Barnards Green cricket Club Match
Reports.
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19th July 2003 Bewdley vs Barnards Green 3rd XI |
20th July 2003 Abberley vs Barnards Green Casuals |
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Saturday saw Barnards Green
3rds play Bewdley at Brintons on a wicket as varied in bounce as the British
weather. Batting first, Bewdley got off to a steady start before Dave Knapper
caught opener Malgem for 12 off Liam Paddock. Thereafter, despite some good
bowling the Bewdley batsmen made the most of some big gaps and poor fielding
and eventually reached 28 possibly a hundred more than they should have got.
Patrick Jelley bowled a good line to pick up two wickets and Phil Harris,
Emily Price and Liam Paddock all bowled well with little success. 19th July 2003 Barnards Green Singles vs Worcester Corinthians Barnards Green
singles regained the winning habit with a comprehensive four wicket victory
over Worcester Corinthians. Corinthians
elected to bat first on the hard and true Newland surface. This decision
would have backfired had the Green been able to accept three chances that
came their way all off the luckless Brookes’ bowling. Brookes and Brown
maintained a tidy line and length aided by a bit of swing that kept the
batsmen in check. Once the shine had gone off the ball it was to be an
afternoon of toil in the field for the Green. Turner and Kadoos started to up
the rate until a brilliant piece of fielding by singles skipper Freeman which
saw his direct hit of the stumps send Kadoos back to the pavilion. Turner
found an ally in Hill and the pair built a platform for their side. Brookes
bowled his twelve straight through for only 38 runs. Spiers was equally
miserly but the wicket favoured the batters. Turner nudged past fifty in the
33rd over whilst Hill started to find the boundaries as
Corinthians attempted to up the rate, with nine wickets in hand and ten overs
remaining 250 was the minimum requirement. Just as Hill was starting to find
the boundaries Spencer (1 – 59) had him well caught and the return of Brown
put paid to any hopes Corinthians had of a formidable total. His second spell
yielding three wickets for 29 runs as Corinthians faltered. Rob Turner
continued his marathon knock and some lusty blows off Spencer in the final
over saw him reach 95 not out but the Green were more than happy with a
victory target of 219. The singles set
off in confident mood as Freeman and Yorke were quick to seize on anything,
the scoreboard raced along at seven over until Freeman (22) dragged one onto
to his own stumps. Yorke was in majestic form smacking the ball to all parts
as the bowlers lost their line and length. Metcalfe (16) got in and then got
out which White (15) then followed suit but such was Yorke’s dominance the
score had reached 160 when the fourth wicket fell. Tolley joined Yorke and he
soon into his stride with a series of legside and off drive drives that had
the Corinthian fielders wilting. Yorke perished to Furas for a fine 88 with
his side almost home. Brookes (13no) and Tolley continued to find the fence
and with the scores level Tolley fell for 27. This brought Sam Spencer to the
wicket and the youngster proceeded to play shot of the day when whipping the
ball off his pads to the mid wicket boundary to leave Barnards Green
victorious by 4 wickets. 19th
July 2003 Belbroughton vs Barnards
Green 1st XI Last Saturday
Barnards Green 1st XI visited second placed Belbroughton in a
vital division 3 match. Stand in
skipper Tim Williams won the toss and asked Belbroughton to bat on what
looked like a good batting track. The
Green started well with Williams and Scullion able to apply a
stranglehold. However they were
unable to gain a breakthrough and it took the introduction of the hostile
Churchill for the Green to get their first wicket. Nightingale hooked a Churchill bouncer straight to the safe
hands of Scullion at fine leg. Dan
Flynn kept the stranglehold tight throughout most of his spell and
immediately took wickets. The vital
wicket came when Flynn clean bowled the increasingly dangerous Pardoe with a
full toss for 44. Flynn finished with
3-60. Tim Clarke bowled the last
eight overs from one end and not only managed to keep the scoring rate down
but also picked up a wicket haul.
Clarke bowled accurately and with good variety and was backed up by
some good catching from Smedley, Richards and Williams. Some good late hitting took Belbroughton
over 200 but the Green were very pleased with a good bowling and fielding
performance which saw Belbroughton close on 211 for 9. The Green got off
to a flying with Flynn and Clarke hitting some early boundaries. However wickets started to tumble and
after 8 overs the Green were 40 for 2.
Tim Clarke and Drinkwater soon followed the openers back to the
pavilion and he Green were in trouble at 65 for 4. Chris Smedley and Rob Richards then compiled a superb
partnership to get the Green back into the game. Both played with a great deal of restraint and hit some superb
boundaries. Richards was in dominant
form hitting some excellent shots through the V. However he was first to go, 4 short of a well deserved 50. Judd Doughty joined Smedley and the run
rate was rising all the time. Both
found acceleration very difficult with Rob Hawk bowling extremely
accurately. However a change of
bowling saw the opening quick bowlers return and provided just the pace that
both batsmen were looking for.
Smedley accelerated past a superb 50 and Doughty started to find the
boundary with some powerful drives.
With the Green needing over 8 runs an over Smedley hit several more
boundaries before being caught going for a big hit. His superb knock of 76 saw the Green within sight of
victory. Tim Williams joined Doughty
with the equation reading 11 runs from 2 overs. Tension rose when Williams missed his first two balls but then
cut the next to the boundary. Several
singles later the Green were within sight of victory, needing 2 from 3
balls. Williams turned for a second
to long on and was run out, to leave the scores tied. However Doughty was at the right end and
when he smashed the last ball of the innings to the cover boundary the Green
had secured a superb victory to take them to forth place and only 6 points
off second placed Lye. Doughty
finished 34 not out, a brilliant knock under extreme pressure. Tommorow the Green entertain Birlingham,
looking to continue their good form since the half way point in the
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Barnards Green Sunday Casuals travelled to Abberley for
a friendly encounter, but unfortunately came across a wicket that was less
than friendly. Abberley won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first
whilst the wicket at least looked the part. Thirteen year old Phil Harris
bowled an immaculate line and length and the openers could not get him away,
in two spells he finished with figures of 1 for 17 off 7 overs. With the
unpredictable bounce, driving was always going to be difficult and the
introduction of Jamie Longmore saw the demise of opener Savery caught at fly
slip. Thirteen year old debutant keeper Richard Tuck then took an excellent
skier off the same bowler and Jamie then clean bowled Lythall to finish with
figures of 3 for 41. Cook grafted away and was lucky to survive several times
during an excellent spell from Emily Price and Barry Tuck bowled an
immaculate spell conceding just 21 runs off his 8 overs. Abberley finished on
160 off their 40 overs. |
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