Prestwich (2) v Glossop (2) Match Abandoned
Prestwich 149ao (0) v Woodhouses 159ao (5)
LCL Division One at Heys Road, Prestwich
29th & 30th May 2010
Predict the outcome of a cricket game at your peril – as Prestwich’s narrow loss to Woodhouses proved last Sunday.
The pendulum swung more times in this Lees Lancashire County League game than Big Ben in its well-oiled prime.
But it was the visitors for whom the bells of victory tolled – by 10 runs.
The high-flying Failsworth side opted to take first strike, despite the previous day’s downpour leaving an oddly-striped and partly damp wicket.
But it appeared to have little effect as James Clarke, riding much good fortune, and captain Mike Cassidy fended off the initial blast from pro Danny Jones and Oliver Holt.
Jones got the deserved breakthrough, trapping Clarke l.b.w. and then produced a peach of a delivery to dismiss Cassidy, who had made a fluent 35, well caught by wicketkeeper Gareth Barnes.
But at 80 for 2 after just 20 overs, the visitors looked set for an imposing total until Andy Bradley, not for the first time this season, put a brake on the run scoring and started to induce some brief stays at the wicket as he extracted some spin from the pitch, going onm to take 3 for 27 from 14 overs.
Only young Tolley stood firm with 53 and Bradley, working in tandem with a long spell from Jones, reduced Woodhouses to 117 for 7.
A mini-recovery was halted by skipper Steven Lorenzini, having Reeves caught by Holt, Sam Holden chipped in with two late wickets (2 for 7) and Jones polished off the last man with his second run out of the innings.
Woodhouses trooped off with 159 to their name, and Prestwich reflected on a fine second-half fightback.
But that pendulum was about to gain more momentum in the second innings.
Despite the early loss of Chris Thomas in the face of the spritely opening attack of Swards and Sweeney, Prestwich made it to 30 before a quick double strike from the visitors saw Lewis Johnston and James Wharmby back in the pavilion.
A misunderstanding between Lorenzini and Jones resulted in the pro being run out and the visitors had taken sudden stranglehold at 39 for 4.
But the complexion of the game began to change yet again as Holt joined Lorenzini for an excellent 81-run stand, taking the score to 120 before Holt sliced a ball to gully for an otherwise well-executed 42.
Then Woodhouses put on the squeeze, two further run outs and a couple of tight overs from Cassidy, saw the run rate shoot up and when Lorenzini was last man out for 51 in the last over, Prestwich were stranded on 149.
Twenty-four hours earlier, Prestwich’s game against Glossop had been washed out.
LCL Matchdays 7 and 8
Glossop bounced back to top spot after Saturday rain which saw Flowery Field briefly top the division following their four point win over Denton.
Saturday 29th May 2010
DIVISION ONE
Denton 75-9 (0) v Flowery Field 76-4 (4)
FF – Steven Oddy 4-34, Glynn Middleton 4-39
Denton St Lawrence 166-5 (4) v Woodbank 55-9 (0)
DSL – Imran Mirza 74*, James Maurice-Scott 41*, Dave Morrell 4-29, Rashid Nadeem 5-30
Dukinfield 104-7 (0) v Roe Green 107-7 (4)
DK – Ridee 3-41
RG – Steve Errington 44*, Gareth Williams 4-37
Prestwich (2) v Glossop (2) ABANDONED
Stand (2) v Denton West (2) ABANDONED
Thornham (2) v Cheetham Hill (2) ABANDONED
Woodhouses 164-3 (5) v Irlam 101ao (0)
WH – Josh Tolley 87*, Sam Sweeney 7-46
IR – Dave Castle 40
DIVISION TWO
Cheetham Hill (2) v Thornham (2)
Denton West (4) 123-3d v Stand (1) 118-6
Flowery Field (4) 136-2 v Denton (0) 133-7
Glossop (2) v Prestwich (2)
Irlam (4) 128-8d v Woodhouses (0) 91-9
Roe Green (2) v Dukinfield (2)
Woodbank (2) v Denton St Law (2)
Sunday 30th May 2010
DIVISION ONE
Cheetham Hill 232-6 (5) v Irlam 156ao (0)
CH – Modi Ali 54* & 6-67
IR – Lewis Jackson 49, Rick Blackman 4-100
Denton St Lawrence 227-9 (4) v Dukinfield 185-8 (1)
DSL – Oran Simms 59, Imran Mirza 59, Jason Stringer 6-56
DK – Mark Stringer 5-57
Denton West 115ao (0) v Denton 116-4 (5)
DN – M Omar 4-37, Andrew Neill 5-13
Glossop 123-3 (5) v Flowery Field 120ao (0)
GL – Dale Pennington 54, David Allen 5-32
Prestwich 149ao (0) v Woodhouses 159ao (5)
PW – Steven Lorenzini 51, Andy Bradley 3-27
WH – Josh Tolley 53, Sam Sweeney 3-56
Roe Green 185-9 (5) v Stand 117ao (0)
RG – Phil West 67, Joe Roberts 50 & 5-54, Gareth Williams 5-49
Thornham 250-7 (4) v Woodbank 249-9 (0)
TH – Steve Grey 42, Danny Scott 63, Tom Grey 52*, Zafar Iqbal 84
WB – N Haynes 81
DIVISION TWO
Denton (5) 140-10 v Denton West (0) 111-10
Dukinfield (0) 157-10 v Denton St Law (5) 275-9d
Flowery Fld (0) 162-10 v Glossop (5) 163-5
Stand (5) 191-8d v Roe Green (0) 122-10
Woodbank (0) 142-10 v Thornham (5) 172-10
Woodhouses (0) 91-10 v Prestwich (5) 92-6
Irlam (1) 171-9 v Cheetham Hill (4) 205-9d
