Shireshead 1st 149-7 (15pts), Arnside 103ao
Saturday August 26
Shireshead travelled to Arnside and elected to bat after winning the toss. Tom Jacques (18) and Joe Cunliffe (20) saw their team off to fine start reaching 50 in the 12th over.
Runs then slowed down but there were useful contributions from Phil Bovis (21), Paul Yates (30).
Superb running between the wickets from Adam Murphy (11no) and Jake Gould (3no) at the end of the innings saw Shireshead make 149 from their 45 overs.
Arnside lost their first wicket in the third over and wickets fell at regular intervals throughout the innings.
Peter Wilson took another great catch to dismiss the dangerous Adam Richardson. Only Lee Illingworth (29) offered any real resistance as Shireshead sensed a win.
Tom Jacques took the final wicket in the 34th over., but the plaudits went to Dave Jack who bowled throughout the innings, finishing with a superb 45-7 off 17 overs.
Related Posts
All Stars success
Cricketers of the future have been put through their paces at Shireshead over the past few weeks as part of the All Stars programme. Many will hopefully go on to play for the club or [...]
400 runs scored as firsts see off Silverdale
Shireshead 209-6 dec, Silverdale 202 all out Shireshead firsts will be relieved to have secured all 15 points in a match which in which the momentum switched often and the result was never sure [...]
Wilkinson and Gaskell star in Milnthorpe win
Milnthorpe 129-8 Shireshead 3rds 130-1 Shireshead’s Ollie Wilkinson with an unbeaten 51 steered the home side to a comfortable victory against a Milnthorpe side. Milnthorpe won the toss and batted. Shireshead’s Will Greenwood and Will [...]