Game 3 v Ecton Hall

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Ecton Hall
Date	:	29 May 2004
Venue	:	Ecton
Result	:	Won by 2 wickets

Innings of: Ecton Hall

1	D Wills	ct Palangi	Geddes	10	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	R Patel	ct Collier	Swann	54	R Palangi	12	1	48	0
3	S Morrison	ct Harrison	Cannell	20	M Swann	10	2	34	2
4	D Sharpe	ct Harrison	Cannell	14	T Marlow	11	1	36	0
5	M Kearsley	ct Geddes	Swann	25	I Geddes	7	2	25	1
6	S Wheatman		not out	18	S Cannell	5	0	27	2
7	J Bason		not out	15
	Overs	45	Extras	19
	Wickets	5	Total	176

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D Harrison	ct	Patel	23	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	R Palangi	b	Patel	32	S Morrison	5	0	24	0
3	M Collier	ct	Patel	5	S Wheatman	9	0	29	0
4	W Kingston jr	b	Kearsley	7	M Grey	7	2	19	0
5	M Swann	b	Kearsley	16	R Patel	12	1	32	4
6	B Ahearn	ct	Patel	14	M Kearsley	8	0	42	4
7	T Marlow	b	Kearsley	30
8	I Geddes		not out	19
9	S Cannell	LBW	Kearsley	0
10	W Kingston sr		not out	2
	Overs	41	Extras	29
	Wickets	8	Total	177

Match report

At last, a league match. Following 2 wash outs and last week's deb�cle when United Social refused to play ball, St Michael's finally got their league campaign underway and won a nail bighter.

Ecton Hall batted first and made steady progress, with batsmen Wills and Patel seeing off the opening bowlers of Palangi and Swann. It was skipper Ian Geddes who made the breakthrough, lulling Wills into a false shot with a slower ball. Cup bowling hero Simon Cannell picked out a couple of wickets, both caught by Dale Harrison on the long on boundary. Apart from that, the fielding was nothing to write home about, and several fines were dished out at the tea break. A late surge saw the home side gain maximum batting points, and would prove a challenging target to a St Michael's side that had the lowest number of batting points in the league last year.

In reply, a solid start was made by the St Michael's opening paid of Palangi and Harrison. Palangi was playing some delightful shots, but following a bought of cramp, undoubtedly caused by over enthusiastic fielding, he lost concentration and was bowled for 32. Dale Harrison was looking good following his half century the cup a fortnight ago, but misjudged a slow full toss by spinner Patel and could only scoop the ball to mid on where he was duly caught.

The teams left the field for a quick shower when the score was 78 for 3, and after that wickets steadily came, and the run rate fell back. Needing 80 to win in 45 minutes, Tom Marlow took the challenge head on, striking some lusty blows before he was unnecessarily bowled for 30 with just 18 to win. With the clouds coming in a rain immanent, it was left to skipper Ian Geddes to score the winning runs with only 1 over remaining.

Fines

Player	Reason	Amount
Tim Barlow	Fumbled run out attempt Stupidly being bowled with victory in sight	�1
Simon Cannell	Poor flop at mid off Dropped catch Outrageous LBW appeal Golden duck	�1
Rushon Palangi	Dropped catch General lethargy in the field	�1
Matt Collier	Fumbled run out attempt Catch at second attempt using body	�1
Will Kingston	Poor flop at mid wicket Throwing ball at stumps when told not to do so by the Bear	�1
Brain Ahearn	Dropped catch Not getting up to the stumps to receive a Will Kingston throw	�1
Ian Geddes	Mince like attempt to field a ball at mid off	50p
Martin Baker	Turning down LBW appeals from own side but giving one to the opponents	�1
Malc Swann	Not appealing for 2 LBWs	�1