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Lutterworth Giants V Huncote Spearheads 07/08/2005 - Huncote Win By 3 Wickets

A view from the Giants of Lutterworth:-

The day got off to a good start with Lutterworth winning the toss and electing to have a bat on what looked a good pitch. This part of the day was all in vain though as apart from one partnership between M.Atkinson (22)-(including a huge six into Coventry road from old mother Frazer Hubbard) & J.Sercombe (20), Lutterworth suffered their second collapse in two games and fell to 57 for 6. This week though i think our batsmen felt under too much pressure from the constant whining of motor-mouth welham wanting a higher batting place. It was down to Tony Watson and Lee Atkinson to repair the damage however and they put on 50 together until Atkinson fell for 11. This put Lutterworth on 107 for 7 and in came Welham. After a superb 50 from all rounder Tony Watson, he proved his argument and blasted 28 even though he was dropped 17 times. Tony Watson being the back bone of the innings with support took Lutterworth to a defendable 162 for 8 off 40 overs.

After a fine tea Lutterworth were ready to take the field. Huncote started positively and hit 28 off the first 5 overs. However two wickets from Tony "FREDDIE" Watson - look out PC WILLS!! - meant Huncote were on 52 for 2. Some aggressive batting from Huncote's middle order soared them up to 91 for 2 off 16 overs. Even though motor-mouth welham constantly moaned he was knackered in the field through over working - though we all strongly suspect it had something to do with the entire chicken he ate on the boundary the previous day - this couldn't prevent him bowling a fine 8 over spell taking 1 for 18 and showing great promise. From the other end L.Atkinson took two wickets and had a great direct hit run out and along with Welham's spell this put lutts back in the game as Huncote were 112 for 6. D.Baxter and J.Sercombe bowled tightly but failed to get a breakthrough which meant the visitors slowly crept towards their target. With the introduction of J.Baxter however, he took a wicket in his first over which gave the home side hope, but it wasn't to be as a fine 24 not out from Huncote's skipper saw them home for a 3 wicket win.

View from the Huncote skipper: - Lutterworth can obviously spot a fine batsman when they see one!

Man of the Match- Peter Kirby

Innings of- Lutterworth Giants
Batsman		4's	6's	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1	J Baxter	0	0	Caught Peter Kirby	Ben Crossley	4
2	L Hill	0	0	Bowled	Tim Kirby	1
3	M Atkinson	2	1	Caught Frazer Hubbard	Peter Kirby	22
4	D Baxter	1	0	Bowled	Tim Kirby	4
5	J Sercombe	2	0	Bowled	Peter Kirby	20
6	J Atkinson	0	0	Caught and Bowled	Peter Kirby	0
7	L Atkinson	0	0	Stumped Dave Horstcraft	J Scrimshire	11
8	T Watson	6	0	Caught Liam McEntee	James Swann	52
9	N Welham	4	0	NOT OUT		28
10	B Atkinson	0	0	NOT OUT		0
Extras						20
Innings Total						162

Did Not Bat: C Miller

Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
1	Tim Kirby	6	2	18	2
2	Ben Crossley	5	2	11	1
3	Peter Kirby	8	0	31	3
4	Frazer Hubbard	4	1	17	0
5	Kev Dyke	6	0	16	0
6	J Scrimshire	5	1	20	1
7	James Swann	4	0	20	1
8	Liam McEntee	2	0	14	0

Innings of- Huncote Spearheads
Batsman		4's	6's	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1	Tim Kirby	4	0	LBW	T Watson	26
2	James Swann	1	0	Bowled	T Watson	5
3	Liam McEntee	7	0	Bowled	L Atkinson	36
4	Alan Sommer	3	0	LBW	J Baxter	41
5	Frazer Hubbard	0	0	Run Out L Atkinson		3
6	J Scrimshire	0	0	Bowled	N Welham	4
7	Ben Crossley	0	0	Bowled	L Atkinson	3
8	Peter Kirby	2	0	NOT OUT		24
9	Shane Thompson	1	0	NOT OUT		5
Extras						19
Innings Total						166

Did Not Bat: Kev Dyke, Dave Horstcraft

Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
1	C Miller	4	0	31	0
2	T Watson	6	1	33	2
3	N Welham	8	2	18	1
4	L Atkinson	7	0	27	2
5	D Baxter	7	0	19	0
6	J Sercombe	3	0	16	0
7	J Baxter	3	1	9	1