A few traumas in the team selection, with Sean Johnstone and Neil Laurence having a family and a car crisis respectively, but nevertheless we travelled with a strong team to Thirsk for this potential banana-skin fixture.
A little wrong turn from Mark Taylor had us travelling back to Ripon before we got back on track and arrived at the Kilvington ground on the hottest day of the year so far.
Ash skipper, James Thompson, lost the toss and it was an afternoon's toil in the field.
Things started brightly as Mark taylor clean bowled the dangerous Richard Kirby (5) before Andy Carver (24), David Harker (57) and Raymond Windross (64) took the score to 219 for 6.
All the bowlers tried hard, but in the hot conditions it was a weary outfit who enjoyed a good tea.
We needed some good partnerships to stand a chance of overhauling the total, although we had 6 batsmen get into double figures not one passed 40.
The highlight of the innings was rookie John Bowman (14) whose three 4's brought loud cheers from the boundary edge.
We were indebted to last pair Mike Merryweather and David Druett, who batted out the final overs to secure an important point.
It's a long way to go for 'nowt' as they say!
Scorecard:
South Kilvington Innings:
| A Carver |
b. N McClelland |
24 |
| R Kirby |
b. M Taylor |
5 |
| D Harker |
b. A Firth |
57 |
| D Cole |
LBW b. N McClelland |
7 |
| R Windross |
c. & b. A Firth |
64 |
| J Thompson |
b. J Buckley |
16 |
| A Hickford |
Not Out |
10 |
| C John |
Not Out |
9 |
| J Brown |
did not bat |
- |
| D Plowman |
did not bat |
- |
| M Carver |
did not bat |
- |
| |
Total Runs |
192 |
| |
Extras |
27 |
| |
Total (for 7 wkts) |
219 |
Pannal Ash Innings
| J Thompson |
b. R Kirby |
12 |
| R Clarke |
c. A Hickford b. R Kirby |
31 |
| G Clark |
b. J Thompson |
0 |
| N McClelland |
b. R Windross |
35 |
| J Buckley |
c. A Carver b. R Windross |
37 |
| M Taylor |
b. D Harker |
2 |
| R Turner |
b. J Thompson |
7 |
| A Firth |
c. J Thompson b. R Kirby |
11 |
| J Bowman |
b. R Kirby |
14 |
| M Merryweather |
Not Out |
5 |
| D Druett |
Not Out |
2 |
| |
Total Runs |
156 |
| |
Extras |
15 |
| |
Total (for 9 wkts) |
171 |
Bowling Analysis
| South Kilvington Innings |
|
|
| |
Wkts |
Runs |
| N McClelland |
2 |
42 |
| A Firth |
2 |
53 |
| |
|
|
| Pannal Ash Innings |
|
|
| |
Wkts |
Runs |
| R Kirby |
4 |
30 |
| R Windross |
2 |
34 |