By Brian Sanderson,
With Bob Procter ,we decided to go to Church who play in the Lancashire League.They were playing Todmorden who were second in the league.On the way we passed through heavy rain but it was dry at Oswaldtwistle.Last week Church had lost in the cup to Ramsbottom.
Todmorden batted first on a green wicket.The ground slopes down from the pavilion.The Church professional Anwar bowled off-breaks and used the slope to help him spin the ball.At the other end Jamil bowled medium and collected four wickets for twenty -four runs in fourteen overs.Todmorden lost wickets consistently and the professional Abbas was caught off the first ball by Nasser Hussain.The Todmorden captain A.Sutcliffe batted well to get to fifty-one in the forty-nineth over so bring the team score to one hundred and twenty-three.
The sun came out during the break and Abbas opening the bowling .He bowls left-arm spin but could only manage one wicket for forty runs in his eighteen overs.The Todmorden side starting shouting for leg-befores which caused the umpires to ask the captain to keep the appeals to a minimum which they did.Then when the opening batter was caught by the captain, he cheered the result close to the batsman face. Agaiin the umpires had a word with the captain asking him to calm down.
Beenwhile Anwar was dropped twice but collected fifty runs to win the match by six wickets.Also he run out Nasser Hussain who was not happy.
Pleased the umpires stepped to stop any problems. It is a pity this was not yesterday.
A excellent day with good company and excellent views to the hills.
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