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CLECKHEATON'S FORTUNE CHANGED AS THEY COMFORTABLY BEAT 3rd PLACED PUDSEY ST LAWRENCE BY 6 WICKETS AT TOFTS ROAD TO EASE THE PRESSURE OF RELEGATION.
PUDSEY ST LAWRENCE. 216 for 8 Wkts.
Gareth Clough 63, Mark Robertshaw 34, Luke Ducket 33.
Ian Wood 12-0-60-4.
CLECKHEATON. 219 for 4 Wkts.
Ian Nicholson 80no, Asif Khan 37, Neil Nicholson 37.
Alex Stead 14-2-57-2, Gareth Clough 13-2-58-2.
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John Wood knew he had won a good toss when asking St Lawrence to bat on a track that he thought would be bowler friendly, and initially he was spot on, although later in the home side’s innings, batting appeared to became decidedly easier. The Moorenders appeared to have Pudsey on the rack at 66 for 4 after 30 overs, but thanks to Gareth Clough, Chris Marsden and Luke Duckett the last 20 overs yielded 150 runs leaving the visitors with a challenging target of 217.
John Wood, looking forward to having a cricket ball in his hand again after suffering an injury a month ago, took the new ball and together with Iain Wardlaw immediately put a stranglehold on Pudsey’s batsmen. Wood’s spell of 13 overs cost just 30 runs, whilst Wardlaw in similar vein went for 20 off 8 overs. Although the home side had only lost 2 wickets during this spell of dominance by the bowlers, it was not until the 25 over that the score crept past the 50 mark, and 5 overs later a further 2 wickets had been lost and the score was still only 66. Realising the urgency of their position the Saints decided it was time put “bat to ball”, and it looked like their endeavours may well have put themselves into a winning position. The experienced Clough, coming in with the total on 54, stayed until to the very last ball of the innings before holing out for 63. His innings lasting 58 balls and spanning 96 minutes contained 4 sixes and 5 fours. He was ably supported by Duckett (33 from 37 balls), Marsden (29 from 25), and Iain Priestley (17 from 9) as they finally pushed their score to a respectable 216 with the last 150 runs coming from 20 overs. Ian Wood, the Moorenders’ leading wicket-taker, took a wicket from his very first ball before going on to take a further 3 wickets in finishing with 4 for 60 from 12 overs despite bowling at the “death”. Wardlaw suffered similarly in his later spell conceding 62 runs from 6 overs; and still ending with figures of 2 for 82 from his 14 over stint.
When it was the Moorenders turn to bat, they pushed on from the first ball taking quick singles at every opportunity, giving themselves the ideal platform to push for a win later in the innings. Initially to the forefront was Pakistan’s under 19’s test batsman Asif Khan who, when out at 46, had aggressively contributed 37 of the runs. His 42 minute knock included 3 sixes and 2 fours. John Wood, in similar fashion quickly added a further 15 as, in contrast to the home team’s efforts; fifty came up in the 12th over.
To push past 200, there has to be a major contribution from one of the batsmen, and on this occasion it came from Ian Nicholson who came into bat with the score on 80 after opener Mark Cummins had been unfortunate with his lbw decision. Ian, together with brother Mally, who was happy to take on a supporting role, then forged a match-winning partnership of 73 before, on 153, the latter was the victim of yet another debatable decision, but then it became yet another dose of “Nicholson” as the experienced Neil took the place of his son. In support of Ian, Neil’s role was far from passive scoring 37 from 28 balls including three 4's from Clough in the 46th over. The winning boundary, from Neil Nicholson, came from the last ball of the next over leaving his partner unbeaten on 80 from 75 balls, which included four 6's and eight 4's, as the Moorenders ran out winners by 6 wickets with a comfortable 3 overs to spare. Clough had been Pudsey's best bowler having taken 2 wickets for 29 from 10 overs before conceding a further 29 from his last three.
This was an important win for the Moorenders in their quest for mid table security against a team who now find themselves third in the division despite losing. In this match, having John Wood available to bowl once more, had given the bowling attack a much more balanced look with three pacemen available. Unfortunately the win still leaves Cleckheaton in a position third from the bottom of the table, but now they are only 2 points behind Farsley and 5 points behind Woodlands who they meet in 2 weeks time.
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2nd TEAM FOCUS.
2nd TEAM RESULT
Saturday, 23rd June 2009.
The 2nd team's defeat against league leaders Pudsey St Lawrence by 119 runs leaves them, like the 1st team, in a 3rd from the bottom position.
PUDSEY ST LAWRENCE. 270 for 9 Wickets. (20-Points)
Duncan Butler 61, Phil Wilson 45, Cameron Roy 43, Chris Sharkey 38no.
Stuart Houlbrook 12-3-31-3, Gareth Jowett 8-0-43-3.
CLECKHEATON 151 All Out. (6-Points)
Russ Noble 52, Chris Dyer 20.
Adam Hopkins 11-3-39-4, Chris Sharkey 8.2-3-30-3, Chris Hester 12-2-55-2.
2009 HALFWAY AVERAGES.
2nd Division, 2nd Teams.
At halfway Cleckheaton have four players in the batting averages.
Chris Dobson. 226 runs @ 28.25, Gareth Jowett 169 runs @ 28.17,
Craig Blackburn 161 runs @ 26.83, and Masaver Masidiq 209 runs @ 26.13
and Stuart Houlbrook is in the bowling averages with 22 wickets @ 16.14 runs each.
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