First Day at League Matches.

Posted by Brian Sanderson.

On Saturday morning watched Yorkshire bat with Andrew. Weather is cloudy with a cold breeze.
Rashid and Shahazad batted well and reached 407-7 at lunch.I thought would bat until about three o,clock and Somerset would be about four down by the end of Saturday.
We moved on to see Yeadon v East Bierley .The pitch was near The White Swan pub so was a small boundary. The wicket was slow and Yeadon creeped to 69 for 5 in 90 minutes.Steve Oldham, the Yorkshire bowling coach was watching the match. He spoke to Gavin Hamilton.
Decided to move on to Underscliffe v Baildon match as we thought it would be a better match.
When we got there Baildon was 170 for 3 with 17 overs to go.Walked round the ground and saw G.T.Reid who is the Bradford League Chairman and my Second Team captain at Yorkshire Bank Cricket team.
Baildon reached 264 for 5 with 46 extras. Wicket had more bounch than Yeadon so a better total.
After tea Mark Gulliver and Bhatti opened the innings.They start well scored 50 in 37 minutes.
The match would depend on Baildon left arm spinner called Ahmed.He bowled 15 overs for 45 for 4 wickets.Undercliffe received 204 for 9 and the total was always to much for them. Ashley Metcalfe was playing for Undercliffe and batted 6 and scored 3.
Saw a old Undercliffe second team bowler called Wells. He had just finished playing cricket at 63 years old.
Yorkshire had reached 419 and Somerset were 201 for 6.
Also Leeds Rugby beat Hull at Rugby League. Another good day.