Mirfield Vs Spen Victoria

At Mirfield Park

Heavy Woollen Cup Match

Tuesday 6^th May 2008

On a sunny evening at Mirfield Park, Spen struggled against a well drilled Mirfield side in the first round of the Heavy Woollen cup. This was Spen’s first game of the season and they struggled batting wise as they were short of match practice.

Matty “Mr Consistent” Haley (4,1,1,14) shared the new ball with under thirteen’s star Tom Raven (2,1,0,12). They both bowled good tight opening overs with only five runs coming from them but Haley tied Mirfield down even further by getting a wicket maiden. Sam Sharp (4,1,0,12) and Dom Oldham (4,1,1,14) helped tie down the batting team even further. A loose bit of bowling from Captain Oli Davison (4,0,1,38) helped Mirfield accelerate. There was a great spell of bowling at the back end of the innings by Vivek Sharma who claimed two wickets in two overs and only went for ten runs. Mirfield finished up on 113-5 in their 20 overs. Spen’s fielding was poor as there were too many misfields and runs where there shouldn’t have been. (Thanks to young Rob Dowling for being substitute fielder).

Spen opened up the batting with Newcomer Daraj Sharma (bowled for 12) and Oli Davison (run out 1). Spen consistently lost wickets as Rodwell (5), Sharp (8) and Oldham (4) all got out to brilliant catches. Oakes (1) quickly followed as he got his stumps shattered by a great ball. Anthony Dowling (9 not out) and Rishi Seedhar (3 not out) managed to keep out the attack for the remaining few overs. Spen collapsed to 49-6 and lost by fifty-five runs.

Match Report by Oliver Davison.

(R)= Retired (*)= Not Out

Spen Victoria Bowling

M Haley 4-1-1-14. T Raven 2-1-0-12. S Sharp 4-1-0-12. O Davsion 4-0-1-38. D Oldham 4-1-1-14. V Sharma 2-0-2-10.

Spen Victoria Batting