Archived Match Report

First XI vs. Barnards Green - 14 Jul - Win a toss .... but to no avail

With the inevitable damp wicket , Andy finally managed to win his first toss of the season and had no hesitation in fieling first . The BG openers got off to a decent start , pushing the score up to 44 before Styler and Andy grabbed three wickets for no further score . BG then had a couple of steady partnerships which nudged them up to and past three figures but with Louis , Andy and Nell each grabbing a wicket , the home side stood on 119 for 6 with 11 overs left . Two further wickets fell to Paul during the final overs but the home side improved their position to end on 178 for 8 .
Our reply got off to a bad start as Dan was bowled by his 5th ball for 0 but Styler and Dave built a solid platform for the 2nd wicket with a stand of 48 before Styler fell . Nell joined Dave and took the total up to 76 at which point we undertook an England style collapse as 76 for 2 became 98 for 9 with some shoddy batting , Dave excepted whose innings of 40 spanned 104 minutes , application the style of which the rest of us could have done with following . Louis and Badge took us past three figures but we were all out for 113 with 13 overs still remaining .

BG 178-8
CF 113 ao

Louis 11-3-43-1
Styler 15-6-41-2
Andy 11-3-34-2
Paul 7-0-40-2
Nell 6-2-12-1

Styler 22
Dan 0
Dave H 40
Nell 11
Jacob 0
Andy 12
Forts 0
Max 0
Badge 5
Paul 1
Louis 9 no