12-May-2003, Under 15's League vs Nailsea played at Blagdon

Nailsea Win by 34 runs


Nailsea Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    Driver                                        b A.Crooks            25
    Rocliffe                                      b T.Bond               6
    N.Dowling                                     b T.Bond               0
    Morris               c J.Withers              b R.Moore             11
    Barnes                                        b A.Crooks             2
    Harris               c A.Palmer               b A.Burroughs          8
    L.Gibbard            run out                                        12
    E.Faulkner           not out                                         8
    Williamson           not out                                         9
      extras                                      (b3 lb3 w5 nb2)       13
    TOTAL                                         7 wickets for         94

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    J.Withers          5     0    25   0  
    T.Bond             5     0    21   2  
    R.Moore            5     0    19   1  
    A.Crooks           3     0    12   2  
    A.Burroughs        2     0    11   1  

Blagdon Innings (Overs 19.3)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    T.Bond               run out                                        25
    A.Palmer             c Driver                 b E.Faulkner           7
    R.Veater             c Driver                 b E.Faulkner           7
    A.Crooks                                      b E.Faulkner           0
    J.Withers            c Williamson             b P.Bell               6
    J.Chastney                                    b E.Faulkner           0
    M.Smith                                       b Williamson           1
    E.Anstee             c P.Bell                 b Morris               0
    A.Burroughs                                   b P.Bell               0
    R.Moore              not out                                         0
    L.Groves                                      b Morris               0
      extras                                      (b4 lb2 w4 nb4)       14
    TOTAL                                         10 wickets for        60

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    N.Dowling          3     0    14   0  
    Barnes             5     0    19   0  
    Williamson         5     2    11   1  
    E.Faulkner         3     0    9    4  
    P.Bell             2     1    1    2  
    Morris             1.3   1    0    2

MATCH REPORT

Visitors Nailsea were last seasons runners-up in this league so another tough game was in prospect.

Batting first they got off to a brisk start and had 29 on the board at the end of the 5th over. At this point we came more into the game as Tom Bond (2-21) clean bowled one of the openers and the next incoming batsmen in consecutive balls and narrowly missed his hat-trick! This acted as a spur to our bowling attack as we applied more pressure. Russ Moore made the next break through (1-19) from a very accurate spell and Adam Crooks (2-12) contributed to the gathering momentum as Nailsea were pegged back to 55-5 at the end of the 10th over. Adam Burroughs chipped in with (1-11) courtesy of a stupendous catch by Jenny Withers off a towering shot in swirling wind and the ball coming down with ice on it! Good fielding by Edward Anstee led to a run out as we restricted Nailsea to 78-7 by the 17th over. They had a bit of a flourish in the last 3 overs without further loss and finished on 94-7, Jenny Withers (0-25) unlucky not to get a wicket, completing the final over.

Given Nailsea’s pedigree and that we only had 10 fielders, keeping them below a 100 run total rates as a very accomplished fielding and bowling performance.

We initially fared a lot better than last week in the quest for runs, thanks to an impressively aggressive knock by Tom Bond (25) who with Ali Palmer (7) carved out an opening partnership of 38 in only 7 overs and an upset was looking possible!. But…. for the second time in a week Tom was run out.. just as he was getting going. This unfortunately signalled the start of another dramatic collapse as, apart from Rich Veater (7) and Jenny Withers (6) we offered no resistance to Nailsea’s second-string bowlers. The only other batsmen to score were Matt Smith (1) as all others were consigned back to the pavilion for 0. Faulkner produced a deadly spell of 4-9 off only 3 overs. Bell (2-1) and Morris (2-0) picked up the rest of the wickets as we capitulated to 60 all out in the 20th over. This was a very disappointing finish to what promised to be a much closer game. Overall it was an improvement on last week but our batting is a source of concern and we must endeavour to improve technique and not give our wickets away, something to be worked on during coaching!