Bedouins v Enville at Enville – Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Bedouins lost by 6 wickets
Bedouins finished the last of their Wednesday night fixtures with a disappointing six wicket defeat against an experienced Enville side, skippered by none other than Bedouins opening bat Branch. Bedouins were forced to make a couple of late signings due to the absence of George, Moxon and Currie.
Beds won the toss and elected to bat. Hall opened with Bywater who has been something of a revelation with the bat of late. Both are attacking batsmen by nature and it didn’t take them long to get going. Hall played some confident strokes but Bywater carried on from where he left off against Kinlet, powering the ball to the boundary. For this game the batting retirement was 25 and whilst on 22 Bywater decided to sign off with a massive 6 over long on. Hall had previously been stumped when on 15.
Hill Jnr in at three was on a mission to run quick singles and did so effectively, also finding the boundary in his total of 12 before being bowled whilst at the other end Gregory hit out to make a quick 22 before being caught at long on.
Johnston was just getting going when given out LBW on 12 and Hill A., despite being unavoidably late and having to bat down the order, still managed a useful 15 not out. Hancock bagged a brace but was then stumped neatly by Lockley and Bed for the day, Granger finished one not out.
A total of 110 from the Bedouins didn’t seem too bad and gave them something to bowl at. Indeed, at 11 for 2 after the third over, the Bedouins seemed to have the upper hand. Gregory’s pal Malcolm opened the bowling with a great spell of 2 for 10 from his two overs. Everybody had to bowl two overs, that was the rule. Pearson at the other end again bowled tidily with only eight coming from his spell.
Bywater finished with 1 for 11 from his two overs but after that Enville started to take control, pinching too many singles. Hill A. was chuffed to take a wicket in his two overs with only 10 runs being conceeded but that left Branch and Burn at the crease for Enville; two experienced old campaigners, who guided Enville home in the 18th over. The 15 extras conceeded by Bedouins didn’t help their cause but there can be no excuses. Bedouins had another bad day at the office in a season of continuing ups and downs.
Bedouins will now head to Brighouse with the BedouWAGS in tow for the tour match against North Park. It will be great to have so many people staying overnight this time and that should create a good atmosphere and team spirit. Let’s win this time.