| IDLE Vs JESTERS |
| 1-Innings Match Played At IDLE, 18-Sep-2005, FRIENDLY |
| JESTERS Win by 2 runs |
| Round | 8 |
| Toss won by | JESTERS |
David Bell makes his 250 appearance.
| JESTERS 1st Innings 148/10 All Out (Overs 39.5) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs |
| WAITE,N | c GOODAIRE,B | b JOHNSON,N | 8 |
| WILKINSON,S+ | c GOODAIRE,B | b BAINES,M | 16 |
| McENEANEY,M | b QADIM,A | 23 | |
| GILL,A | b JOHNSON,N | 5 | |
| HILL,JIM | b WRIGHT,P | 42 | |
| LINES,A | b QADIM,A | 0 | |
| HILL,M | c TOPHAM,B | b PARRATT,S | 6 |
| BARKER,R | c TOPHAM,B | b LYONS,G | 8 |
| LINES,P | st MARSDEN,S | b TOPHAM,B | 15 |
| HAINSWORTH,M | b WRIGHT,P | 7 | |
| BELL,D* | not out | 2 | |
| extras | (b8 lb5 w3 nb0) | 16 | |
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 148 |
| FOW |
| 1-26 2-36 3-51 4-70 5-74 6-88 7-105 8-130 9-143 10-148 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| BAINES,M | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| ROBINSON,A | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| GOODAIRE,B | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| JOHNSON,N | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| QADIM,A | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| GOODAIRE,D | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| PARRATT,S | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| LYONS,G | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| TOPHAM,B | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| WRIGHT,P | 2.5 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| IDLE 1st Innings 146/7 Closed (Overs 40) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs |
| GOODAIRE,D | c& | b BARKER,R | 20 |
| TOPHAM,B* | c BARKER,R | b HAINSWORTH,M | 1 |
| QADIM,A | b HILL,JIM | 0 | |
| PARRATT,S | st WILKINSON,S | b WAITE,N | 8 |
| WRIGHT,P | st WILKINSON,S | b BARKER,R | 0 |
| GOODAIRE,B | c WILKINSON,S | b WAITE,N | 15 |
| LYONS,G | c WILKINSON,S | b McENEANEY,M | 44 |
| ROBINSON,A | not out | 36 | |
| JOHNSON,N | not out | 5 | |
| BAINES,M | dnb | - | |
| MARSDEN,S+ | dnb | - | |
| extras | (b10 lb1 w5 nb1) | 17 | |
| TOTAL | 7 wickets for | 146 |
| FOW |
| 1-19 2-22 3-27 4-28 5-43 6-81 7-139 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| HAINSWORTH,M | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| BARKER,R | 8 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| HILL,JIM | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| WAITE,N | 8 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| McENEANEY,M | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| HILL,M | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
report by POD
The season closed with a game
that encapsulated all that is good about friendly cricket.
Naturally
the Jesters won the toss and elected to bat on a wicket that offered swing and
seam movement and spin for the slower bowlers. With the weight of the jesters
batting all at the top of the order, and the tail starting at 5, a good start
was to be required. Macca, expected by many to be the star of the show, included
a giant 6 onto the changing room roof, before being bowled by W.G’s negative,
played nothing more than a cameo role. With the rest of the batters back in the
hutch it was Pod himself who shepherded the tail to a respectable total. (One
wonders who should be spending the winter in Oz!) Help did come from the Idle
skipper Topham who has now gone 
five years since he pitched one. The Jesters tail did wag somewhat with Phil
Lines and Ritche playing class shots and in true tradition we were bowled out in
the final over. Pick of the bowling was Qadim, Johnson, Wright and Rocker
Robinson, a Jester of old.
With the hosts all scrambling to bat at 11, Topham and Goodaire opened and got off to a good start. Mikey Hainsworth got swing and benefitted from pitching the ball up. Ritchie was tightness personified, as he bowled with some control, and gave nothing to hit.
Magic moment of the innings came as Corky was stumped by Weff. He turned round in amazement at the decision, and seeing his foot on the line. “I’m on the line” he spluttered at the Umpire. The coaching of the Idle juniors is in good hands then is it Corky?
With Belly aware of Robinson’s
inauspicious history (check the annals), when he joined Lyons at the crease, the
game was as good as over. But these two took the game by the scruff of the neck,
and dragged Idle back into it. Like a good wine, some things get better with age
and
Rocker
played a cracking knock. Unfortunately, lungs are not one of those things and
whilst attempting and failing to ‘breath out of his arse’ after a quick three,
Rocker was happy to lean on his bat for the last over.
With the vastly experienced Johnson taking strike and the youth of Matty Hill with the ball, we all knew the outcome. Ginge (surely a reference to his hair colour – before it went grey) tried to hit the glory shots to win the game. A shrewd leg stump line from young Pod tied up the old timer who should have been trying to get his more talented batting partner on strike. However with a boundary required from the last ball, Hill’s nerve held, and a single to the keeper not enough for the hosts.
Thanks must go to all involved with the setting up of this fixture, not least the tea ladies who served up a wonderful Friday tea. You know, just what you want before a night on the beer. Hot dogs, sausages, baked potatoes, a mountain of beans. Terrific.
Final catching competition update:- D.Bell 5 v S.Scott 4 (K.Pieterson 0)
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