cricket 11 Jul 2007 09:11 am
Seven points at Stockton
After a long run of rain-induced ‘4 points’ we finally got out onto a cricket pitch and had a game. Keith Rondeau was clearly hungry to be in the action and involved himself in all 100 overs, scoring a very fine unbeaten 90.
The difference between the team was an unorthodox but extremely effective (and hard-hit) 97 from Street, the Stockton no5, who helped the home side score 160 in the last 20 overs. It’s a big pitch at Stockton and they made us work hard as they reached 279-6. Jim Shirley bowled throughout and was rewarded with four wickets, but dropped catches and some fielding mistakes inevitably cost us runs, and momentum.
Despite a solid enough start, keeping pace with the Stockton innings, we never found an extra gear to accelerate towards the target. Jack Hemming and Martin Weir both made starts of sorts, but only Ronny really got on top of the bowling.
Second half of the season starts next week, with a trip to Wishaw.
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