BLACK SHEEP STOPPED BY RAIN

By Brian Sanderson,

There was a number of options to watch local cup cricket so it was a difficult chose. I choose the match between the Champions of the Yorkshire League and Champions of the Central Yorkshire League ie York against Methley at Methley.The forecast again was rain later so the toss was vital. Methley won it and decided to bowl on a damp wicket. York were missing four first teamers including the two main spin bowlers.

The opening pair of Ashdown and Snell put on a steady opening partnership of 57 in 14.3 overs.before Ashdown was caught by Raz off Marcus Warmsley. Photographed above coming off the pitch.

So after twenty five overs York were 105 for 3 but two two batsmen in. Then the two Warmsley brothers bowled twenty overs for sixty nine runs and five wickets.None of the rest of the batsman were confident on a wicket which helped the bowlers.

It is vital in fifty overs cricket to bat your overs out but York were bowled out for 157 with six overs still to bowl.At this stage Methley were favourites to win the match against a weaken York attack.

However Leadham who bowls left arm medium produced figures of 7-1-12-4. This reduced Methley to 49 for 4 when the umpires called it a day with heavy rain falling.The Bradford League website does not yet say if York will go through. On the total cricket scorer site it says the match was abandon.We will have to wait and see, again. The winners play Yorkshire Academy or Scholes. Again we will have to see later who plays who. Good game.

Busy week at Maske , Scarborough  Egton and High Farndale. More photographs for the blog.