Game 2 v Irchester II

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Irchester II
Date	:	6 May 2006
Venue	:	Irchester Sports Ground
Result	:	Won by 80 runs

Innings of: St Michael's

1	F Omarji	bowled	Potter	0	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Bartley		not out	77	J Grove	13	3	56	0
3	M Collier	ct	Pike	24	S Cotter	11	3	41	2
4	W Kingston jr	bowled	Potter	70	G Goodchild	9	2	32	0
5	T Marlow		not out	13	R Pipe	6	1	21	1
6	D York				T Morton	4	0	23	0
7	M Swann				T Legg	2	0	18	0
8	I Geddes
9	S Cannell
10	T Marlow
11	M Cox
	Overs	45	Extras	34
	Wickets	3	Total	218

Innings of: Irchester II

1	A Beard	bowled	Geddes	29	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	I McDonald	bowled	Geddes	43	M Swann	9	2	14	2
3	R Romain	bowled	Geddes	21	T Marlow	10.4	1	34	4
4	G Goodchild		Geddes	4	I Geddes	13	6	23	3
5	H Mhoda	ct York	Marlow	1	S Cannell	4	0	24	0
6	J Grove	ct Collier	Marlow	12	F Omarji	7	0	24	0
7	R Pipe		Swann	0
8	T Legg	ct Collier	Marlow	0
9	S Cotter		Marlow	0
10	T Morton		not out	0
11
	Overs	43.4	Extras	28
	Wickets	9	Total	138

Match report

A good all round display saw St Michael's make it 2 wins out of 2 after Irchester II were dispatched on Saturday.

Batting first, the visitors made the worst possible start when the stylish Faisal Omarji was bowled by Potter without troubling the scorers. Stability was restored with Matt Collier and the evergreen Alan Bartley putting on 38 for the second wicket before Collier was caught off Pike for 24. A solid stand then ensued between Bartley and skipper Will Kingston. With 35 of the scheduled 45 overs bowled, the score of 122 for 2 looked like a good platform. And it certainly was as 100 runs runs were bludgeoned off the last 10 overs. Both Kingston and Bartley tucked in early to some tasty bowling, one over off the hapless Cotter going for 19 runs. A late blast by slogger Tom Marlow added insult to injury as the Irchester fielders trudged off the pitch knowing a target of over 200 would be tough to challenge.

The home side made a solid start with the Irchester top 3 laying down a solid platform. However the rest were unable to build on this as the middle and lower order succumbed to the St Michael's attack. Tom Marlow bagged another 4 wickets, and was ably supported by the youthful Malcolm Swann and Ian Geddes with 2 and 3 wickets respectively.