Game 14 v Overstone Park III

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Overstone Park III
Date	:	28 July 2007
Venue	:	Northampton College
Result	:	Won 18 runs

Innings of: St Michael's

1	A Bartley		b Shelford	0	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	B Ahearn	ct	b Shelford	3	D Shelford	8	1	15	3
3	M Collier		b Shelford	1	D McDowell	8	2	10	0
4	W Kingston jr	ct	b Patel	26	M Morrison	5	1	10	1
5	W Kingston sr	LBW	b Morrison	5	P McDowell	5	2	9	0
6	I Geddes	ct	b Field	39	P Patel	9.2	2	26	3
7	M Swann	ct	b Field	6	M Field	9	1	20	3
8	T Marlow		b Patel	0
9	S Cannell		not out	8
10	M Cox	LBW	b Field	0
11	M Baker		b Patel	0
	Overs	40.2	Extras	9
	Wickets	10	Total	97

Innings of: Overstone Park III

1	V Patel	ct Ahearn	b Marlow	4	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Quantine	LBW	b Geddes	5	M Baker	12	1	25	2
3	M Field	ct Ahearn	b Marlow	10	T Marlow	11.5	3	19	3
4	D Cook	ct Cannell	b Swann	10	I Geddes	7	5	2	1
5	P McDowell		b Swann	3	S Cannell	3	1	6	0
6	A Fitz	LBW	b Kingston jr	0	M Swann	7	4	7	3
7	V Patel	ct Swann	b Baker	17	W Kingston jr	3	0	7	1
8	C Bigley		b Swann	0
9	M Morrison	ct Ahearn	b Baker	4
10	D McDowell	ct Ahearn	b Marlow	10
11	D Shelford		not out	8
	Overs	43.5	Extras
	Wickets	10	Total	79

Match report

St Michael's became the first team in the league to gain promotion with a narrow 3 wicket win at Overstone Park III.

On a mat that had clearly seen better days, the visitors batted first and were soon 8 for 3 as Darren Shelford ripped through the top order. However calm was restored with a solid partnership between skipper Will (26) and Ian Geddes (39). They took the score towards three figures, but fell 3 runs short as the tail failed to wag.

The Overstone reply was always in trouble after Tom Marlow stormed in to remove the openers with 17 on the board. With the outfield slow and the bowling tight, the run rate slowly increased. Malc Swann's 3 for 7 tightened the screw before Martin Baker took 2 wickets to almost seal victory. A stubborn 22 run partnership for the last wicket, taking the score to 79, only delayed the inevitable as Tom Marlow returned to claim his third wicket to wrap up a narrow 18 run victory.