. De nieuwe technische staf onder leiding van Paul Jan Bakker heeft op basis van bestaande en eigen kennis en ervaring een selectie samengesteld voor het Nederlands A team en het Nederlands Elftal. Daarbij is het door tijdgebrek niet mogelijk geweest, om bij alle clubs wedstrijden te bezoeken en spelers langdurig te volgen. Het zou dus mogelijk kunnen zijn, dat sommige spelers aan onze aandacht zijn ontsnapt. Ook kan de perceptie ten aanzien van de kwaliteiten van een bepaalde speler afwijken van die van de technische staf van het Nederlands Elftal. Om te voorkomen dat er potentiële internationals aan onze aandacht ontsnappen, stellen wij de verenigingen graag in de gelegenheid om ons op die spelers te attenderen. We kunnen die spelers dan gericht volgen en uitnodigen voor trainingen.

Graag de naam mét een motivering en toelichting van de specifieke kwaliteiten van de speler, plus zijn telefoonnummer en emailadres. Vanzelfsprekend alleen spelers die gerechtigd zijn om Nederland te vertegenwoordigen.

JW: Eenmaal, andermaal?

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Alex' garage sale!!!!

Hockey- en Baseball Coaches lopen de deur plat op het KNCB Bondsbureau ( ook de desbetreffende bondscoaches ) om de Crazy Catch te bemachtigen. Alleen deze week hebben we er al 7 aan niet cricketclubs verkocht ...

Vreemd genoeg hebben we uit de cricketwereld nog nauwelijks bestellingen gehad.

Een Crazy Catch is ideaal voor fielding trainingen, de oude bouncing nets ( u kent ze wel .. een metalen frame ( 1,40 bij 1,20 meter) met daarin een net gespannen waarin je de bal gooit die vervolgens vreemd terugsprint uit het net) bestonden uit 1 net ... De Crazy Catches die wij hebben liggen hebben drie netten van verschillende samenstelling en knopen waardoor de bal volstrekt uit een onverwachte hoek terug komt..

Bestel voor het te laat is ... Voor slechts euro 135,- ... Vergelijkbare producten kosten tegen de Euro 400,- .... Doe er uw voordeel mee...

Kon. Ned. Cricket Bond

Alex de la Mar

Wattbaan 31-49

3439 ML  Nieuwegein

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DE KIEVITEN TENNIS SECTIE

Geachte mevrouw Swart,

Zoals u wellicht weet organiseren wij de komende zomer 3 tenniskampen op De Kieviten.

Net zoals vorig jaar willen wij o.a. gebruik maken van het cricketveld (grasveld achter de korte zijde van het nieuwe hockeyveld. Onze kampen vinden plaatsen tussen 08.30 uur en 17.30 uur en dit zijn de data van de kampen: 

• 23 t/m 27 juli 2007
• 30 juli t/m 3 augustus 2007
• 20 t/m 24 augustus 2007

Met vriendelijke groet,

David Purmer

GSM:   06-46745570
E-mail: david.purmer@matchtennis.nl 

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22 August 2007

KIEVITEN XI versus SGS XI

SGS captain George Moon has assured us to bring a better team this time. Adding fresh horses to the stable with Frans van Egmond and Arshad Ziabutt they attempt to turn their luck. Especially now we call upon our overseas players to put forward their availability.

• Breakfast at 10.00am at Kieviten
• Players are expected at 12.00am
• Match starts at 13.00pm (40 overs)
• The match ball is sponsored by Tineke Kolff-Sutherland
• Breakfast & lunch will be prepared by Angelina (The Difference) and served in the Clubhouse
• Diner at 20.30pm at De Lof der Zotheid in Den Haag (http://www.lofderzotheid.nl/)

For the last couple of years SGS skippers wife Pat Moon was ever so kind to take care of the scoring. Soon we will contact her and check whether she will be around this time again and continue this tradition. Also we will contact last years umpires to see if they’re willing to do another 80 overs.

Anyone that hasn’t replied yet and but is interested in playing please contact us.  

JW

http://www.supergarant.nl/

Mobile: +31 (0)6 54775267

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JUST SOME NICE PICTURES

 Today Hanny sent us some nice pictures she took on the first Twenty20 match against HCC.  

 

We look back on a great experience and thank the KNCB for organising this cup. Also we thank Olympia ringer Wijnand van Huut for enforcing our squad. I believe that I speak on behalf of everyone when I say that Wijnand blended in well and look forward to see more of him wearing a Kieviten shirt.

JW