Huncote CC

Huncote 1st V Newbold Verdon 1st 09/07/2005 - Huncote Lose by 4 Wickets

Huncote had no answer to Paul Bateman’s opening burst which effectively sealed this match. After being asked to bat, Huncote lost opener Crossley without a run on the board and things got worse when Spencer, Khawaja, Tim Kirby, and Mark Schutz all fell to the quick opening bowler. James Brewin picked out Ryan Bird on the boundary off of Gransden’s bowling and Huncote were staring at 33-6.

Peter Kirby and opener Frank Hubbard then ground out a decent if not slow scoring partnership. Hubbard took charge of the two to pass his first 50 of the season as the score as nudged to 100 with 5 overs remaining. Kirby fell to part time bowler Ryan Bird for 28, and Frank went to Bateman’s return, bowled for 56.Frazer Hubbard was run out before Luke Dyke and Wayne Smith shared a few blows to take the score to 123 before Dyke was bowled in the last over.

Tempers flared in the second innings as Smith had French LBW with the first ball of Newbold’s reply. When Bird and Neal Bateman both fell early, both bowled Smith, Huncote smelt an unlikely victory. Wilkinson and Paul Bateman had other ideas though as they both got their heads down, batting steadily and solidly taking the score towards the 100 mark.

Peter Kirby had a go, as did Tim Kirby but wickets were hard to find, before a late flurry bought Huncote back into the game. Bateman fell to Dyke’s slower ball, Wilkinson was caught in front and Davies was caught in the gully after a brisk flurry of runs. Huncote’s hopes of a come back were dashed though as Bell stroked Newbold to a 4 wicket win.

A decent low scoring match on a tricky wicket in the face of some good bowling on both sides.

Man of the Match- Frank Hubbard

Innings of- Huncote 1st
Batsman		4's	6's	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1	Ian Crossley	0	0	LBW	P Bateman	0
2	Frank Hubbard	6	0	Bowled	P Bateman	56
3	Carl Spencer	0	0	Caught M Wilkinson	P Bateman	0
4	Haroon Khawaja	0	0	Caught M Wilkinson	P Bateman	3
5	Tim Kirby	0	0	Caught C French	P Bateman	6
6	Mark Schutz	0	0	Bowled	P Bateman	0
7	James Brewin	0	0	Caught R Bird	M Gransden	0
8	Peter Kirby	2	0	Caught and Bowled	R Bird	28
9	Frazer Hubbard	0	0	Run Out		1
10	Luke Dyke	0	0	Bowled	P Bateman	8
11	Wayne Smith	1	0	NOT OUT		5
Extras						16
Innings Total						123

Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
1	P Bateman	13.1	3	38	7
2	M Gransden	12	4	14	1
3	M Henderson	6	1	16	0
4	H Davies	6	0	18	0
5	M Bird	5	0	22	0
6	R Bird	2	0	5	1

Innings of- Newbold Verdon 1st
Batsman		4's	6's	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1	R Bird	0	0	Bowled	Wayne Smith	1
2	C French	0	0	LBW	Wayne Smith	0
3	N Bateman	0	0	Bowled	Wayne Smith	3
4	P Bateman	6	0	Caught Haroon Khawaja	Luke Dyke	45
5	M Wilkinson	2	0	LBW	Wayne Smith	24
6	H Davies	3	0	Caught Carl Spencer	Tim Kirby	16
7	G Bell	3	0	NOT OUT		22
8	M Bird	1	0	NOT OUT		5
Extras						11
Innings Total						127

Did Not Bat: M Smythe, M Gransden, M Henderson

Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
1	Luke Dyke	12	1	34	1
2	Wayne Smith	15	2	40	4
3	Tim Kirby	11.5	5	29	1
4	Peter Kirby	3	1	16	0