Friday 31 July 2009

Top Three All Lose

ALL three leading clubs lost in the Nottinghamshire Premier Cricket League as the race for the title hots up.

Clifton Village were beaten at home to Wollaton, the visitors choosing to bat first and making 205-7 off their 50 overs with Scott Elstone hitting 102 (six four, four sixes) and sharing a fourth wicket stand of 101 with Tim Young (36).

Clifton's Peter Scott took 3-48 but when the home side replied they were bowled out for 191 in the 49th over, Liam Andrews making 44 (three fours, one six) and Scott McNeill 32.

The chief wicket takers for Wollaton were skipper Paul McMahon (4-43) and Nick Ellsmore, 3-54.

Papplewick were at home to Mansfield Hosiery Mills, who were put in to bat and scored 210-5 in 50 overs with captain Keshera Jayasinghe unbeaten on 57 (three fours, one six), Hassan Adnan scoring 46 (five fours) and Gareth Curtis 32.

Papplewick were bowled out for only 136 in the 49th over, Alex Lloyd top scoring with 46 (three fours, one six). The bulk of the damage was done by Matt New, 4-34, and Kieron Garside, 3-26, as Hosiery Mills took maximum points.

Caythorpe were visitors to West Indian Cavaliers, the home side asking them to bat first and they were only able to make 163-9 in their 50 overs, James Hartley unbeaten on 48 (one four, one six).

Although losing opener Aaron Thomas when the score was 40, the Cavaliers never really looked in trouble as they made 165-3 in 39 overs, which included a second wicket stand of 82 between Usman Afzaal (61, five fours, two sixes) and Mortaza Ali (41, five fours).

Bottom-placed Plumtree gained a long-awaited win against visitors Kimberley, who were bowled out for 98 in 45 overs, Jon Shaw top-scoring with 47 (three fours).

Jurgen Charlesworth weighed in with 6-26 off nine overs for the home side, who then lost eight wickets themselves before reaching 99 to win in the 40th over to claim a precious 20 points. Kimberley's Matt Wright took 5-27 in 13 overs.

Attenborough came out on top in the other bottom-of-the-table clash at Farnsfield, who were 137 all out in 45 overs, Steve Musgrove scoring 36 and Attenborough's Andy Carter taking 5-44.

The visitors got the required 138 in 29 overs but lost six wickets in doing so, Neil Sharp finishing with 3-29.

Cuckney were at home for the middle of the table game against Welbeck. Welbeck chose to bat first and made 189-9 in 50 overs which included a stand of 102 between James Brice, who scored 72 (two fours, six sixes) and skipper Jon Ball (22). Tom Ullyott took 4-40 off nine overs for Cuckney who then reached the winning total of 190-6 in the 49th over. The innings featured a third wicket stand of 103 between Richard Stroh (58, nine fours) and captain Will Butler (51, seven fours, one six) as well as a rapid but much needed 21 not out by Dan Brown to take the home side to victory.

Wollaton 205-7 in 50 overs (20 pts) beat CLIFTON 191 in 48.5 overs (6 pts). For Wollaton: S Elstone 102, T Young 36, P McMahon 4-33, N Ellsmore 3-54. For Clifton: L Andrews 44, S McNeill 32, P Scott 3-48.

FARNSFIELD 137-10 in 45 overs (2 pts) lost to Attenborough 138-6 in 29.2 overs (20 pts). For Farnsfield: S Musgrove 36, N Sharpe 3-29. For Attenborough: A McKinlay 57, A Carter 5-44.

Welbeck 189-9 in 50 overs (5 pts) lost to CUCKNEY 190-6 in 48.3 overs (19 pts). For Welbeck: J Brice 72, G Darwin 3-55. For Cuckney: R Stroh 58, W.Butler 51, T.Ullyott 4-40.

Kimberley 98-10 in 45 overs (3 pts) lost to PLUMTREE 99-8 in 39.5 overs (20 pts). For Kimberley: J Shaw 47, M Wright 5-27. For Plumtree: J Charlesworth 6-26.

Caythorpe 163-9 in 50 overs (3 pts) lost to WI CAVALIERS 165-3 in 37.3 overs (18 pts). For Caythorpe: J Hartley 48*. For WI Cavaliers: U Afzaal 61, M Ali 41.

Mansfield HM 210-5 in 50 overs (20 pts) beat PAPPLEWICK 136-10 in 48.4 overs (2 pts). For Mansfield HM: K Jayasinghe 57*, H Adnan 46, G Curtis 32, M New 4-34, Kieron Garside 3-26. For Papplewick: A Lloyd 46.

The result is in order of team batting first. Uppercase indicates home side.

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