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Kirkwood Rowld over!

Kirkwood elected to bat with their 8 men and guest from Cumberland, Yoosuf Sharafath. Dave Charlton started them off with an impressive maiden and continued pressure to record 4-1-21-2. James Morris was more generous at the other end: 3-0-30-0 as the batsmen ran for everything going and started to find the boundary, aided by a superfast outfield and lofted drives. Sadho stuck around for ages for his 42 with N Hussain 31 and Parag Chauhan 25 aiding. Don got a wicket off his second ball thanks to a second catch by Ross McLaren with Keith Brown feeding the run machines to record 4-0-49-1 but eventually claiming a wicket off the last ball and a second bowling point! Don got a second wicket for 4-0-29-2 and Roy one with 1-0-10 (at least he says!) -1. Kirkwood managed to achieve 155-7 with 19 from Yaseen and 17* from the Deep. Matt kept well including a smart catch and Alan took a catch at deep mid off for Roy.

A brilliant opening stand between Ross McLaren 64 (8 fours, 2 sixes) and Lewis Bruce 25 (4,4,6) took the game away from Kirkwood thanks to quick running and some huge, classy drives and cuts. Sunil Malhotra was welcomed back after what seems like 25 years! He took lots of balls in the field, especially off the early overs of Dave and then contributed with 24* (4 fours) off the bat whilst Roy notched up 15* (2 fours). There was also lots more batting in the Green Room, viz: Keith, James Morris, Matt, Alan, Don and Dave but Rowlands won with 159-3 in 12.1 overs!

Rowlands beat the ORPs - just

After extensive efforts to raise a team a new look Rowlands including Adam Tait aged, 14 years making his debut and Ian (Archie) Archbold his seasonal debut turned out apprehensively to face ORP. The priority to win the toss and bat was achieved by the skipper. James Morris was plumbing his way back from York and expected to arrive late. Archie and reliable Colin opened up making slow but necessary progress on a dodgy wicket and a defensive field. They batted for more than 8 of the 16 overs before Colin departed for a belligerent 25. Roy Haygarth and Gary Hall quickly followed for 1 and 0 respectively. Alan joined Archie, however he departed for a steady 18 and Alan not to be outdone was out for 4. This minor crisis was averted because Robert Burns came to the crease and added 18* with some good strikes and James Morris having adjusted his plumbing padded up and added a quick fire 15 including a six. The innings concluded at 103 for 9 which all in the dressing room thought was a decent score on that track.

James Morris and Chris Hearn opened the bowling and had the Record players struggling from the off. Wickets fell regularly including a run out from a monster throw from top fielder Roy. James finished with 4-1-10-2 and Chris 4-1-16-2, a fantastic start. Dave Charlton came on with equal meanness, although Roy bowled an over to try to keep them in the game with an assortment of wides, long hops and no balls. He was replaced by Gary Hall who followed the example of those who bowled before him. The final wicket was a run out, however Dave C finished with 3.6-0-11-2 and Gary with 2.0-14-2. ORP all out 67 and Rowlands 2nd team alias Ulgham plus Archie Roy and Robbie 9 pts to the good.

Rowlands beat Civils in Cup!

In a low scoring game Rowlands won through thanks to timely acceleration from James Hay after a quiet spell chasing 86-8 off 14 overs.

Civil Service elected to bat and E Lord (Ed!) batted for a long time for his 40 with Praueen Korabandi 13 the other batsman to reach double figures. An uncharacteristic over from James Morris was generous to the batting side as James struggled with length and direction. Dave Charlton on the other hand was his typical self and recorded 4-0-19-1. James Hay relieved his namesake and contained better with 3-0-22-0. By the mid-innings stage, Civlis had commited several suicidal runouts and our Lord went with the fourth such mix up. Roy impressed with 3-1-12-1 whilst also protecting the short legside boundary, preferred at that end by skipper James Davidson to Don who took his usual 2 wickets in 3-0-17-2. There were catches from Keith Brown and keeper Dave Gowland. Roy was probably denied a second wicket when the bail came off with the keepers gloves somewhere nearby.

Ten man Rowlands took to the field minus (where was he?) Eddie. Davo and newcomer David Ladd looked solid to start with against the attack of Praueen Korabandi and the legspinner Norman Sattar. David and then Keith Brown fell cheaply to the wiles of Sattar as the ball spun off the bat. James was looking his typical self and began driving in usual style, only to be outdone by a stunning c&b from Praueen Korabandi. Guy played himself in with a series of delicate singles and James Hay also decided to see off Sattar. James Fox joined the attack and also bowled tightly so runs were coming only at a trickle with 40 on the board at the half way point. A poor over from a fill in bowler (as Sattar kept one back) was the turning point. He followed James Morris and lost track of the stumps with 19 coming off the over, mainly in extras but also the bat of our James! James and Guy put on 36 for the fourth wicket before Guy was stumped off Sattar, bowling his last over eventually. In came Roy with style to hit two boundaries and finish off the job on 9 not out. James Hay 22 not out was justifiably awarded Man of the Match.

Rowlands Win Again!

Rowlands beat West End and the rain last night thanks to a devastating spell of 3-2-5-3 from Rob Wilson and that was three wickets in his first over followed by two maidens! West End elected to bat and slumped to 70 all out. Eddie bowled generously (2-0-29-0) to make a game of it but James Morris 4-0-20-3 and Don 2-0-8-2 turned the screw, especially with an eye on the angry sky. There was a smart stumping from Matt and caught and bowleds for Rob and James. Don got another LBW granted by Eddie Collins Snr and Alan took a good catch for Don at mid on.

The Rowlands reply was held up by steady bowling of Khalid Azam 4-0-21-0 with Colin and Davo progressing cautiously. Colin fell bowled by F 'Bossy' Hussain for 16 (1 four) with the score on 30. Keith Brown arrived at the crease and soon familiarised himself with the outer field to reach a quick 17 not out (2 fours) whilst James survived some tricky balls to see us through also with 30 not out (4 fours). Rowlands won by 9 wickets and beat the rain by just less than 2 hours!

Thanks to Shaun and Eddie Senior for umpiring an innings and to Eddie Jnr for making it a contest!

9 Man Rowlands start with a win!

New-Look Rowlands smashed 164-2 at Gateshead Fell to win the first game of the 2007 campaign. The James boys started steadily against the bowling of Healy and the economical Anthony Trotter. Davo then let loose with a series of impressive straight drives for 4s (eight in total) with his 'brother' hitting a huge six and three fours before being bowled by the nippy Rob Smith. Davo was also bowled by Smith but then Adam Nairn 19 not out and especially Ross McLaren 62 not out really took the bowling apart. Ross hit 2 sixes and seven fours, mainly off Rob Smith (58-2) and the tail end bowlers. Trotter had recorded an impressive 4-0-18-0 given the later onslaught when the lads were running for anything! Still in the hutch we failed to unleash the combined powers of Rob Farenheim, Roy Haygarth, Ritchie Evans, Rob Wilson and even Don Catley! How many could we have made in 30 overs, let alone 14!

The Fell came out to attempt the score, especially with only 9 Rowlands men on the pitch, but were pegged back almost immediately with wickets per over from Ritchie Evans 3-0-20-2 and especially Rob Wilson 4-0-25-4; no answer to his guile! Don got in amongst them also with 4-0-42-2 having suffered boundaries at the hands of Mark Smith before bowling him for 63 with a quicker one. Rob Farenheim 3-0-43-0 also took some punishment before the innings closed at 128-8 off the 14 overs. Catches were taken by Davo (2) and Don (2 including a c&b) and Adam Nairn with James Welsh in particular covering acres as the ball kept following him.