One-day cricket gets underway with Muddies vs Rovers
Wednesday January 14 2015, 3:00pm
By Steve Doble
The local cricket one day series got under way at the best prepared Mud Pit in years for Astute Financials' Muddies C Grade last Sunday at 1pm.
The opposition was the strong Rovers side that Muddies trumped in the 2 day semi final, so batting first was the plan and winning the toss Muddies got their way.
The in form Taylor and Dasher Darlington opened, the latter quickly out for 5, caught again, Muddies 1/6 and for the first 9 overs of the 30 over innings Rovers bowled very tight lines allowing a measly 2 runs an over.
Darren Wall and Taylor combined for 12 overs, slowly building to 3 runs an over and riding some poor fielding too ease the pressure before Taylor in search of an increased run rate was caught spooning to the infield from a rising delivery 16 off 38 deliveries.
Wall was bowled the next over 14 off 30, Muddies 3/48 with only half their overs remaining.
Tom Goodall despite missing an easy scoring shot off a rank full toss that typically he has hit for six every other time this season successfully increased the rate with some straight lusty blows and spirited running before the skipper called for a second not realizing how far Tom had overrun the single and in turn ran the quality batsmen out for 18 off 20.
Doble struggled and was clean bowled with the wrong shot selection to a cutting delivery despite smashing an uncharacteristic pull shot to the boundary the ball before for 7 off 11 deliveries.
With just 10 overs remaining the Muddies were 5/75. Walz was bowled around his legs for 9 off 10, Scheisser questioned his new bat as an over-investment, bowled for a duck, Deep pounded a couple of strong boundaries before also being bowled 10 off 12 but not before being involved in a mid pitch "what are you doing here" run out of Shulz for 3 off 7 and Redfern was left stranded having not faced a ball, all out for a poultry 99 and wasting the opportunity of the last 4.2 overs!
All in all a very rusty innings that never really gained momentum to an attack that held great line and length.
Redderz instead had his chance with the ball, opening with Deep who was the first to break through with 2 wickets in his second over, a catch to Doble at silly mid on and Rovers best bat gone for a third ball duck, caught at gully by Taylor, 2/2.
The bowling was interchanged with Shulz and Sorensen, Scheisser taking a superb two hand catch above his head straight behind the bowler's run up off Shulz, 3/30 after 11 overs.
Doble struggled and was clean bowled with the wrong shot selection to a cutting delivery despite smashing an uncharacteristic pull shot to the boundary the ball before for 7 off 11 deliveries.
With just 10 overs remaining the Muddies were 5/75. Walz was bowled around his legs for 9 off 10, Scheisser questioned his new bat as an over-investment, bowled for a duck, Deep pounded a couple of strong boundaries before also being bowled 10 off 12 but not before being involved in a mid pitch "what are you doing here" run out of Shulz for 3 off 7 and Redfern was left stranded having not faced a ball, all out for a poultry 99 and wasting the opportunity of the last 4.2 overs!
All in all a very rusty innings that never really gained momentum to an attack that held great line and length.
Redderz instead had his chance with the ball, opening with Deep who was the first to break through with 2 wickets in his second over, a catch to Doble at silly mid on and Rovers best bat gone for a third ball duck, caught at gully by Taylor, 2/2.
The bowling was interchanged with Shulz and Sorensen, Scheisser taking a superb two hand catch above his head straight behind the bowler's run up off Shulz, 3/30 after 11 overs.
