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In a match
sponsored by FRANK R. MARSHALL & CO, Chelford hosted
Langley at Peover
Lane on Saturday. Skipper
Krish Bhardwa won the toss and asked Langley to bat first on
a green looking but flat deck. He was quickly rewarded with
a wicket second ball. However, Luke Unsworth (19) & Tom
Pattison (24) then shared a slow but resilient second wicket
stand of 48, to deny Chelford any further in-roads, as Rory
Prentice & Krish Bhardwa probed away on a slow pitch.
It was
only with the introduction of spinners Andy Duffy (4-40)
& Hash Vora (1-31) that things started to happen. Both
bowled really well with guile, flight and turn as the
runs dried up and the wickets fell. After 35 overs
Langley were in a heap at 83-6 and Chelford were in
charge.
Enter
veteran Rick Hollinshead, who used his experience to
good effect, and took on the bowlers. A fine knock of 58
not out followed as he rallied Langley to 142 all out in
46 overs. A good, but sub par score in the conditions.
With last
weeks nightmare start still fresh in minds, a gritty
effort was expected from the Chelford top order. It
failed to materialise. In fact, with the exception of 25
from Andy Duffy & 5 from extras, the rest of the batting
managed only 17 between them.
A truly
dismal effort with the bat after a great effort in the
field. Next week.....Table topping Disley away. Hip
flask please waiter!
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