Frustrating draw
for quick runs, and Ali ended with remarkable figures of 7 for 27 from his ten overs. 147 all out represented a reasonable total, however, on a difficult track.
Sale are in a lowly position in division one, and the lack of confidence was evident during the chase of what was to prove a testing total.
Opener Cannon took almost an hour and a half over his 21, and although Gyves and Spells attempted some aggression, they did not last long, both falling to Wylie.
At 59 for and with only 17 overs remaining, the winning post looked a long way off. Lancashire second team wicket keeper batsman Brooke Guest represented his
Another draw was not what the doctor ordered and Marple now slip to sixth
side’s best hope, but he too struggled to time the ball, only getting going once Barrowman entered the fray to throw the bat.
Guest had been dropped first ball when Marple keeper Morgan uncharacteristically grassed a sharp chance off Wylie.
Barrowman added 36 with Guest in quick time.
When he fell or 21 at 102 for 5 less than eight overs were left, but Mo Ali, confidence high after his bowling, swung lustily, hoisting Morahan for the game’s only six.
However, Ali (15) and Guest (37) were dismissed in quick succession and although the Sale lower order wielded the willow with gusto a home win was never on the cards. Marple needed two wickets from the final over, and when Jack Grundy comprehensively bowled Adams from the first ball, a win was a possibility.
Despite a few scampered singles and leg byes from the final five deliveries, Marple frustratingly earned another winning