Collapsing all around!

I hope you all enjoyed the new interview feature with John on Tuesday, hoping to make it a regular addition but we will see how it pans out. In the meantime, back to the usual format!

12 June 2004

We will start with this game way back for the 2nds, as I like looking at the old matches. We were at home to Hallam's 2nds and asked to bat first. After a shaky start a good partnership between Roey and Adam Chambers took the score up to 136/3, Roey top scoring with 61. This was followed by a traditional Coal Aston collapse, including a retirement from Kev Smith. I don't think this was the game in which he was stretchered off on a door, but may be mistaken. Hilly was left 12* as the rest of us fell and were bowled out for 169.

Hallam made light work of the run chase and knocked them off just 3 wickets down. I stuck in a spell of 3 overs 0/27 to go with my first innings duck and complete a proper all-rounder's performance.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/368379

11 June 2005 

Another game at Stonelow this time for the 1sts against Collegiate. Locky stuck them in and we restricted them to 115/7 from their 46 overs. Johnno picking up 4 wickets but just look at those economies from Roey and Tambo up front. The response wasn't quick but CACC knocked the runs off just 2 wickets down, Locky guiding us through with 42*.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/619924

14 June 2008 

Bad day for the thirds who were away at Whittington Wanderers and on the wrong end of a 220 opening run partnership. 8 bowlers were tried but WW ended up with a first innings score of 254/3. Quick wickets saw CACC 1/2 and then 25/4 in the second innings, but we were not about to give the full points away, as we batted out our 46 overs 95/7, Roey finishing 40* to take the losing draw points.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/959724

13 June 2009 

A good performance for the 2nds at home to Rotheram Phoenix, although it was looking unlikely at first as Phoenix batted first and reached 75/0 before Loz came on and knocked over the top 4 batsman. This triggered a CACC-like collapse as Phoenix were bowled out for 129. We had Grant the ideal man for a low run chase in our line up, who opened up and finished 36* to guide us through to a 4 wicket victory with 10 overs to spare.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/1122458

15 June 2013

Second team away at Rotherham Town and a bad choice from their skipper to stick us in. Millman and I got us off to a good start with an 84-run opening partnership, after which all the middle order contributed, apart from Sweety who got a straight one and needs to stop winning at poker every week. We ended with a decent first innings score of 225/9.

Rotherham made a good fist of the chase and were certainly doing okay with the run rate, but Johnno spearheaded the attack and finished with figures of 5/42 as we took the last 5 wickets for just 2 runs (!!!), and bowled Rotherham out for 177.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/1977084

14 June 2014 

A real game of two halves for the 2nd team away at the D&I Home Improvements Ground against Worsbrough Bridge. CACC won the toss, and after electing to field things were looking great as Worsbrough were reduced to 32/7,  more wickets for Johnno with figures of 6/29. This was followed by a battling partnership of 89 as Worsbrough managed to sneak up to 133 all out.

CACC would still have been confident of chasing that down at tea, and looked to be getting off to a solid start with Simmo and Brett at the top of the order. Disaster struck though and the following collapse saw CACC fall to 45/9 with plenty of ducks on display. I can't imagine Captain Johnno was the happiest man in the dressing room after, as despite his 32 at number 10, CACC were bowled out for 84, nearly 50 runs short of victory.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/2120491

Just to finish today with an honourable mention for Jack Blakeley who this time last year picked up figures of 5/7 from just 4 overs, as Thorncliffe collapsed from 117/2 to 153 all out. The game was ultimately called off so we'll never know if we could have knocked them off, but I clearly remember Roey being convinced that weren't going to win because Chips was batting so slowly!

More Sunday matches to come tomorrow!