2nd X1 v Ludlow 25th April 2009
This week Madeley 2nd X1 entertained Ludlow 2nd X1
at their picturesque Park Street ground. On a good looking strip Madelay's
skipper once again lost the toss and was invited to bat first. Things got off to
a bad start losing Sam after only 4 balls. Boss and Oddy started the recovery
and the score never really got going and when we lost Boss the score was 25 - 2.
Good partnerships between Oddy and Sean Rigby took the score to over 100 when
Oddy departed after a good grafting knock of 62. Face and Sean both had good
knocks of 38 and 39 respectively but the shot of the day went to Harry Thomas
(14*) with his extra cover drive that literally raced to the boundary. Good
contributions all the way down the batting line up especially Lee Standell
(23) meant our score was 198 - 9.
Ludlow's reply got off to a bad start as they lost
thier opener after only 3 ball and wickets regularly fell throughout their
innings and were eventually all out for 110. All Madeley's bowlers were
successful with Kieren Richards, Chris Hodson, Sean Rigby all taking 2 wickets
but again special mention to Harry Thomas who bowled excellently finishing with
figures of 5 overs 4 maidens 2 wickets for 5 runs - well done Harry. Sean Rigby
also had a great game with his fielding an absolute pleasure to
watch.
Overall a good team performance enabling us to pick
up the maximum 20 points
Thanks to Glen for umpiring and Shreck for scoring
and Callum for scoring on the Arab Jail - Thanks all
Wem away next week