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Brooklands CC, Cheshire - 1st XI
Tattenhall CC - 1st XI
Sat 30 Jun 13:00 - Cheshire County Cricket League - 1st XI Division 2 Start time 13:00

Carroll's 152 sets up a win for Brooklands.

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66 ball 152 sees game descend into farce.

Brooklands CC, Cheshire 322 for 3 (34 overs) Tattenhall 201 all out (47.1 overs)

On a warm day in Brooklands, Tattenhall lost the toss and were made to field in the extreme heats. Charlie Dearling and Alan Brock opened up, keeping a tight line and length on a very dead track with little movement. The Brooklands' openers played some lovely cover drives which the bowlers could do little about, but the fielding performance was lethargic and unfocused, and runs flowed with ease.

A double bowling change saw Ben Pearce and Amir Afzal and Ben took the important first wicket. This brought in the Brooklands number 3, Kevin Carrol, who has already scored 800 runs this year. He started very quickly, but was dropped 3 times as Tattenhalls abject fielding was on display once again. He went past 50, 100 and 150 in no time at all, causing Tattenhall to lose all their spare balls in the houses surrounding the ground. Amir, Ryan Spann, Mohammed Umer and Ben Pearce bowled tight lines but with little movement it made it easy for there number 3 to dispatch the ball all over the ground, all though there was no elegance about the innings. The match almost became two separate games, with it looking even when he was not on strike, but him clubbing virtually every ball for 4 or 6 when on strike. Waqar Hassan came into the attack and took two wickets which prompted the Brooklands declaration on 322 after 34 overs leaving Tattenhall with 66 overs to bat.

Tattenhall started well with Sean Reeves and Umer playing some nice shots until Umer flicked one to square leg. Ben Pearce had a quick cameo scoring quick runs. A few quick wickets later with Reeves falling for 44. Ryan Spann and Freddie Cheshire putting a good partnership until Ryan fell for 19. In came the Charlie 'big dog' Dearling, with the game looking over and only batting points to play for. Sam Stratton and Dearling put on a 40 partnership taking the team to 199 with Dearling falling for 38. Brocky then took the team to the vital 200 runs for full batting points before the 10th wicket fell.

Carroll's innings surely makes a mockery of the ECB and Home Office rules regarding overseas players, the match turned into farce, as Carrol is clearly playing below his level and elevating what is a very mediocre Brooklands side otherwise. Clearly a game to forget for Tattenhall; but the lower order did well to reach 200. Surely the penny must drop soon regarding the fielding as they begin the second half of the season.

Scorecard

Brooklands CC, Cheshire - 1st XI won the toss and elected to bat

Brooklands CC, Cheshire - 1st XI batting

R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jack Bagshaw
lb. B Pearce
52
44
11
118.2
Dave Cunliffe
Not Out
83
95
11
87.4
Kevin Carroll
ct. M Umer, b. W Hassan
152
61
15
11
249.2
Alex Edwards
b. W Hassan
2
7
28.6
Aj Hart
Not Out
17
7
242.9
Ali Buchan
Did Not Bat
 
Chris Hart
Did Not Bat
 
Doug Whyley
Did Not Bat
 
Joe Gill
Did Not Bat
 
Rob Leach
Did Not Bat
 
George Foreman
Did Not Bat
 
Extras
1w, 10b, 5lb
16
Total
for 3 wickets 34 overs
322

Tattenhall CC - 1st XI bowling

O
M
R
W
Econ
Extras
Alan Brock
6
0
32
0
5.3
Charlie Dearling
5
0
34
0
6.8
Ben Pearce
5
0
54
1
10.8
Aamir Afzaal
6
0
61
0
10.2
Ryan Spann
4
0
45
0
11.3
Muhammad Umer
3
0
40
0
13.3
Freddie Cheshire
3
0
29
0
9.7
Waqar Hassan
2
0
12
2
6.0

Tattenhall CC - 1st XI batting

R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sean Reeves
ct. A Edwards, b. K Carroll
44
 
Muhammad Umer
ct. C Hart, b. R Leach
22
 
Aamir Afzaal
b. G Foreman
9
 
Ben Pearce
ct. K Carroll, b. J Gill
15
 
Waqar Hassan
ct. D Cunliffe, b. K Carroll
22
 
Glenn Coppack
b. C Hart
7
 
Ryan Spann
ct. D Cunliffe, b. C Hart
19
 
Freddie Cheshire
b. D Whyley
13
 
Charlie Dearling
ct. J Gill, b. A Hart
36
 
Sam Stratton
ct. D Cunliffe, b. J Gill
4
 
Alan Brock
Not Out
2
 
Extras
5w, 1b, 2nb
8
Total
for 10 wickets 47.1 overs
201

Brooklands CC, Cheshire - 1st XI bowling

O
M
R
W
Econ
Extras
Aj Hart
9
1
46
1
5.1
Rob Leach
7
1
39
1
5.6
George Foreman
4
0
20
1
5.0
Joe Gill
6.1
0
21
2
3.5
Kevin Carroll
6.3
0
31
2
5.2
2nb
Chris Hart
10
3
27
2
2.7
Doug Whyley
4.3
2
16
1
4.0

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