04/06/2026
RESULTS - It was defeat for the 1XI away at Thornton le Moor as we failed to capitalise on a strong start, batting first. We lost Jack (sponsored by Katie’s Beauty Lounge) with the score at 29, however Jack L and Toby put on 56 for the second wicket which was broken when Jack was bowled for 36. Toby (sponsored by Vater Machinery) was next to go with the score still on 85, then Barney and then Jonny with the score still on 85 as we’d gone 85-1 to 85-5 in a matter of deliveries. Just 18 runs later, we lost another 2 wickets. Tom and skipper Dan Lever added 35 for the 8th wicket before Tom fell for a well made 23 down the order. Dan then fell for 14 and we were bowled out for 153. We picked up an early wicket with the ball, with Henry (sponsored by Atlantis Geometrics) striking. A 51 wicket partnership then followed, broken by the off spin of Tom. We managed to take 3 more wickets (Dan with 2 and Tom with his second), however Thornton le Moor reached their target in just 26 overs for the loss of 5 wickets.
The 2XI were victorious at home thanks to the Baines trio of Charles, Joe and Katie. Opening the batting, Charles made his second 72 in consecutive weeks and had another second wicket partnership with Harry with the two adding 79 before losing Charles. Despite the loss of a few quick wickets, we put on a commanding total thanks to Joe Baines who walked out to bat with the score at 149-5. Joe’s explosive 52* comprised 5x6s and 2x4s which pushed our score to 209-6 from 40 overs. With the ball, Katie and Joe shared 6 wickets between them - Katie taking 4-33 and Joe 2-6. We were in a strong position, with Burton Leonard struggling at 29-7. Despite an eighth wicket partnership of 53, we bowled the visitors out for 99 with Harry taking two wickets, Will and Jake taking the final two with one each.
