LEEK THIRD TEAM
26th April 2008
Leek were put into bat by the home side for the first league game of the season. Cooper and Mellor opened the batting and after 4 overs on a slow pitch, Cooper was caught and bowled by Manning for 3. Nath Ball soon followed Cooper to the pavilion without troubling the scorers. Mellor and McDermott steadied the ship for several overs until Mellor played on for 10 and McDermott out for 5. This brought veteran Andy Ball and youngster Wasim Akhtar to the crease, the pair putting on 15 until Ball unluckily got bowled for 11. Akhtar continued from the previous week blazing 27 to increase the run rate. Fowler played maturely to score and unbeaten 32. Leek finished on 127 all out. Cotton the pick of the bowlers for Handford with 3 wickets
Leeks bowlers started their defence with N. Ball and McDermott exchanging 2 maidens apiece. McDermott was the first to strike with opener Allman edging to Mellor for 0. the opening pair kept the run rate down and with Akhtar replacing Ball, he struck in each of his first two overs. With McDermott tiring, Bassitt Mahmood was introduced and the batsmen struggled. Spin was introduced with Haroon Mahmood bowling superbly to get 2-12 of 8overs. Akhtar came back for a second spell after Beaver withstood pressure from Leeks attack. He gained the last 2 wickets to finish with 6-13 of 6 to cap a good performance. B. Mahmood finished with 0-11 of 4 and McDermott 1-9 of 8. Handford were all out for 68, Leek gaining 25 points
Leek How out Bowler Score Venue: Handford O Mellor bowled Cotton 14 Handford won toss D Cooper c & b Manning 3 Leek batted 1st N Ball bowled Cotton 0 Dan Cooper captain L McDermott lbw Manning 5 Olly Mellor wk A Ball bowled Lawrence 11 W Akhtar caught Darcey 27 E Fowler not out 32 H Mahmood bowled Stanway 16 B Mahmood caught Chell 5 Z Jupp caught Cotton 6 D Williamson bowled Chell 3 extras 5 total 127 all out Bowling O M R W T Cotton 16 2 37 3 D Manning 6 0 13 2 N Lawrence 3 0 25 1 A Darcey 5 1 20 1 J Chell 8 2 13 2 J Stanway 5 0 19 1 Handford How out Bowler Score D Manning bowled W Akhtar 24 T Cotton captain S Allman caught L McDermott 0 J Beauer wk J Stanway lbw W Akhtar 0 A Darcy bowled W Akhtar 0 J Beauer bowled W Akhtar 11 S Chell bowled W Akhtar 0 M Lawrence caught Z Jupp 6 J Chell bowled H Mahmood 0 T Cotton caught H Mahmood 4 N Lawrence not out 8 J Beauer jnr caught W Akhtar 1 extras 14 total 68 Bowling O M R W N Ball 5 2 14 0 L McDermott 8 5 9 1 W Akhtar 6 1 13 6 B Mahmood 4 2 11 0 H Mahmood 8 2 12 2 Z Jupp 3 2 2 1