Results

First XI v Studley
Sunday 30 April 2000

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Result: Harborne won by 67 (45 overs) Harborne Innings A Farooque Bowled Miller 0 S Gear Bowled Harris 0 W Wingfield LBW Miller 0 J Cockcroft Ct Wkt Harris 4 R Cox Ct Hall Lewis 4 P Farrow Ct Harris Lewis 5 N Hornsby Ct Ward Gregory 22 A Owen Not Out 82 M Thompson Ct Freeman 18 A Bryan Not Out 11 I Moss Did not bat Extras (B 1, LB 5, NB 0, W 21) 27 Total (for 8 wkts) 173 FOW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-1, 4-12, 5-16, 6-23, 7-116, 8-158 Bowling O M R W B Miller 9 2 28 2 S Harris 9 4 8 2 M Lewis 9 2 19 2 R Gregory 9 0 54 1 D Freeman 9 0 58 1 Studley Innings R Gregory Ct Cockcroft Cox 11 S Harris Ct Farooque Cox 28 M Lewis Bowled Bryan 1 B Miller LBW Bryan 3 S Stamenkovic Ct Thompson Owen 12 N Hall Ct Moss Farooque 0 M Elton Ct Gear Cockcroft 12 S Ward Ct Hornsby Cockcroft 0 A Tonks Bowled Wingfield 1 S Weller Bowled Wingfield 0 D Freeman Not Out 1 Extras (B 9, LB 3, NB 13, W 12) 37 Total (for 10 wkts) 106 FOW: 1-40, 2-47, 3-63, 4-71, 5-72, 6-98, 7-99, 8-101, 9-105, 10-106 Bowling O M R W M Thompson 5 0 15 0 W Wingfield 6.5 2 11 2 A Bryan 6 0 21 2 R Cox 7 3 16 2 A Farooque 5 3 3 1 J Cockcroft 6 0 18 2 A Owen 4 1 10 1

Report

Today's Guest Reporter is Simon Gear

We won didn't we? What more do you want to know?

The opening six batting scores do not reflect the talent we have in our upper order. The bowlers had it easy - it was doing all sorts. Cockcroft blamed his poor bowling on not realising he was bowling up the hill! Aamir Farooque prolonged the game beyond its limits by trying to catch the ball in his.

At the end of the day, it's a game of two halves - we had to play against the wind in the first half but overcame the odds and the hill in the second.

Thommo's cameo was a sight to behold, others were faultering yet Thommo provided an innings where the ball flew over mid wicket no matter where the ball pitched. His WagonWheel was a picture.

Golden Boy Andy Owen provided a scintillating innings worthy of the 9 o'clock news, even though his Dad's only on Midlands Today. It's a pity his bowling wasn't up to the same standard - he needs to learn to pitch it in the batsman's half. Congratulations on a match winning 82.

Any chance Andy Bryan could stop bowling {quote} "the one that started wide, and went even wider"? Of his 21 runs conceeded, only 3 came off the bat! Mossy's never had to dive so far in his life! Better luck next week AB.

We're all down the pub now having just into Ł2,000. This match fixing lark is easy.

Simon

PS - Any good looking birds reading this, please phone Geary