Barnards Green cricket Club Match
Reports.
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Saturday 1st XI vs Dominies |
Worcester vs Barnards Green 3rd XI |
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Last Saturday
Barnards Green visited Dominies & Guild in a must win match. On a sweltering day Tim Williams lost the
toss and the Green were asked to bat.
The Green got off to a shaky start when Doughty was caught in the
gully early on. Jez Clarke and Dan
Flynn were beginning to push the accelerator when disaster struck. Flynn was run out attempting a quick
single to leave the Green 43 for 2.
Chris Smedley looked in commanding form as he and Clarke took the
score past the 100 mark. Paul
Drinkwater looked in excellent form, despite a hand injury picked up prior to
the game, but fell victim to a suicidal run out. Tim Clarke and Chris Hill both fell attempting to increase the
scoring rate. Tim Williams joined
Clarke and the pair took the score past 200 before Clarke fell for an
excellent innings of 86. 16 from the
last over left the Green on a below par, but competitive score of 222 for
7. The Dominies reply
started badly when Tim Williams bowled the experienced Wilks for 10. However, youngster Wilkinson and the more
experienced Price batted very stubbornly and played some nice shots to take
the score on to 45 before Wilkinson was stumped by the sharp Glendinning of
Tim Clarke. Doughty then ended Prices
resistance and added Williams caught by Curtis soon after. Under 14 player Matt Brace played some
superb shots in his 33 before he fell victim to Flynn’s flatter ball. Doughty then added Oliver caught by Flynn
and Flynn himself clean bowled Hopkins to leave the Green in sight of
victory. With 3 wickets still to get
and youngsters Lewis and Ford showing good resistance the Green looked for a
hero. Enter Clive Churchill. When Lewis tried to take a quick single to
mid off Churchill swooped in and threw down the stumps at the keepers end to
run Ford out. Then in an extremely
fast spell Churchill first had Hill caught well by Doughty running back from
slip when he top edged an attempted hook shot. Then with only 4 balls to go he yorked captain Wilks to give
the Green an excellent victory and 24 points. The Green will be looking to keep their winning run going
tomorrow when they entertain Enville at North End Lane. They welcome back Rob Richards and Ian Scullion. The Green now lie in 3rd place,
just 2 points behind second placed Belbroughton with the season drawing to a
dramatic close. |
On saturday, Barnards Green 3rds took the short trip over the
river to play Worcester on a warm and sunny afternoon. Worcester
skipper Dave Tyrere won the toss and inserted the Green on a wicket that
produced some variable bounce, but the Green got off to a solid start thanks
to some variable bowling. Dave Knapper (30) was particularly punishing
of anything overpitched and Lee Dyment (14) helped him to take the score to
69 before the introduction of Dave Harris and Kelvin Beeching slo the run
rate down and produced the first two wickets of the day as both openers
departed. Nick Rogers (58) then played a solid innings to score his first
senior 50 for the club and was well supported by Phil Spencer (35) who
enjoyed an entertaining battle with old stalwart Roger Weston. Honours were
even when Roger had Phil caught and he also disposed of Nick to finish with 4
foir 38 and Dave harris 3 for 33. The Green limped to 221 off their 45 overs
thanks to a late effort from Dave Price(14no) who produced great entertainment
whilst batting with daughter Emily (4no). Extras of 47 also helped
greatly. |
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