Result: Drawn
Date: Sun 18th Apr 2010 @ 14:00
Ground: Kibworth CC
Type: Friendly
Scoring: Standard
Toss: Dale Taverners - Friendly XI won the toss and decided to bowl
Highlights: Fantastic early season friendly, all results possible from the final delivery.
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Pole | ct | b Brant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Abbott | ct | b Brant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aadil Ali | ct | b Brant | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rikesh Patel | ct | b Jones | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Matthew + | ct | b Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| paul illingworth | ct | b Rippin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Wilkins | ct | b Brant | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eliott Lodge | LBW | b Mahmood | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Ellwood | Not Out | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Jennings * | Not Out | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jamie Thompson | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Extras | ( 1lb 2w 13nb ) | 16 | ||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 40 overs) | 159 | ||||
2-1 ; 22-2 ; 41-3 ; 44-4 ;
62-5 ; 66-6 ; 111-7 ; 138-8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant | 8 | 1 | 22 | 4 | ||
| Young | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Jones | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Rippin | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Moulding | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Gudgings | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Mahmood | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Sandell | b Thompson | 0 | ||||
| G Appleby | ct | b Wilkins | 25 | |||
| G Young | b Thompson | 4 | ||||
| Higgs | st | b Ellwood | 1 | |||
| Abbey | ct | b Ali | 11 | |||
| Grudgings | Not Out | 49 | ||||
| Mahmood | Run Out | 37 | ||||
| Jones | b Ali | 1 | ||||
| Moulding | LBW | b Ali | 0 | |||
| Rippin | b Lodge | 5 | ||||
| Brant | Not Out | 2 | ||||
| Extras | ( ) | 0 | ||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 40 overs) | 155 | ||||
-1 ; -2 ; -3 ; -4 ;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Thompson | 8 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliott Lodge | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aadil Ali | 8 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ellwood | 8 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Wilkins | 8 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
It's good to be back. The Sunday XI, the team that time and weight
watchers forgot, took to the field for the first time in 2010 on a
barmy day at Fleckney Road. As seasoned watchers will know the
toss is not required on the Sabbath. The Bard still takes out the coin
of the realm to the middle, he merely invites to the opposition to
choose what they want to do before it has a chance to land. Well, that
is how it must look from the sidelines anyway. On this occasion the
Taverners elected to field, perhaps not surprising since they had come
with only 10 men and managed to poach a wandering player on the
outfield by the name of Aamir Mahmood. The Kibworth XI should have
been plenty strong enough to rack up the runs, even on a slow wicket,
but proceeded to give out catching practice instead. Indeed seven of
the eight wickets to fall went that way and the home side fell to a
pretty ropey looking 66 for 6 after an hour. Sam Pole feathered one
behind, Abbo spooned one back to the bowler, Aadil looked a million
dollars before edging to slip, Rickesh dabbed when he should have
despatched, Fido cut one to point and Illo got caught off his only
major connection between bat and ball. The innings was rescued by
Sergeant Wilko (52 – runs or years we are not sure) marshalling
the efforts of Elliot Lodge (11) and Steve Elwood (16*) before a brief
cameo from The Bard (7*) saw Kibby to a respectable 159 for 8. Elliot's
innings was uncharacteristically patient, the Chairman nurdled and
bashed in equal measure and The Bard used the edge of his willow to
good effect.
By contrast the bowling was tight and the fielding was keen and energetic, Fido in particular throwing himself around with great gusto behind the poles. Faced with a huge boundary on one side the youth of the team were left to patrol the wide open spaces with Rickesh in particular exceptional. Of course this meant the other side was patrolled by such luminaries as The Bard, Abbo, Wilkins and Thompson. If the field were a ship it would have doubtless capsized. The game hinged on the arrival of Aamir. Jamie Thompson who, even by his own ludicrously high standards, had transcended into the stratosphere of verbal slobber when confidently proclaiming he had the first teamers number. The Bard gave him three overs to prove his boast , his only major victory being only hit for four not six by the hugely impressive all rounder. With Aamir moving through the gears it took a sensational run out from Rickesh in the covers to remove him and the last over began with 12 required and the last pair at the crease. The equation became 5 from the last ball which was stoutly defended and an exciting game had ended in a draw. All five home bowlers had bowled with great control and no little skill, perhaps Aadil with his leg spin was the pick of the bunch but it was a really gutsy effort from the all boys which bodes well for the coming season.