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Cosby Cricket Club 1st XI v Market Harborough II on Sat 03 May 2008 at
Match was Tied (9 points)

Match report 1st XI Collapse to Tie with Market Harborough!!

MATCH REPORT: Cosby V Market Harborough II, Saturday 3rd May 2008, Victory Park, Cosby

At 6.40pm the previous evening a localised downpour left Victory Park underwater and the possibilty of play the following day unlikely! I must first acknowledge the hard work put in by George Tarbox, Alex White and Steve Bayliss on Saturday morning to have the ground in just about playable conditions!

Needless to say the wicket was wet and winning the toss was likely to have proved decisive. The Harborough skipper called heads and it landed a tail! 'We will have a bowl' was the unsuprising statement from Captain Hurst.

The Wicket was very wet with every delivery leaving a crater in the wicket but the Cosby attack bowled very well, putting the ball in good areas and making it incredibly difficult for the opposition to score. It was Alex White who really excelled, his low skiddy action was a real handful for the Harborough openers and the breakthrough came when Whitey cleaned up with an inswinging yorker!

Wickets continued to tumble and all the bowlers got in on the act. Roger Cook again bowled superbly and his figures of 3-28 were well deserved. Harborough, to there credit stuck to their task and some big hitting late on meant they finished on 124-9. A total that was, in truth, not really enough!

The Tea interval came and went on what was no doubt the best day of the year so far (weather wise) and Cosby set about chasing down the total set.

Sampson and Todd have developed a good understanding and it continued to show as they both scored freely. Todd once again showed his no-nonsense approach and smashed four 6s on his way to consecutive 50s! When He was out for 54 in the 17th over Cosby were cruising to Victory at 92-1.

Sampson fell shortly after and then Victory Park witnessed something quite remarkable! A dramatic collapse that ultimately saw 10 wickets fall for just 32 runs!!

O'Dell, Hurst, Thorpe, M White, A White, Baker, Bayliss and Cook all dismissed in different ways, but all with devasting effect!

Even when 121-8 with Bayliss at the crease Cosby were confident, but he was bowled leaving Cook & Gray to stear Cosby home, but it wasn't to be! Needing 2 runs to win with 7 overs still to play, Cook nudged on past short fine leg, He ran the first and made up his mind he was coming for the second. Only to be run about by six yards! The match ended in a Tie. A quite remarkable game.

RESULT: MATCH TIED

POINTS: Cosby (9) Market Harborough (11)

MOM: Alex White (Outstanding Bowling Performance)

VERDICT: Credit to MH, they never gave up and fought for everything. However, Cosby should have won this game very comfortably!! Lessons need to be learnt and quickly!

Market Harborough II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 9 wickets
0
124 (0.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Cosby Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Matthew Hurst12.0239313.003.25
Alex White12.0124212.002.00
Michael White5.0118118.003.60
Roger Cook10.022839.332.80
Andy Gray6.011300.002.17

Cosby Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
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124		        
Charlie Sampson Bowled  32 1
Lewis Todd Bowled  54 1
Steve Bayliss Bowled  18 1
Rob Odell Caught  2 1
Matthew Hurst Caught  1
Dave Thorpe Run out  2
Nick Baker Caught  0 2
Michael White Bowled  4
Alex White Bowled  0
Roger Cook Run out  1
Andy Gray Not Out  2

Market Harborough II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    Ben Cox
 
Photos and video of Cosby Cricket Club 1st XI v Market Harborough II on Sat 03 May 2008 at

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Cooky hiding from the camera as we haven't negotiated image rights.

Nice action

Alex White gives it his all in a man of the match bowling performance

Sheriff bowling pace?

Andy Gray looking like a pace bowler despite bowling spin

Thorpey poised

Dave Thorpe waits for a chance to come his way

Busted

Mikey White caught chopsing on the boundary to superfan John Dawkins

Catch it Baker

Nick tries in vain for a catch

Textbook

Cooky and his unique bowling style

Members Bench

Our loyal supporters watching the action from their regular vantage point

3 fine figures

Harrop, Billy and Colin take a stroll

Debutant

Rob O'Dell returns to his fielding position

A wider view

Victory park in all its glory

Sweet Cheeks

Looks like he just wiped it on his whites

Nice shot sir

The best photo took, so its in

Effort Ball

Hursty gives it his all

Off the wicket please

Harrop inspects the track

Quick single

Charlie plays one into the leg side

More runs

Podge making run scoring look easy

Cooky gets cramp

Roger got cramp, we all laughed

Slogger Sampson

Charlie hits out

Fifty

Lewis getting the run that brings up his half century