League leaders Leonard
Stanley welcomed Hawkesbury to the rec on Saturday.
Stanley won the toss and
invited the visitors to bat first. Hawkesbury got off to a bright
start until D. Blackwell was caught by Marcus Collins for 19. G.
Bailes was next to perish, to the hard working Walker, for 10, then
opener C. Gardener was cauhgt and bowled by Fry for 38. T. Crichton
(28) kept the scoreboard moving along with J. Vaughan(23), Fry
bowled Chancellor and Salt for 7 and 11 respectively and Hawkesbury
finished at 167 for 8 from their 40 overs. Fry,finished with
11-2-26-3.
After another fine tea
Stanley took to the wicket for the run chase. They didn't get off to
the best start with Chris Uzzell being caught at short fine leg off
the first ball of the innings. Fry tickled the second ball for a
single then Gabb was also out first ball top edging one for the
keeper to take at short square leg. One over of leg spin, one run,
two wickets. Enter G Huxford into the attack. Fry caught behind off
the first ball of the over, Rob Walker bowled off the last. Two
overs, six runs, four wickets. That set the tone for the rest of the
innings, Huxford totally bamboozled the Stanley batsman with his
ability to turn the ball both ways at will. Only Scott
Kinman-Pearmain (17) and Ade Holder (13) showed any resistance.
Stanley were all out for 58 in the 22nd over, Huxford finished with
10.3-4-17-8 and thouroughly deserved every wicket. The last time
Stanley lost, Rob Walker was on a bicycle race, if only the rest of
the team could have been on one on Saturday, it would have spared
their blushes.
Paul Gabb
Leonard Stanley C. C. press officer
