Club Cricket de l'Oust

CENTRAL BRITTANY CRICKET CLUB vs. CLUB CRICKET de L'OUST

(Siddalls Cup - 35 overs per innings)

Match Summary

Central Brittany Cricket Club: 119 all out off 33.2 overs

Club Cricket de L'Oust: 74 all out off 30.4 overs

CBCC WON BY 45 RUNS

Weather: Fine but windy

Les Scoops reports:-

DLO won the toss and decided to field.

CBCC put out their strongest team, which game them an impressive batting and bowling line-up for this important cup match, while DLO were a little under strength, missing 2 of their regular players.

As in their recent matches, DLO's accurate bowling annd keen fielding made it difficult for CBCC to score runs, and at the half-way stage of their innings they had only managed to score 71 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. With their remaining wickets falling regularly they were all out for 119 in the 34th over. This was an excellent performance from DLO to restrict a strong batting lineup to just 3.5 runs per over.

Pick of the bowling was Keith Nicholls with 2 for 11, assisted by Matt Powell 2 for 15, Jon Ward 2 for 23 and Alan Cook with 2 for 37.

DLO made a solid start in reply, and after 14 overs were 51 for 2, well on target to make the 120 runs required to win. But with 2 bowling changes, DLO collapsed to 74 all out. the last 8 wickets falling tor 23 runs. The batsmen could not cope with the accuracy of the returning Stuart Nicholas, who bowled 5 overs and took 5 wickets for 3 runs. Also Doug Amoss took 2 for 9, and Lee Snelling 2 for 13.

This gave CBCC victory by 45 runs.

This was the first defeat for DLO in 7 matches, but in the end it was a well-deserved win for CBCC who just proved too strong for DLO on this occasion.

A big thanks to the CBCC ladies for their excellent tea.