Farcet Fen Farmers won the toss and elected to field.
FFF were playing in their first game of the season. Most of the team hadn't played since last year. Opening the bowling was C. White and Z. Brown, opening the batting for Ashton was S. Nowlan and R. Awdry. The wicket was unusually bouncy and the Ashton batsmen struggled with the extra bounce. Unfortunately in the 3 over Sam Nowlan got a ball that didn't bounce much and he was out LBW for 4 bowled by C. White. This brought the Ashton skipper to the crease, H. Chapman. Both Zac Brown and Chris White were bowling well, keeping the score down. At the end of the 6th over the score was 14 for 1. This soon changed to 14 for 2 off 7 overs as Richard Awdry was bowled by Chris White for just 5. This brought D. Blatch to the crease, both Harry and Dan were looking fairly comfortable batting keeping the score ticking over. After ten overs with the score at 24 for 2, FFF decided to have a change of bowling. M. Chernick replaced C. White and A. Yardy replaced Z. Brown. Both bowlers bowled well but with out any luck. so with the score at 67 for 2 off 20 overs FF had another bowling change. M. Drury and J. Green were the new line of attack. With the fifth ball of Jamie Green's first over he took the wicket of Harry Chapman for 22, Harry was caught by M. Drury at gully, a good one handed catch above his head! The score at the end of Jamie's first over was 77 for 3 off 22. H. Chapman's departure brought N. Barnes to the middle. The following over Dan Blatch was caught by a great catch at mid on by M. Cernick. Dan departed for 30, this brought S. Palmer to the crease. Sam Palemer was around for just two overs before he was caught by M. Buckley, Sam was out for 8. Sam made way for his brother A. Palmer. With the score at 103 for 5 off 28 overs another bowling change was made, M. Buckley and M. Papworth. Marcus Papworth's first ball was the wicket of his mothers partner N. Barnes. Nigel was caught behind by the wicket keeper Cliff Mills for 13. Marcus and Mark both bowled well but with out any more luck. After 34 overs the score was 121 for 6 with Adam Palmer and Chris Wood at the crease. Chris White returned to the bowling action and from the other end R. Calaby. Chris Wood made the most of some poor bowling from Rob Calaby and 17 was scored from the over although he did take the wicket of A. Palmer, bowled for just 4. Chris White's second over back was a good one, taking two consecutive wickets the wicket of C. Wood, caught behind by Cliff Mills and bowling D. Heath for a golden duck. After the poor over by Rob Calaby, Zac Brown returned to the action with J. Ray and H. Williams at the crease. Two ball into the over and the batsmen tried for a single and a direct throw at the wicket ran J. Ray out , the throw came from Chris White to end the innings! Ashton's final score 145 all out off 37.2 overs. Bowling from FFF ~ C. White 7-1-18-4, Z. Brown 5.2-1-10-0, M. Cernik 5-0-24-0, A. Yardy 5-1-18-0, M. Drury 4-0-12-1, J. Green 4-0-15-2, M. Buckely 3-1-8-0, M. Papworth 3-0-6-1, R. Calaby 1-0-17-1.
After tea, FFF came out to bat. Opening the batting was C. Mills and R. Calaby. Opening the bowling for Ashton was C. Wood and debutant D. Heath. Both bowled very well and it wasn't long before Doug Heath struck taking the wicket of Rob Calaby for 4 in the 6th over. End of the sixth over the score was 10 for 1. D. Heath then struck again in the 8th over taking the wicket of C. Mills for 1. Both opening bowlers bowled well and after 12 over they had taken three wicket between them and gone for just 23 runs. S. Palmer and J. Ray was the new line of attack and bowled their allotted 8 overs straight through going for a total of 47 runs and two wickets. The two wickets to fall were those of M. Papworth for 9 and J. Green for 1. M. Buckley batted well for FFF, he was finally caught by D. Blatch off of the bowling of N. Barnes for 30. M. Green also batted well and was bowled by N. Barnes for 26. A. Palmer took the wicket of A. Yardy for a very quick ten from 4 balls a four and a six. With C. White and M. Cernik at the crease the opening bowlers came back into the attack with the score at 108 for 8 off 36 overs. C. Wood bowled M. Cernik for a duck and with the third ball of D. Heath's first over back he took the wicket of C. White caught at mid off by Dan Blatch for just 3 runs. Final score 111 all out off 37.3 overs. Bowling from Ashton Wold ~ C. Wood 7-2-10-2, D. Heath 6.3-2-12-3, S. Palmer 8-1-21-1, J. Ray 8-0-26-1, A. Plamer 4-0-27-1, N. Barnes 4-2-4-2.
Ashton won by 34 runs.
FFF were playing in their first game of the season. Most of the team hadn't played since last year. Opening the bowling was C. White and Z. Brown, opening the batting for Ashton was S. Nowlan and R. Awdry. The wicket was unusually bouncy and the Ashton batsmen struggled with the extra bounce. Unfortunately in the 3 over Sam Nowlan got a ball that didn't bounce much and he was out LBW for 4 bowled by C. White. This brought the Ashton skipper to the crease, H. Chapman. Both Zac Brown and Chris White were bowling well, keeping the score down. At the end of the 6th over the score was 14 for 1. This soon changed to 14 for 2 off 7 overs as Richard Awdry was bowled by Chris White for just 5. This brought D. Blatch to the crease, both Harry and Dan were looking fairly comfortable batting keeping the score ticking over. After ten overs with the score at 24 for 2, FFF decided to have a change of bowling. M. Chernick replaced C. White and A. Yardy replaced Z. Brown. Both bowlers bowled well but with out any luck. so with the score at 67 for 2 off 20 overs FF had another bowling change. M. Drury and J. Green were the new line of attack. With the fifth ball of Jamie Green's first over he took the wicket of Harry Chapman for 22, Harry was caught by M. Drury at gully, a good one handed catch above his head! The score at the end of Jamie's first over was 77 for 3 off 22. H. Chapman's departure brought N. Barnes to the middle. The following over Dan Blatch was caught by a great catch at mid on by M. Cernick. Dan departed for 30, this brought S. Palmer to the crease. Sam Palemer was around for just two overs before he was caught by M. Buckley, Sam was out for 8. Sam made way for his brother A. Palmer. With the score at 103 for 5 off 28 overs another bowling change was made, M. Buckley and M. Papworth. Marcus Papworth's first ball was the wicket of his mothers partner N. Barnes. Nigel was caught behind by the wicket keeper Cliff Mills for 13. Marcus and Mark both bowled well but with out any more luck. After 34 overs the score was 121 for 6 with Adam Palmer and Chris Wood at the crease. Chris White returned to the bowling action and from the other end R. Calaby. Chris Wood made the most of some poor bowling from Rob Calaby and 17 was scored from the over although he did take the wicket of A. Palmer, bowled for just 4. Chris White's second over back was a good one, taking two consecutive wickets the wicket of C. Wood, caught behind by Cliff Mills and bowling D. Heath for a golden duck. After the poor over by Rob Calaby, Zac Brown returned to the action with J. Ray and H. Williams at the crease. Two ball into the over and the batsmen tried for a single and a direct throw at the wicket ran J. Ray out , the throw came from Chris White to end the innings! Ashton's final score 145 all out off 37.2 overs. Bowling from FFF ~ C. White 7-1-18-4, Z. Brown 5.2-1-10-0, M. Cernik 5-0-24-0, A. Yardy 5-1-18-0, M. Drury 4-0-12-1, J. Green 4-0-15-2, M. Buckely 3-1-8-0, M. Papworth 3-0-6-1, R. Calaby 1-0-17-1.
After tea, FFF came out to bat. Opening the batting was C. Mills and R. Calaby. Opening the bowling for Ashton was C. Wood and debutant D. Heath. Both bowled very well and it wasn't long before Doug Heath struck taking the wicket of Rob Calaby for 4 in the 6th over. End of the sixth over the score was 10 for 1. D. Heath then struck again in the 8th over taking the wicket of C. Mills for 1. Both opening bowlers bowled well and after 12 over they had taken three wicket between them and gone for just 23 runs. S. Palmer and J. Ray was the new line of attack and bowled their allotted 8 overs straight through going for a total of 47 runs and two wickets. The two wickets to fall were those of M. Papworth for 9 and J. Green for 1. M. Buckley batted well for FFF, he was finally caught by D. Blatch off of the bowling of N. Barnes for 30. M. Green also batted well and was bowled by N. Barnes for 26. A. Palmer took the wicket of A. Yardy for a very quick ten from 4 balls a four and a six. With C. White and M. Cernik at the crease the opening bowlers came back into the attack with the score at 108 for 8 off 36 overs. C. Wood bowled M. Cernik for a duck and with the third ball of D. Heath's first over back he took the wicket of C. White caught at mid off by Dan Blatch for just 3 runs. Final score 111 all out off 37.3 overs. Bowling from Ashton Wold ~ C. Wood 7-2-10-2, D. Heath 6.3-2-12-3, S. Palmer 8-1-21-1, J. Ray 8-0-26-1, A. Plamer 4-0-27-1, N. Barnes 4-2-4-2.
Ashton won by 34 runs.
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