Jul 28 2007
Eckington v Long Itchington II (28-07-2007)
Played Saturday, July 28th 2007
Itchington II’s returned to wining ways with an emphatic defeat of Eckington after the floods had cleared sufficiently to allow access to their ground.
Itchington’s skipper won only his 2nd toss of the season and had no hesitation inserting their hosts on a green and slightly damp wicket. Andy Wood (6-1-18-2) and Tom Perks (6-0-19-3) rewarded him with excellent opening bursts reducing Eckington to 38 - 5. Steve Chapman (6-1-9-1) and Dave Buchholz (5.2-1-10-3) then took over and runs became very hard to come by as N. Graham and C. Fincher dug in to try and salvage something from the innings but Steve Chapman removed them both Graham through an expert piece of fielding to produce a run out and Fincher caught at gully. Buchholz then mopped up the tail to finish the innings on 60.
Itchington had an early scare as they lost two quick wickets to leave them at 14-2 but Buchholz and debutant Zach Aulakh calmed the nerves with a stand of 44 before Buchholz fell for 23 with only 3 runs needed for victory which duly completed 2 balls later as Michael Parsons despatched the last ball of the over for 4, Aulakh finishing with an accomplished 19 n.o.
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