Result: Kibworth CC - Sunday 1st XI Won by 8 wickets

Date:  Sun 15th Aug 2010

Start Time: 14:00

Type:  Friendly

Toss:  Sunday 1st XI won the toss and decided to bowl

 

Braunstone Cricketers CC - Friendly XI

			R	B	4s	6s
L Croucher +		b Jamie Thompson	10	0	1	0
A Merryweather *	ct Harry Miller	b James Cooper	0	0	0	0
H Patel	ct William Jennings	b James Cooper	3	0	0	0
S. Baird	ct Jamie Thompson	b Jamie Thompson	79	0	13	0
J Pidcock		b James Cooper	0	0	0	0
D. Speight	ct Eliott Lodge	b Harry Miller	13	0	1	0
J. Scrivens		b Jamie Thompson	6	0	0	0
S. Hill	Not Out		7	0	0	0
S Bhandari	ct Rikesh Patel	b James Cooper	4	0	0	0
T Sperry		b James Cooper	4	0	0	0
J Suffolk snr	Did Not Bat
Extras	( 10b  9lb  13w  4nb  )		36
Total	(9 wickets, 40 overs)		162

 

Fall Of Wickets

13-1 A Merryweather (L Croucher*); 14-2 L Croucher (H Patel*);
22-3 H Patel (S. Baird*); 24-4 J Pidcock (S. Baird*);
128-5 D. Speight (S. Baird*); 140-6 S. Baird (J. Scrivens*);
146-7 J. Scrivens (S. Hill*); 152-8 S Bhandari (S. Hill*);
162-9 T Sperry (S. Hill*); -10 ;

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd
Jamie Thompson	6	1	19	3	0	0
James Cooper	8	1	33	5	0	0
Lee Butler	8	0	30	0	0	0
Harry Miller	8	1	22	1	0	0
Eliott Lodge	6	1	16	0	0	0
Dan Pedley	4	1	24	0	0	0

 

Sunday 1st XI

			R	B	4s	6s
Rikesh Patel		b H Patel	53	0	7	0
John Pounds		b S Bhandari	8	0	1	0
Dan Pedley	Not Out		78	0	10	1
John Bleby	Not Out		6	0	1	0
Harry Miller	Did Not Bat
paul illingworth	Did Not Bat
Lee Butler	Did Not Bat
William Jennings * +	Did Not Bat
Eliott Lodge	Did Not Bat
James Cooper	Did Not Bat
Jamie Thompson	Did Not Bat
Extras	( 1b  5lb  13w  )		19
Total	(2 wickets, 32.5 overs)		164

 

Fall Of Wickets

28-1 John Pounds (Rikesh Patel*); 137-2 Rikesh Patel (Dan Pedley*);
-3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ;
-7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;

Bowling

	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd
S Bhandari	6	0	21	1	0	0
J Pidcock	7	1	23	0	0	0
J Suffolk snr	4	0	22	0	0	0
S. Hill	5	1	21	0	0	0
T Sperry	3	0	21	0	0	0
H Patel	5	2	21	1	0	0
L Croucher	2	0	15	0	0	0
S. Baird	1	0	8	0	0	0

 

Rock Head Strikes Right Chord With 5 Wicket Haul

That most rare of occurrences, a comfortable win for the Legends. A highly disciplined bowling attack reduced Braunstone to 24 for 4 and whilst the visitors rallied their score of 162 was never likely to be enough as Kibworth cantered home with some 8 overs to spare.
 Not for the first time this season the skipper won the toss and sent his team into the field. There were some raised eyebrows at this decision, why would you choose to bowl first on a road of a pitch on a sunny afternoon? Well, the skipper weakly attempted, they were warming up and everything, on a Sunday too. Perhaps they were taking it seriously for a reason. It terms of defence it had all the credibility of a drugs test for an East German shot putter. Jamie Thompson roared in from the top end but the spoils of battle went to James 'Tommy' Cooper. In only his third appearance of the summer he took a marvelous five wicket haul, two of which achieved with deliveries that could easily have removed batsman of a much higher standard. His wicket celebrations need some work but he is most definitely getting there. The Kibworth reply was based on contrast. The youthful, deft and spritely Rickesh Patel and er John Pounds. Rickesh initially struggled for his timing but soon began to flourish in his usual quick running manner. John however was setting himself up to launch the ball somewhere past Pluto but with his score on 8 managed to get himself yorked and quickly turned around to assume the mantle of umpire. The match deciding partnership of Dan Pedley and Rickesh Patel was, in the nicest possible way, dull. No big hitting, just careful accumulation of runs and the dispatching of the occasional bad ball as the required rate began to fall faster than a hung over parachutist. Rickesh fell for 53 towards the end leaving John Bleby (5*) to see Dan Pedley (73*) through to the finish line.
 The really nice part of the afternoon though was the sheer friendly sportsmanship that was on display by both sides. It was the way Cricket should be played, regardless of level, and ties were further strengthened between the two clubs.