KMCC blow away Harrogate Juniors
On a cold but sunny day and back at the fortress KMCG for the first time this year Brad won the toss and inserted Harrogate Strays on a drying wicket, although the Pickles/Kirk contingent shook their heads sagely at the decision. At first it seemed as if their combined 120 years experience was correct as the Strays openers put on 96 for the first wicket in rapid time. But playing his last ace, Bradley recalled Dunc just in time to remove firstly the Strays dangerman, Stanworth, just before he inflicted a second teenage century on the Kirkby attack and then rout the lower order as the innings tumbled to 129-8 at tea (Fraser 5-11).
Despite a couple of early wickets Kiffer, 68no, kept his cool and recorded Kirkby's first 50 of the season against a steady Strays attack. Victory was never in doubt in the run chase as Kiffer was give able support from the Fraser twins who both recorded twenties. KMCC 132-3 at the close.
| Kirkby Malzeard CC v Harrogate Strays CC (Nidderdale League Division 2) | ||||||||||
| Played at the KMCG on 7 May 2005 | ||||||||||
| KMCC (5pts) beat Strays (1pt) by 7 wkts | ||||||||||
| KMCC won the toss and elected to field | ||||||||||
| Strays innings (45 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| R Stanworth | Caught | b | D Fraser | 78 | D Fraser | 12 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |
| P Swainston | LBW | b | R Pickles | 19 | P Kirk | 12 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| D Mercer | LBW | b | D Fraser | 0 | K Fielder | 9 | 2 | 40 | 0 | |
| M Coates | LBW | b | R Pickles | 4 | R Pickles | 12 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| I Mercer | b | D Fraser | 1 | |||||||
| J Bonsels | LBW | b | P Kirk | 9 | ||||||
| M Swainston | b | D Fraser | 1 | |||||||
| M Lawson | b | D Fraser | 0 | |||||||
| D Swainston | Not Out | 8 | ||||||||
| A Scurr | Not Out | 1 | ||||||||
| A Coates | ||||||||||
| Extras | 8 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 129 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-96 2-97 3-99 4-104 5-108 6-112 7-112 8-128 | ||||||||||
| KMCC innings (36.4 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| C Harford-Cross | b | D Mercer | 1 | M Coates | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| C Nattrass | Not Out | 68 | D Mercer | 12 | 3 | 23 | 2 | |||
| K Fielder | b | D Mercer | 5 | J Bonsels | 4.4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| I Fraser | b | M Swainston | 22 | R Stanworth | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| D Fraser | Not Out | 23 | M Swainston | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| P Goldsmith | ||||||||||
| P Kirk | ||||||||||
| R Pickles | ||||||||||
| B Atkinson | ||||||||||
| P Clayton | ||||||||||
| J Marston | ||||||||||
| Extras | 13 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 132 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-9 2-20 3-79 | ||||||||||