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Ashley vs Cholmondley Date: 10th May 2008 Venue: Ashley CC Toss won by: Ashley Batted First: Ashley |
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Match Report On an early season scorcher Ashley welcomed
Cholmondley to the Railway Field and having won the toss Ashley captain Ian
Barber backed his mis-firing batting line up to put up a score on what proved
to be an excellent track. With the new ball nipping around and offering
considerable swing in the humid conditions the skipper and Craig Knight batted
cautiously to post 78 for the first wicket in 25 overs. After resolutely anchoring
the innings for an hour Barber went on the offensive and picked up a couple
of nice boundaries before being caught at the wicket off the youthful leg
spin of Young. Knight continued to bat well despite surviving a simple chance
to 2nd slip off Cooke when on 21, and went on to punish the
visitors. At 87 and with a maiden Ashley century in sight he was bowled by
Young though probably “Out; Tired” was more appropriate after a strength
sapping 2 hour knock. Liam O’Doherty followed up last weeks much-improved
showing with a good knock of 58 with shots all round the wicket, working the ball
around skillfully. Deans came and went after missing a well-flighted straight
one from Young that saw the batsman reflecting head in hands for some while
afterward. Nomaan Hasan once again showed his allround abilities with a big
hitting 31 not out in a partnership with Liam that saw the pair adding a
vital 65 in the last six overs to close on 208-5. The visitors reply started in a run frenzy with
Middleton smashing 19 off Nomaan Hasan’s first over, but the bowler had his
revenge in his next over with O’Doherty completing a simple catch running in
from point. Nomaan struck again in his next over when he found some late
swing to clean up Evans and reduce the visitors to 22-2 after only 5 overs. The
skipper moved decisively to remove Hasan from the attack earlier than usual
and he himself gave an excellent display of seam bowling, well backed up by a
tidy display by keeper Matt Wilson. His return of 13-3-14 was very
impressive, and contained the big wicket of Hockenhull who was well set on 34
when he was struck in front. Cholmondley were 99-5 after 31 overs and though Ashley
still had thoughts of victory the draw was looking favourite. Dave Alves 2nd
spell from the bottom end saw the big breakthrough with the skipper taking a
fine diving catch at mid-on to dismiss Johnson for 42. With Deans now
operating from the Church End the slow bowlers teamed up to finish off the
job; Dixie picked up Atkinson cheaply and Almo cleaned up Egan and Barker to
bank the 25 point win and post figures of 3-14. Jones did not bat after suffering
a finger injury in the first innings. This
was another fine home victory achieved on the back of good performances with
both bat and ball. This was the first time the batting had really fired this
season and it was good to see some fine knocks at the top of the order from
Craig Knight, Ian Barber, Liam O’Doherty and Nomaan Hasan. With the ball the
skipper finally remember that he used to be able to bowl and produced a
superb spell to wrestle back the impetus in the game, and then Almo ripped
thru the tail to secure the win. The game was also notable for the 1X1 debut
of Harrry Horsfall who impressed with his attitude and ability in the field.
Next week Ashley welcome a few players back perhaps and travel to former
Cheshire County League outfit Congleton who are a strong batting proposition indeed. |
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Result: Ashley (25pts) beat Cholmondley (5pts) |
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