Amazing turnaround at Bottesford

Did you hear the one about Keyworth being 50-8 and then completing an 80 run victory?! It's no joke thanks to stalwarts Steve Rendu and Rob Baker who put on an undefeated club record 141 for the 9th wicket!

It was a damp start to the day and would have been a good toss to win, but having lost the toss the KCC order succumbed to the Bottesford opening seam attack who took wickets in the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th overs leaving the score at 16-5.

IG and Dale arrived late and were soon scrambling to get their kit on with wickets tumbling. DC was run out for nought when he seemed to have passed the stumps when the bails were taken off. When IG was out for 13 the writing was on the wall, but Bobby and Rocket had other ideas. Bobby was a wall for his first 30 balls, but then he and Steve traded boundary after boundary, with Rocket notching 4 sixes and 8 fours in his 85*, and Rob 4 sixes and 3 fours in his 54*. To go from 50-8 to 191-8 in 20 overs was a superb effort and left the home side totally dejected at tea.

The buffet was a back to basics special that would have benefited from a bit of fruit.

In reply the Millers were up beat and had a good day in the field. The pitch was drying out, so quick and regular wickets were the order of the day. Strongy bowled to order, bagging 3 wickets, and allowed only 15 off his 9 overs.

This allowed the spinners to come on, and for Bobby (3-27) to claim his record number of victims as you may have read lower down this blog.

Bottesford never look likely to knock off the runs, or last out for a draw, and were all out in the 41st over for 109 with Rocket Rendu returning to claim late wickets as he finished on 3-22.

It was an amazing match, and leaves the Millers in fourth place in the bizarre league table that means that any one from 5 clubs can still be relegated in next weeks final match...even Keyworth, who face the already promoted Collingham.