Toss won by Life Church (Burnley) who decided to bat.
| Life Church (Burnley) innings | Runs
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| M Brunton (c) | Not Out | 23 |
|
| S Salim | c Smith | b Heathcote | 0 |
| A Hope | c Durrant | b Thorpe | 9 |
| N Rodgers | st Atkins | b Collins | 18 |
| M Walton | Run Out (Heathcote) | 11 |
|
| P Ingram | c & b | b Bubb | 7 |
| S Walton | b Bubb | 0 |
|
| M Hirst | c Mayers | b Adrian | 2 |
| I Hargreaves | Not Out | 3 |
|
| G Humphreys | Did not bat | ||
| - | |||
| Extras | 6w, 2b | 8 |
|
| Total | (7 wickets, 20 overs) | 81 |
|
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M Heathcote |
3 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
D Thorpe |
3 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
R Collins |
2 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
A Maurice |
4 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
A Durrant |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
C Smith |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
S Bubb |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Adrian | 3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Macclesfield Parish innings | Runs
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| A Durrant | c Rodgers | b Salim | 0 |
| D Mayers (c) | c ? | b Hargreaves | 3 |
| D Thorpe | b Hargreaves | 0 |
|
| S Atkins | c M Walton | b Humphreys | 15 |
| C Smith | c Brunton | b Hope | 8 |
| R Collins | lbw | b Hope | 2 |
| A Phillips | Not Out | 12 |
|
| M Heathcote | Not Out | 25 |
|
| A Maurice | Did not bat | ||
| S Bubb | Did not bat | ||
| Adrian? | Did not bat | ||
| Extras | 4nb, 3lb, 12b | 19 |
|
| Total | (6 wickets, 19.4 overs) | 84 |
|
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S Salim |
4 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
I Hargreaves |
4 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
M Walton |
4 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
G Humphreys |
4 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
A Hope |
4 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
After winning the toss, Life Church would have felt at the half way stage that 81 runs might not be enough to defend.
However, early wickets made things interesting with Macclesfield's top three being removed cheaply.
The pressure was on the Parish team but the middle order came though with some clean hitting, particularly from M Heatcote who hit the winning runs with a boundary.
Life Church did well to take the game to the final over as Macc got home with just 2 balls to spare.
It was good to finally get the season underway on a sunny summer night.
Life Church Man of the Match: Ian Hargreaves for his 2 wickets, removing number 2 and 3 batsmen.