Barnards Green cricket Club Match
Reports.
28th June 2003 |
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Feckenham |
Barnards Green 1st XI |
vs Barnards 3rd XI
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vs Rushwick |
On saturday, Barnards Green 3rds travelled to Cookhill to play
Feckenham and came away winners by 7 wickets. Batting first, Feckenham
were soon in trouble losing opener Bloomer well caught by Jonathon Lewis off
Patrick Jelley who then bowled Jackson for 7. On an undulating pitch,
all the bowlers appeared to find difficulty finding a decent line apart from
the pick of the bowlers Emily Price who bowled an excellent spell finishing
with 2 for 20 off her 11 overs. Jamie Longmore took an excellent return
catch off his bootlaces and Rob Lewis finished off the tail end with 4 for 19
off 6 overs. Skipper Steve Daniels carried his bat for 44 no and
Feckenham finished on 124. Barnards Green Singles Vs Hewell Barnards Green
singles recorded a comfortable seven wicket victory over Hewell thanks to a
devastating spell of bowling by youngster Liam Paddock. Hewell won the
toss and elected to bat, they made slow progress against a fine opening burst
of hostile bowling by Leech and Brown. Sutton and Garside defended stoutly
but runs were at a trickle. Leech bowled eight straight for only ten runs
whilst Brown was equally miserly but both were rested. The evergreen “Onslow
“ Spencer kept runs to a premium with his subtle variations of flight and
speed. Sutton and Garside were intent on crease occupation as the overs sped
by and at 92 without loss after 30 overs the Green were more than content to
chase a small total. Spencer induced Garside out of his crease and White had
the bails off in a flash and the opener went for 28. Freeman then introduced
Liam Paddock and the match was turned on its head. First Sutton’s marathon
vigil ended with an inswinger for 47 and the youngster proceeded to rip the
heart out off Hewell’s batting he took three more wickets with the score on
103 before ‘regulations’ forced him to rest. His four over spell was an
exhibition of controlled swing bowling, moving the ball both ways the batters
were all at sea as he took four wickets at a cost of three runs whilst
Spencer (2 for 37) at the other end continued to put the skids on Hewell. No
other batsman could cope as Brown (1 for 21) and Spiers (1 for 33) mopped up
the tail as Hewell collapsed to 113 all out. The Green reply
got off to a disastrous start as Freeman chose to slap the ball straight into
covers’ hands when he had the rest of the field at his mercy. Genever and
Metcalfe then added fifty runs in even time to set the tone for the Green,
when Metcalfe departed for an accomplished 21 White took up the mantle and
was equally destructive. Genever meanwhile serenely accumulated his runs as
the Green were cruising towards the target. White suddenly had his off stump
removed by Smith (2 for 19) for 27 but it was too late for Hewell as the
Green cruised home by seven wickets with Genever 42 not out. |
Barnards Green 1st
XI took on Rushwick in Saturdays division 3 match at North End Lane. Rich Williams lost the toss and the Green
were put into bat by visiting skipper Gary Watkins. The Green were in trouble very early when they lost openers
Williams and Flynn before the score had reached double figures. Drinkwater and Tim Clarke soon followed
with the excellent Turner finding pace and variable bounce to trouble the
Green batsmen enormously. This left
the Green reeling at 21 for 4.
However the experience of Chris Smedley and Rob Richards came together
and the pair set about repairing some of the damage. Richards in particular looked in excellent
form, finding the boundary regularly with some sweet hits. The pair added 93 before Smedley played on
and when Richards soon followed the Green again needed to consolidate. With the wicket making scoring quite
difficult the Greens tail managed to add a further 50 with Doughty, Scullion
and T. Williams all making small contributions. The Green closed on 164 all out in their 50 overs. In reply Rushwick
started very well with Davies and Ingles chancing their arms and taking the
score quickly up to 42 before the first wicket fell. The introduction of Flynn and then
Scullion changed the match though.
First Flynn picked up the wicket of Davies to a smart catch from Tim
Clarke at point. Then Scullion
removed the next 4 batsmen in the space of 3 overs with only 5 runs being
scored, including the key wicket of Watkins to a spectacular diving catch by
Tim Clarke. This left Rushwick deep
in trouble at 47 for 5. Ricketts and
Williams then forged a patient partnership to repair some damage but the
introduction of Richards soon saw the Green get another break through when he
bowled Ricketts. Williams then fell
to an unplayable delivery from Scullion to leave the match tensely poised at
93 for 7. The Green picked up two
further wickets and despite some hard hitting from Phillips Rushwick was
content with settling for the draw.
Peplow and Douglas blocked the last 6 overs to frustrate the
Green. Ian Scullion was the bowling
hero with 6 for 24 off 15 overs, with Rushwick closing on 137 for 9. The Green take 14 points and stay in touch
with the leaders at the half way point, but will need to produce more
positive results in order to push further up the table. Next week the Green entertain bottom side
Alveley at North End Lane with an unchanged team. Rushwick vs Barnards
Green 2nd XI Barnards Green 2nds traveled to Ruswick seeking their 2nd
successive win, After winning what turned out to be an important toss Skipper
dick brown decided to take the new ball. The ever improving Duncan Bell opened the attack for the green,
he bowled and excellent line and length but with no reward in his first 6
over spell (0 for 14).At the other end things were even tighter, Chris Hill
started what was to be an unchanged spell. Using the conditions to his
advantage, Hill bowled through the innings taking 5 for 52 after 24 overs
including 9 maidens. Ruswicks batsman made the best of what turned out to be a very
difficult track to bat first on, Davies scored a stubborn 31, until Hooper
was introduced and dismissed him first ball catching a glove and flying
through to keeper Perkins, Hooper continued and after bowling an extremely varied line and
length found himself taking (4 for 12 off 7) The only other real contribution to
Rushwicks total of 141 was Guy Powell who smote a useful 42. Hill finally took Ruswicks last
wicket with only two overs to go, he was well supported throughout his
marathon spell by Stu Fletcher who was again unlucky not to pick up any
reward for some excellent bowling ( 7 Overs 0 for 26) , and Simon Clarke who
quickened up what was a slow over rate by the green, mainly down to some very
intricate but sometimes effective field placing by skipper Dick Brown. With the wicket drying throughout the day Greens opening pair,
Brian Hancock and Jez Clarke strode out to the wicket confident that they
could finish what was so far an excellent display from the Green. With Jones and Blight opening the
bowling for Ruswick, both openers started cautiously and were patient but
soon started to find the middle of the bat. With a fast outfield also on
their side They started to make the most of the 'Tight' gaps in the fielding
ring and boundaries started flowing at both ends. With Rushwicks skipper alternating what looked to be a 'more
than ample' bowling attack a small time of consolidation in places was needed
but the opening pair stayed composed and the only real contest was who would
reach their 50 first. Both batsman kept their heads when rushwicks best bowlers of the
day came in to the attack, Champion (0 for 37 0ff 7) and Colley ( 0 for 27
off 6) but with the score by now on 80 without loss still with 34 overs
remaining the damage was done. The game came to a close in the 30th over with Jez Clarke
finishing on 76 ( 15 4's ) and Brian Hancock 63 ( 8
4's) This completed an excellent 10 wicket victory for BGCC. |
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