Result: West Haddon CC - 2nd XI Won (20 Points) by 3
wickets
Date: Sat 2nd Jun 2007 @ 14:00
Type: Northamptonshire Cricket League - Division Thirteen
Toss: West Haddon CC - 2nd XI won the toss and decided to
bowl
Kibworth 4th XI
| |
|
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Paul Abbott |
|
b Tarplee |
1 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Sam Pole |
ct |
b Lowick |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| David Collins |
|
b Tarplee |
6 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
| Adil Ali |
ct |
b Wallinger |
15 |
40 |
2 |
0 |
| Rikesh Patel |
Not Out |
|
73 |
108 |
6 |
0 |
| john bleby + |
|
|
33 |
77 |
2 |
0 |
| Jacob Gibson |
Not Out |
|
16 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
| Eliott Lodge |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ben Underwood |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| Gareth Morgan |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| William Jennings * |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras |
( 3b 5lb 14w )
|
22 |
|
| Total |
(5 wickets, 45 overs) |
173 |
|
Fall Of Wickets
3-1 S. Pole; 4-2 P.Abbott; 14-3 D.Collins; 45-4 A Ali;
128-5 J Bleby;
Bowling
| |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
| A Tarplee |
13 |
4 |
39 |
3 |
|
|
| J Lowick |
10 |
3 |
28 |
1 |
|
|
| R.Lee |
2 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
|
| Wallinger |
9 |
0 |
40 |
1 |
|
|
| Taylor |
11 |
3 |
36 |
0 |
|
|
West Haddon CC - 2nd XI
| |
|
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Jim Captainino |
|
b Gareth Morgan |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Benjy Taylor |
ct john bleby |
b Ben Underwood |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nicholas Benson |
LBW |
b Adil Ali |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Patrick Wintle |
|
b Ben Underwood |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Simon Matheson |
|
b Adil Ali |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Colin Davies |
ct William Jennings |
b Jacob Gibson |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Martin Gough * |
Not Out |
|
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| A Tarplee |
ct Jacob Gibson |
b Ben Underwood |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jack Lowick |
Not Out |
|
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richard Lee |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| Tim Dixon + |
Did Not Bat |
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras |
( 13b 7lb 20w 4nb )
|
44 |
|
| Total |
(7 wickets, 44.3 overs) |
177 |
|
Fall Of Wickets
-1 ; -2 ; -3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
Bowling
| |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
| Gareth Morgan |
11 |
0 |
43 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Eliott Lodge |
5 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ben Underwood |
9 |
0 |
29 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Jacob Gibson |
7 |
2 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Adil Ali |
9.3 |
0 |
33 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Rikesh Patel |
3 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Match Report by Will Jennings
Another week, another close
match, but another defeat. Despite a superb show of batting resilience and a
mostly promising effort with the ball the team where sitting in the dressing
room at the close of play wondering quite how this one got away.
Losing the toss on a wicket with plenty of underlying moisture was a
recipe for trouble and the signs were bad after four overs with Kibworth 13 for
3. Good bowling rather than bad batting was the basis of the horror start as
Abbo received one that stayed a little low, Sam Pole fell to a slip catch that
belonged in a much higher league and Dave Collins had his afternoon ended by one
that jagged back alarmingly.
From such a start the road back was a long one although it did offer the
opportunity for one of the junior members of the side to play the role of hero,
please step forward Rikesh Patel.
Initially in tandem with Aadil Ali then later with the excellent John
Bleby the innings was rebuilt, painstakingly at first, to push Kibworth onto
their final total of 173 for 5. This total represented a real gutsy rearguard
action against a team pushing for promotion. Rikesh finished on a
tremendous 73 not out which displayed concentration and application far beyond
his tender years. His dad, watching from the sidelines, gave little away but
must have been immensely proud.
Unfortunately any momentum gained by the batting was soon lost. The
inability of the bowling to exert any control from the start of the innings was
evident again; some really excellent deliveries were often interspersed with
some pretty ordinary stuff to allow the Haddon openers to tick the scoreboard
along.
What the team might lack in consistency though it certainly makes up for
in guts. Time again the skipper’s mantra of “It’s the next one that counts” was
heard from his mid off station and the bowlers kept finding the deliveries to
take the wickets that were needed. Ben Underwood again deserving special
mention as he took 3-29 as his personal golden trot continued.
When the 7th Haddon wicket went down and with over 30 still required the
omens looked good for Kibworth who were positively buzzing in the field. At
this stage it was time to bring back the experienced opening bowler to apply
the coup de grace. Unfortunately Gareth Morgan, on a day release from
the constabulary, should have arrested himself for impersonating a cricketer as
the ball was sprayed around more than a Lynx advert. Somehow the match was
slipping away.
Haddon wanted 8 from the last two overs but some scrambled singles and a
streaky four off the otherwise miserly bowling of Jacob Gibson meant scores
were level going into the final over. Aadil stepped up to the plate and put the
first two deliveries into the block hole but the third was squirted backward of
square and the game was up.
In the final analysis 49 extras killed the Kibworth effort and wasted all
the fine work that Rikesh and John Bleby had put in earlier in the day. Yet
again they side had given the opposition all the problems they could handle but
fell just short of the winning line again. However the team is learning, the
juniors are gaining in confidence and results are just a matter of time.
Match report