24/05/10 - MATCH REPORTS FOR 22ND MAY
ONE WIN, ONE LOSS
- 1STS BEAT THORNTON CLEVELEYS
- 2NDS LOST TO CROSTON
- 3RDS CONCEDED TO FLEETWOOD
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1ST TEAM REPORT
Fylde 1st XI - 225-6 (D.Crawforth 103, K.Moore
54)
Thornton Cleveleys 1st XI - 184-8
FYLDE WON BY 41 RUNS
FULL
SCORECARD HERE
Fylde welcomed local rivals Thornton to Moorland Road on a
scorching summer's day. Whilst Fylde were missing only Paul Willis
from the previous week, Thornton were missing half their team and
this was reflected at the toss as Fylde were asked to bat despite
losing the toss.
Thornton's fans got settled in their seats to watch some leather
chasing, however things did not go according to the script as opener
Veitch bowled with great accuracy in the early overs, eventually
inducing an edge from substitute opener Dan Candlish. Darren
Mckenzie soon followed, driving loosely at a full ball from the
other opening bowler to be caught at point for 1. Mike Watkinson
went in the same fashion as Candlish to leave Fylde precariously
placed at 20-3.
Keith Moore and Dave Crawforth then came together to rebuild the
innings, eventually taking the shine off the new ball suffiently for
Veitch to be removed from the attack after a fantastic opening
spell. This brought the slow bowlers into the game, and runs were
soon coming with ease as simple singles were taken, mixed with
useful boundaries off the poorer deliveries. The partnership was
worth in excess of 100 before Moore was caught in the deep trying to
up the tempo of the innings for 54. Crawforth then took over with
some excellent strokeplay to seal a first Fylde century, eventually
being dismissed for 103. Fylde closed on 225, extras third top
scorer with 35.
The Thornton reply began poorly as they soon found themselves two
wickets down, with Paul Hague removing dangerman Rob Dingle for a
duck before finding the edge of fellow opener Wilson as Watkinson
completed a tumbling catch to his right. Thornton then appeared to
forget which league they play in and bat for the draw, with lovers
of boring, drab cricket the only real winners as the scoreboard
meandered along at a snails pace. The game was livened up briefly by two
wickets in two balls from Ant Ellison, with the hat-trick ball
resulting in an extremely close LBW appeal which was turned down by
the umpire, who as a side note had officiated at both ends all game.
Graham Smith seemed comfortable to bat for himself with no
attempt to chase down the target, finally completing his hundred in
the closing overs before opening up with some big hits as the final
score of 184-8 made the run chase look a lot more entertaining than
it actually was.
Another very useful victory for Fylde, moving the team up to 6th
in the table after an encouraging start to the season.
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2ND TEAM REPORT
Fylde 2nd XI - 186-8 (R.Maclaren 35*)
Croston 1st XI - 187-2
FYLDE LOST BY 8 WICKETS
FULL
SCORECARD HERE
A depleted second team lost for the third time in three weeks at
Croston.
Batting first, all the top order got starts, but wickets fell at
regular intervals before captain for the day Robin Maclaren added an
unbeaten 35 to the card to give the side something to defend.
Unfortunately, Fylde found Croston's Ian Dickinson in fantastic
form as he blazed his was to 111 not out as the target was reached
within 28 overs. Joe Mcmillan was the pick of the Fylde bowlers with
1-11 from 8 early overs.
With a full side back next week, a victory is much needed against
Freckleton.
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3RD TEAM REPORT
The third team were forced to concede their fixture against
Fleetwood, owing to the amount of players unavailable due to the
Playoff Final. A request was made to switch the game to Sunday but
this was rejected.
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