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BGCC Sunday 2nd XI vs Bewdley
The Green cantered to an eight wicket victory over
Bewdley at North End Lane in their final Sunday league fixture of the
season. On a muggy afternoon with just the merest hint of a zephyr
providing limited relief for the fielding team, the Green’s skipper
Marek Wajzer won the toss and inserted the opposition in to bat on
another Roy Mayo belter. The Green’s new ball attack of Anshuman and
Scullion (1- 42) delivered another tight opening spell for their team.
Anshuman (2 – 14) continued his run of good form with the ball,
conceding only 14 runs and removing both openers cheaply, clean bowling
Tristram for a duck and having Brown (5) flamboyantly taken in the
covers by the under utilised Cyril Dean. Change bowlers Adam Price
coming in off a shortened run-up and Jamie Longmore (1 – 26) continued
to restrict the Bewdley run rate below three an over, with Longmore
having Mills (6) caught at square leg by Higgs.
Moses batting at three anchored the Bewdley innings with a top score of
85, but was hampered by an inability to hit the ball of the square for
the first half of his innings. Wickets tumbled regularly at the other
end throughout with only Cowdrey (34) reaching double figures. Leg
spinner John Sherliker (1 - 22) replacing Price was unable to extract
significant turn from the wicket but did an excellent containing job in
his seven over stint. A lacklustre Hill was unable to make an impression
at the other end. It was left to Scullion to close out the innings
partnered by left arm seamer Wajzer (3 – 17) who produced another useful
closing spell, having Moses caught at extra cover by Scullion, and two
stumpings by the big cobra Graham Glendinning accounting for Roseman and
Cowdrey. The Bewdley innings finally closed at a very attainable 176 for
8. This was another excellent all round bowling and fielding performance
by the Green, with James Scullion particularly impressive at extra
cover.
The Green’s reply got off to an indifferent start when a soporific
Sherliker was caught behind first ball, prodding at a delivery well
outside off stump from Roseman that should have been left. From then on
Simon Cooke (61) and Chris Hill (79 n.o.) were in commanding form,
blitzing successive opposition bowlers out of the attack. The watching
crowd was treated to a compendium of powerful shots hit both sides of
the wicket, with Cook particularly severe on anything overpitched. Both
batsmen raced to their half centuries to much acclaim from the crowd and
their delighted team mates. With the Green in sight of the finishing
line, Cook was finally caught at mid off. Matt Higgs (8 n.o.) pulled the
curtain down on proceedings, smashing the winning boundary in only the
27th over, leaving a sizeable chunk of the evening free for imbuing
coronas in the pavilion. |
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