{"id":18753,"date":"2024-08-04T14:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=18753"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:41:54","slug":"2nd-xi-a-xi-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=18753","title":{"rendered":"2nd XI & A XI WIN!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Club’s 2nd XI and ‘A’ XI both strolled to comfortable victories yesterday (3rd), whilst the 1st XI came second in a rare low scoring game at Marespool.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Murton, the ‘A’ XI restricted 10-player Merthyr to 139 all out in the 34th over. Phil Rochey (1-23), Dan Board (1-28), Hannah Thompson-Radford (3-23), Sam Martin (2-7) and Evergreen Eurig (2-25) shared the wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the interval, James Harris and Tom Ludman were not in the mood to share as they saw their team home by 10 wickets – JH 65no (7 fours, 3 sixes) and TL 64no (7 fours & a six) forged a fine unbeaten opening stand!<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Clydach, the 2nd XI tallied 261-4 in their 45 overs. Gareth Baglow (66, 7 fours & a six), Alan Harries (39, 8 fours) added 90 for the first wicket, with Harry Owens (52, 6 fours) and Kaesh Vigneswaran (58, 6 fours & a max) adding the flesh to the bones later on.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In reply, Clydach were bowled out for 152 in the 39th over, thanks to good spells from Harri Turner (4-32), Captain Stuart Seaton (1-26) and Macsen Denman (3-31).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, bowling first, our 1st XI did really well to restrict Chepstow to 149 all out before tea. Each of our bowlers gave little away, with Max Phillips & Jack Straw (each 1-20) the most economical from their respective 10 overs. Two more spinners in Sam Harris (4-25) and Alex Oliver (3-34) then completed the scorecard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On resumption after the break, MCC were handily placed at 65-2, when opener Luke Smith (35, 6 fours) was dismissed. Plenty of time to go, however, so what could possibly go wrong?!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, a fair bit actually, as 65-3 became 137 all out! And this despite all-rounder Max doing his best to keep things calm. He came in at 32-2, and carefully picked his way through the innings, top-scoring with 42 (1 four), hoping that someone could keep him company for long enough. In the event, his team were bowled out for 137 with 10 overs remaining – defeat by 12 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next Saturday, the 1st XI make their way to Ynysygerwn, the 2nd XI take on Cowbridge at Marespool and our ‘A’ XI travel to Briton Ferry Town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

PS<\/span> – There is currently a gremlin within the Play-cricket website, affecting the names on the 1st XI scorecard yesterday. Hopefully, the good ol’ PC Helpdesk will sort it tomorrow when we ring them!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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