Legendary Day for Legge

An interclub junior apertif was the curtain raiser for the 5th Annual 20/20 day. Bragging rights were the order of the day with Legge's Legends taking on Tuckers' All Stars.

Tuckers All Stars

Back: Ben Wilson, Jack Cairns, Sam Messham, Joe Nice, Dominic Steiner, Greg Mills

Front: Alex Newell, Josh Coulthard, Simon Tuckwell, Mackenzie Shepherd, Ben Healey.

Legge's Legends

Back: Tom Rock, Joe Baines, Isaac Brown, Joe Palmer, Oscar Brown

Front: Tom Newell, Harry Stolworthy, Chris Legge, Peter Hennessy, Harry Normington

Missing: Charlie Walker

Legge won the toss and elected to bat on a drying wicket with Normington and Hennessy sent to open. Mr Economy, Steiner (2-0-2-0), opened down the hill with joint leading wicket taker, Mills (2-0-4-0), up the hill. Nice was dominant in the field as the all stars started on top. Coulthard (2-0-7-1) found his range with his first ever KCC wicket, bowling Hennessy (5) after narrowly missing a caught and bowled. Alex Newell (2-0-9-0) provided tidy support in tandem. 28-1 off 8.

Legge gave the nod to press on from the sidelines with depth in the hutch, and Newell and Normington duly obliged. Normington (25) finding his range and retiring with a standing ovation and hitting 217 runs for the season. Stolworthy kept up the momentum, working the field neatly, with Healey (2-0-8-0) keeping a check on the scoring.

Nice, captured the prize wicket of Newell (9), removing the bails on the second bounce. Brown came to the crease and pressed on, with the onlookers noting Tuckwell was looking sluggish in the field unable to prevent a procession of boundaries. Wilson and Messham both bowled tidily, under pressure, as the legends reached 87-2 with 3 overs to play.

Stolworthy (23) came within 2 of the second retirement of the innings, but was run out at the non-strikers end after smart work from Cairns and Mills. But was safe in the knowledge of surpassing 100 runs for the season. Palmer came in for the final 2 deliveries as the innings concluded very respectably on 101 for 3.

A quick turn round saw Healey and Nice straight into the firing line but wasted no time using the pace of Palmer (2-0-11-0) and Brown (2-0-7-0) Nice (7), in full flow, had already grounded Legge with a couple of edges through the slip cordon, but was undone returning for a second run. Unfortunately for Nice, Newell was on the end of the chase and fired to Hennessy, with the bails removed and Nice a yard out.

Rock (2-0-4-1) and Normington (2-0-2-0) then firmly swung the momentum into the legends favour - Rock claiming the key wicket of Healey (14) on the second bounce. 26-2 off 8.

Oscar Brown impressed with some tremendous leg breakers, fresh from the garden, but it was his partner bowler Baines (2-0-5-1) who created the moment of the match. Coulthard, who had already spread the field, sent another bomb comfortably over midwicket. Normington, spotting a half chance, raced round from deep mid wicket and pouched a stunning one handed pick up from around his ankles, much to the dismay of Coulthard (3) 36-3 off 10.

Steiner accelerated the scoring to leave the all stars only 1 run behind, 42-1, at the same stage as the Legends. Walker (2-0-9-2) then spun the match on its head with an excellent first over, first removing Steiner (11) Newell catching at short mid on. Cairns (0) came and went with the same combination effective again.

Shepherd and Mills then put on a show for the crowd, the latter cruising past his highest score with a full repertoire of off side shots. Shepherd (10) hit double figures with some good running but was just out returning for a tight second.

With the Legends score unattainable Brown returned for a final over of leg break and removed Wilson (0), with Palmer safely underneath. Mills looked to launch the final delivery into West Bridgford but found his stumps rearranged - but nevertheless a fantastic personal score of 15, nearly tripling his previous best and finishing with the highest team score. Very well done.

An excellent morning saw Legge's Legends 101-3 victorious by 23 runs with Tuckers' All Stars finishing on 78-8