Sunday 27th V Lullington
We travelled to Lullington expecting a strong side as we had faced earlier on the season, however, they used this game to give others a chance, although still half the team were experienced, we could not have got off to a better start when S Eccleston took the openers wicket with the first ball of the game, this tight bowling continued from both ends and some good fielding to begin with only allowed an experienced player to score off the bad balls but restrict the batter at the other end. The fourth over saw the fall of the second wicket and pretty much a trend was set… with wickets falling steadily included the prized wicket of their experienced opener who posed the threat of a big score superbly frustrated by M.Hughes who caught and bowled her. Some good batting by numbers 4 and 5 aided by some loose bowling helped push their score along, wickets continued to fall, and their final two batters added to their total with some quick scoring, I think the offer of money or lager proved a good incentive for the bowlers to take wickets…! Ashfield bowled Lullington out for 144 in 20 overs. Unfortunately unlike men’s cricket we don’t get their overs although making them field for 60 overs could have been interesting! With 40 overs to reach 145 seemed realistic and we had the potential to do it. We started off positively thanks to some lose bowling from their openers, being 36 off 4 overs this was the start we needed. First wicket fell, but the next 3 partnerships worked hard with each other and kept the scoring ticking along. After a steady loss of wickets V.Arch showed determination to occupy the crease for as long as possible and did this very well. Ashfield ended up 97 AO of 30.1 overs. Every one worked extremely hard on what was a very hot day and again we continue to improve, bowling a side out in 20 overs and our totals continue to increase every game. Mention must go to three newcomers to the side Lorraine Stone, Becky Diddierserre and Jemma Greenway both of the latter playing their first 40 over game.
M.Hughes 4-0-27-3
L.Richardson 2.2-0-30-3
L. Stone 2-0-13-2
M.Cole 4-2-13-1
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
22nd July V Four Oak Saints
This was to be our game, with FOS only entering the league this season we had the opportunity to win and get some confidence from this game. Bowling first we kept the bowling fairly tight but again leaking too many extras, but managing to take some wickets and restrict the scoring when the bowling was accurate. We achieved something we haven’t done all season and restricted the opposition to under 100 runs. We looked with optimism to our batting and believed we could win the game. We got off to a good steady start taking the runs when possible putting the bad balls away increasing the pressure on the fielders and bowlers. After M.Cole had to retire and a couple of wickets had gone the scoring dried up and the FOS were beginning to get back on top even with them also leaking runs through extras. With the equation of 18 to win of 7 overs the game appeared to be ours, however, some very good bowling from their opener and ably supported at the other end, bowled two maidens in a row something rare in a 2020 game, this heaped the pressure back on the lower order batters, with wickets falling and FOS trying their best to restrict scoring whilst not taking the penultimate wicket bowled superbly and left us requiring 10 of the final over they took the 6th wicket on the penultimate ball allowing M.Cole to return to the crease requiring 9 of the last ball to win, which wasn’t achieved. Credit must go to FOS who fielded and bowled tremendously to grab victory from what surely looked like a loss. Ashfield girls must now learn from this with the most important lesson to play attacking cricket in 2020 games we cannot afford to block, we need to play some shots and look to work the ball for singles, we need to start adapting our batting for different formats of the game. Also ensuring we bowl straight and field sharply to ensure we don’t gift the opposition extra runs and make our life harder when chasing.
M.Cole 33*
This was to be our game, with FOS only entering the league this season we had the opportunity to win and get some confidence from this game. Bowling first we kept the bowling fairly tight but again leaking too many extras, but managing to take some wickets and restrict the scoring when the bowling was accurate. We achieved something we haven’t done all season and restricted the opposition to under 100 runs. We looked with optimism to our batting and believed we could win the game. We got off to a good steady start taking the runs when possible putting the bad balls away increasing the pressure on the fielders and bowlers. After M.Cole had to retire and a couple of wickets had gone the scoring dried up and the FOS were beginning to get back on top even with them also leaking runs through extras. With the equation of 18 to win of 7 overs the game appeared to be ours, however, some very good bowling from their opener and ably supported at the other end, bowled two maidens in a row something rare in a 2020 game, this heaped the pressure back on the lower order batters, with wickets falling and FOS trying their best to restrict scoring whilst not taking the penultimate wicket bowled superbly and left us requiring 10 of the final over they took the 6th wicket on the penultimate ball allowing M.Cole to return to the crease requiring 9 of the last ball to win, which wasn’t achieved. Credit must go to FOS who fielded and bowled tremendously to grab victory from what surely looked like a loss. Ashfield girls must now learn from this with the most important lesson to play attacking cricket in 2020 games we cannot afford to block, we need to play some shots and look to work the ball for singles, we need to start adapting our batting for different formats of the game. Also ensuring we bowl straight and field sharply to ensure we don’t gift the opposition extra runs and make our life harder when chasing.
M.Cole 33*
Sun 20th V Derby
Selecting to bowl first again we had derby 82-4 after 20 overs and were looking to keep the runs down and get the remaining wickets. With some good bowling, players again reaping the rewards for bowling straight we took a couple of more wickets. However one of their senior players a regular 1st teamer came to the wicket and gave us all a lesson in intelligent batting, playing shots and working the ball around to keep the scoreboard ticking over. We must learn that when this is happening we need to think about how deep we are in the field and ensure we are attacking the ball to cut out the singles. Set the target of 178 we got off to a slow and steady start facing some tight bowling. With determination from a number of players we batted for 33.4 overs the longest we have lasted although scoring only 51. With only 8 players this was a commendable effort all round, finished off with a drink in the pub!
M.Cole 21
M. Hughes 7-1-29-2
Selecting to bowl first again we had derby 82-4 after 20 overs and were looking to keep the runs down and get the remaining wickets. With some good bowling, players again reaping the rewards for bowling straight we took a couple of more wickets. However one of their senior players a regular 1st teamer came to the wicket and gave us all a lesson in intelligent batting, playing shots and working the ball around to keep the scoreboard ticking over. We must learn that when this is happening we need to think about how deep we are in the field and ensure we are attacking the ball to cut out the singles. Set the target of 178 we got off to a slow and steady start facing some tight bowling. With determination from a number of players we batted for 33.4 overs the longest we have lasted although scoring only 51. With only 8 players this was a commendable effort all round, finished off with a drink in the pub!
M.Cole 21
M. Hughes 7-1-29-2
Tuesday 15th July V Five Ways
We won the toss and fielded, bowling in general is gradually getting better however, there are still too many extras being given away, with 2 runs for each wide and no ball teams are not under any pressure to be scoring runs. The two openers punished the bad ball and played very well, with them both reaching 30 and 33 respectively and having to retire, the subsequent batters were not scoring as freely but still under no pressure to score runs and boosted the total up to 143 runs 53 being extras. Our batting was not great and were all out after 16.2 overs for 35. Lessons must be learnt from games like these, we must tidy up our bowling and start to be much more attacking with our batting.
We won the toss and fielded, bowling in general is gradually getting better however, there are still too many extras being given away, with 2 runs for each wide and no ball teams are not under any pressure to be scoring runs. The two openers punished the bad ball and played very well, with them both reaching 30 and 33 respectively and having to retire, the subsequent batters were not scoring as freely but still under no pressure to score runs and boosted the total up to 143 runs 53 being extras. Our batting was not great and were all out after 16.2 overs for 35. Lessons must be learnt from games like these, we must tidy up our bowling and start to be much more attacking with our batting.
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