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Sat 03 Jun 2017  ·  Division 9
Goresbrook Cricket Club
Sat 4th XI
107/9
213/6
Little Baddow 2nd
Good O no match for Baddow

Good O no match for Baddow

Owen Elsom4 Jun 2017 - 07:39
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First league loss for Rooke's 4's

Goresbrook 4’s were well beaten by the visiting Little Baddow 2’s at the Annexe ground in Saturday’s TRippon division 9 encounter.
Skipper Martin Rooke elected to bowl first on a pitch that despite a deluge of rain the previous evening remained quite firm, a move that paid dividends as the visitors lost their first wicket to a Alfie Boland catch off George Godfrey. Owen Elsom plugged away at the other end with an accurate spell that matched singles for maidens, but with the second pair well set runs began to flow.
Wickets followed for Ricci Parnell and Andrew Pauling via a brace of Martin Rooke catches, but the visitors had the Bucknell brothers, experienced erstwhile members of Little Baddow’s now defunct Premier Division side, in store and these two immediately increased the run rate. Brook bowled very few loose balls and a well set, determined field performed very well but several shots were played with such venom that the fielders were ball fetchers from the moment the ball left the bat.
99 runs later brother one missed a fast off break from Ricci Parnell then brother two ran himself out desperately attempting to get back on strike, when he lost a race to the stumps with the creaking but ever competitive Steve Rooke.
A handful of runs were added in the last over to nudge Little Baddow to 213-6 from their 40 overs
Elsom 9-5-5-0
Godfrey 1-61
Atkins 8-2-31-0
Parnell 3-34
Pauling 1-46
Brooks reply faltered against a strong bowling attack with Alfie Boland bowled in the first over and Martin Rooke caught at short mid-wicket. 14-2 soon became 31-5. Owen Elsom knuckled down and showed determination to bat out the overs and salvage at least a modicum of pride from the game.
Eight and a half bowlers were used by Baddow in an attempt oust Brooks lower order but Elsom and Paul Atkins saw out the last 8 balls to get the score into 3 figures.
Brook closed on 107-9.
M Rooke 9
G Godfrey 9
S Rooke 18
O Elsom 24*

Match details

Match date

Sat 03 Jun 2017

Kickoff

13:00

Competition

Division 9

League position

2
Goresbrook 4th
6
Little Baddow 2nd
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