5th May 2007 vs Nuneaton

The 2007 season began very will with Ashfield winning their first match over Nuneaton. Strong bowling performances from the 2 openers, Carey and Jeffries, appeared that the first innings would be over pretty quick as the top of Nun's batting order were sharpely dismissed. However the middle order batsmen put on a pretty good show leaving Ashfield in want of more wickets. With back up from Amo and Javed, and a change of ends and pace from Carey, Ashfield slowly rattled though the mid and lower order bowling Nun's out for 174 with only 3 balls remaining in the innings. Carey taking 6 wickets.

Ollie and Tucker took to the crease after tea, and Ollie made his intent pretty clear, making 16 from the first over with no defensive shot in sight. A stupid attempt at a single soon saw Tucker run out for 3. Ollie continued to rattle up a quick 32 but was then caught in the slips and Ashfield's apparent downfall began. The mid order collapse began with Filo being bowled cheaply, Zubir given LBW for a relatively slow 15, Mo Azam and Chiz, caught and bowled respectively, for single figure scores. It wasn't looking good. Carey and Warner were now trying to salvage something from the poor performances prior to their arrival. Carey took it upon himself to steady the ship and intelligent support from Warner saw a strong partnership of over 70 develop. It looked like the 2 were nearly home and dry when Carey was given out LBW for a very well deserved 61. Law now joined Warner to see out the innings with only 15 runs required. A quick 11 from Law and a final 4 from Warner saw the first 20 points of Ashfield's season.

Apologies that there is not too much detail from the Nuns perspective but somebody has run away with scorebook.

These are the match stats that I have available. Look here next week for the whole scorecard and next weeks, more detailed report.

STATS

Toss won by Ashfield who puts Nun's into bat.

Bowling (overs - maidens - runs - wickets)

I.Carey 19.3 - 6 - 56 - 6
P.Jeffries 6 - 3 - 19 - 1
A.Hussain 12 - 4 - 35 - 1
J.Hussain 12 - 1 - 46 - 2

Catches *Wicket Keeper

M.Tucker 2
M.Chisholm 1*
Z.Khan 1
P.Jeffries 1
O.Thomas 1

End of Innings - Nuneaton bowled out for 174 (49.3 overs)

Batting (how out - runs - (mins/balls) ) *Not Out

O.Thomas Caught - 32 - (23/18)
M.Tucker Run Out - 3 - (6/7)
Z.Khan LBW - 15 - (45/26)
P.Jeffries Bowled - 5 - (10/5)
M.Azam Caught - 4 - (22/12)
I.Carey LBW - 61 - (97/72)
M.Chisholm Bowled - 5 - (16/13)
A.Warner Not Out - 32* - (89/102)
H.Law Not Out - 11* - (12/12)
A.Hussain Did Not Bat
J.Hussain Did Not Bat

End of Innings - Moseley Ashfield made 178 - 7 (39.5 overs)

Result

Moseley Ashfield (20 points) beat Nuneaton (6 points) by 3 wickets.

Man of the Match

Ian Carey - 6-56 and 61 runs

See you next week - Steph