Fiskerton Foiled

Last Monday saw the 13s back in action in the Newark League, with a match against table toppers Fiskerton. The usual 9 were joined by Shepherd and Newell, with Neece and Cairns ready and raring but disappointed due to a Tuckwell administrative error. Legge was on college duties so Newell Snr took charge in the middle.

The home team bats first and aggressive positive running was the message ringing in the KCC boys ears, as Healey and Normington set off to open.

Healey recieved an absolute pearler, 2nd ball of the innings, and was soon returning to the hutch with a wry smile on his face.

Newell and Normington then set about the most accomplished innings of the season turning 1s into 2s, crashing boundaries and running a series of tight singles and punishing any byes. With the partnership worth 85: Newell (35*) retired off 34 deliveries for his 2nd maximum of the season, closely followed by Normington (35*) off 32 deliveries, with his career top score and deservedly beaming from ear to ear.

Coulthard kept the score board ticking before Tudor (7) fell in the penultimate over. Things turned agricultural in the final over with a handful of cross batted boundaries attempted. 2 middle stumps were removed in the process before Hennessy ran with the final ball not moving further than a foot from the batting crease but became the third wicket of the over. 119-5 off 18. A special batting performance.

With a fire in the bellies, Brown steamed in down the hill and was grateful to a superb running catch from Mills at deep fine leg, a perfect birthday present for Grandpa Copson watching on. 6-1 off 1

Mills (3-2-4-0) was then miserly at the opposite end, working excellently in tandem as Brown struck again in the 3rd and 5th over - both clean bowled. 17-3 off 5. Steiner and Shepherd kept up the pressure with the first change. Steiner finishing off a caught and bowled with Fiskerton in all sorts of trouble on 29-4 off 10.

With the win already in sight, some complacency and waywardness crept in with the ball and in the field. Shepherd fired into Steiner for an excellent run out before Tudor took his second wicket of the season. With 40 runs recorded in 6 overs Healey decided enough was enough and produced a double break through in the 16th over: a clean bowled and a smart catch from Hennessy behind the stumps.

Fiskerton finished with a flourish to secure some valuable bonus points but the KCC boysleft jubilant with another fine win and set up the Thursday's encounter with Plumtree.