Marple lose out
par score of 134 all out in just 31.5 overs, Hough top scored with 35, but after that, extras was next with 22. Marple, unusually, were guilty of serving up plenty of wides and no balls. Morahan had 3 for 43, Greasley 2 for 14, Mudassar 2 for 35 and Grundy 2 for 16.
What followed after an early tea was nothing short of a nightmare for Marple. Paceman Dario Seale, given good support from Jack Ward, was simply irresistible as Marple were blown away, having no answers.
Seale bowled with the old virtue of a good length, arrowing in from the off stump.
He hit the stumps six times, as the Marple innings was done and dusted in just 20 overs.
He did not try to bowl any short stuff in this game, realising that the surface had no extravagant bounce.
Indeed, the pitch could not really be blamed for the loss of so many wickets in the game in such a short space of time. It was an object lesson in quick straight bowling.
Paul Wood top scored with 22, and then Mark Bennett had 10. After this, the next highest individual score was just three.
This was sweet revenge for Bollington, who had been comfortably beaten by Marple in the earlier fixture back in May.
Bollington were also the victors in the noise stakes on the field.
Marple are, in common with most teams, not averse to giving the batsmen an occasional friendly word of advice between deliveries, and reminding them of the score if they are struggling a little.
This is usually done with an element of humour, and is also meant to encourage the bowlers to try a little harder.
Marple’s senior coach and former player, the ex Leicestershire, Surrey and England pace bowler, James Ormond was caught up in one of the more memorable pieces of ‘banter’ on his test debut against Australia in 2001 at the Oval.
On coming out to bat to join Mark Ramprakash, Ormond was greeted by Mark Waugh with the words: “Hey, look who this is. You aren’t good enough to play for Eng-