| Opponent |
: |
Northants Stars |
| Date |
: |
14 August 2004 |
| Venue |
: |
WFUS |
| Result |
: |
Won by 6 wickets |
Innings of: Northants Stars
| 1 |
Mujhaid |
ct |
Ahearn |
19 |
|
Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| 2 |
Faisal |
b |
Kingston |
7 |
|
M Baker |
10.4 |
2 |
28 |
3 |
| 3 |
Zaf |
ct |
Ahearn |
21 |
|
W Kingston jr |
10 |
2 |
33 |
2 |
| 4 |
Ahsan |
b |
Cannell |
9 |
|
B Ahearn |
9 |
2 |
34 |
2 |
| 5 |
Akber |
b |
Baker |
20 |
|
S Cannell |
7 |
0 |
32 |
1 |
| 6 |
Irfan |
|
run out |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7 |
Zahid |
st York |
Kingston |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8 |
Nikka |
|
not out |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9 |
Gully |
ct York |
Baker |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
Bilal |
b |
Baker |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Overs |
43 |
Extras |
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wickets |
9 |
Total |
129 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Innings of: St Michael's
| 1 |
D York |
|
run out |
9 |
|
Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| 2 |
D Harrison |
b |
Faisal |
21 |
|
Mujhaid |
8 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
| 3 |
M Collier |
ct |
Ahsan |
57 |
|
Irfan |
6 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
| 4 |
W Kingston jr |
b |
Ahsan |
6 |
|
Akbar |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
| 5 |
P Ahearn |
|
not out |
24 |
|
Faisal |
4 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
| 6 |
B Ahearn |
|
not out |
1 |
|
Ahsan |
7 |
0 |
34 |
2 |
|
Overs |
28 |
Extras |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wickets |
4 |
Total |
133 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Match report
Despite fielding a weakened team, St Michael's
returned to winning ways to secure a comfortable victory against an even weaker
Northants Stars.
Missing 3 bowlers, St Michael's fielded first
against a Stars team that started the match with only 7 players. Martin Baker
opened the bowling with vice captain Will Kingston. The opening overs were
tight, with the Stars batsmen conscious of the fact that they had so few players
at the ground. Kingston made the breakthrough, bowling Faisal for 7. Brain
Ahearn, bowling for the first time in a decade, took time to get his rhythm, but
ended up getting a creditable 2 for 34.
As the innings progressed, more Northants Stars
players turned up, so that by 3:00 that had 10 batsmen, though 2 of them were
young lads.
With the Stars bowling attack not the most
fearsome in the league, the St Michael's batters made light work of the target.
Matt Collier especially took a liking to what was served up, scoring his first
half century of the season. He was joined by the Bear's brother, Paul Ahearn,
who also tucked into the buffet with a rapid 24 to see St Michael's home with
time to spare.
| Player |
Reason |
| Martin Baker |
- Bowled the first ball of the match
wearing his cap
|
| Matt Collier |
- The first ever reverse sweep in club
history, and then he didn't even get a run
- Threw his wicket away with victory in
sight
- Bottling out of a catch, and then
seeing the ball spin past you for 4
|
| Dale Harrison |
- Running out Danny York
- Looking like a flasher when umpiring
|
| Will Kingston |
- Get a shave!
- Red face - resembled a beetroot
|
| Bill Kingston |
- As a ball came towards him in the
field, failed to pick it up, and them ran alongside it, escorting it
to the boundary
|
| Simon Cannell |
|
| Brian Ahearn |
- Falling over when bowling, causing a
crater in the wicket
|
| Danny York |
|
|