Saturday 29th August

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Mallards (Away)

Rob Panter won the toss and asked Vauxhall Mallards to bat first – they went on to make 261 for 9 in their 50 overs with Ryan Finney hitting 62 and Ian Harrison 54. Rob was Brooke’s best bowler, taking 3 for 50, while John Habershon and Stuart Pritty took 2 wickets each, Simon Key and Vinay Parikh 1 each.

The Brooke batsmen made a great effort to get these runs, but in the end were all out for 238 in the 48th over. Top scorers were Ed Sturman with 42, Chris Sheehy 38 and Ali Shearer 31. 4 of the Vauxhall Mallards bowlers took 2 wickets each.

We ended the season in 4th place and this is the club’s highest ever position in the Alliance – a terrific result for all those involved.

Saturday 15th August

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Mallards (Home)

After being put in to bat, Brooke ran up a massive total of 297 for 7 in 50 overs, the main contribution coming from a  3rd wicket partnership of 192, with great knocks from Ali Shearer (87 in 98 balls with 16 4s) and Vinay Parikh (80 in 103 balls with 14 4s). Stuart Pritty hit 27 not out in 15 balls faced near the end, while extras were 60, including 37 wides.

Reino Arendse and Cei Sanderson both hit 50s for Vauxhall Mallards, but they were restricted by good bowling from Simon Key, Stuart Pritty and Chris Sheehy, who each took 2 wickets, and ended on 222 for 7 in their 50 overs. The winning draw for Brooke gave us 17 points to Vauxhall-Mallards 8.

Saturday 8th August

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Downham (Away)

Rob Panter won the toss and we batted first, but were bowled out for 156 in 48.2 overs. John Reynolds top scored with 31, including 2 huge 6s, with Rob making 28 and Ben Prentice 24. Downham’s Steve Murdoch took 5 for 20 from 12.2 overs.

Steve Murdoch (49 not out) and Pat Yates (39 not out) carried Downham to 160 for 2 and an easy 8 wicket victory – Stuart Pritty and Simon Key taking the wickets.

Saturday 1st August

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Swardeston (Home)

After we were put in to bat, we scored 273 for 9 in our 50 overs. This was our best total of the season in the Alliance , except for when we went run crazy away at Topcroft. Ali Shearer top scored with an excellent 108 from 112 balls faced and he received very good support from Vinay Parikh (50 including 11 4s) and Chris Shearer (31 at a run a ball). The 3rd wicket partnership of 84 between Vinay and Ali and the 5th wicket partnership of 78 between Ali and Ben Prentice were records for this season to date.

Brian Murphy hit a quick 126 in 115 balls for Swardeston, but all our bowlers kept them in check and they just fell short of the 90% with 243 for 9 – we ended with 18 points to their 10 points. Ed Sturman took 2 for 43, Stuart Pritty 2 for 47, John Habershon 2 for 53 and Simon Key 1 for 55.  

After we were put in to bat, we scored 273 for 9 in our 50 overs. This was our best total of the season in the Alliance , except for when we went run crazy away at Topcroft. Ali Shearer top scored with an excellent 108 from 112 balls faced and he received very good support from Vinay Parikh (50 including 11 4s) and Chris Shearer (31 at a run a ball). The 3rd wicket partnership of 84 between Vinay and Ali and the 5th wicket partnership of 78 between Ali and Ben Prentice were records for this season to date.

Brian Murphy hit a quick 126 in 115 balls for Swardeston, but all our bowlers kept them in check and they just fell short of the 90% with 243 for 9 – we ended with 18 points to their 10 points. Ed Sturman took 2 for 43, Stuart Pritty 2 for 47, John Habershon 2 for 53 and Simon Key 1 for 55.

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Saturday 25th July

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Lowestoft (Home)

The Lowestoft skipper won the toss and put us in on a wicket damp at one end. The best partnership of the innings was for the second wicket, when John Habershon (35) and Vinay Parikh (41 from 36 balls faced) put on 61. With other good scores coming from Ben Prentice (29) and Stuart Pritty (32), we reached 220 for 9 in our 50 overs. Peter Sims was the away side’s best bowler with 4 for 49.

Our bowling attack applied excellent pressure on the Lowestoft batting and they lost wickets at regular intervals. Top scorer for Lowestoft was Peter Sims, with 24. We eventually bowled them out for 152 in just under 45 overs, winning by 68 runs and collecting 24 points. The wickets were shared around, with John Habershon taking 3 for 32, Vinay Parikh 2 for 15, Stuart Pritty 2 for 34 (in 13 overs), Ed Sturman 2 for 34 and Rob Panter 1 for 9.  

Saturday 18th July

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Topcroft (Home)

After a week of heavy rain, the match did not start until 2.10 and was reduced to 30 overs. Rob Panter won the toss and inserted Topcroft on a damp wicket, where they found it difficult to get a move on and could only score 126 for 4. Phil du Plessis was their top scorer with 43 not out, while John Habershon was the pick of Brooke’s bowlers, taking 2 for 18 in 8 overs.

Brooke cruised to the victory target in 16 overs – John Reynolds hitting 77 off 52 balls with 13 4s and 3 6s and along with John Habershon (33 not out) put on an opening partnership of 120 for the first wicket, easily a record for this season.  

Saturday 11th July

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Diss (Home)

Diss won the the toss and asked us to bat first under cloudy conditions on a damp wicket. John Habershon went off the first delivery of the match, but Rob Panter and Vinay Parikh put together a partnership of 40 to help pull things around. We then had our usual batting collapse and despite Vinay’s 44 (including 10 4s), we were 96 for 5 after 24 overs, before Ed Sturman came in and hit 55 off 56 balls, with 7 4s and 3 6s. After 45.3 overs we were all out for 185, giving Diss an extra 4 overs to get the runs.

Henry Rush scored a quick 39 to give Diss a good start, but with excellent bowling from Brooke and negative batting, the visitors never looked like getting the target and ended on 171 for 9 in 54 overs (13 points for us and 11 for them). Star performers for Brooke were Stuart Pritty with 4 for 25 from 14 and Vinay Parikh with 3 for 19 from 8.

Saturday 4th July

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs North Runcton (Away)

North Runcton won the toss, put us in and after a good start we lost wickets quickly in the middle order, recovered near the end and finished on 213 all out in the 49th over. Vinay Parikh top-scored with 53, while Ali Shearer made 38, Ben Prentice 21 not out and John Reynolds 20. Darren Cubitt was the best bowler for North Runcton , taking 3 for 28.

Despite excellent bowling again from Stuart Pritty (3 for 40 in 11 overs), North Runcton reached the target easily, thanks mainly to 107 not out from Pakistani international Tarfeeq Umar, who has played in 25 Tests and 19 ODIs for his country.

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Saturday 27th June

Match Report - Alliance Premier vs Diss (Away)

Diss won the toss and put us in to bat. We again lost early wickets and were 58 for 4 after 18 overs, despite a very good 38 from John Habershon, opening the batting for the first time in an Alliance league match. Ali Shearer played well again, top scoring with 41, including 5 4s and 2 6s, while Rob Panter hit 38 off 43 balls to help us to 186 for 9 in our 50 overs. Simon Cooper was the best Diss bowler, taking 3 for 39 in 13 overs.

The Brooke bowling attack forced Diss back on the defensive and after Robbie Tooke was dismissed for 36, they gave up going for the win. They ended up with one ball remaining, needing 3 for 90%, but Rob Panter bowled a dot ball, leaving them on 165 for 9. We finished with 16 points, Diss 7. John Habershon (3 for 41), Simon Key (2 for 27) and Vinay Parikh (2 for 29) were the pick of Brooke’s bowlers, while Stuart Pritty, with 1 for 37 off 13 overs,  kept up the pressure on the Diss batsmen.