Result: Kibworth CC - 3rd XI Won by 8 wickets

Date: Sat 10th May 2008 @ 13:30

Ground: Sharnbrook Cricket Club

Type:  League : Northamptonshire Cricket League - Division Seven

Scoring:  Standard

Toss:  3rd XI won the toss and decided to bowl

 

Wellingborough Town CC - 3rd XI

			R	B	4s	6s
Mark Howes	ct Tom Bailey	b Greg Gibson	9	11	2	0
Jim Awbery	ct Greg Gibson	b Greg Gibson	1	8	0	0
Joseph York	ro		26	51	3	0
Ross James		b Greg Gibson	15	32	1	1
Barrie Curtis	ct micheal roberts	b Tom Bailey	27	67	4	0
James Titmus +		b Greg Gibson	0	1	0	0
Ryan Cosham	ct Rikesh Patel	b Greg Gibson	6	16	1	0
Peter Thrippleton *		b Jacob Gibson	2	11	0	0
Robert Thrippleton	ct Tom Bailey	b Tom Bailey	2	13	0	0
Oliver Andrew	ct Dan Pedley	b Jacob Gibson	0	8	0	0
Neville Roach	Not Out		0	2	0	0
Extras	( 2b  1lb  5w  1nb  )		9
Total	( all out , 36.3 overs)		97

 

Fall Of Wickets

6-1 Jim Awbery (Mark Howes*); 12-2 Mark Howes (Joseph York*);
55-3 Ross James (Joseph York*); 56-4 Joseph York (Barrie Curtis*);
56-5 James Titmus (Barrie Curtis*); 69-6 Ryan Cosham (Barrie Curtis*);
79-7 Peter Thrippleton (Barrie Curtis*); 87-8 Robert Thrippleton (Barrie Curtis*);
94-9 Oliver Andrew (Barrie Curtis*); 97-10 Barrie Curtis (Neville Roach*);

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd
micheal roberts	6	0	26	0	0	0
Greg Gibson	13	4	27	5	0	3
Tom Bailey	12.3	4	28	2	0	1
Jacob Gibson	5	0	13	2	1	1

 

3rd XI

			R	B	4s	6s
David Greenhalgh	Not Out		45	0	7	0
Greg Gibson		b Robert Thrippleton	10	0	0	0
Rikesh Patel	ct Mark Howes	b Peter Thrippleton	3	0	0	0
Dan Pedley *	Not Out		28	0	4	1
micheal roberts	Did Not Bat
Tom Bailey	Did Not Bat
Jacob Gibson	Did Not Bat
Unsure	Did Not Bat
Unsure	Did Not Bat
Unsure	Did Not Bat
Unsure	Did Not Bat
Extras	( 3b  9w  2nb  )		14
Total	(2 wickets, 20.2 overs)		100

 

Fall Of Wickets

34-1 Greg Gibson (David Greenhalgh*); 48-2 Rikesh Patel (David Greenhalgh*);
-3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ;
-7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd
Neville Roach	3	0	20	0	0	4
Ryan Cosham	3	0	13	0	0	4
Robert Thrippleton	4	0	19	1	0	1
Peter Thrippleton	4	0	9	1	2	0
Joseph York	3.2	0	17	0	0	0
Oliver Andrew	3	0	19	0	0	0

Match Report

This was boro first visit this year to their adoptive home ground of Sharnbrook. Since our last visit the new £1/4m new changing rooms had been built and what a pleasure not having to scramble over the excessively large bags used today (showers were great to. We were in these early!).

Could skipper Peter maintain his 100% record (1 out of 1), alas no Kibworth skipper calling correctly and electing to put boro into bat.

Boro got off to a poor start and it just kept going, only Jo York and Barrie Curtis looked at home (Jo was unfortunate to be involved in a mix up that led to him being run out). Barrie then just looked on from the other end as each boro batsmen came and went all to quickly.

Greg Gibson (13-4-27-5) and Tom Bailey (12.3-4-28-2) being the pick of the Kibworth bowlers. Gibson simply bowled straight and let the pitch and the boro's batsman do the rest. Tom Bailey left arm spin would have been at home at a much higher level than Div 7! an excellent spell.

Boro needed to create pressure early if they were to get anything out of the game. Unfortunately David Greenhalgh and Greg Gibson were quickly off the mark with the help of some wayward bowling. First change Robert Thrippleton gave a glimmer of hope to boro dismissing Gibson second ball of his spell. However Dan Pedley and David Greenhalgh soon reached the target in 20 overs.

From my personal view it was a pleasure to see such a closely knit team as Kibworth. They warmed up properly as a team, even walking around the ground together as a team - I haven't seen this in any of the divisions - a great unit playing together. If this model was adopted by more teams you would see a big improvement in the standard of play across the divisions - look out division 7, Kibworth have arrived and based upon this performance will not be staying long