Long Itchington Cricket Club

The sides have been selected and will be as follows:

Saturday 25/4, away, Rowington, meet at The Pond at 12.45pm for a 2.00pm start. If you intend to go straight to Rowington please let me know (and make sure you know where the ground is!)

James Clarke
Neil Hudson
Stephen Rawbone
Craig White
Martyn Rawbone
Alex Jack
Andy Wood
Will Grindal
Nick Brooks (Capt)
Richard Cressey
Tom Perks

Sunday 26/4, home, Hunningham, meet at the Ground at 1.30pm for a 2.00pm start.

Steve Mitchell
Jeff Rogers
Steve Chapman
Mark Woodyer
Nigel Smith (capt)
Steve Franks
Tom Crosthwaite
Andy Smith
Michael Parsons
Dave Buchholz
Brian Philips

Sunday 26/4, away, Southam II’s, All players to meet at Southam at 1.30 pm NOT the Pond.

The team will be:

James Clarke (Capt)
Martin Greaves
Alex Jack
Andy Wood
Jamie Greaves
Carl Elkerton
Pete McKenna
Simon Parsons
Tom Perks
Hugh Perks
+2 (with one of the above to play at home v Hunningham)

If there is anyone mentioned above who has been selected and IS NOT available to play on the appropriate day please let me know ideally by phoning me on 01926 332179. Alternatively if you are available and are not mentioned above please let me know.

From now on all teams will appear on the cricket club website (www.longitchingtoncricketclub.org.uk) and it is your responsibility to check the website to see if you have been selected and for which side. If the weather is poor on any match day it is also your responsibility to ring the captain of the day to find out if the match is still on (you only have to make one call whereas the captain would have to make ten!).

A reminder that league matches start the first week in May and games begin at 1.30pm NOT 2.00pm so all players should meet at the ground they are playing at by 1.00pm AT THE LATEST. Most Sunday matches will start at 2.30pm therefore a 2.00pm meet at the appropriate ground.

Finally for those that don’t know we got of to a winning start yesterday with an 8 wicket win at Tanworth & Camp Hill CC.

Here’s to the season continuing in the same vein.

Martyn

(Teams edited Friday 22nd April)

Played Sunday April 20th

In the first friendly of the season under the guidance of skipper Steve ‘Tino’ Chapman, LI enjoyed what turned out to be a comfortable win over a well balanced Tanworth team on what can only be described as a scorching day!

Tanworth skipper Hartley won the toss and put the Itchington in the field first probably hoping it may cool off a little by the time his side had to field themselves.
Chapman opened the bowling with youngsters Wood & Smith, Wood (6-3-11-1) taking the first over and taking the first wicket in that very over also, a stunning yorker, which with a little good fortune took the bails off much to the disappointment of opener Jordan.

17 overs later Tanworth must have figured that early wicket had worked in their favour as they remained one down until Chapman (6.2-1-18-2) turned to himself and dislodged the dangerous Shortley for a good knock of 38.

Other change bowler M.Parsons (8-0-23-2) then chipped in with the wicket of Bhatti without having troubled the scorer and after some defiant batting for a few overs left Tanworth on 83-3 with about 15 overs to go. (C.Jones 25)

As Tanworth looked to settle Chapman turned to S.Parsons who after some questionable balls in his first over chipped in with a spellbinding effort of 4-1-5-3 including the afore-mentioned Jones, leaving a combination of the bowlers to wrap up the Home teams innings 4.4 overs short on 108 all out.

In reply Itchington openers Clarke and Jack looked relatively untroubled seeing off all Tanworth had to throw at them, Tanworth unfortunately losing one opening bowler to a knee injury fielding off his own bowling.
Nearing the drinks break and Jack offered a chance with a well hit but catchable straight drive only to be put down at Mid-Off, this same incident left Tanworth with more injury worries as fielder Bhatti also broke his finger attempting the catch.

Finally, quickly after the drinks break Tanworth had a wicket to celebrate as Jack(27) looked to finish it early but in doing so chipped one straight to Mid-Wicket where his own team-mate A.Smith took the catch standing in for one of the injured Tanworth team.
Franks came to the crease and hit a quick fire 18 before being bowled by Corey, leaving Itch with only a few runs required for victory and J.Clarke needing just as many for a well-deserved 50.
After a selfless knock from Greaves who batted out a maiden to finish with no runs of his own allowed Clarke to score the single both he and the team needed for the respective goals of 50 and victory.

The 4th Draw of the 2008 100 Club was held belatedly at the AGM in February and the results were as follows:
1st prize £100.00 – Mr Fisher
2nd Prize £50.00 – Mr. Jake Butler
3rd Prize £25.00 – Mr. B Carless
4th Prize £15.00 – Mr Comyns