Skipper hits 53 as Clarke takes 5-29 in Shepshed win
SHEPSHED’S 1st xi were away this week with a game at Shree Sanatan’s 1st XI.
After winning the toss they decided to bat with skipper Andrew Gibson top scoring with 53 along with Jacob Stevenson who hit 37 as Shepshed were 178 all out, with Mahir taking 5-44.
In reply all the Shepshed bowlers bowled a good line and length throughout their spells as the Sanatan batsman found it tough and were all out for 149.
It was Ben Clarke for Shepshed who once again weaved his magic taking 5-29 from his 8.5 overs along with Parv Agarwal taking 3-38 as Shepshed won the game by 29 runs.
Shepshed’s 2nd XI were at home with a fixture against Bardon Hill 1sts who batted first and after their 45 Overs they had scored 191-9. There was a superb spell of bowling for Shepshed by Danny Montague who who took 6-49 with three of his wickets being caught along with two stumping’s by Eliott Morley who also had time to take a stumping for Angelo Kidd.
Shepshed’s batting in pursuit of their total didn’t go to plan after losing Kenneth early but Chris Gibson scored 39 and Mark Bonam backed him up with 20, but it was not Shepshed’s day as Shepshed were bowled out for 131 to give Bardon a 60 run victory.
Shepshed’s 3rd XI were away with a game against Barwell 2nds and it was Shepshed who batted first but it was another frustrating day for Shepshed as they were bowled out for just 74.
In reply Barwell did not hang around as they finished on 78-1 in only 16 Overs to win the match by nine wickets.
Shepshed’s 4th team were at home with a local derby against Hathern 2nd XI but the game will be remembered because it was the first outing in the same team for Dad and Daughter Duncan and Amber Bottrill.
Hathern won the toss and decided to bat first and after 40 Overs they had scored 218-4 with Neil Swift scoring a brilliant 116 not out. The pick of the Shepshed Bowlers was Amber Bottrill who took 2-44 from her eight overs.
Shepshed got of to a great start with both openers hitting the ball to all parts of Pudding Bag Lane with Duncan Bottrill top scoring with 59 along with Andy Shilliam who scored 50 the pair putting on over 100 for the first wicket.
Skipper Mark Ashdown chipped in with 31 as Shepshed dug deep but it was not to be Shepshed’s day as they finished on 199-8 to lose the game by just 19 runs.
Despite the loss it was a day to remember for Amber and Duncan memorable enough for playing together in the same team for the first time but both of them rounded the day off as they both came out on top Duncan with the bat and Amber with the ball rounding off an absolutely perfect day for them both.