Dramatic late draw against Enfield
the tide, and it came in a partnership between Dominic Humphreys and Dan Buckley.
Humphreys was caught behind after grafting for 22 off 55 deliveries. That made it 51 for five, but the seeds of recovery had been sewn, and the next partnership between Buckley and Butterworth took the total up to 140.
Both batted brilliantly, but having scored 55 off 107 deliveries Buckley was given run out when it did look as though he had reached his ground.
Butterworth continued the fight, but lost the help of Hashum Malik who was leg before to Pussegolla and Steve Pimm who was leg before to Bailey.
These dismissals opened the way for Simon North to play his first innings of the season, and he scored 10 before offering a return catch to Pussegolla.
Nine men down and 19 needed for the win. Could Norden do it, egged on by the cheerleaders section of the ladies’ cricket team.
Those cheerleaders went into overdrive as Jay Collin smacked two boundaries, and almost before you realised it had come down to a last ball shootout.
Butterworth was on strike facing Pussegolla. He went for the shortest boundary and dashed down the wicket. But he could not get back as the ball was whipped in to see him run out for 46.
So, no win for Norden who had lost their previous five games in all forms of the game, but it almost seemed like a win. Enfield L Wright c Crabtree b Buckley 4 G Jones lbw D Humphreys 52 P Pussegolla c D Humphreys b Butterw’th 4 A Bracewell c Sandham b Butterworth 0 Y Ali c D Humphreys b Butterworth 2 J Cook c Crabtree b D Humphreys 0 J Wrigley b D Humphreys 2 L Barker c Tolley b Sandham 29 F Bailey c j Collin b Sandham 40 S Cook not out 27 F Basharat b Sandham 3 Extras 21 Total 184 Bowling: Sandham 12 4-2-67-3; D Buckley 6-0-40-1; G Butterworth 15-3-51-3; D Humphreys 10-5-18-3; J Collin 1-0-5-0 Norden J Tolley lbw Bailey 0 H Fitton c J Cook b Pussegolla 0 L Crabtree b Bailey 0 D Humphreys c J Cook b Wright 22 J Sandham st J Cook b Pussegolla 2 D Buckley run out 55 G Butterworth run out 46 H Malik lbw Pussegolla 6 S Pimm lbw Bailey 0 S North c and b Pussegolla 10 J Collin not out 12 Extras 31 Total 184 Bowling: Bailey 13-3-30-3; Pussegolla 152-54-4; Wright 12-2-41-1; S Cook 7-1-30-0; Ali 3-0-18-0