Scorecard

Rothley Park II v Cosby Cricket Club 2nd XI on Sat 09 May 2009 at 2pm
Cosby Cricket Club Won by 157 runs (24 pts)

Match report Magnificent Measures and Terrific Todd give Interim Skipper Ideal Start!

Rothley II vs Cosby II, 9th May 2009-05-11

After a week of revelations worthy of the Jeremy Kyle Show the 2nd team found themselves in need of a new skipper. The honour/poisoned chalice fell to previous vice captain veteran bowler Paul Wood and to be honest he couldn’t have picked a much tougher week to take over. With Whitehead and Meredith in the 1st XI. Sullivan, Baker, Spencer, Lowe, Cooper, Foxall, Bickle and Measures senior unavailable and the former skipper in the nut house, it was fair to say the 2s were down to the bones for their much anticipated trip to Rothley.

When the 2s eventually arrived at the ground they were greeted by the familiar short boundaries and a shiny new electronic scoreboard to play with whilst we were batting. The interim skipper failed his first duty of the day as he lost the toss and the 2nd team were put into bat. Third game of the season and a third different opening partnership was sent out in the form of Curtis Holloway and Steve Henshaw. Billso was soon in operation on the scoreboard as Odd Socks got a good one and was removed for his 2nd duck in a week in the 1st over and the previous 2 weeks batting nightmares were creeping into every ones thoughts. The negative thoughts were mis-placed however as Matt Cox and Henshaw went about repairing the innings. Coxy with his unusual technique of play and miss at 5 then hit 1 and Steve doing his best Chris Tavare impression and scoring exclusively in singles. The pair had taken the score up to 52 in the 20th over when Coxy played some sort of windmill shot and got bowled for 26 (not 25 as Billso and his scoreboard believed).

At number 4 the 2s were quite lucky to have usual 1st teamer Podge with them as he was only available until tea. What followed was surely one of the most brutal innings in the history of Cosby Cricket Club. Playing a standard below his class Lewis took the bowling apart. He gave one chance on 30 when the wicket keeper dropped a skier but after that he proceeded to smash the bowling to all corners of Rothley and on a couple of occasions he may have actually hit a couple to Woodhouse Eaves and Cropston as he rattled up his 50 in no time. All the while he was there Podge was ably assisted by Steve “Tavare” Henshaw who for his first 20 runs appeared as if he didn’t want to mess up Tom’s scorebook as he was still scoring in singles. Compared to Podge’s innings it may have appeared pedestrian but compared to previous weeks this was an ideal innings for the 2s as Steve showed the value of protecting your wicket and just letting the score progress.

It was around this stage of the innings that the interim skipper and veteran bowler Paul Wood showed his violent side as when warming up with his bat he managed to whack an errant west highland terrier around the head (he says it was an accident). As the owner of the dog dragged it off to the vets we were able to continue the innings. Podge and Boycott Henshaw continued batting in their respective fashions with Louis walloping the ball all around the ground including through the dressing room windows and Steve scoring singles. Podge went on to record his first ever ton for the club with what was a quite elegant cover drive for 4 and he punched the air in delight at his overdue first century. Podges hitting was rubbing off on Henshaw who having reached 20 solely in singles then started hitting boundaries as well as the score rocketed past 200. Steve posted his maiden 50 for the club in the 42nd over and although his innings was less dramatic than Podges it was appreciated just as much by the team. The partnership was finally ended with the score on 254 as the pair posted a record partnership of 205 when Lewis got caught for 146. With a declaration imminent Steve decided he was going to have a swing and he was out next ball for 51. This brought Rich “The Cat” Fairbrother who had been padded up since Curt got out onto strike, so Woody promptly declared. This gave us 3 extra overs at the Rothley batsmen as we closed the innings on 254 for 4.

After a delicious tea largely consisting of salad the 2s went out to field with just 10 men as Podge was off at his football presentation. The 2s started bowling and were confident that their score would be way too much for the Rothley batsman. However the Rothley openers appeared to have other ideas and got off to a bit of a flier. With the younger of the 2 openers willing to chance his arm and on 4 occasions larruped the interim skipper into the adjacent field for 6. They were further assisted when interim dropped the youngster with possibly the easiest caught and bowled attempt in the history of cricket.

At the other end big was bowling with good pace (the line was occasionally a bit wayward) but wickets were not forthcoming. The 2s got to the 12 over mark and Rothley were 60 for 0 and it was around this time where the shock of the salad at tea finally hit Billsos intestines. After an over of clenching and trying to hold it in he had to bow to his greater gastric need and go off to drop the kids off at the pool! When Billso emerged from the throne room a couple of overs later he was greeted by the site of the young opener walking back into the dressing rooms having been bowled by interim skipper veteran bowler Paul Wood for 31.

With the breakthrough achieved interim pulled a master-stroke in taking himself off and bringing Tom “Big Feet” Measures on. Tom proceeded to bowl one of the best spells by a Cosby junior in a long time as he ripped through the Rothley batting order. Off his 6 over spell he took 5 wickets for 5 runs and completely decimated the Rothely batting. Big Phil also picked up a wicket showing Woody how it was done with a sharp caught and bowled. It was during this period that Billso was able to provide another comedy moment when he attempted to fetch the ball from the cow field and down to the last fresian they all ran off. Obviously worried that after the experiment with salad he fancied a burger or steak and was going for the free range option. However, one of the heffers obviously saw past this and saw Billso in his true light as it proceeded to follow him and call out to him for the remainder of the game.

After Big and Big Feet were taken out of the attack interim turned to his 2 least experienced bowlers in Ben Cox and Ellis “Elvis” Brown. This again turned out a great ploy as Coxy took a wicket and had a run out in one of his overs, with the run out coming from Measures again (you can’t keep him out the game). Elvis managed to get the crucial 10th wicket with his only delivery which to be fair was a bit of a hound dog but it got the batsman all shook up as he was caught at mid wicket by that man Measures. Rothley had collapsed to 97 all out and the 2s had another 24 points.

Result: Cosby win by 157 runs

Points: Rothley II 1point, Cosby II 24 points.

Quote of the Day: Whilst batting Woody starts going on about how good looking he is:

Fairbrother: My Missus always says what a nice arse he’s got.
Billso: Yeah but at the time she was looking at his face!

MOM: 2 main contenders for this one and an honourable mention for Steve Henshaw. Big feet bowled phenomenally to completely destroy the Rothley batting order but MOM has to go to Podge for one of the most destructive innings by a Cosby batsman in years.

Verdict: At last an all round performance the batting was sensible early on and brutal by the end and the fielding and bowling was again to a good standard. The only disappointment being we didn’t go to the Woodmans Stroke afterwards to eye up the local talent. Meaning the only female attention anyone saw was Billso from Ermintrude the Cow.

Cosby Cricket Club 2nd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 4 wickets
0
254		        
Steve Henshaw Caught  52
Curtis Holloway Bowled  0
Matt Cox Bowled  26
Lewis Todd Caught  146
Richard Fairbrother Not Out  0
Paul Wood  
Phil Needham   1
Tom Measures   1
Matthew Bills  
Ben Cox  
Ellis Brown   1

Rothley Park II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Rothley Park II Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 10 wickets
0
97 (0.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Cosby Cricket Club 2nd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Paul Wood8.0232132.004.00
Phil Needham12.0152152.004.33
Tom Measures6.03551.000.83
Ben Cox2.00515.002.50
Ellis Brown0.10010.000.00

  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    Simon Cooper