Ashley vs Nantwich 4ths

Date:  Monday 25^th May 2009

Venue: Ashley

Toss won by: Nantwich

Batted First: Nantwich

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The fourths got through the double weekend fixtures unbeaten thanks to the dogged batting of Ged Shedwick, playing his first game for over 15 years. With cry-offs from the 3rds and 4ths they were faced with the prospect of playing a man short, but Shedwick put in an energetic performance in the field before batting out the last 5 overs to secure 7 points to go with the 24 they picked up on Sunday.

Batting first Harding and Forster added 190 for the first wicket but the introduction of Eadie saw the home side start to run through the card. After his 6 for 36 at Nantwich last year Pleaty, backed up by some good catching, took another Michelle to finally kick-start his tally for the season, twice he was on a hat-trick and he took three wickets in his 5^th over. Earlier Cusack had bowled a great spell of away swing bowling, and was unlucky not to dismiss Harding before he had scored.

In reply Ferris unfurled some classic cover drives, his first 5 scoring shots were boundaries, and added 33 with Griffiths before young leggie Chesters bowled him. It was left to Birtles, who batted 25 overs and Shedwick to keep out the nagging accuracy of Hackney and the spin of Chesters and then McTiernan. Shedwick, below Eadie in the order, having to face most of the strike as Birtles’ efforts to farm the strike failed miserably, three times the ball racing to the boundary of the last ball of an over as he tried to nurdle a single.

FIRST INNINGS

Batting
	Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1.	Harding	Ct Aspden	Birtles	79
2.	Forster	Ct Coleman	Eadie	113
3.	Simpson	Bowled	Eadie	0
4.	Hackney	Ct Coleman	Eadie	0
5.	Lloyd S	Bowled	Eadie	13
6.	Lloyd A	Not out		0
7.	Atkinson	Ct Cusack	Eadie	0
8.	McTiernan	Bowled	Birtles	2
9.	Passmore	Not out		1
10.	Chesters	DNB
11.
			Extras	16
			Total	220

BOWLING
Name	O	M	R	W
Griffiths	4	0	23	0
Cusack	13	0	42	0
Birtles	11	1	55	2
Semple	3	0	18	0
Smith	5	0	41	0
Eadie	9	1	34	5

SECOND INNINGS

Batting
	Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs
1.	Semple	Ct & B	McTiernan	7
2.	Aspden	Ct	Hackney	2
3.	Ferris	Bowled	Chesters	43
4.	Griffiths	Ct Hackney	McTiernan	9
5.	Coleman	Bowled	Hackney	0
6.	Birtles	Not out		31
7.	Cusack	Ct & B	Hackney	1
8.	Howe	Stumped	Chesters	0
9.	Smith	Ct	Chesters	0
10.	Eadie	Ct Harding	Chesters	0
11.	Shedwick	Not out		0
			Extras	11
			Total	105

BOWLING
Name	O	M	R	W
Hackney	18	9	29	3
McTiernan	13	4	32	2
Chesters	10	2	19	4
Atkinson	4	0	17	0

Result: Draw, Nantwich 17 points, Ashley 7.