After Rick Jones won the toss and forced Irby to bat, things didnt really get interesting till the later parts of the innings. Irby's to openers both putting on a stand of 101 within 36 overs before Kyle Gavin then got the breakthrough. Howard Fox, Matthew Sellars and Ben Williamson all bowled tight good spells of bowling but unfortunatly didnt pick up any wickets. Kyle bowled a good spell of 7 overs for 17 runs, with some support from Jamie Wilks who added some valuble bowling picking up 2-37. Mark Willoughby also picked up a wicket as Irby trundeled to 173-6 of 50 overs.

With Stockport needing 174 to win Mike Beaver and Mark Willoughby both opened the batting. Mark Willoughby was the first to go making 7. Sean Porritt and Mike Beaver got things back up and running before Mike was bowled by left arm spinner Gibson for 39. Sean Porritt and skipper Rick Jones put on 53 for the 3rd wicket before Sean was also bowled by spinner Gibson making 33. No-body really got going again after that for Stockport, Matt Greatzer added 12, but the real stand out was Rick Jones who added 42 and ensured Stockport were kept in contention during most of the innings. However Rick didnt last the full innings, and the rest of the runs were left down to Ben Williamson and Jamie Wilks who finished the game off with 2 balls to spare.

Irby CC : 8 Points
Stockport CC : 25 Points

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