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Cricket Saturday September 6th
David Barker2 Sep - 09:02
All to be decided in EAPL 2nds win again.
The unpredictable nature of the Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier League was highlighted on Saturday as the top two lost and bottom two won. Leaders Sawston and Babraham are just 21 points clear after losing at home to Sudbury and second placed Copdock losing at home to Witham.
Bury St Edmunds lost at home to Downham Stowe a team they had beaten earlier in the season but this time the visitors batted first on a pitch unpredictable due to the heavy rain the day before. The first wicket fell on 8 runs as William Jarman took the catch off Alastair Allchin the Wilcox brothers followed taking the score to 55.3 and at 88.5 Bury were in a good position Hudson De Lucchi was out lbw to Alex Crucikshank for 45. Ben Harris took 2 catches off Josh Cantrell the first a one handed effort. William Denny scored an excellent 62 before being caught by Allchin off Harris making it 167.8 Sachinda Colombage added a useful 33 taking the score to 193. The feeling was this was a good score in the conditions and so it proved Bury lost openers Will Routledge and Alex Maynard with just 13 scored, last time they put on 229!
Bury were soon 31.4 losing Josh Cantrell was a big blow but Justin Bishop and William Jarman stabilised the score and with rain forecast they gradually got ahead of the Duckworth Lewis predicted score method in the 31st over the rain came down and players went off for a second time, had it not cleared Bury would have won but when the players came back Jarman was out for 44 on 128.5 and Bishop followed for an excellent 62 lbw to the overseas leg spinner Colombage with the score on 141 still 53 runs short of the target, batting was not easy and Bury lost their final 4 wickets ending on 157 a result that leaves the club in 8th place but it is very congested at the bottom of the EAPL.
The bottom two Mildenhall and Ashmanhaugh both won so who ends in that position and is in the play-off is still to be decided.
A very good win for Bury’s 2nd team away to Woolpit’s 2nds Bury scored 255.9 off the 40 overs the key was a superb 95 from Max Whittaker he was well supported by James Sturgeon (45) and Josh Owen (33)
In reply Woolpit were 166.9 a good all round bowling performance with Owen taking 2.42 Sam Aldous 2.29 and Oliver Riddick 2.30 a wicket each for Adam Kizis, Krishna Sinha and James McKinney. The win consolidates 2nd place in the Two Counties League Division 2 some 15 points clear of Sudbury and 20 ahead of Dunmow.
Bury’s 3rd team travelled to Yoxford who scored 291 thanks in the main to Ben Aust with 128, Bury made 145 in reply Simon Aldous top scored with 50 and Nasim Danesh scoring 33.
Bury’s 4th team played a very friendly Division 9 west match with Bardwell’s 2nd team Bury scored 83 with Seamus Gallagher making 21 and Jala Pathan 29. Bardwell reached the target with 5 wickets down 3 of which were taken by Henry Brown.
Greene King Players of the week Justin Bishop, Max Whittaker, Sam Aldous and Henry Brown.
Byron Burgers Player of the week Max Whittaker.
Next week Bury travel to Frinton the 2nd team are at home to Witham 2nds and 3rd team away to Melton St Audrys. No Sunday game.
Bury St Edmunds lost at home to Downham Stowe a team they had beaten earlier in the season but this time the visitors batted first on a pitch unpredictable due to the heavy rain the day before. The first wicket fell on 8 runs as William Jarman took the catch off Alastair Allchin the Wilcox brothers followed taking the score to 55.3 and at 88.5 Bury were in a good position Hudson De Lucchi was out lbw to Alex Crucikshank for 45. Ben Harris took 2 catches off Josh Cantrell the first a one handed effort. William Denny scored an excellent 62 before being caught by Allchin off Harris making it 167.8 Sachinda Colombage added a useful 33 taking the score to 193. The feeling was this was a good score in the conditions and so it proved Bury lost openers Will Routledge and Alex Maynard with just 13 scored, last time they put on 229!
Bury were soon 31.4 losing Josh Cantrell was a big blow but Justin Bishop and William Jarman stabilised the score and with rain forecast they gradually got ahead of the Duckworth Lewis predicted score method in the 31st over the rain came down and players went off for a second time, had it not cleared Bury would have won but when the players came back Jarman was out for 44 on 128.5 and Bishop followed for an excellent 62 lbw to the overseas leg spinner Colombage with the score on 141 still 53 runs short of the target, batting was not easy and Bury lost their final 4 wickets ending on 157 a result that leaves the club in 8th place but it is very congested at the bottom of the EAPL.
The bottom two Mildenhall and Ashmanhaugh both won so who ends in that position and is in the play-off is still to be decided.
A very good win for Bury’s 2nd team away to Woolpit’s 2nds Bury scored 255.9 off the 40 overs the key was a superb 95 from Max Whittaker he was well supported by James Sturgeon (45) and Josh Owen (33)
In reply Woolpit were 166.9 a good all round bowling performance with Owen taking 2.42 Sam Aldous 2.29 and Oliver Riddick 2.30 a wicket each for Adam Kizis, Krishna Sinha and James McKinney. The win consolidates 2nd place in the Two Counties League Division 2 some 15 points clear of Sudbury and 20 ahead of Dunmow.
Bury’s 3rd team travelled to Yoxford who scored 291 thanks in the main to Ben Aust with 128, Bury made 145 in reply Simon Aldous top scored with 50 and Nasim Danesh scoring 33.
Bury’s 4th team played a very friendly Division 9 west match with Bardwell’s 2nd team Bury scored 83 with Seamus Gallagher making 21 and Jala Pathan 29. Bardwell reached the target with 5 wickets down 3 of which were taken by Henry Brown.
Greene King Players of the week Justin Bishop, Max Whittaker, Sam Aldous and Henry Brown.
Byron Burgers Player of the week Max Whittaker.
Next week Bury travel to Frinton the 2nd team are at home to Witham 2nds and 3rd team away to Melton St Audrys. No Sunday game.
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