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Sun 07 Jul 2019
Brook Cricket Club
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Buccaneers CC
Sunday XI v Buccaneers CC

Sunday XI v Buccaneers CC

John Pheasant15 Jul 2019 - 09:53
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Outgunned!

Overnight rain and a fine drizzle in the morning caused a number to wonder if there would be cricket but the ground was remarkably firm after the dry period and the drizzle stopped in time for the covers to come off at noon.

The Buccaneers, almost certainly now the Club's longest standing fixture, won the toss and elected to field. Nick Ball (52) and John Hamilton (19) got the Sunday XI off to a flying start with Nick in particular timing the ball well, hitting nine 4s and a 6 in his half-century. After 12 overs, the score was already 70. The Buccaneers' first and second change bowlers then pegged the back the scoring with a miserly 9 overs for just 20 runs between them. Dan Goodyear (38) batted well and hit some lovely drives. But, when Dan and John were dismissed, the rest of the middle order struggled to pick up the scoring rate and a number perished to skied catches off the spin bowlers. The Buccaneers' bowling performance was very good after the opening overs and Brook managed only an under par 156.

Nevertheless, fielding its strongest side this season, the Sunday XI were confident that, if they took early wickets, they could win. Alex Osbourne (11 3 52 2), on debut for the Sunday XI, and Dom Ford (4 1 26 0) bowled well and were unlucky not to pick up a few more early wickets. Charlie Leefe (101*) in particular could had beed dismissed several times in Dom Ford's spell but survived to power his way to a century which won the match for the Buccaneers. Rhodri Williams (6 0 36 1) picked up a wicket but the scoring rate never slipped and several balls disappeared out of the ground.

The quality of the cricket was good and the match played in excellent spirit. The Buccaneers were pleased to avenge the defeat of last year when Charlie Leefe was dismissed for 1 and Rhodri Williams scored a big hundred. All to play for next season!

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Match date

Sun 07 Jul 2019

Kickoff

14:00

Meet time

13:30
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