No cricket due to the rain ! A complete wash out last weekend as the league fixtures and the T20 Finals day were both postponed. The new date for the T20 Finals day will be posted when we have the details.
Saturday 03/0819 2nd XI v Crompton Home Junior Cup Final 12.30 pm
We are hosting the Junior Cup Final at Acre Bottom on Saturday and welcome Crompton CC as our visitors. We have a good record in this competition and we have been lucky enough to win the trophy a few times over the years. Let’s hope for some better weather and for a great game of cricket.
The match starts at 1 pm and all support will be very welcome – the bar will be open and food available from Sandra’s café.
We played Crompton in the league in early June and came away with a win thanks to a century from Jonathan Dack and 71 from Nicholas Round in our 228 for 4. In reply Crompton were bowled out for 89 with Dale Gabriel taking 6 for 22
2nd XI Team Selection
Gabriel*
Howarth
N Round
Collinge
Price
Walker
Wilson
Doyle
Marsden+
Burdaky
C Round
Sunday 04/0819 1st XI v Burnley Away 1pm
The 1st team are away in the shadow of Turf Moor at the league leaders on Sunday. In the home fixture in May we picked up 12 points. Batting first we scored 200 all out with George Linde making 66 and Brad Fielding 43. Burnley were bowled out for 127 with George Linde taking 5 for 46 in a good all-round performance. No news yet on Burnley’s sub pro but we will not be up against the very familiar figure of Daryn Smit on Sunday. Ashar Zaidi returns as our pro for the weekend. Burnley’s ground is a 30 minute drive – post code is BB10 4BN.
1st XI Team Selection
Parton*+
Olpin
JJ Fielding
Udwadia
Howarth
B Fielding
Cropper
J Fielding
Wynn
Pyke
Zaidi (Pro)
Sunday 04/08/19 2nd XI v Burnley Home 1pm
The 2nd team host Burnley at Acre Bottom this Sunday. Burnley are mid table with 6 wins form their 15 matches. Our 2nd team are in third place and are 19 points behind the leaders Clitheroe. We lost up at Burnley in May. We were bowled out for 157 with Dale making 55. Burnley reached their target for the loss of only 4 wickets with plenty of overs to spare with Matthew Lamb scoring 71 not out.
2nd XI Team Selection
Gabriel*
B Parkinson+
N Round
Collinge
Price
Walker
T Parkinson
Doyle
Thomond
Burdaky
C Round