Tag Archives: Neil Foster

Sunday XI beat Ockham and the Weather

Sunday 17th September 2023
Friendly
Ockham 90 all out (26.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 91 for 1 (18.4 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 9 wickets

A victory for Stoke but moreover a victory for cricket as both sides showed a shared enthusiasm to make the best of some atrocious conditions and complete a match. Read more

Deepak makes 120 but Sunday XI lose high scoring thriller

Sunday 10th September 2023
Friendly
Whiteley Village 268 for 8 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 264 for 7 (40 overs)
Whiteley Village won by 4 runs

If there was a blueprint for how Sunday cricket should be played this was it. High scoring, an exciting finish, the perfect balance between the desire to win but not at the expense of making sure everyone had a chance to contribute; clean and humorous in-game banter. Read more

Sunday – Three matches and much fun

Sunday 3rd September 2023

A busy day at a sun-drenched Rec that saw three matches and the till ringing with bucket hat and other sales, competitions and raffles.

After a colts’ 50-ball match in the morning, there were two other games for people to watch whilst the day, set up to help raise funds towards the nets, was in full swing. Read more

Sunday XI lose exciting match at Chobham

Sunday 23rd July 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 122 for 9 (40 overs)
Chobham 123 for 8 (38.2 overs)
Chobham won by 2 wickets

We were delighted to receive an invite from Chobham in the week, and two evenly matched sides played out an exciting game that went the home side’s way in the end, but they were made to work extremely hard for their win after Stoke posted a moderate score. Read more

3rd XI beat Normandy by 4 runs

Saturday 24th June 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 214 for 6 (40 overs)
Normandy 210 for 9 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 4 runs

A chaotic afternoon saw Stoke squeeze a result out of the bag having been behind for a long part of the second innings. Read more

Over 40s TIE at West End Esher

Monday 19th June 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 144 for 6 (20 overs)
West End Esher Over 40s 144 for 6 (20 overs)
Match Tied

A quick turnaround for the Overs 40s squad, many of whom were involved at the weekend, and it was a welcome break from the quest for league points; although by the end nerves were just as frayed. Read more

Neil Foster 120* but Sunday XI lose

Sunday 4th June 2023
Friendly
Ashford 307 for 6 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 235 for 9 (40 overs)
Ashford won by 72 runs

For the second week running the Sunday side had a bit of leather chasing to do, but ended on a high as Neil Foster tonned up.

With large demand for places we moved quickly to secure the fixture, advertised as as a Sunday 2s. We selected accordingly. Upon arrival a friendly warning was received that one of their League players unavailable for Saturday was in to captain and he might end up involving himself a lot. Read more

Sunday XI : Batting, Bowling and Biryani

Sunday 21st May 2023
Friendly
Frimley Green 234 for 5 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 104 all out (39.4 overs)
Frimley Green won by 130 runs

The fixture gods were kind to us. With the advertising boards full of requests for away matches, a speculative call to Frimley Green, who were advertising because their opposition couldn’t raise a side, scored a hit. They had a good relationship with the opposition they were supposed to be playing and secured used of the ground. Things got even better when, expecting to make it a ‘no teas’ arrangement; the opposition informed us that they were going to provide biryani for all the players. Read more

Over 40s win at Leatherhead

Tuesday 16th May 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 146 for 6 (20 overs)
Leatherhead Over 40s 126 for 4 (20 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s won by 20 runs

Another day, another win for a senior Stoke side; this time the Over 40s belatedly kicking off their 2023 campaign with a comfortable win over Leatherhead who were their traditional excellent hosts. Read more

You Tube Sensational Sunday XI

Sunday 14th May 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 125 for 6 (35 overs)
Wonersh 85 all out (26.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 40 runs

Stoke’s Sunday XI completed a clean sweep of wins in senior cricket for the weekend with a great win at Wonersh who kindly offered us a fixture after losing their originally scheduled opposition. Read more