Getting your ducks in a row!

I need to start off this week with a match that I missed out last week, as it was a midweek game it slipped through the net......

1 June 2017 

Of course it's the quarter-final of the T20 cup at home to Thorncliffe, who won the toss and chose to bat first. CACC did well to keep them down to less than a run a ball, finishing 118/8 with some tight bowling led by skipper Dan who went for less than 3 per over in his spell.

In reply CACC got off to a shaky start, and as 25/4 became 56/5, we were up against it with Thorncliffe looking like favorites to make it through to finals day. But a heroic partnership of 65 between Locky and Nick Tye meant that we made it home with just two balls to spare, Locky finishing 64* off 42 balls, and CACC were through to finals day again! Apologies for the bad language in the below image.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/3171723

9 June 2007 

Back onto Saturday games and we'll start at Maltby with the 2nd team. Maltby batted first and got off to a half-decent start but wickets fell regularly and their number 3 finished on 49* from 46 overs as they made it to 151 after a frustrating last wicket partnership of 37. Ady Wileman the pick of the bowlers with 3/7 from 4 overs.

CACC struggled in reply and collapsed to 66/6, and at 117/8 (effectively 9-down with Shilash retiring hurt), we needed a similar last wicket stand to Maltby to have a chance of winning. Stepping up to that task was Roey and Noodles who matched the last-wicket stand of 37 to see CACC home in the penultimate over. Roey finishing with 31* to guide us to victory.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/830673

5 June 2010 

10 years ago and one of my most fondly remembered matches, for obvious reasons. We batted first at Stonelow against Rotherham Phoenix and were not looking in a strong position at 90/6, including a few ducks in a row from the middle order. This was then followed by an unbeaten partnership of 128 between myself and Eliot, with me making my first century as we managed to reach 216/6.

In the second innings Phoenix were never out of it and after Gramps had finished his spell with figures of 6/54, the game was in the balance. They still needed 18 to win as the 9th wicket fell, their number 11 was actually a genuine batsman with an injury so it could it could have gone either way still. The last wicket fell with 4 balls of the match left and Phoenix fell 7 runs short of victory. Appropriately Eliot picked up the last wicket, caught by me at cover!

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/1495992

4 June 2011 

Whilst we are on the subject of partnerships, here is a great one for the 2nds at Stonelow against Rockingham. CACC batted first and a solid base was set at 75/2, which set up a partnership of 197 between Si and Brett. Si finished with 152 including 19 fours and 3 sixes (which was the highest individual Saturday score until Loz's 190 last season), and Brett with 120 including 14 fours and 5 sixes, a joy to watch!

Unfortunately we were unable to bowl Rockingham out to secure full points but they never threatened to win, finishing 117/9 from 46 overs as we won by 145 runs.

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/1713773

2 June 2018 

I had to finish with this remarkable looking scorecard for the second team away at Penistone. With the 3 other teams rained off, Penistone won the toss and stuck us in on a tricky day for the batsmen. Despite a duck for me the rest of the top order got in a made it to double figures, but when Hex was dismissed there followed a sequence of 7 ducks in a row! Opener Dave Furniss was left stranded on 23* as we were bowled out for just 61.

Conditions obviously improved massively after tea as Penistone knocked the runs off with no problem at all, for a ten wicket victory. Not a great day for the 2nds, and a good choice by the Penistone skipper not to call it off!

https://coalaston.play-cricket.com/website/results/3235238

That's all for today, see you tomorrow for some Sunday action.