FIVE HOUR INNINGSB

By Brian Sanderson,

It had been raining all  Friday in the Leeds Area which caused numerous matches to be cancelled to-day.The Bradford League web-site had up to date infirmation which matches were cancelled.Only one match survived at that was Saltaire.So looking on the Cricket Scorer web-site I noticed that New Farnley were playing Birstall in Yorkshire Central Cricket League.The ground is only twenty minutes by car from by house so I set off knowing the match had started.

The ground has trees three quaters round the ground with houses filling in the gap.The field is ge with a football pitch opposite to the pavilion.You can park your car next to the pitch and watch the match in comfort.However I decided to sit in the sunshine watching New Farnley bat who had scored fifty for no wicket as I arrived.The pitch was in good condition considering all the rain that had fallen.

However about after an hour a heavy rainshower came down causing the match to stop and the covers brought on.I retreated to my car  and listern to B.B.C 4 play on the radio. The teams were off for about two hours and they took tea. At that time Farnley had only lost one wicket however soon after the break the opener was out L.B.W and took ages to walk to the pavilion pointing to his bat.I wish the players would not do that and accept the umpires decision.

Farnley took the full fifty overs  and finished the innings just after six o,clock which was over five hours in lenght.Near the end  Birstall fielder called Goodan caght a brillant one handed catch on the boundary edge.The quote from one of the Birstall fielders was that it was the best catch he had seen in league cricket in over thirty years.He had also taken another catch and run out two batsmen.Brillant work.New Farnley scored 189 for 8 as I left for tea and the blog.