This weeks number 20 (Derick)
May 142012
May 142012
So Derby Day! One of the biggest matches of the season for the teams and also the locals! Many fans from surrounding areas such as Spion Kop and ‘Woodus’ had turned up for the highly anticipated fixture.
For a change the sun was out, and this would just enhance the bears mood, and we were buzzing.
All on the toss, the skipper managed to call wrong and we were inserted. Kind of a blessing in disguise as everyone always likes to bat.
As in all the previous games we went with Will ‘King of banter’ Root and Adam ‘T’ts or TD’s’ Burgess. The partnership started well under intense opening pressure from the WCCC bowlers, finding singles and 2′s where possible a good base was starting to form. But just as things were looking good Root managed to get little bat on one and chipped it up to be caught for 11 with the score on 40 (Burgess 17*).
Welbeck Colliery Cricket Ground
Richard Stroh came to the crease at 3, and this soon proved to be a key partnership in the bears innings. Stroh and Burgess both taking their time to wait for the bad ball but also taking the key singles where possible. A cautious approach was adopted a few overs before the break, to try and keep the platform stable. Soon enough drinks came around and the Bears were still only 1 down with score on around 105. After drinks the same approach was kept and the score was taken to 129 before Stroh tried to whip one to the midwicket boundary and was caught at 1st slip for 33 from 56 balls (129/2 A Burgess 67*)
Thomas ‘Willbeontimeoneday’Ullyott Strolled in at 4, but shortly after Burgess was to go in typical spaceman fashion and was stumped for a superb 75 from 99 balls! 142-3 (T Ullyott 3*) This brought Langford and Ullyott together and they both started to show there urgency for runs as T-bags cleared the rope a couple of times and Langers was turning 2′s into 3′s, but the innings wasn’t to go as smoothly as we thought and Langford went for 20 to a dubious LBW decision (I watched the umpire demonstrate later to Nick what his thoughts on the matter was, telling him the ball came straight back after hitting his pads and showing him his stroke as a right hander. 2 problems with this 1 Nick is left handed and 2 the ball went off to square leg, anyways) This soon proved to be the stumbling block in the Cuckney innings! In came Will Butler to keep score rolling, but soon after Langers’ departure T-bags fell a further 11 runs later for a run a ball 33 (196-5 W Butler 5*) Shortly followed by Ian Parkin (6) Elliott Hind (5) then Will Butler (11). The Cuckney innings had some what faltered(217-8) Then with Wood(2) and Garside (2) both run out, with Bostock (1*)at the other end, the Cuckney innings closed at exactly 50 overs on at the time a disappointing 222 all out.
After the interval and a long chat about applying pressure in the early overs, the Bears took to the field to see if Derby day would be the 1st time this season a team would break the 3 figure mark against them, or if the steam roll would to be carried on.
Stroh took the new ball and bowled his 1st four overs without going for a run! Also from the other end Garside was bowling well just as he has done in all 4 games this season for the bears! With the score on 10 Stroh managed to nip one off the seam to find the edge of Dobson’s bat and Burgess was more than happy to snaffle up the incoming ball at 1st slip!(10-1 R Sharma 5*) Soon after this a partnership had begun and with 11 overs gone, a change was to a come and on came Luke(same effect as the skittles man)everythinghetouchesturnstogold’ Wood was on for Garside(5 overs 0 for 23) and within no time he had French trapped LBW for 4 (30-2 R Sharma 20*) and he struck soon after claiming Sharma Caught at cover for 25 (35-3 Loates 0*). With 2 new batsmen at the crease, the momentum was very much with the Bears! Both Stroh and Wood were beating the edge at will. A double change of bowlers was to happen. Wood with rather economical figures of 6 overs 5 maidens 2 runs for 2 wickets was replaced by Ian Parkin, and his tight dot ball bowling was soon rewarded and a mix up between the batsmen presented a chance to Woody for the run out and he accepted and the bails were whipped off.(50-4 (Darwin-4*) Stroh (11 overs 6 maidens 18 runs for 1 wicket (possibility of 2 wickets if Bostock could get more than just a diving backward stretching fingertip to one that was hammered through point)(slight exaggeration may be present in this report) was to be replaced by Butler whom had seen the opportunity to take a few cheap wickets as the home side were starting to look down and low on confidence. He soon produced the goods and with in no time he managed to get both Marchant(2) and Darwin(7) caught behind leaving the home side on 61-6. With this all happening Parkin decided to join the party and dismiss former Cuckney play David Hunt Ct T-Bags for 5. The home side now 61-7 had a decision to make either try and go for a batting point at 150 or maybe bat out, but with still 20 or more overs left it seemed an unlikely task to achieve! This was then proved by Butler again trapping Ball(0) in front of all three to take his wickets to 3, following this up with his 4th clean bowling there number 9 for 4! (77-9) It was now a matter of time before the final wicket was to fall and it went to Ian Parkin, number 11 LBW for 0! Dismissing the home side in just 33.5 overs for 79!!Parkin finished with figures of 5.5 overs 2 maidens 17 runs 2 wickets. Also the key bowler during the middle part of the innings W Butler who claimed figures of 6 overs 2 maidens 16 runs for 4 wickets. The bears had yet again managed to dismiss a team under the 3 figure mark. With the earlier total of 222 being far superior on Derby day!
I know this is the only reason the lads read this report to hopefully claim the much accredited MOM award..
A mention to W Butler for a very well bowled spell taking four victims but
Boz’s Man of the Match – Has to be A Burgess for his 75, considering the home side only managed 79! A calm innings was required for the bears to set a platform to launch from, and on a different day if maybe the stumping went his way, Burgess would of turned this into his first 3 figure score of the season. Never the less a good knock early on in the season.
I know its early but we are 18 points clear on top of the Notts premier League!
#steamrollcarrieson
Come on the Bears
Quoted W Root “My favourite author thus far”
Richard Bostock
May 132012
Cuckney Sunday 2nds had a great win against a confident Langley Mill side who were topping the League. On a damp wicket (plenty of ball divets from day before match) and even damper outfield, (peat bog in places), Langley Mill won the toss and elected to bowl first. Aaron Wood and Ben Wilson made a steady start for Cuckney, putting on 28 for the first wicket before one stopped on Ben who drove straight to mid off for the first wicket. Aaron fell 1 run later to a similar ball, but Ed Riddell and Ian Carrington took the score along to 71 before Ed fell to another catch making 20 in a very good innings. Connor Garnett and Carro took the score to 104 before Connor fell to another catch for 6. A good back up innings from Connor to Carro who looked confident. Carro was the 5th wicket to fall for a very good 53 on a very slow wicket. Jordan Wake holed out first ball going for a big hit leaving Pete Wood to defy the hat trick. Nick Barratt finished on 9 not out with the Cuckney score a modest 131-8.
In reply, Langley Mill were confident of knocking the runs off. The opening pair put on 44 before skipper Pete Rice trapped opener Krupiak LBW. At this stage Carro and adam Green were brought on and what a difference it made. Greeny bowled skipper and danger man Neil Wing for a duck and Carro struck in his first over at the other end. These two bowled really well to bring Cuckney into the game as langley Mill slipped from 50-2 to 104-8. The game became tense as Langley Mill running out of overs decidec to hit out and took the score to 121-8, but both spinners had bowled their allocation. Skipper Pete Rice came back to bowl spin and promptly bowled the last 2 batsmen to complete a great all round performance from the second team. Langley Mill finishing 10 runs short. Man of the Match without doubt was Carro with 53 and 6 for 15 but backed up by a good all round team performance.
May 082012
We arrived at the bear pit on a high from the previous days result.
Butler continued his good fortune and won the toss and with yesterdays result fresh in his mind wasted no time in snapping up the opportunity to bowl.
Stroh was handed the ball to continue his form! Also Luke 5fer Wood was to be rewarded with the new ball from the other end and it wasn’t long before he was amongst it again taking the opening batsmen LBW for 1! With Stroh (7-3-14-1) Wood (6-0-21-1) both only taking one wicket, it gave others the chance to step up and take some wickets and that they did, Butler taking 3 wickets off only 3 overs that he allocated himself and Garside continuing his form also took 3 wickets bowling sharply and tightly! The Sheffield side were not looking so good on 48-8 and with Bostock taking a wicket there innings closed on 54 after just 23 overs.
After tea Root and Burgess were sent in to try and claim there first unbroken partnership and that they did in some fashion. After 7 overs with score on 30 for no loss with both batsmen on 12 not out, Root decided he wanted to show his previous club what they were missing and was to take the spinner for 30 off his first and last over, including 5 6′s(very dissapointing when he dotted the 5th ball back) to finish the innings in just 8 overs!
Burgess 12*(after an argument with Ray) and Root 42*
We bowled very well as a unit taking regular wickets and keeping the pressure on in the field.
Boz’s man of the match: W Root for his assured knock of 42* off just 26 balls, making it an easy day out for the Bears!
Lets hope for a good run in the cup competition. This comprehensive win will do alot for the confidence of all, much needed for next week when we play away at TownVille CC or Sheffield Utd CC.
Come the Bears Cup run!
Richard Bostock
May 082012
After yet another wet week, it was looking likely to be a bowl first day again!
Butler had managed to find a lucky coin this week and won the toss, obviously choosing to bowl first.
This soon proved to be the right decision as Richard Stroh took the new ball and after beating the edge with the first 4 balls managed to find it with the 5th and having their opening batsmen caught by T-Bag Ullyott in the slip region! With the score already in our favour at 0-1 we were buzzing straight away! And it wasn’t long before Stroh was to make another impact with 2 wickets in 2 overs, dismissing Harris for 5 and Andrews 1st ball with shall we say a very ”Richard they come to watch me Stroh” one handed catch dismissal, leaving the visitors on 17-3. In the mean time, Garside was going unnoticed at the other end, beating the bat on many occasions, and also keeping the runs at a minimal! After 18 overs had passed the visitors had began to start somewhat of a partnership taking the score to 50/3 , and it was time for a change and Luke “Pipsqueak” Wood came into the attack to replace Keiron Garside who had respectable figures of 9 overs 0 wickets for 26 runs! With in no time Wood was quickly amongst the wickets and clean bowled Weightman for 12 and it wasn’t long after he then clean bowled another for just 1! This was followed by another change Root replacing Stroh from the sportshall end! But this day was all about the “Pipsqueak” who manged to complete his first premier league 5fer after trapping their opening batsmen LBW for 33 and then finding the edge to be caught at slip! Stroh then came into the attack replacing Root(7-3-13-0) to find his fourth wicket Caught behind, before Peacock managed to putting in a diving effort for a run out to close the Clifton Innings on just 90 after just 34.4 overs!
R.Stroh 10.4 overs 3 maidens 24 runs for 4 wickets
L.Wood 7 overs 2 maidens 19 runs for 5 wickets!
We knew after that even though we had managed to restrict Clifton to just 90 we were not ‘Home and Dry’ yet as it later proved.
The covers were put on at tea as a little bit of rain had begun to come down.
After the tea interval we were optimistic of a good start and we got one with Root and Burgess taking 18 off the first two overs, before dancing on ice candidate Weightman ‘slipped’ during his run up and this was enough for the umpires to bring us off due to dangerous conditions. At this point it wasn’t raining, so it was a case of getting the sawdust down and waiting for the wet areas to dry up. After some time it was decided we start again at 6pm. The stop in play provided somewhat of a turn around for the visitors, Burgess(7) with a big booming drive was clean bowled and Root(11) got one that ‘seamed back’ (after being told he angles it in) left one and was also bowled leaving the bears on 21-2 but more importantly with two new batsmen at the crease. It wasn’t long before 2 wickets were to fall in quick succesion again, Stroh and also Ullyott bowled! With the bears on 32-4 it was time to rebuild, a steady head and a key partnership was needed here and up stepped new boy Lanford and Skipper Butler, who steadied the ship and started to steer it in what we thought was the direction of the finish line. But yet another twist was left in this tale, and as twice previous it was to happen again and two quick wickets was to fall, Butler trapped LBW for 14 and then Garside caught behind for just 1, leaving Cuckney on 64-6.The Clifton lads were now buzzing around and there were no signs of and slips or trips at this stage! But with only 27 to get we knew it would always be close as long as Langford was there (17* at this stage). In came number 8 Elliott ‘Dont bowl on my legs’ Hind and this soon proved to be the partnership we needed, With Lanford finding the boundary a couple of times and also Hind whipping one to long boundary, the score was ever decreasing!
And after just 22.2 overs (actually felt like a lifetime) the bears had passed the 90 mark and claimed the 20 points dangled in front of them! Hind and Langford deserving a lot of the credit.
Once we got into the changing rooms it was rumoured that the Bear Pit cheers could be heard from Clifton Village!
Boz’s man of the match: A very composed score of 26 not out brought Lanford close to this weeks MOM, but it has to go to young LUKE WOOD for his 5-19 to somewhat obliterate the 3 time champions.
Come on the Bears!
Richard Bostock
May 072012
The winner was 36(Ruth Ullyott )