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Rowlands Outgunned by Kirkwood

Davo lost the toss so Rowlands fielded first back home at Percy Main to Kirkwood. Pratty struck early to beat the cross bat of Mukhtar, out for 5 but then M Usman was joined by Jaswinder Singh, the coastguard alert was sounded and the pink balls flew off the bat. Pratty recorded 1-27 off 3 and Dave Covell 0-30 off 3 before Davo changed it. In came Don and Sam Maguire to the attack. Don went a long was for 16 off his first over, Sam for 15 but he claimed Singh with a skied catch to the safe hands of Davo for a rapid 55. Don then bowled a tight over for only 5 but the runs continued to flow. Don got hit again to conclude with 0-30 off 3 and Sam took another wicket this time Roy caught Usman in the deep for 52. Sam bowled out with 4-0-50-2 and Pratty finished with a good over to record 4-0-43-1. Kaleem was still there with 28 not out as the target set reached 171-3 off 14 overs. The fielding had been sharp enough and Gary kept well once again.

The Rowlands reply saw Dave Covell and Davo attempt the almost impossible! After a good start up with the rate, Dave fell caught for 10 and in came Roy. The Davo and Roy show nearly pulled it off with some big shots; Kirkwood were concerned for a while. Davo had bat trouble before being caught on the deep mid off boundary for 39 (6 fours) and Roy went bowled by Richie Crawford for 41 (6 fours also). Lee Buglass showed some class in Don's borrowed spikes with a firm bat to hit 24 not out (3 fours) but it was by now a lost cause. Rees hit 6 with a boundary 4 before being run out. Matt Gosnall 4 not out and Sam 2 not out took the score to a creditable 138-5 to win 2 batting points. Crawford recorded 2-36 off 4 fiery overs and Singh 1-29 off 3 overs. The reply was just too big an ask but all credit to the batsmen who tried.

Rowlands have been awarded the homegame V Corbridge Ratcatchers who could not field a team on either date offered to them.