Game 11 v Obelisk 'A'

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Obelisk 'A'
Date	:	12 July 2003
Venue	:	Obelisk Centre
Result	:	Won by 93 runs

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D Harrison	ct	Dadds	24	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	W Kingston sr	b	Summerton	5	S Macklin	11	1	47	2
3	T Kirby	ct	Addy	29	M Summerton	10	1	57	3
4	W Kingston jr	ct	Dadds	9	C Dadds	11.1	1	35	3
5	M Allen	ct	Blenkinsop	29	R Addy	5	0	20	1
6	D Tebbutt	ct	Macklin	12	T Blenkinsop	6	0	24	1
7	I Geddes	ct	Summerton	17
8	S Cannell	ct	Summerton	0
9	E Thurley	b	Macklin	0
10	M Baker	b	Dadds	43
11	J Burrows		not out	6
	Overs	43.1	Extras	14
	Wickets	10	Total	188

Innings of: Obelisk 'A'

1	R Flight	b	Baker	2	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	P Rice	ct Harrison	Baker	18	M Baker	12	2	28	5
3	T Lewis	ct Harrison	Baker	1	T Kirby	6	3	18	0
4	T Blenkinsop	LBW	Cannell	16	S Cannell	6	0	25	2
5	R Addy	LBW	Baker	2	M Allen	2	0	17	0
6	M Summerton	b	Cannell	3	I Geddes	2	0	5	2
7	S Macklin	ct Geddes	Geddes	12	J Burrows	0.2	0	0	1
8	M Braddam	ct	Baker	0
9	E Gillanders	LBW	Geddes	28
10	C Dadds		not out	1
11	P Dadds	ct	Burrows	4
	Overs	28.2	Extras	8
	Wickets	10	Total	95

Match report

Cricket can be likened to a London bus - you wait months for a victory, then 2 along along together.

St Michael's followed up their nail bighting win over Bold Dragoon with a comfortable 93 run victory over Obelisk to complete the double over the Kingsthorpe side.

St Michael's batted first and made a steady start until Bill Kingston was bowled round his legs by Summerton. A good partnership then followed between Dale Harrison (24) and Trev Kirby (29). However they fell in successive overs to leave the score on 63-3. The middle order batted well, with debutante Mick Allen weighing in with a classy 29. But a collapse, with 3 wickets fallen with the score on 135, left the tail exposed with a low score on the cards. However a late rally with Martin Baker (43) and Jamie Burrows (6*) added 44 for the last wicket to post a respectable 188 all out.

In the reply, Baker was soon back in the action, taking 2 quick wickets to leave Obelisk 11-2 in the fifth over. A recovery of sorts followed, with Rice (18) and Blenkinsop (16) taking the score to 39 before Simon Cannell had Blenkinsop trapped LBW. Baker then claimed 3 more to put St Michael's firmly in the driving seat, giving him final figures of 5 for 28 in 12 overs. Cannell bowled Summerton for 12, with skipper Ian Geddes gaining 2 late wickets to leave the final score 95 all out in the 29th over.

A good game of cricket, played in the right spirit. Credit must go to the Obelisk players who showed excellent sportsmanship in defeat. Also an excellent tea!

A good win, but next week will be a bit trickier, with United Social the opposition on the ever unpredicatble Racecourse.