Monday, 14 May 2007

MATCH 1: vs Stourbridge Social CC on 22nd April 2007

Clent won the toss and elected to field

Stourbridge 234 for 8 off 40 overs
Aherne 3-39, Brocklebank 2-19

Clent 192 for 9 off 40 overs
Beddington 36, Brocklebank 32

Stourbridge won by 42 runs

We won the toss on a dodgy looking track (the groundsman turned up at tea to apologise) and SS raced away feeding off our generous bowling. Dennis fell flat on his face bowling the first ball of the season with the ball going directly to mid off. He was then excused to put his studs on. The farce continued with a rash of dropped catches and hopeless mis-fields. Aherne, though, was a demon with 3 wickets in the top order.

Our reply to the challenge was disappointing as SS were under-manned in the bowling department. We conceded a couple of sloppy wickets and failed to find the boundary often enough. The runs dried up and we ran out of time and we were left to rue our poor start.