16th August 2008 - Match Reports. |
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BGCC 2nd XI vs Lye | Barnards Green 4th XI v Ross |
On a very wet and miserable grey day, the green entertained struggling
Lye. The visitors were delayed in traffic and the home skipper claimed
the toss and asked Lye to make first use of a very damp wicket. Matt
Brookes struck early with the swinging ball, Lewis Hooper took 3 for 25,
Spencer took 2 for 23 and Elliot Hennessey took his first second team
wicket when Ashlea Brewer made a leg side stumping, only Hussain 46 and
Mahmood 21 made any contribution and the visitors were all out for 110.
In reply Paul Yorke was bowled first ball, this only brought the
prolific James Curtis to the wicket , he together with Adam Croad took
the green to within sight of victory ,then Croad was bowled for a
patient 21, leaving Dave White and Curtis to see the green home with 30
overs to spare and with eight wickets in hand. James Curtis finished
67no taking his run of half centuries to 8 in the last 9 innings. A good
victory with 20 points gained.
Many thanks to match day sponsors "ROGER ALLPORT NURSERIES"
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With rain having covered the hills for the
majority of the week, the fourths are endebted to groundstaff Ratcliffe,
Horne and Wheeler for even having the slightest chance of play in this
Crusader Worcestershire Cricket LEague Division 4 South 2nd XI fixture
With rain showers hitting the ground early
morning, the pitch at the toss was green, very soft and bowler friendly
looking. Having won the toss, Green skipper Brown had no hesitation in
asking Ross to make first use. With a new ball and helpful conditions
the Green bowlers needed to make the most, sadly a mixture of line and
length meant that the Ross openers were able to get off to a solid start
and give Ross an excellent base to build a big total from.
Brown then turned to Ian Alley, who bowled
as well as he has done all season and finished with figures of 12 overs,
2 madiens, 3 for 36. With Alley ripping through the middle order and
Dave Price (1 for 46) and Wheeler (1 for 37) keeping it tight, Ross's
target began to drop and at one stage they would have been happy with
200. With Dale Brookes deciding to mix some powerful straight shots with
some non textbook style hacks was able to confuse the green bowlers and
fielders and managed to score 55. With the Green bowlers all picking up
wickets throughout the innings, Ross finished on 211 for 8 from 45 overs
With rain starting to fall as the players
returned to the field following another excellent tea prepared by Ian
and Sarah Alley - the green openers Wheeler and Horne knew that they
needed a solid and positive start to try and get as many runs on the
scoreboard as quick as possible. As has been the case for the last few
weeks, this they did, with 30 coming off the first 3 overs. When Horne
was removed for 8 in the 3rd over, Robbie Lewis joined Wheeler and
together they set about chasing down the 212 target in as short a time
as possible.
Wheeler brought up his fifth straight fifty
in a row on a Saturday in the 9th over, however the rain was continuing
to fall and getting ever heavier, the chances of the GReen facing
enought overs to score the runs was ever decreasing. The umpires finally
gave up the ghost at the end of the 15th over and took the players from
the field, with continuous rain, the game was abandoned and both teams
headed for the bar! The Green were left on 117 for 1 from 15 overs, with
Lewis 29 not out and Wheeler 73 not out. Due to the speed at which the
Green had scored their runs, they achieved 8 points for a winning draw,
which along with their bowling points meant they took 11 points from the
match. With 2 games left, the Green are secured in fourth place and can
enjoy their remaining fixtures against Tenbury and Dominies
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