14-May-2003, Under 15's Cup vs Cleeve played at Blagdon

Cleeve Win by 31 runs


Cleeve Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    Royce                                         b R.Moore             18
    Le Mare                                       b A.Crooks             5
    L.Trinnick           c J.Chastney             b S.Hill              16
    Dent                 not out                                        15
    James                                         b S.Hill               6
    Oldfield             c H.Lyons                b S.Hill               0
    Rocliffe             not out                                        15
      extras                                      (b0 lb1 w13 nb2)      16
    TOTAL                                         5 wickets for         91

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    J.Withers          4     0    12   0  
    A.Crooks           3     0    14   1  
    S.Honeywill        1     0    10   0  
    R.Moore            4     1    13   1  
    S.Hill             3     0    10   3  
    A.Burroughs        2     0    10   0  
    H.Lyons            1     0    3    0  
    J.Chastney         1     0    8    0  
    E.Anstee           1     0    10   0  

Blagdon Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    A.Palmer             c L.Trinnick             b Power               14
    E.Anstee                                      b Rocliffe             0
    M.Smith                                       b Le Mare              1
    S.Honeywill          c Royce                  b Power                6
    J.Withers                                     b Power                0
    A.Crooks                                      b A.Vergano            3
    A.Burroughs          not out                                         8
    J.Chastney           run out                                         0
    H.Lyons              not out                                        12
    S.Hill               dnb                                             -
    R.Moore              dnb                                             -
      extras                                      (b2 lb0 w13 nb1)      16
    TOTAL                                         7 wickets for         60

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    Le Mare            4     1    5    1  
    Rocliffe           4     1    5    1  
    Power              3     0    12   3  
    Dent               2     1    3    0  
    Thorne             4     0    23   0  
    A.Vergano          2     0    5    1  
    Oldfield           1     0    6    0

MATCH REPORT

Our visitors Cleeve, in this re-arranged KO cup game, won the U13’s version of this Cup last season and their squad contained a fair proportion of that winning team. It was not surprising, therefore, that we came second by a margin of 31 runs, the only consolation being that, so far, we are gradually reducing our margins of defeat.

Cleeve batted first and were pegged back by an early wicket taken by Adam Crooks (1-12). Our bowling attack again applied themselves well after this initial success and had restricted the visitors to 38 runs by the 9th over. Again the very accurate Russ Moore (1-13) made the next break through in the 10th over and this was accompanied by an even better spell from Simon Hill (3-10) at the other end. Cleeve were reeling a bit on 54-5 at the end of the 13th over but they recovered some composure and the 6th wicket pair of Dent & Rocliffe (both 15 n.o.)kept their wickets intact in the remaining overs as we used 10 bowlers in all to try and prise out another few wickets! Cleeve eventually finished 91-5, but we were well pleased with our bowling and fielding performance.

Could we ‘lay the ghost’ of previous batting frailties? The simple answer was no and as in our other games we found it a real struggle to accumulate runs and protect our wickets. The Cleeve strength has always been in their bowling and tonight was no exception as they pinned us down from the 2 opening maiden overs until, by the 10th over, we only had 18 runs on the board and 2 batsmen back in the pavilion. Ali Palmer (14) and newcomer Sam Honeywill (6) stayed together until the 12th over but we then lost 3 quick wickets to Power (3-12) leaving us shell shocked on 25-5. We never recovered from this position, losing another 2 wickets but a belated rearguard action from Haydn Lyons (12 n.o.) and Adam Burroughs (8 n.o.) brought a degree of respectability to the scoreline, albeit that Cleeve assisted using a less volatile attack. We reached a final total of 60-7 but despite a concerted effort at the previous nights coaching session to improve batting technique there is clearly a lot more work to be done if we are to achieve a winning batting performance.