The wicket was still soft form all the rain we during the week and the bit of rain that we had Saturday night/Sunday morning. The toss was won by Orton Park and they elected to bat.
The batting was difficult on the slow wicket, which was made even more difficult by the good bowling by the opening pair of C. White and C. Wood, with just 15 runs coming off the first 10 overs. In the Second over Orton Park lost their first wicket with a good piece of fielding by C. White, who with a direct throw at the stumps run out A. Jackson for just 2 runs. I Hancock and M. Kelly stood firm at the crease until the 17 over when C. Wood caught his first of three catches off J. Ray's bowling, which dispatched M. Kelly for 13. A few overs later D. Blatch struck the stumps of M. Durham which bowled him out for 14. J. Ray took his second wicket when opener I. Hancock was caught on the boundary by S. Nowlan, I. Hancock was out for 30. The Ray/Wood combination soon struck again and then again. Dispatching A. Taylor and J. Crick in quick succession. J. Ray took a total of 4 wicket off his 8 overs. Dan Blatch lived up to his nickname Casper, when he dived out of the way of a catch and then at the last moment put his hands out to try and catch it, the ball went sailing straight through him and he landed with a thud as he hit the floor. The funniest moment of the cricketing year so far! C. Wood finished off his overs taking two wickets, first one was C. Banks who was caught by M. Taylor for 21, the other was the very last ball of the innings when he bowled T. Hancock for 0. Orton Park final score was 112 for 8 off 40 overs. Bowling from Ashton ~ C. White 8-2-20-0, C. Wood 7-2-16-2, S. Palmer 5-1-14-0, J. Ray 8-2-24-4, D. Blatch 8-2-19-1, A. Palmer 4-0-12-0.
Ashton went out to bat after tea feeling fairly positive, but it didn't start that way. In the forth over H. Chapman was caught and bowled by A. Jackson for just 8. Leaving S. Nowlan and N. Barnes to continue batting and they sure did. Sam Nowlan hitting his second adult fifty. His second of the season. N. Barnes also batted well. Sam Nowlan finishing on 54 not out and Nigel Barnes finished on 34 not out. Despite good bowling from Orton Park the game was over on the last ball of the 33rd over. Ashton finished on 114 for 1 off 33 overs. Bowling from Orton Park ~ D. Tilley 6-2-13-0, A. Jackson 6-0-19-1, Z. Scotting 4-0-16-0, H. Meichan 4-0-17-0, I. Hancock 7-1-21-0, T. Hancock 5-0-12-0, J. Crick 1-0-8-0.
Ashton won by 9 wickets.
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