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MATCH
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14/6/02 - Two 100's for Green
BARNARDS GREEN II v BIRLINGHAM II Opener Derek Goodman, however, soon declared his intentions with
a perfectly timed straight six off Pausey's third ball and the score rose
rapidly as his partner Simon Cooke pulled anything short to the leg side
boundary. Cooke was first to reach his half century but then holed out on
the legside. John Sherliker joined Goodman at the crease and runs flowed more
rapidly as he targeted the short boundary. Goodman reached a well deserved century with a big six and
Sherliker soon joined him before Goodman was unexpectedly caught behind off
Hill, who got a ball to lift. This ended a second wicket partnership of 171
runs in just 22 overs and let skipper Dick Brown declare, leaving his bowlers
57 overs to claim maximum points. In reply, Dave Hill opened his account with a six over cover,
but he lost his partner Henning, who was bowled by Matt Brookes, and was then
dismissed himself, bowled by Lee Hooper. Justin Macmillan had Davies caught by Cooke and when Duncan Bell
returned to the attack to clean bowl top scorer Gorman (28) and Watkins, the
visitors realised they had no chance of victory. It was Rob Lewis who made
sure of the 24 points by dismissing the last two batsmen with consecutive
deliveries. Match sponsors were Aldine Print. |
Saturday, June 22 1st XI v Belbroughton
(Away). Meet 12.15pm. R Williams (capt), J Clarke, B Hancock, T Clarke, T Williams, P
Drinkwater, R A Brown, G Glendinning (wkt), K Golder, C Hill, I Scullion. 2nd XI v Belbroughton
(Home). Meet 1.20pm. R W Brown (capt), T Price (wkt), S Cooke, L Hooper, D Goodman, P
Yorke, D Bell, J Sherliker, P Knapper, J Curtis, R Lewis. 3rd XI v Fladbury (Home). Meet 1.15pm. M Jones (capt), J Longmore, K Middleton, A Wheeler, R Birch
(wkt), J Lewis, M Brookes, L Paddock, S Clarke, A Lamb, R Rogers, P Harris, R
Tyler. Sunday, June 23 1st XI v Stourbridge
(Away). Meet 12.30pm. K Ratcliffe, C Hill, R A Brown, L Hooper, K Golder, T Clarke, J
Curtis, M Heaton, P Drinkwater, P Spencer, J Clarke. 2nd XI v TBA (Home).
Meet 1.45pm. R Longmore, T Price, R Birch, M Wajzer, J Longmore, J Wheeler, R
Mayo, R Tyler, I Bryant, M Oakes, Justin McMillan, I Bryant, M Jones. |
21/6/02 - Skipper Brown's
spin finally turns the tide
BARNARDS
GREEN II v ALVELEY II Batting first on a surface a good deal harder and faster than
over the last few weeks, openers Lee Hooper and Mark Jones made an uncertain
start against the accurate attack of Argent and Slater who dismissed both
batsmen for low scores. John Sherliker and Robbie Lewis (11) then added 42 runs without
getting on top of the bowlers before Lewis was trapped lbw by the accurate
West. Sherliker went on to make 41 before hitting a ball straight to
long off leaving Simon Cooke and Derek Goodman to build on the total. Cooke was quick to pull anything short to the leg side boundary
and reached his half century before holing out to Slater and Goodman (34) was
caught behind trying to force the pace. Tim Price (39no) immediately smashed his first ball over the mid-wicket
boundary and continued to attack at every opportunity putting on 56 in the
last eight overs with skipper Dick Brown (25no) who smote three extraordinary
sixes over fine leg! The total of 229 was worth around 40 runs more as the ball
really would not run through the lush outfield. Alveley opened their innings with West and V Jones, who both had
to leave early and retired after ten overs with the score on 32 and Jones
with 0! Lee Hooper found a good rhythm and pace bowling Garrard for six
but the other Green bowlers struggled to put the ball in the right place
allowing Tudor and Shaw to build a promising partnership. As chances went begging in the field, both batsmen started to
increase the tempo of the innings and with 20 overs remaining, Alveley needed
110 to win the game. Hooper found another good straight one to bowl Shaw for 37 but
Garrard was now timing the ball well and found support from the left handed
Pyke. As the score mounted Alveley looked favourites to win the game
and with just 33 needed off the last five overs the Green desperately needed
wickets to stem the flow of runs. It was Dick Brown's slow bowling that finally turned the tide as
he had Tudor caught by Bell for 82 and bowled Pyke for 36. The lower order batsmen had no answer to Hooper's pace as he
claimed two further wickets in the final over of the match with Alveley
finishing 12 runs short of the target with two wickets in hand. Courtesy of the Malvern Gazette. |