14-Jul-2003, Under 15's League vs Cheddar played at Blagdon

Cheddar Win by 54 runs


Cheddar Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    D.Phillips                                    b R.Davies            42
    M.Wdowski            c L.Mansfield            b R.Davies            25
    J.Butler             run out                                        30
    D.Rossiter           c T.Bond                 b A.Burroughs          9
    J.Simms              run out                                        14
    D.Stacey                                      b R.Moore              1
    M.Amos                                        b R.Moore              2
    G.Alcorn                                      b A.Milward            0
    P.Wadey              not out                                         1
    B.Stacey             not out                                         2
      extras                                      (b9 lb0 w7 nb0)       16
    TOTAL                                         8 wickets for        142

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    L.Mansfield        3     0    25   0  
    R.Moore            4     0    16   2  
    R.Davies           5     0    32   2  
    T.Bond             3     0    27   0  
    A.Burroughs        2     0    22   1  
    A.Milward          3     0    11   1  

Blagdon Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    B.Lyons                                       b J.Butler             7
    R.Davies                                      b D.Phillips           5
    L.Mansfield          run out                                         8
    A.Crooks             c D.Phillips             b D.Stacey            28
    T.Bond                                        b D.Stacey             6
    A.Burroughs          lbw                      b M.Wdowski            4
    A.Wall                                        b D.Stacey             0
    S.Honeywill          lbw                      b M.Amos               0
    A.Milward            not out                                        11
    R.Moore                                       b M.Wdowski            0
    R.Veater             not out                                         2
      extras                                      (b1 lb3 w8 nb5)       17
    TOTAL                                         9 wickets for         88

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    D.Phillips         3     0    7    1  
    D.Rossiter         4     0    21   0  
    J.Butler           3     1    7    1  
    J.Simms            3     0    20   0  
    D.Stacey           3     0    12   3  
    M.Amos             3     0    11   1  
    M.Wdowski          1     0    6    2

MATCH REPORT

One swallow does not make a summer, as they say, but summer(temperatures still in the high 70’s at 6pm!) had well and truly arrived for this game but so had Cheddar, with a venegance.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first they took our opening attack apart with some blistering shots and a run rate of 9 an over. Before we knew it they had passed fifty and compiled an opening partnership of 67 by the 7th over when Rhys Davies managed to take our first wicket – Wdowski(25). This did not stem the flow of runs though as each of the succeeding top order batsmen were in belligerent mood. Three more out of the five scored double figures - D.Phillips (42); J.Butler (30); J.Simms (14) and between them hit 18 boundaries moving the score along to 132-3 by the 15th over. R.Davies (2-32) and A.Burroughs (1-22) were our only wicket takers up to this stage. It was looking like another 150+ total and a pounding similar to that which we received in our first game verus Optmists but we managed to contain them much more in the last 5 overs as R.Moore (2-16)and A. Milward (1-11) bowled well and abated the onslaught. Cheddar only managed to score another 10 runs as they finished on 142-8. Even so a massive target in 20 overs.

Needing to get off to a good start we were never allowed out of the blocks as an extremely volatile Cheddar bowling attack pinned us down to a meagre run rate of 4 in the first 6 overs as we struggled to 23-2. Although we had lost no further wickets by the 10th our score was only 45-2 so still required another 93 runs in the remaining 10. We never got anywhere near that as a steady flow of wickets, D.Stacey (3-12) and M.Wdowski(2-6) doing the damage, precipitated the loss of a further 7 batsmen. Our only batting successes were from Captain Adam Crooks (28, including a 6) who showed a welcome return to some sort of form and Alex Milward (11no) but even so we fell well short of the target at 88-9 and a pretty resounding defeat.