Result: Broomleys CC - Sunday XI Won by 9 wickets

Date: Sun 27th Jul 2008 @ 14:30

Type:  Friendly

Scoring:  Standard

 

Kibworth Sunday 1st XI

			R	B	4s	6s
Ken Pounds		b  Morris	14	0	1	0
Eliott Lodge		b  Morris	14	0	2	0
lee butler	ct	b Michael Hextall	8	0	1	0
Greg Gibson *	LBW		13	0	2	0
Bob Beevers	ct	b G Collier	57	0	10	1
Rob Ellwood	Not Out		50	0	10	0
Ben Underwood	ct	b B Read	3	0	0	0
Ben Matthew +	ct	b B Read	1	0	0	0
William Jennings	ct	b B Read	0	0	0	0
Jon Butler	Not Out		5	0	0	0
Sam Pounds	Did Not Bat
Extras	( 9lb  6w  4nb  )		19
Total	(8 wickets, 40 overs)		184

 

Fall Of Wickets

34-1 Ken Pounds (Eliott Lodge*); 41-2 Eliott Lodge (lee butler*);
41-3 lee butler (Greg Gibson*); 112-4 Greg Gibson (Bob Beevers*);
143-5 Bob Beevers (Rob Ellwood*); 159-6 Ben Underwood (Rob Ellwood*);
170-7 Ben Matthew (Rob Ellwood*); 170-8 William Jennings (Rob Ellwood*);
-9 ; -10 ;

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd
A Smith	8	1	23	0	0	0
D Broster	8	0	29	0	0	0
Morris	6	0	16	2	0	0
Michael Hextall	2	0	16	1	0	0
Ash	3	1	21	0	0	0
Unsure	5	1	34	0	0	0
G Collier	3	0	19	1	0	0
B Read	4	0	11	3	0	0

 

Broomleys CC - Sunday XI

			R	B	4s	6s
Extras
Total	(1 wickets)		185

 

Fall Of Wickets

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd

The Bard reports

 This match for the Sunday all stars was played with two unusual bystanders. A hot sun and a reasonable visiting support who politely clapped the boys from suburban Coalville to a decidedly convincing victory. Thankfully, as always for this side, the comedy along the way more than made up for the defeat in the scorebook.

 Whilst Gibbo was out at the toss the team were still a player (loosely speaking) short, the Bard was in the last leg of a journey up from Portsmouth after a liver bashing family wedding the day before. As the vice skipper was toeing it up the motorway Elliot Lodge had remarked to Gibbo he really fancied a bat, a throw away remark that saw him promoted to opening the innings with the venerable Ken Pounds. In a start that rarely went above snail pace three questions were being raised by the home side outside the pavilion:-

1) If 'Eater' wanted to bat why was he making such a stoic effort to hit no deliveries at all?

2) Why did Eater always practice an air shot after each delivery that bore no resemblance to the shot he had just played?

3) Why did Eater appear to be mincing up and down the pitch rather than running?

 Whilst Kens methods were rather more old school both openers snared a tidy but run of the mill 14 in the scorebook.

 The bulk of the home score came from the Third team direction. Sideshow had been milking his 130 odd runs from the previous weekend for all it was worth (and to anyone who would listen) and was saying that Broomleys would be in for a rare smiting this time round. Unfortunately for the rest of the XI the man with the mouth as big as his hair delivered on his boasts and biffed a reasonably classy 57, however if biffage is your thing then look no further than Rob Elwood who himself passed 50 with boundaries a plenty. With minimal contribution from anywhere else Kibworth closed on 184 for 9 which would at least make a game of it after tea.

 Picking a Sunday side is a truly difficult task, you want to put out a reasonable side but not one that is too out of sync with the opposition. Broomleys erred on the side of caution and brought a side that was too strong against an inexperienced bowling attack on a flat track. Of course they weren't to know and raced to the finishing line with overs and time to spare. The game though would have finished at slightly less than breakneck speed if the aforementioned Sideshow hadn't been called upon near the end to 'bowl' his 'spin'. In terms of rancid performances this has to rank right up there with Joey Bartons Anger Management Course and The Weston-Super-Mare pier fire safety drill. I wouldn't say it was bad but Second World War veterans could even now toss grenades in a better fashion. When the game finished with a beamer that also went for four the rather stunned silence said it all.

 Thankfully the action of the upper square saw it end in a one all draw in the Kibworth V North West Leicestershire battle. The First Team scored their win with their usual efficiency, however this result was ample proof that efficiency is ok if winning is your thing but for keys stone cops entertainment it is not the way to travel.