Game 10 v Earls Barton III

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Earls Barton III
Date	:	2 July 2005
Venue	:	Ecton
Result	:	Lost by 6 wickets

Innings of: St Michael's

1	A Bartley	ct Wills	b Kelly	18	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	S Cannell		b Kelly	1	C Kelly	13	7	33	3
3	M Collier		b Kelly	16	I Rogers	13	2	25	2
4	F Omarji		b Rogers	0	S Wheatman	10	2	39	4
5	W Kingston sr	ct Sharpe	b Rogers	1	M Pinfield	9	1	26	1
6	W Kingston jr	ct G Brooks	b Wheatman	33
7	B Ahearn		b Wheatman	2
8	M Swann		not out	27
9	G Eccles		b Wheatman	7
10	M Baker	ct Wheatman	b Pinfield	4
11	M Cox		b Wheatman	0
	Overs	45	Extras	11
	Wickets	10	Total	120

Innings of: Earls Barton III

1	D Wills		not out	47	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Todd	ct Eccles	b Swann	4	M Baker	6	1	11	0
3	G Brooks		run out (Eccles)	15	M Swann	9	4	9	1
4	D Sharp	ct Baker	b Omarji	1	F Omarji	10	0	44	2
5	S Wheatman	ct Collier	b Omarji	16	S Cannell	5	2	17	0
6	C Kelly		Not out	23	W Kingston jr	10	0	24	0
	Overs	40.4	Extras	15	M Cox	0.4	0	2	0
	Wickets	4	Total	121

Match report

Earls Barton III gained revenge for defeat earlier in the season by comfortably beating St Michael's by 6 wickets to throw the Division 12 promotion race wide open.

Earls Barton won the toss and elected to field first. Former St Michael's player Clayton Kelly struck early to bowl Simon Cannell for 1. Al Bartley and Matt Collier steadied the ship, adding 24 for the second wicket before Collier missed a straight one and was bowled by Kelly for 16. Debutant Faizel Omarji failed to trouble the scorers, and soon after Bartley was caught behind for a gritty 18.

The middle order failed to impress, and it was only Will Kingston with 33 and Malc Swann's late onslaught of 27 that gave the visitors a semi-respectable target to defend.

The Earls Barton reply was anchored by Wills' 47 not out. On a slow pitch, he was able to wait for the bad ball to keep the home side up with the required rate. He was supported by a late flourish by Clayton Kelly to see Earls Barton home with 4 overs to spare.