Carry on Carrington

The Under 12’s made the short trek across town to Carrington for a pairs match, aiming to post a score in excess off the first teams 85 all out on the opening day of the season.

Normington will soon have President Baker checking through the history books of consecutive lost tosses, as the boys took to the field winning the best turned out prize with new caps proudly sported.

Shepherd opened with Healey but couldn’t find the break through as the first pair advanced to 230 off their 4 overs. Tipped off by Shepherd, Tudor whipped off the bails in his run up, as the non striker was already half way down the track.

Normington finally found a way through in the 6th over with a plum LBW with the score on 238. This proved the catalyst for the KCC recovery as Steiner produced a clean bowled which was repeated by Mills in the very next over, leaving the home side on 241-3 off 8.

Brown (2-1-2-0) produced a fine maiden in the 10th over and conceded no runs from the bat in his short spell. Neece proved decisive in the 11th over with another that went straight through the gate.

A terrific piece of ground fielding saw Normington arrow to Steiner to take off the bails and at 281-6 off 16 it was nicely in the balance.

Unfortunately Keyworth fell the wrong side of a Carrington no show leaving the star final batter to face all remaining 24 deliveries with partner: A.Whippet. A run a ball of the penultimate 3 overs saw the score accelerate.. With Billy Whizz excessive in his backing up, a host of run out chances were presented, but none converted. Newell reeled back the scoring with a timely last over and another clean bowled. 308 -7 off 20: 267 for victory.

It was all about losing less wickets for KCC and the Carrington quicks soon had the travelling faithful calculating Tuckworth-Lewis as 5 wickets (-30) were notched up by Shepherd and Tudor in the opening 4 overs: 3 excellent clean bowled and 2 crazy run outs. 214-5 off 4.

Mills and Brown produced an excellent show of defence, repelling everything whilst hitting well through the offside, to stabilize the innings. 218-5 off 8.

This set the platform for Newell and Healey to try to edge towards positive figures. Healey produced a straight forward caught and bowled in the first over as Newell assumed seniority with some top draw leg side boundaries. Healey was unlucky as a direct hit from deep extra cover, with one stump to aim at, saw him just short of the crease. 240-7 off 12

Steiner and Hennessy injected promise with a superb run a ball knock to give a glimmer of a hope. Steiner the main culprit hitting 3 fours, probably a good job as he looked like he was running in treacle, with Hennessy at one point nearly lapping him! 265-7 off 16.

Normingotn and Neece were faced with 44 required off 24 balls a mammoth ask but the first time the victory line was even in sight, and definite progression. Some fabulous running saw 10 taken off the opening two overs, with the boundary in similar size to the Field of Dreams. Neece, on the attack, was drawn down the track by the excellent spinners and was runout in the final over pushing the score on as instructed. 281-9.

No points, but progress once again with the highest total scored, against the best bowling side faced, and the lowest amount of wickets lossed.