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28/6/02 - Price and Brookes
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BARNARDS
GREEN II v WEOLEY HILL Batting
first the Green got off to a slow but assured start, with Marc Jones looking
particularly comfortable before he missed a short ball and was out leg before
for 15. Roy Mayo
followed shortly after for 12 and then youngsters Tim Price (85) and Mat
Brookes (72) put on 110 in just 17 overs. Price was particularly harsh on
anything over pitched or dropped short hitting several big sixes. Brookes
showed his good range of shots and worked the ball particularly well off his
legs. Price was in sight of his first century for the club when he was
brilliantly caught for 85, which brought Andy Wheeler to the wicket and he
scored a rapid 23. Brookes was
needlessly run out backing up too far and the experience of Phil Spencer saw
the Green through to 239 off their 40 overs. In reply
Weoley Hill were soon in trouble when opener MacGregor was well caught by
keeper John Wheeler in the first over off Jamie Longmore. Hansen and
Luhar then took control before Ian Bryant bowled Hansen for 30, but Luhar and
Pritchard started to dominate some lacklustre bowling, before the much needed
introduction of wily spinner Roy Mayo who had instant success dismissing
Luhar (37) with an excellent catch by Marek Wajzer. With Phil
Spencer joining the attack, the game swung back in favour of the Green and
his return of 3-22 was the crucial element of the game as Weoley Hill
capitulated finishing eight runs short with Mike Oakes picking up two wickets
at the death. The match
was kindly sponsored by Hunts Stores. On Sunday
the Green are back in league action at Swindon. |
28/6/02 - Knapper turns
game with off spin
BARNARDS
GREEN III v FLADBURY II Skipper
Jones won the toss and put Fladbury into bat. Openers Sudlow (20) and
Wickerson (12) played aggressively before J Longmore (1-27) bowled Wickerson
off his pads. Tyler (1-33) bowled a good line and was unlucky not to get more
wickets. The introduction of P Knapper, playing his second game of senior
cricket, did the job. Knapper bowling his dangerous off spin ripped through
the Fladbury batting order. Knapper
finished with figures of 6-42 off 16 overs and was well supported by P Harris
(1-7). Fladbury
set Green 150 to win. The Green
openers got off to a solid start with Jones (33) and Rogers (20) punishing
anything short and wide to the boundary, before Rogers was caught and bowled.
Jones soon followed with the score on 71 with a needless run out. Middleton
(36) and Birch (21) got the Green closer to the total before they were both
dismissed. It was left
to L Paddock (0no) and reliable J Longmore (8no) to see the Green home with
20 overs to spare. Green
gaining a good 20 points. Thanks
going to match sponsors Malvern Independence. 28/6/02
- Bowling and fielding is below par
BELBROUGHTON
v BARNARDS GREEN On winning
the toss Rich Williams put the home team into bat on an excellent batting
surface. Dave Haywood immediately set about the Green's bowling with the
exception of Ian Scullion who bowled an immaculate line and length in his
opening spell of 1-20 off 11 overs. Haywood
survived a couple of chances on his way to an excellent century. Day also
accelerated well to complete an unbeaten century. Some
excellent late hitting from Scriven enabled Belbroughton to reach 302-4 off
their 50 overs. Despite a
below par bowling and fielding display the Green started their reply at great
pace with Rich Williams (38) and Jez Clarke (11) reaching 37 off the first
five overs. However
Clarke, Golder and Williams all fell reasonably quickly and when Drinkwater
was adjudged leg before the Green had been pulled back to 87-4 after 19
overs. Tim Clarke
launched an attack on the Belbroughton bowlers, striking the ball very
cleanly on his way to a quick fire 56. The Green
were now back in the run chase but when Clarke fell, followed shortly after
by Hill and Hancock the draw seemed the best outcome. The run
rate was still in reach but the Green had lost too many wickets. T Williams
(25) and Scullion (16no) saw the Green through for maximum batting points and
a losing draw. The Green closed on 215-8 and seven points. They can be
pleased with their best batting performance of the season, but will be
looking for a big improvement in their bowling and fielding tomorrow
(Saturday) when they take on Highley at North End Lane. |
28/6/02 - Green settle for
draw as Hawk homes in
BARNARDS
GREEN II v BELBROUGHTON
II Starting
their innings in light drizzle, the visitors' Ross and Barrett were soon
dismissed but Jessop played straight and confidently to establish a solid
base. He was
joined by Gillis, who showed a liking for the cover boundary, racing to a
half century and taking the score over the 100 mark. Jessop then went for a
big shot over long on but lost his leg stump to the wily Robbie Lewis and
Duncan Bell returned to the attack to bowl the bemused Littlestone for a
duck. Lee Hooper
found more control in his second spell and bowled Gillis for 66 with a good
straight ball delivered at a lively pace. Hawk continued the attack with some
lofted shots before being well caught, low down, by Simon Clarke, to give
Hooper his second wicket and Taylor was run out by the rapid reactions of
Derek Goodman. The last
wicket pair of Raybould and Edwards added an extra 20 runs and the innings
closed on 230-9, a total which included 44 extras! The Green
made a disastrous start when Hawk bowled Derek Goodman with the first ball of
the innings and had John Sherliker caught behind in his second over. Bowling
with accuracy and variation Hawk also got the odd ball to turn sharply and
troubled all of the batsmen. Simon Cooke and James Curtis managed to keep the
score moving and the score reached 50 in the tenth over. Hawk then
struck again as Curtis (21) was unluckily bowled off his body and Tim Price
failed to pick the ball which drifted to the off to be bowled for a duck.
Cooke was now the Green's only hope of victory as he tried to break out of
Hawk's stranglehold, hitting him for a four and a six in the same over but
when he tried to repeat the shots he was bowled for a well made 69. The
experienced pair of Dick Brown and Robbie Lewis decided a draw was the only
remaining option and they reached this target without any real problems,
finishing on 180-5. The
difference between the two sides was Hawk who bowled 22 overs conceding only
36 runs and taking all five wickets in an excellent spell. Courtesy of the Malvern Gazette. |