Winter nets

Winter nets start again on Wednesday the 11^th January from 8pm to 9pm at the County Cricket Indoor School, Grave Road (Curzon Road entrance). We have two lanes at this time and so there will be good opportunities for batting and bowling.

Ground Working Party

We are to have a Ground Working party on Sunday the 15^th January from 11am to 6pm. The intention is to erect the ball stop netting posts in front of the car park and to start on refurbishment of the home and away changing rooms. Please help out, even if you can only do a couple of hours.

Football and Rugby Matches

If any one can spare the time when either Leicester City football or Leicester Tigers rugby matches are at home, your assistance in helping with car parking and in the bar would be most welcome.

1st XI BATTING AVERAGES 2011 SEASON

*completed innings, does not include not outs
Averages table based on at least 5 innings including not outs

2nd XI BATTING AVERAGES 2011 SEASON

*completed innings, does not include not outs

Averages table based on at least 5 innings including not
outs

1st XI BOWLING AVERAGES 2011 SEASON

Averages – Qualification 30
overs bowled)

2nd XI BOWLING AVERAGES 2011 SEASON

Averages – Qualification 30
overs bowled)

Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton R Singh A Aggarwal

U Chauhan J Carolan M Sheppard A Bashir O Gratrix

Bosworth start the better and find scoring easy with wayward bowling at times, a slow wicket and short boundaries all helping before Kish and Joey finally restore some order. The opening stand is finally broken thanks to a sharp catch at 1^st slip by Ash. With Bosworth’s top four then back in the club house with 121 on the board we have a chance to restrict the hosts to a gettable score, but a brisk 27 not out by B Davies helps Bosworth to 186 about 30 to many even with Joey’s 1^st 5 for of the season, Davies himself keeping out the hat trick ball.

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Tea, was ok nothing worth singing about

187 to win then, no repeat of last weeks batting class from Kish, only Deaks and Uday passing 20, wickets fall to some pretty ordinary bowling and we are finally all out with the 1^st ball of the last over still needing 36. Are we safe? I think so but points needed to make sure next week at Bardon last game of a disappointing season after such promise from the 1^st seven games.

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Man of the match, N Bateman (Bosworth) Batted well for his 58 as did Uday for his 42, Abid took another brilliant catch in the deep, but for me this week for his bowling figures 15-4-47-5 its Joe Carolan.

Quack Stats

Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton R Singh A Aggarwal

T Arnold J Carolan M Sheppard A Bashir O Gratrix

Ratby inviting use to bat 1^st and bat we do. After a shaky start seeing both Ranbir and Ash back in the pavilion we are 29 for 2 but thanks to a massive partnership between Kish and Deaks we are looking at the biggest home score for a few seasons. Good running between the wickets, fine timing and class boundaries soon has the score at 205 before Kish finally runs out of gas on 76, Deaks following shortly after just 3 runs short of his 1^st Century for a few seasons. Joey keeps the score going with a quick fire brutal 27 thanks to a massive six which is still on the factory roof on Brazil Street. We finish 260 for 6.

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Tea, yet another great tea from Mrs Deacon.

Ratby need 261 to win then and after Deaks 1^st over the chase looks on. Sheps restores some order though removing Chadwick in a brilliant 1^st over beating the bat 4 times before nicking behind for a regulation catch. Deaks struggling before Cockerill tries to go over the top but ends up driving straight back at the Bowler and Ratby are 22 for 2. Ratby still keep the board ticking before the umpire warns Sheps for his follow through this only angers Sheps how then bowls the quickest delivery i have seen batsmen beaten by shear pace hits leg stump half way up, top half goes cart wheeling, bottom half still rooted in the ground, never seen a stump broken clean in half. Ollie picks up one and when Ranbir removes Macleod the game is a good as over, just leaves Abid the piper to clean up the remaining rats. All out 95 in 22 over’s.

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Man of the match, Kish and Deaks both batted superbly, and every bowler picked up at least one wicket but this week thanks to a long umpiring session and a brilliant bowling spell resulting in smashing leg stump clean in half its Matt Sheppard.

Quack Stats

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Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton R Singh A Aggarwal

T Arnold N Chauhan M Ainge A Bashir O Gratrix

Big improvements from last week, we manage to bat for 45 over’s just and post a decent score, thanks mainly to a solid 63 from Ranbir. Ash, Deaks and Ollie make 20’s apiece with extra’s scoring well too. 185 all out.

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Tea, Mrs Deacon again coming up trumps, loving the strawberry flan.

Mountsorrel need 186 to win then with 18 wickets in hand, well that’s how many we are going to need to get out if we are going to win and we need to catch them or bowl them because this being the 20^th of august, the 18^th league game, City away, grass cut north to south and 13 pence exactly in change in my wallet if you look in the rule book if all these are in place then the LBW law is not applicable. 166 for 16 sorry 9 forgot about the LBW law not counting today, well bowled Leccy you deserved the win but not to be. (Keeper had a shocker mind but i blame the 13p in my wallet put me off balance!)

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Man of the match, Deaks bowled well and picked up 5 for, Abid also bowling well but this week goes to Ranbir for a solid 63, well batted.

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Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton R Singh R Wright

C Pratt J Carolan U Chauhan MSheppard O Gratrix

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Tea, great tea cheers

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Man of the match, Waldron (Thorpe) top bowling figures, well bowled.

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Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton T Arnold R Wright

C Pratt J Carolan U Chauhan MSheppard O Gratrix

Well what can i say that hasn’t already been written this year, great bowling with the new ball and Langton’s are in trouble 25 for 3 but again we let them off the hook and they go on to post 176 for 6 a good 30 to 40 runs to many.

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Tea, Mrs Deacon again keeping up the fine standards.

177 to win then and again we are one down with not many on the board, 10 for 1, Kish though batting with confidence and boundary’s flow. Again though we let ourselves down and lose wickets at the wrong times. All throughout the innings we are up with the rate and it looks as though Jamie and Wrighty may just win it for us but when Jamie falls and Pratty to in the same over the game is all but over, we finish 168 for 8 close but not close enough.

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Man of the match, Leccy umpires for giving 3 LBW’s!

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Team news, (changes in bold)

A Deacon (Cpt) B Padmore (Wkt) K Kadvani J Boulton T Arnold R Wright

C Pratt J Carollan A Aggarwal A Bashir O Gratrix

Fantastic start for the Leccy with both Deaks and the returning Joey bowling superbly, Countesthorpe reduced to 5 for 3. We have them 89 for 5 but as so often this season we can’t finish a team off. D Smith is the driving force behind Countesthorpes fight back top scoring with 65, thanks to support from numbers 5 and 6 and 52 not out from D stokes the muster 204 for 7 which is not a big score on this ground.

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Tea, Very good thanks very much.

205 to win then and it’s not long before we are two down, 22 for 2. We keep well up with the run rate right until the 31^st over before finally as always we have lost to many wickets, Ash, Deaks and Joey all getting in before losing concentration 133 for 8 with still 8 over’s left. Wrighty and I then bat out for a draw and it’s a disappointing end we finish 152 for 8 not good enough.

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Man of the match, D Smith and D Stokes (both Countesthorpe) batted very well for runs but this week for me its S Jeffcott (Countesthorpe) with bowling figures of 18-7-33-4.

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