Result: Kibworth CC - 2nd XI Won by 15 runs
Date: Sat 27th Jun 2009 @ 14:00
Ground: Countesthorpe c.c
Type: League : Everards Division 1
Scoring: Standard
Toss: Countesthorpe CC - 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Driver | LBW | b Tom Hughes | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Taylor | ct Darryl Read | b Tom Hughes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Spence | ct stephen coulson | b Tom Hughes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| richard jackson | ct Darryl Read | b Prendon Rungan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Beevers | ct Steve Coughlin | b Prendon Rungan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gibson | b Prendon Rungan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| steve matthew * | b Tom Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gareth Parkin | ct Simon Garrard | b stephen coulson | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Thompson + | Not Out | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| micheal roberts | b Ben Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | ro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | ( 5b 11lb 10w 4nb ) | 30 | ||||
| Total | ( all out , 38.4 overs) | 175 | ||||
-1 ; -2 ; -3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hughes | 13 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Prendon Rungan | 14 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Collins | 6.4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Willett | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| stephen coulson | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Willett | b Tom Bailey | 44 | 72 | 6 | 1 | |
| jonny henfrey * | ct richard jackson | b Gareth Parkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gareth Anthony | ct richard jackson | b Gareth Parkin | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Garrard | st Stephen Thompson | b richard jackson | 26 | 59 | 5 | 0 |
| stephen coulson | b micheal roberts | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Coughlin | ct micheal roberts | b Luke Spence | 36 | 38 | 3 | 1 |
| Andrew Hibberd | b Gareth Parkin | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Prendon Rungan | ro | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hughes | ct richard jackson | b richard jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Read + | ct richard jackson | b Gareth Parkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Collins | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | ( 9b 8lb 5w ) | 22 | ||||
| Total | ( all out , 38.1 overs) | 160 | ||||
-1 ; -2 ; -3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| micheal roberts | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gareth Parkin | 8.1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Driver | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gibson | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 9 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| richard jackson | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The 2nd team miracle bandwagon rolled on to nearby countesthorpe on
a muggy warm day, which threatened to rain. Unfortunently the rain
would prove to be more threatening than the 2nd team batting again, but
more later.
The CCC deck looked hard and with some greenish grass and with
conditions suiting the swinging ball it would be ideal to put the home
side in. Of course it would, but it was Saturday and so FF lost the
toss and was stuck in. In the shed would be the strongest batting line
up of the season and with only Fabes and Jaff as certain openers and
Hologram, Stick Cricket and tommo at 9/10 & 11, FF opeted as
promised the numbers out of a hat technique and so after a bit of
trading, the order was settled.
FF was brimming with confidence at the array of quality available to
him, but the order would prove to be as useful as an O2 front seat
ticket to a Micheal Jackson concert. Without the exceptional quality of
Bartlett from the previous season, it would be his partner the youthful
left armer Tom Hughes who would prove to be the danger man. Having put
on more than a yard of pace from the previous season, he troubled the
openers. After 6 overs, FF offered to take a bat out to fabes who
clearly had neglected to take his with him as the ball slipped past the
outside edge of his imaginary bat. It was liking watching a man playing
Wii cricket with just a handle.
As the game started in light rain and the deck juicing up nicely,
overseas man Rungan benefitted from the pressure created at the other
end and it was only as the rain got heavier that the umpires decided to
intervene and we were off for rain. The eventual 45 minute interval
only benefitted CCC as it meant that Hughes could start his spell again
of 7 overs. Almost straight after the re-start fabes nicked one to the
keeper and the slippery slope was well and truly greased and ready to
receive the procession of fleckney roaders that would descend upon it.
To spare the readership I will quickly sum up the following batters:
1. Spence – Looked good nicked off to 2nd slip and was held by a
grateful coulson.
2. Jaff – Looked to be adept at patience only to be given out to
an absolute howling LBW decision that not only hit him 2 yards down the
track but way down the leg slide. The unpire clearly felt that CCC
needed a boost after Coulson shelled 2 catches at second slip in the
same over.
3. Pat Butcher – looked to be the man after a couple of crunching
drives then left one without leaving his bat out of the equation and
nicked off.
4. Beevs – Déjà vu ( murdered a midwicket boundary,
then a clipped 2 then disengaged brain and hoiked one airbourne)
5. Gibbo – Left one down the slop and cleaned up
6. FF- a jaffa pitched off hit leg
Despite the carnage that was taking place in the middle, the departed
were in good form and as always the banter was plentiful. The also
departed king of pop came in for some stick and a wide variety of
quality monthly publications from the local shop kept the depression
level to a minimum. Anyone for Turkey???
So the CCC boys were in hoops of delight with 3rd table KCC at 66 for 6
and with over 20 overs to go in a reduced 39 over game. Luckily for FF,
the occupants of 8 and 9 were not the standard league rabbits that
usually mop up these slots, but Gareth “the doctor” parkin,
and Steve”well 9 is at least 2 places higher than I normally
bat” Thompson.
It was still tricky going, but the removal of Hughes from the attack
after his allotted overs and 13 over 4 for 45, left the second string
CCC bowlers to press for a quick finish. Both Parky and tommo batted
sensibly but forcefully and soon the 100 was passed, 150 then into 166
and double batting points. Looking to move the score on , parky got
under one and was caught. Mikey looked as though he had broken through
his barren batting spell but was cleared up for 2.
Stick Cricket was as always an obstacle for the opposition and he
batted well to support tommo and with 2 balls to go went for a second
run to backward square and was run out, just leaving tommo 4 short of a
well deserved 50 and with the team all out for 175 which was a huge
achievement from the earlier disaster.
After launching through the entire pizza slice tray before CCC had
reached the tea table, the boys were soon changed and fired up to do an
ibstcock or narborough or shepshed (take your pick!)
FF deliveerd his usually expletive ridden pre-bowl speech and having
received a few chiprs from CCC while batting there was a full 11
fleckney road boys well up for knocking them over.
Mikey took ball 1 and looked firey as always and parky produced the
dream start from the other end. Bowling the same great line as the
previous week, he nicked off 2 numbers 2 and 3 in quick succession,
both held well by Pat at second slip. Pat held onto more than just his
furcoat and Benson & hedges to eventually finish with 4 catches but
more later.
After a great start and at 20 for 3 the earlier vocal CCC locals had
gone suddenly silent, with only opener willett proving tough to
dismiss, despite offering a number of potential chances as he looked to
favour the on-side. He was supported well by the left handed garrard
who also looked to be positive. At drinks FF got stuck into the boys to
make something happen and “bad language bingo” would see
jacko win with 7 uses of the fword, as FF looked to squeeze something
extra in effort to change the game.
It was Stick cricket who would dop the damage and get the show on the
road by bowling willett who had chanced hios arm once to often and
nicked and was bowled by bails. This really opened the game up and then
a very smart bit of keeping from tommo, saw garrard back in the
pavillion and the countesthorpe locals once again gagged.
The game was still very much in the balance with plenty of gaps in the
field it only needed to be pushed around at 8 an over with the odd
boundary and CCC would walk it. Jaff bowled a useful spell at 3 an over
to keep the rate in check and bails and jacko in tandem looked to be
the winning combination. A 10 run over saw the Clary's figures hammered
and with big hitting Hibberd joined by overseas man rungan, it was
squeaky bum time again.
Rungan launched his second ball from the returning parky back over his
head for 4 and looked to be positive. He was a little too positive as
he cut one down to the rounded figure of FF at wide 3rd man and went
for 2. Having had 9 weeks of keeping, FF's arm was utterly unused and
like a coiled spring and with one straight out of OTP's ibstock armoury
sent a bullet over the top to tommo who did the rest and the game took
another turn. Jacko switched to the other end to replace stick and
parky then bowled Hibberd with a top pill.
It was then left 2 the CCC keeper and bowler Hughes to finish off and
with 158 on the board and enough overs to go to win it, FF juggled the
field and hoped for something special from jacko and parky. Jacko
although hobbling from a bizarre groin related injury as yet
un-specified as to the origin hung onto a caught and bowled after a
quick juggle and then just as it looked like a winning draw was on the
cards, Parky nicked off keeper read to the awaiting pat at second slip.
Cue another silly win, silly celebration and the now traditional naked
“running man” from FF in the changing room. The CCC showers
flitted between hot and cold much like our batting and the beer once
again tasted that little bit better.
2 bits of news were that hologram had passed his driving test only to
see his new wheels vandalised before he could take his immensely
attractive bodied girlfriend out for a drive. (Lets hope she hasn't got
a face like susan boyle but the rack is good!) and having passed his
test several years ago, Andy Beevs rewarded son OTP with a new set of
wheels with which to take his one shot to games on his own. Keep your
eyes peeled for a gleaming set of rear Lexus Lights on not a Lexus, but
OTP's purple corsa!
Great fun, some great cricket and some rubbish cricket, another 24
points and who knows if we sneak a little closer when the kegworth and
narborough result is published.
See you next time and remember, keep your turkey tucked in!