Game 3 v Northampton Saints IV

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Northampton Saints IV
Date	:	13 May 2006
Venue	:	Kislingbury
Result	:	Lost by 39 runs

Innings of: Northampton Saints IV

1	A Tait	bowled	Swann	1	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	T Kirby	ct Swann	Baker	12	M Swann	10	5	16	3
3	Charles	ct York	Swann	46	M Baker	13	4	25	1
4	Iqbal	ct Collier	Marlow	0	T Marlow	10	1	22	2
5	George	bowled	Marlow	10	S Cannell	6	0	21	1
6	Patel	ct & b	Geddes	6	I Geddes	6	1	20	1
7	Denny	ct Bartley	Cannell	8
8	M Allen	bowled	Swann	11
9	Delport		not out	1
10	Bailey		not out	3
11	Hussain
	Overs	45	Extras	9
	Wickets	3	Total	107

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D York	bowled	Denny	13	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Bartley	ct Patel	Bailey	12	Delport	5	1	17	0
3	S Griffiths	ct Denny	Allen	30	Denny	5	2	8	1
4	W Kingston jr	ct Delport	Bailey	4	Bailey	4	0	21	2
5	M Collier	bowled	Allen	5	T Kirby	8.4	2	16	5
6	I Geddes	LBW	Kirby	1	M Allen	4	1	4	2
7	S Cannell	ct Allen	Kirby	0
8	M Swann		not out	0
9	W Kingston sr	LBW	Kirby	1
10	T Marlow	bowled	Kirby	0
11	M Baker	bowled	Kirby	0
	Overs	26.4	Extras	2
	Wickets	10	Total	138

Match report

A woeful batting display by St Michael's gifted victory to Saints IV on Saturday. Chasing an apparently modest total of 108, the run chase was going well at 62 for 3. However the middle order and tail failed to wag to any degree, losing the last 7 wickets for only 6 runs to hand victory to the visitors.

St Michael's skipper Will Kingston was unable to lead the side due to a mild headache (??), leaving vice captain Simon Cannell to take charge.

On a damp pitch, Saints batted first. Andy Tait was soon removed by the evergreen Malcolm Swann for a single. Martin Baker then removed the other opener Trevor Kirby with a log hop that the veteran opener could only top edge to deep backward square where Swann took a good over the shoulder catch. The Saints innings was anchored by Jermain Charles. Hs patient 46 was only ended in the last couple of overs when he was caught in the deep for a determined 46.

The St Michael's reply started briskly, with openers Danny York and Alan Bartley scoring freely, but both were out playing adventurous shots when perhaps more caution was required. Stuart Griffiths was the only batter to get on top of the bowling, and his 30 spoke volumes about the inability of the rest of the St Michael's bating line to knuckle down. The rest of the batting is best forgotten.