Game 3 v St Crispin's & Ryelands III

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	St Crispin's & Ryelands III
Date	:	12 May 2007
Venue	:	Great Brington
Result	:	Won by 46 runs

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D Harrison	ct Neal	b Mitchell	13	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Bartley	ct Blackwell	b Johns	4	N Johns	13	3	21	1
3	S Tinant		b Adams	19	S Mitchell	9	0	28	1
4	W Kingston jr		b Adams	53	J Thanawalla	7	1	22	0
5	M Collier	ct Thanawalla	b Harrison	0	S Adams	10	2	38	5
6	I Geddes		b Adams	11	S Harrison	4	2	16	1
7	M Swann	ct Neal	b Smith	0	K Smith	2	0	5	1
8	B Ahearn		not out	16
9	S Cannell		run out	1
10	M Cox	LBW	b Adams	1
11	M Baker		b Adams	8
	Overs	45	Extras	17
	Wickets	10	Total	143

Innings of: St Crispin's & Ryelands III

1	N Blackwell		run out	2	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	K Acford		b Swann	38	M Baker	10	0	29	2
3	K Smith	ct Tinant	b Swann	8	M Swann	12.3	7	10	5
4	P Smith	ct Tinant	b Geddes	0	I Geddes	9	4	23	1
5	D Spencer		b Swann	0	S Cannell	6	0	26	1
6	S Adams	ct Bartley	b Cannell	12
7	J Neal	ct Kingston	b Baker	0
8	J Thanawalla	ct Collier	b Swann	4
9	S Mitchell		not out	1
10	S Harrison		b Baker	18
11	N Johns	ct Bartley	b Swann	1
	Overs	37.3	Extras	13
	Wickets	10	Total	97

Match report

On a cloudy and overcast afternoon, the two Saints met on the mat at Great Brington.

St Michael's batted first. Alan Bartley was soon back in the pavilion for 4. The bowling was tight with Nigel Johns being particularly difficult to get away, the damp outfield meaning boundaries were few and far between. Dale Harrison and Simeon Tinant both got into double figures, but when Tinant departed it was left to skipper Will Kingston to construct a fine 53 to keep the scoreboard ticking along.

There were a couple of quick wickets with neither Matt Collier or Malc Swann troubling the scorers, and with overs running out it was left to Ian Geddes and Brian Ahearn to help the score along to 143 with the final wicket falling to the last ball of the last over. Steve Adams was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 5 for 38.

During tea (an excellent spread) there was a shower of rain which had been threatening for some time but play resumed on time.

The St Crispin's reply started slowly and Neil Blackwell was soon run out chancing a second run against Swann�s arm whose throw to Ahearn for once was an accurate one. Soon after Swann then had Kyle Smith caught by Tinant. Swann then bowled Spencer and with the sun appearing through the clouds it looked like the St Crispin's reply was fading away.

Kelvin Ackford and Steve Adams then started to put together a reasonable partnership which was finally broken when Bartley took a smart catch at mid wicket off Cannell�s bowling to dismiss Adams . Swann then returned to the action and promptly bowled Ackford and the rest of the wickets fell soon afterwards with only Spencer Harrison showing resistance with a quick-fire 18. Swann got the last wicket to finish with 5 for 10 to help St Michael's win by 46 runs.