Another blazing hot day at Bluecote Wood for the visit of third place Pannal 3rds. We were using the same strip as last week, and hoping for a similar result.
Having won the toss, we decided to bat first and usual opening pair, James Thompson and Rob Clarke, walked out to face the young opening bowlers from Pannal.
Runs were coming thick and fast before Rob Clarke (19) played round a straight one with the score at 48 and this brought Mark Taylor (54) to the wicket. The score moved to 139 before James Thompson (63) was smartly stumped by the 'keeper, looking to push the score along.
Joe Buckley (50) then proceeded to blitz the attack to all parts of the ground as the innings closed at 211 for 5 wickets.
The sunny day brought out the crowd as ex-players Steve Jones and Mal Turner came up to cast an eye over proceedings along with life member Dennis Oram, they were all impressed with the first half.
Following the tea from Mike Merryweather (or was it his daughter?) we looked to make headway into the opposition batting order.
Pannal's captain, Richard Pitt (70 not out) held the innings together with support from Chris Noddings (17) and Steve Hendry (20) - no-one else got into double figures. Try as we might, the last wicket proved elusive; we had five men around the bat by the end, but it wasn't quit enough.
Joe Buckley (4 for 31) and Dan Harrington (2 for 27) were the pick of the bowlers a the innings finished at 160 for 8.
This was the first time this season we didn't pick up all the points, but we've kept in close contact with leaders Lofthouse whilst opening a gap with the chasing pack.
Scorecard:
Pannal Ash Innings:
| J Thompson |
st. C Noddings b. R Pitt |
63 |
| R Clarke |
b. A King |
19 |
| M Taylor |
c. & b. A King |
54 |
| J Buckley |
run out |
50 |
| D Harrington |
c. & b. A King |
0 |
| C Horner |
NOT OUT |
3 |
| N Laurence (w/k) |
NOT OUT |
7 |
| J Bowman |
did not bat |
- |
| A Pitt |
did not bat |
- |
| M Merryweather |
did not bat |
- |
| A Tomlinson |
did not bat |
- |
| |
Total Runs |
194 |
| |
Extras |
17 |
| |
Total (for 5 wkts) |
211 |
Pannal 3rds Innings
| B Waddington |
ct. b. D Harrington |
6 |
| S Hendry |
b. C Horner |
20 |
| R Pitt |
NOT OUT |
70 |
| C Noddings |
LBW b. J Buckley |
17 |
| P McKay |
b. M Taylor |
1 |
| M Holly |
b. J Buckley |
1 |
| P Viles |
run out |
0 |
| O King |
ct. b. D Harrington |
6 |
| R Pitt |
b. J Buckley |
4 |
| A King |
NOT OUT |
6 |
| absent |
- |
- |
| |
Total Runs |
141 |
| |
Extras |
19 |
| |
Total (for 8 wkts) |
160 |
Bowling Analysis
| Pannal Ash Innings |
|
|
| |
Wkts |
Runs |
| A King |
3 |
36 |
| |
|
|
| Pannal 3rds Innings |
|
|
| |
Wkts |
Runs |
| J Buckley |
4 |
31 |
| D Harrington |
2 |
27 |