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Sunday 28:04:07 |
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On Sunday Chesterfords
were looking to bounce back from there opening season
defeat with a win over Newport. On a green bouncy pitch
Chesterfords skipper had no hesitation but to bowl
first. Wazz Mughal (1-34 off 8) opened the bowling with
a pacey spell producing some unplayable deliveries at
times and was well backed up by Shaun Stokley (3-43 off
8) who moved the ball in the air and off the pitch to
cause the batsman major problems. Despite two early
wickets and a bowler friendly pitch the Newport upper
order still found the boundaries and found themselves on
120 for 2 of 20 overs. Chesterfords finally broke the
partnership mainly due to a excellent spell of spin
bowling from Walter Jackson (1-40 off 8) and swing
bowling from James Case (4-35 off 5). On a hot afternoon
Chesterfords bowlers and fielders stuck to there tasks
and did well to bowl out Newport in the 34th over only a
few costly overs that went for big runs meant that
Newport still made a challenging total of 249 all out.
Chesterfords openers
started there innings with a blistering display of
stroke play mainly due to Piers Robson (41) and a solid
knock form Charles Gjertsen (26) saw the score race onto
50 from the first 5 overs. Unfortunately Robson's
fantastic innings came to end with a good catch in the
deep and just a few overs later Gjertsen fell LBW which
brought Tom Price (23) and Tom Dowrick (6) together.
Dowrick looked aggressive from the off but was caught in
the covers cheaply while Price looked in good nick
building his innings with 1's and 2's and smashing the
ball to all parts once he had he's eye in. With the
score on 80 for 3 skipper Paul Phillips (83*no) joined
Price and started to rebuild the innings. Both batsmen
found the gaps and the boundaries which moved the score
quickly onto 110 for 3 of 20 overs. The partnership
progressed the score onto 150 with 13 overs remaining,
however Chesterfords lost a important wicket in Price
and the momentum went with Newport. The next 5 overs
only produced a handful of runs and some excellent death
bowling from Newport's young bowlers really put the
pressure on Chesterfords as they struggled to hit
boundaries and despite a good effort from the lower
order needing over 10 runs an over Chesterfords finish
short of there target after there 40 overs on 235 - 7.
It turned out to be a thrilling game of cricket that
Newport just deserved to win due to there bowling
performance.
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