Barnards Green cricket Club Match
Reports.
13th June 2004 Ending in a winning
dr Barnards Green Singles v aw for Barnard Barnards Green Singles v Brintons
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Barnards Green Sunday 2nd’s vs Redditch Redditch were clearly better in most
departments and enjoyed, but probably did not need, the best of a wearing
pitch when they won the toss and batted on a very warm day. The Green’s
fielding performance, given the age and shape of the team, was no worse than
expected. Indeed Bryant had two early successes and Lamb, in his first match
of the season, bowled respectably and claimed an excellent one-handed diving
catch. Thereafter Redditch regrouped through Freeman and Haines. They scored
freely off all the bowlers and profited from 40 extras. With eight players
around or past the veteran stage, the home side were powerless. Hill’s late spell beat the bat several
times, but all the edges or mis-hits tended to find the boundary and not the
wilting fielders. In any case, with Redditch past 200, now was a bad time for
the ball to start jagging at variable height. After tea, skipper Dick Brown played
his trump card at once, but the hard-hitting Price was bowled fifth ball for
a duck. Hill and Brown dug deep and made a fair fist of the next half hour.
Unfortunately Redditch had plenty of accurate seam bowling in reserve, so
that Brown (29) departed lbw after seven glanced and squirted boundaries, and
Jon Lewis chipped to cover after a breezy 14. Roy Mayo (6) and Hill (36) struggled
on at three runs per over, but the game was up. Haines (3-23) introduced some
pace and bowled Wajzer and Wheeler with straight balls. Lamb (20no) survived
the hat trick and valiantly recovered some ground by striking three fours and
a straight six, helped by two changes of bat. Jamie Longmore (15) proved a
useful irritant in the late order, and demonstrated his reverse sweep to
applause. But Bryant was soon bowled and Robin Longmore’s torn calf muscle
kept him off the field, so the Green finished well short. Redditch 247-5 (45 overs; Freeman
71no, Haines 70; Bryant 2-22) Barnards Green 140 (35.5 overs; Hill
36; Haines 3-23) Redditch won by 107 runs Thanks to the match sponsors Malvern
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