Game 1 v Wellingborough Old Grammarians III

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Wellingborough Old Grammarians III
Date	:	29 April 2006
Venue	:	Memorial Sports Ground, Wellingborough
Result	:	Won by 37 runs

Innings of: St Michael's

1	F Omarji	ct Harrison	b Pursglove	16	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Bartley	ct Buswell	b Dennis	18	T Pursglove	12	3	39	2
3	M Collier		b Macklan	7	P Martin	11	3	21	3
4	W Kingston jr		b Pursglove	22	G Dennis	111	3	22	1
5	S Tinnant	ct Buswell	b Martin	3	S Macklan	7	1	21	1
6	I Geddes		b Bridgeford	18	C Bridgeford	3.1	0	7	3
7	M Swann	ct Abbott	b Martin	2
8	S Cannell	LBW	b Martin	0
9	S Griffiths		b Bridgeford	10
10	T Marlow		b Bridgeford	10
11	M Baker		not out	0
	Overs	44.1	Extras	22
	Wickets	10	Total	128

Innings of: Wellingborough Old Grammarians III

1	D Bayes	ct Collier	b Baker	3	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	C Bridgeford	ct Collier	b Swann	1	M Baker	10	1	30	2
3	C Kelland	ct Geddes	b Cannell	31	M Swann	10	3	16	1
4	A Harrason		b Baker	6	I Geddes	4	1	8	0
5	C Bellamy	LBW	b Cannell	9	T Marlow	9.4	2	18	4
6	S Abbott		b Cannell	0	S Cannell	7	3	11	3
7	P Martin		not out	17
8	T Purseglove		b Marlow	7
9	G Dennis		b Marlow	1
10	L Buswell		b Marlow	6
11	S Macklan		b Marlow	0
	Overs	40.4	Extras	10
	Wickets	10	Total	92

Match report to follow

St Michael's opened up the 2006 season with a hard fought win at Wellingborough OG IIIs.

New skipper Will Kingston lost the toss and was asked to bat first. A promising start from openers Faisal Omarji and the ever youthful Alan Bartley was broken when Omarji mis-judged a delivery from Tom Pursglove and was caught at mid wicket for a 16. Bartley progressed to 18 when he nicked one from Gary Dennis and was caught behind. Only Kingston and previous skipper Ian Geddes managed to display any fluency with the willow, scoring 22 and 18 respectively. However the final total of 128 was disappointing.

In reply, the St Michael's bowlers did an excellent job. Openers Martin Baker and Malc Swann restricted the top order, immediately causing the modest run rate to increase. Simon Cannell came on and bamboozled top scorer Charlie Kelland for 31, having him caught at deep backward square where a nervous looking Ian Geddes clung on to the catch. Paul Martin prove stubborn in the middle order, and remained undefeated on 17. However the tail was unable to wag as long hopper Tom Marlow removed the last 4 OGs batters, all bowled, to seal victory for the visitors.