Ashley vs Trafford MV

Date:  Saturday 19th September 2009

Venue: Ashley

Toss won by: TMV

Batted First: TMV

Ashley lost their last game of the season and finished a disappointing 10th as they collected only 7 points at home to Trafford; the visitors needed a win to be sure of staying up and they hit 216 for 6, Ashley were all out in the 40th over for 155.

 

After Ashley’s great win last week away at Northwich secured their 1st division status for another year the home side were determined to put in a good performance and they reduced MV to 33 for 3 before Law took charge and hit an unbeaten century in 136 minutes. He rode his luck but that shouldn’t take away from a knock that put his team in the driving seat as they set attacking fields and took the ten wickets they needed to register a 25 point win.

 

For Ashley Paul Hanrahan bowled with his usual pace to clean bowl his four wickets; Rick Gandy underlined his all-rounder status with 2 wickets and played his part in Ashley’s opening stand of 81 in 15 overs. Overseas players Ash Bradshaw took his season tally to 743 runs at 41 with another boundary laden innings, he scored 71% of his runs for the season in fours and sixes. His last 8 innings saw him score 498 runs at an average of 71. He received a rather unpleasant and unnecessary send off from the TMV bowler and one or two fielders; perhaps this showed how much they valued his wicket. Overall the Victorian has had a great season with Ashley, his determination to score big runs when we needed them won several games for the side; he leaves with the best wishes from everyone at the club and we all hope to see him back at Ashley again soon.

 

Meanwhile the club will reflect on a 10th place finish that with another half a dozen points would have seen them in 7th place. The team failed to beat bottom club Barrow and the home game against Ashton and the away game at Mere were ones that should have been won.

 

The loss of 5 of last years top 6 batsmen meant it would always be a tough season; as usual we managed to recruit three or four quality players but the club needs more batting and more consistency, probably something all teams around us in the league need. Planning for 2010 starts now with all senior players working hard to attract disillusioned players from all over the county and after the stunning season the 2nd team had, finishing 5th behind the so called big four of Ashton, Congleton, Northwich and Hale Barns, the club will look to give talented youngsters a chance to establish themselves in the 1st team.

 

FIRST INNINGS

 

Batting

 

Batsman

How Out

Bowler

Runs

1.

N Gallagher

LBW

Gandy

 14

2.

K Lucas

Bowled

Hanrahan

  6

3.

S Warner

Bowled

Hanrahan

  0

4.

M Law

Not out

 

102

5.

Z Rehman

Ct Alves

Gandy

 20

6.

I Kitching

Bowled

Hanrahan

 18

7.

S Abbas

Bowled

Hanrahan

  5

8.

M Asad

Not out

 

 30

9.

R Atherton

 

 

 

10.

A Greenwood

 

 

 

11.

A Conway

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

 21

 

 

 

Total

216

 

BOWLING

Name

O

M

R

W

A Shakespeare

8

2

31

0

P Hanrahan

17

2

57

4

R Gandy

10

2

39

2

D Alves

5

0

27

0

I Barber

5

0

43

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND INNINGS

 

Batting

 

Batsman

How Out

Bowler

Runs

1.

A Bradshaw

Caught

Asad

68

2.

R Gandy

Ct Asad

Rehman

24

3.

I Barber

LBW

Rehman

 2

4.

A Wigfield

Caught

Rehman

 0

5.

A Shakespeare

Caught

Rehman

 1

6.

H Horsfall

Caught

Asad

18

7.

H Hatchell

Ct & B

Asad

14

8.

J Griffiths

Ct

Conway

 9

9.

M Wilson

Bowled

Rehman

 0

10.

P Hanrahan

Bowled

Rehman

 0

11.

D Alves

Not out

 

13

 

 

 

Extras

 6

 

 

 

Total

155

 

BOWLING

Name

O

M

R

W

S Abbas

5

0

23

0

A Conway

5

0

32

1

M Asad

13

3

43

3

Z Rehman

15

4

47

6

M Law

2

0

6

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result: Trafford MV won by 61 runs