The afternoon started with the stand-in skipper arriving late (this was due to poor directional advice from David, and atrocious signage). The skipper went on to contribute very little to the game, even losing the toss. Thankfully for Kinoulton, the rest of the team played some superb cricket and we recorded our first win of the season, gaining maximum points!

 

Having been put into bat, the opening pair of Neil and Tom took the Bingham attack apart from the first over, particularly Tom, who played aggressively from the onset. Fortunately, Tom bats nothing like his Dad, though to be fair to Andy, his umpiring was exemplary. Talking of umpires, thanks must go to Burt who umpired for over 40 overs and managed to only wind up half of the opposition!

 

Both openers recorded half centuries, Tom’s being his maiden one. The first wicket did not fall until we had reached 108. M Hussain chipped in with another useful score of 28. Bingham helped Kinoulton to reach 222 with bowling 28 wides. Extras ended up being our second top scorer with 53. Bingham’s opening bowler, D Cosgrove, a former Kinoulton ‘prodigy’ went for 64 of his allotted overs, and scored a golden duck.

 

In reply, Bingham started well and with nothing to lose, played their shots. Once Burt had bowled the dangerous Clark for 24, the first of his four wickets, Kinoulton looked in total control. Despite being up until the small hours texting a (boy)friend, Izzy once again bowled with great control and accuracy, taking two wickets for just 13 runs. The other bowler to star, U Hussain, bowled with good pace and took his first wickets for the club. Tom capped off a memorable day by taking a wicket in his only over.

 

T Davies

LBW

Smith

52

N Oxby

Caught

Green

55

M Tristram

LBW

Smith

0

M Hussain

Bowled

Cosgrave

28

L Cowlard

Bowled

Farrell

6

A Davies

Not

Out

12

S Starr

LBW

Stansall

9

U Hussain

Stumped

Stansall

0

J Buckley

Bowled

Stanall

6

L Vinter

Run

Out

1

B Marriott

Not

Out

0

 

 

Extras

53            

 

 

 

222 for 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wickets

L Cowlard

6

0

25

0

B Marriott

12

1

40

4

L Vinter

5

1

13

2

U Hussain

3

0

13

3

T Davies

1

0

2

1