Easton Sixes Sunday 24th August 2008

The Ashton Wold Team

Harry Chapman (Boycott)
Dan Blatch (Casper)
Sam Nowlan (The Nowlanator) a man of many names!
Sam Palmer (The Big Gun)
Chris White (Mr Cricket)
Chris Wood (Woody)

It rained so the pitch was a pudding and the 1st round of games were cancelled.
Ashton's 1st game was against a team of chaps in Jeans so we didn't think they'd be that good.
Due to the extras every bowler gave in their only over the Rutland Stone team made 47.
We got wickets but let ourselves down due to the extras every bowler bowled. A determined Dan Blatch & Sam Palmer set about regaining some pride and hit the 47 required in 2.3 overs. Dan hit 2 straight Sixes in his score of 26 and Sam hit some nice shots for his 11.
We certainly made a statement with our batting. So an easy win in the end.

Next game was against last years champions The Easton Big Dogs.
Sam Palmer opened with Chris White. Sam got into double figures before he was out, Sam Nowlan replaced him, he and Chris White got us up to around 49 which we didn't think was enough. We didn't hit enough boundaries and had a few dot balls. Sam Nowlan was playing for a draw and left a delivery for reasons best known to him!
Palmer opened the bowling and bowled amazing going for less than a run a ball.
Nowlan bowled next and bowled another great over. Blatch bowled 3rd and bowled a fairly tight over. Both Wood and White bowled well. Wood giving away the only extras of the innings. Everyone bowled much better than before. They were many a run shot. At least 15 or so.
The game was won by the excellent bowling by both the Sam's we all thought.

So we beat the holders and we had to play last years runners up in the final.
They were called Top Gun 6 and we had plans of making them runners up all over again.

We batted 1st again and Dan Blatch and Sam Palmer were asked by Mr Chapman to open.
Mr Palmer and Mr Blatch put on about 20 odd in 2 overs, Couple of Fours and one massive six over cow corner from Mr Palmer. Sam Palmer was caught on the last ball of the 2nd over for about 10. Mr Nowlan then came in on the start of the 3rd over and hit the Top Gun Skipper for 4,4,6,4 and then was bowled out. 18 off 5 balls!!! All hit straight over his head. Mr Chapman came in and Mr Blatch was bowled on the 1st ball of the 4th over after hitting a couple of fours in his 15. Mr Chapman hit the gaps and ran 2's with Mr Wood and the odd four and got us up to 64. Which we believe was the highest score of the day. We had a good chance if we bowled like we did in the last game. S. Palmer bowled another exceptional over and got a wicket. S. Nowlan got another wicket in an exceptional over. They couldn't hit boundaries which was the problem and the pressure built up from good bowling and fielding. D. Blatch bowled a reasonable over which got a wicket and went for one four. C. Wood bowled like lightning and full and beat the bat for pace and got another wicket without conceding a boundary, then C. White finished it up with another tidy over to get the job done. The bowlers did what was required of them, bowled tight and didn't bowl a single extra in the final game.
A mention should go to Mr Chapman for an excellent display of wicket keeping and captaincy with only one blemish of a hard catching chance in the 1st game.

We beat top gun by 30 runs to win the day!!!!! Well done Lads!

Ashton Wold C.C. vs Bishop Tatchbrook C.C. 17th August 2008

On a wet wicket Ashton won the toss and chose to field.
Opening the bowling was C. White and L. Papworth. Chris picked up the first wicket which was that of the opening batsman D. Roy who was caught by N. Barnes for 9. After the first twelve overs came a change in the bowling attack. J. Ray and N. Barnes took apart the middle order. John picked up the wickets of A. Horley who was caught by N. Barnes for 22 and J. Aitken caught by S. Nowlan for 19. Nigel picked up the wickets of C. Ferguson who was bowled for 0, D. Whitehead who was caught by R. Awdry for 0 and K. Avis who was bowled for 0. Nigel and John bowled their 8 overs straight through. S. Palmer and S. Nowlan were the new bowlers into the attack. S. Palmer picked up two wickets, J. Kahn who was caught and bowled for 0 and P. Whitehead who was caught by H. Williams for 8. S. Nowlan got himself a wicket too, bowling A. Ferguson for 0. The final wicket fell to a good bit of fielding, G. Palmer fielded the ball and threw at the non strikers stumps, the batsman ( P. Aitken) was too far out of his ground and was run out with the direct hit. That brought B.T.C.C innings to an end 77 all out off 34.3 overs.
Ashton's bowling ~ C. White 6-4-3-1, L. Papworth 6-3-14-0, J. Ray 8-2-24-2, N. Barnes 8-4-12-3, S. Palmer 3.3-0-12-2, S. Nowlan 3-0-5-1.

After a lovely tea B.T.C.C. took to the field and R. Awdry and M. Papworth opened the batting for Ashton. Things started alright but Marcus was then given out caught behind for just 2. G. Palmer was the new man at the crease but soon he was headed back to the pavillion being bowled for 0. S. Nowlan the new man at the crease was dropped on 0 and ran through for a single. But soon Sam was caught for 6. S. Palmer was the new man in. Richard was had batted well for his 23 but was caught off the bowilng of P. Whitehead, which was his 4th wicket of the game. H. Chapman joined Sam in the middle. But Sam was soon caught for 7. The score at 40 for 5 off 18. L. Papworth joined Harry at the crease. With plenty of overs remaining they played steady and just picked off the runs when they were available. But Lloyd was then caught for 0. The score at 45 for 6. C. White was the new man at the crease, who was off the mark with an inside edge that ran away for 4. Harry was then caught and bowled getting a leading edge that popped back to the bowler and he was gone for 8. N. Barnes joined Chris at the crease. Nigel and Chris saw the team through to victory. Chris finishing on 18 not out and Nigel on 10 not out. Ashton's total 81 for 7 off 30 overs.
B.T.C.C. bowling ~ P. Whitehead 8-0-17-4, P. Aitken 8-3-20-0, A. Ferguson 7-3-12-3, D. Whitehead 7-2-23-0.
Ashton Wold won by 3 wickets.

Bretton C.C. vs Ashton Wold C.C. 16th August 2008

Ashton Wold opened the batting at Woodlands with C. Evans and H. Chapman. Both looked good until Harry was caught at slip for just 8. S. Nowlan was the replacement. Sam and Clive pushed the score along before Sam was caught for 12. Next man in was R. Awdry who batted well with Clive and remained with Clive to see him through his 50 and then saw him being caught on the boundary for 70. The score at 128 for 3 off 28 overs. D. Blatch now joined R. Awdry at the crease. Dan scored at quick 19 which included at straight 6 before he was caught and bowled by Buckingham.
J. Firth was the new man at the crease with the score at 166 for 4 off 35 overs. Jeremy scored 12 before he was run out. C. Wood saw out the remaining 4 balls without scoring. Ashton's total score 187 for 5 off 40 overs.
Bowling from Bretton ~ A. Botley 5-0-16-0, C. Johnson 7-2-20-2, L. Ficker 8-0-42-0, A. Anwas 5-0-26-0, Z. Croft 4-0-28-1, Buckingham, 7-1-35-1, Bovan 4-0-14-0.

After tea down at the Royal Oak Ashton opened the bowling attack with C. White and D. Heath. Both bowled well without much luck. After 4 overs from D. Heath he was replaced by C. Fox. Chris Fox made the first breakthrough bowling the opener D. Sweary for 2. Chris White bowled his 8 overs straight through without any luck. Chris Wood replaced Chris White again another bowler that bowler well without luck. C. Fox was replaced by C. Thompson. Carl picked up at wicket with his thrid ball. The score at 51 for 2 off 22 overs. D. Heath came back into the attack and picked up a hat trick in his first over back, bowling 2 batsman and the third was out LBW. Carl picked up another 2 wickets, Doug picked up a fourth and Chris Wood picked up 2 to finished off the innings and wrapped up another win for Ashton. Bretton's total 119 all out off 38.1 overs.
Ashton's bowling ~ C. White 8-2-6-0, D. Heath 8-1-21-4, C. Fox 6-1-19-1, C. Wood 7.1-0-28-2, C. Thompson 7-0-28-3, S. Nowlan 2-0-5-0.
Ashton won by 68 runs.

Ashton Wold C.C. vs Uppingham C.C. Sunday 10th August 2008

Ashton batted first and opening the batting was H. Chapman and M. Papworth. Both started well and made a partnership of 47, including a 6 from M. Papworth, before Marcus was caught behind for 16 in the 20th over. The new batsman was H. Davies who was caught for 0 just a couple of overs later with the score at 51. Harry was continuing to bat well and was joined by S. Nowlan. They pushed the score on to 57 before Sam was out for 2 bowled by S. Jones. The next batsman to join Harry was S. Palmer. Sam got straight into business with his second scoring shot going for 6. Harry and Sam pushed the score on to 118 for 4 before Harry was given LBW for 45 off the bowling of Scott. S. Palmers new partner was D. Blatch. Sam made his second 50 in as many games. Dan was the next victim and was bowled by Scott for 18. New man in was N. Barnes, he joined Sam in the middle and they saw off the remaining 9 balls of the innings. Nigel finished on 2 not out and Sam on 88 not out consisting of five 6's and eight 4's. Total score 187 for 5 off 40 overs.
Bowling from Uppingham ~ B. Clarke 8-1-18-0, J. Norton 8-5-14-0, M. Norton 8-1-31-0, S. Jones 8-1-36-3, Scott, 4-0-28-2, D. Thorpe 4-0-52-0.

After tea it was Uppingham's turn to bat and after the 5th over they were 5 for 2 thanks to C. White and N. Barnes who both bowled the opening pair for 0. Nigel picked his wicket up with his very first ball in the second over of the game. In the 8th over N. Barnes picked up his second wicket of the game C. Scott was caught by H. Davies for 1. The score now at 8 for 3 off 8 overs. Chris and Nigel continued to bowl well but without any further luck. After the opening bowlers finished their allotted overs the score was 19 for 3 off 16 overs. The new bowlers were J. Ray and C. Thompson. Both bowled well and picked up wickets. C. Thompson had J. Norton caught for 12 by S. Palmer and D. Stewardson was also caught off the bowling from Carl but this time it was caught by M. Papworth for 1. John Ray picked up his 30th wicket of the season which was the wicket of S. Jones caught by M. Taylor for 38. Once these two had bowled out their overs the score was at 81 for 6 off 32 overs. The new bowlers were S. Palmer and D. Blatch. Sam picked up the wicket of P. Hern who was caught by C. White for 17 in Sam's first over. That was the last wicket to fall, the score at 89 for 7 off 33. M. Norton and B. Clarke saw out the remaining overs and M. Norton finished on 22 not out and B. Clarke on 24 not out. Final score 123 for 7 off 40 overs.
Ashton's bowling ~ C. White 8-3-9-1, N. Barnes 8-4-7-2, J. Ray 8-2-26-1, C. Thompson 8-1-33-2, S. Palmer 4-0-28-1, D. Blatch 4-0-10-0.

Ashton won by 64 runs.

Ashton Wold C.C. vs Great Houghton C.C. Sunday 3rd August 2008

Ashton won the toss and chose to field first with the wicket still being damp.
Opening the bowling was C. Wood and D. Heath. Both bowled well and Chris picked up the wicket of A. Smith who gloved a delivery to J. Ray at slip for 11. A change of bowlers slowed down the run rate and picked up a couple of wickets. The new bowlers were S. Palmer and C. White. Chris picked up the wicket of C. Hart who had already been dropped off Chris's bowling was caught by R. Awdry for 34. D. Blatch made sure he wasn't going to win the fielder of the year by dropping two catches in three balls from the same batsman off the bowling of C. White. C. White picked up another wicket which was caught by P. Lucas, K. Lane was the batsman out for 1. J. Ray and D. Blatch were the new bowlers who came in to the attack. John picked up 6 wickets in his spell and finished off the innings. The wickets he got were M, Jackson stumped by S. Nowlan for 42, J. Hughes caught by S. Palmer for 14, G. Pearce bowled for 6, M. Blencowe bowled for 3, R. Hart bowled for 7 and C. Bentley caught by P. Lucas for 0. GHCC final score 142 all out off 38.2 overs. Bowling from Ashton ~ Wood 5-1-12-1, Heath 5-0-20-0, S. Palmer 9-1-37-0, C. White 8-3-21-2, J. Ray 6.2-0-18-6, D. Blatch 5-0-19-0.

Ashton's top order were dismissed cheaply by the opening bowlers H. Blencowe and G. Pearce. P. Lucas caught for 1 off Blencowe's bowling, R. Awdry caught and bowled by Pearce for 5, G. Palmer caught for 1 off Pearce's bowling, S. Nowlan was caught too for just 4 off the bowling of Pearce. M. Buckley was bowled by Blencowe for 1. S. Palmer was the batsman to put up any resistance, D. Blatch also played sensibly but was given LBW off B. Mousley's bowling for 13. C. Wood scored 28 before he was caught off the bowling of R. Hart. J. Ray was then caught behind with the score at 138 for 8 off 32.2 overs. Only 4 runs needed for the win and two batsmen left to come in. The new batsman was C. White, who saw off the rest of the over, running two byes, to make the score 140 for 8 off 33 overs. With Sam Palmer still at the crease and way past his fifty which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. Sam hit the fourth ball of the over for 6 which was the winning runs. Sam finished on 73 not out and Chris on 0 not out. AWCC final score 146 for 8 off 33.4 overs.
GHCC bowling ~ H. Blencowe 6-2-5-2, G. Pearce 6-0-17-3, B. Mousley 9-2-24-1, C. Bentley 6-0-49-0, R. Hart 5.4-0-35-1, J. Hughes 2-0-4-1.
Ashton Wold won by 2 wickets.

Ashton Wold C.C. vs Narborough & Littlethorpe III 2nd August 2008

On a damp wicket Ashton won the toss and elected to field.
Opening the bowling attack was C. White and D. Blatch, opening the Batting was R. Bray and L. Dalby. Chris and Dan both bowled well and both picked up a wicket, Chris got the wicket of R. Bray who was caught by H. Davies for just 9 and Dan got the wicket of L. Dalby caught by C. Gould for only 5. The new batsmen were C. Jones and G. Whitmore along with the new batsmen came a change in the bowling, with J. Ray and M. Davies coming into the attack. Martin picked up the the wickets of C. Jones bowled for 9 and G. Whitmore caught by C. Gould for 4. C. Thompson then came into the bowling attack along with H. Davies. Carl picked up four wickets, G. Swatland bowled for 7, B. Lapworth caught by S. Nowlan for 30, C. Bray caught by D. Blatch for 20 and J. Smith stumped by C. Gould for 0. M. Buckley also bowled and picked up the wickets of D. Slott caught by S. Nowlan for 13 and B. Geary caught by C. Gould for 0. N & L C.C. final score 106 all out off 37.3 overs.
Ashton' s bowling ~ C. White 5-1-10-1, Blatch 6-1-8-1, J. Ray 6-2-13-0, M. Davies 5-2-12-2, C. Thompson 7.3-0-23-4, H. Davies 5-0-27-0, M. Buckley 2-0-12-2.

Ashton's reply started with C. Gould and J. Firth, Jemery was the first man out for 4 he was bowled by Geary. S. Nowland then joined the action and was quickly run out for just 1. The score at 9 for 2 off 6 overs. C. Evans was the new man in, Clive and Charlie were scoring freely and the score started to race along until Charlie was caught for 22 off the bowling of Dalby. The score now at 39 for 3 off 14 overs. New man in was M. Buckley and started off well until he was bowled by Dalby for 13, next man in was J. Ray who scored 2 before being bowled by Bray. New man in was D. Blatch with just 2 runs needed for the win. Clive hit the winning runs to leave him unbeaten on 59 not out. Total score 110 for 5 off 33.4 overs.
N & L C.C. bowling ~ Slott 6-1-18-0, Geary 5-1-7-1, Dalby 7-1-17-2, Whitmore 3-0-25-0, Smith 5-0-20-0, Hill 3-0-10-0, Swatland 4-2-4-0, Bray 0.4-0-4-1.

Ashton Wold won by 5 wickets.