Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League

..... v Sheffield .....
on 14th May 2006 ..... at Micklehurst

Sheffield Innings: Welsh ct Matthewman b Buckley 81 Thompson run out 8 Sanderson bowled Matthewman 72 Page ct Marshall b Buckley 1 Lee ct & b Raven-Hill 5 Marshall ct Raven-Hill b Buckley 5 Green run out 0 Axtar bowled Scott 11 Brown lbw Buckley 1 Pickering ct & b Scott 8 Hyner not out 3 Extras 5 200 all out	Huddersfield Bowling: Sharpe 4 0 26 0 Scott 7.3 1 27 2 Denton 4 0 20 0 Wadsworth 4 0 26 0 Buckley 17 4 52 4 Raven-Hill 7 1 35 1 Matthewman 4 1 9 1
Huddersfield Innings: Raven-Hill st Lee b Welsh 49 Buckley ct Welsh b Sanderson 9 Denton ct Page b Welsh 18 Morris ct & b Welsh 3 Oldham not out 72 Lambert st Lee b Welsh 30 Matthewman not out 14 Extras 6 201 for 5	Sheffield Bowling: Sanderson 12 1 68 1 Hyner 6 2 13 0 Brown 6 0 26 0 Welsh 18.4 2 61 4 Green 5 0 17 0 Marshall 2 0 11 0

Huddersfield win by 5 wickets

Huddersfield began their 2006 season with a nail biting, last over, victory against Sheffield at Micklehurst on Sunday.
Huddersfield won the toss and decided to put the visitors in to bat, and at 121 for 1 with Yorkshire Academy players Welsh and Sanderson in full flight, it looked like a big mistake.
The introduction of Greg Buckley (4 for 52), who was well supported by Chris Matthewman, Ben Raven-Hill and Sam Scott curtailed the run rate, and Huddersfield methodically bowled Sheffield out for 200 in the 47th over.

The opening Sheffield attack bowled a good line and length, and Huddersfield had to battle for every run.
They lost Greg Buckley, Tom Denton and Liam Morris and at 62 for 3 after 22 overs, particularly against county spinner Welsh, they were struggling to take control of the game.
Raven-Hill remained resolute at one end scoring a creditable 49, but the game changed with the introduction of Thurstonland’s Jack Oldham, an opening batsman for his club, and playing his first Joe Lumb game, Oldham, produced a master class in controlled stroke play.
He was Mr Cool taking every ball on it’s own merit, playing shots all around the ground and under intense pressure, appeared to take it all in his stride, and was well supported by the bubbly wicketkeeper Robin Lambert, a natural stroke maker, who contributed a valuable 30 in 40 balls.
Lambert and Oldham contributed a match winning stand of 78, but when Lambert was out at 175, Huddersfield still had a lot to do.
Enter debutant Chris Matthewman from Green Moor, another cool and responsible cricketer, who also appeared to take the pressure in his stride.
Matthewman showed a maturity beyond his years, and he and Oldham took Huddersfield to a victory over a good Sheffield side, with Matthewman scoring the winning four with two balls left.

Huddersfield has an experienced and competent team and will be hard to beat this season. They bat all down the order, all the players bowl and there is intense competition for places.
This was a good team performance with a man of the match performance from Jack Oldham.

The next game is against Craven (Skipton area) at Shepley on Sunday 28 May.

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