Warwickshire the next opponents in another CC match, and the pitch looked a belter. Unfortunately they won the toss and had no hesistation in batting first. The bowlers struggled to make an impact but Nath managed to sneak on through Powell's defences at the end of his opening spell. Warks were 99-1 with 20 minutes until lunch when Halsey produced a brilliant spell of spin bowling to remove Knight, Bell and Wagh and leave them struggling 4 down for 118. Unfortunately there would be no wickets in the afternoon session as SA star Herschelle Gibbs and Trevor Penney put on 190 to bring them back into the game. Richards managed to break the partnership removing Penney and Nath returned to get three quick wickets to restrict the Brummies to 374.
Vimes, Weber and Blewy then got out almost immediately to leave the Web 21-3, but they were rescued by Eclipse(95) and Richards who put on 176 in a fine partnership. Richards then went on to make his century as he put on another century partnership with Craze(80) to wrest control back to the Web. Some great tail wagging from Nath(59) then ensured a healthy lead for CW. all out 457
Chapman decided it was his time to get in on the act and proceeded to take 6-45, ably supported by Halsey's 4-57 they destroyed the second Warwickshire innnings, bowling them out for 175 and leaving a modest target.
Three wickets were lost on the way but the target was reached with ease to complete a 3rd successive win in the CC so far.
The third day of the match saw the channel 4 cameras arrive to film their 'Cricket Roadshow' with the likes of Mike Atherton and Mark Nicholas in attendance. Nicholas isn't the most likeable media personality around anyway, but he didn't endear himself to the Web with the comment that it was 'nice to visit some of cricket's less glamorous backwaters.' The smarmy southerner got his commupence later when one of the fine seagull's that frequent the ground decided to offload some waste on his pristine cream suit. The cameras left sharpish after filming the show and didn't stay to see some of the fantastic cricket being played by this young CW side.
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Cricket Web v Warwickshire
County Championship - D1 - 15 May 2004
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Warwickshire - 1st Innings
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N Knight c Eclipse b Halsey 49
M Powell b Nath 24
I Bell lbw b Halsey 25
M Wagh c Vimes b Halsey 4
H Gibbs lbw b Nath 115
T Penney c Weber b Richards 72
A Giles run out 6
T Frost c Eclipse b Nath 40
M Betts b Nath 4
N Carter b Hall 1
A Richardson not out 4
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Extras (nb6,w4,b11,lb9) 30
TOTAL (all out, 116.2 ovrs) 374
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O M R W
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D Richards 21 1 57 1
D Chapman 17 1 51 0
T Halsey 30 5 73 3
D Hall 26 3 72 1
P Nath 22.2 1 101 4
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1-45 2-99 3-109 4-118 5-308
6-319 7-328 8-369 9-370 10-374
Cricket Web - 1st Innings
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S Vimes lbw b Betts 5
Eclipse c & b Penney 95
T Weber b Betts 5
Blewy c & b Richardson 0
D Richards c Wagh b Richardson 133
S Craze lbw b Penney 80
J Gray c Gibbs b Giles 30
P Nath lbw b Giles 59
T Halsey lbw b Betts 19
D Hall not out 6
D Chapman b Giles 1
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Extras (nb8,w4,b2,lb10) 24
TOTAL (all out, 141.5 ovrs) 457
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O M R W
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T Penney 3 0 14 2
I Bell 2 0 4 0
A Giles 46.5 7 132 3
N Carter 23 4 100 0
A Richardson 33 4 87 2
M Betts 34 5 108 3
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1-10 2-20 3-21 4-197 5-305
6-346 7-413 8-450 9-450 10-457
Warwickshire - 2nd Innings
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N Knight c Weber b Halsey 16
M Powell st Vimes b Chapman 29
I Bell b Chapman 26
M Wagh c & b Chapman 0
H Gibbs lbw b Chapman 6
T Penney c Blewy b Halsey 45
A Giles c Vimes b Chapman 42
T Frost c Vimes b Chapman 0
M Betts lbw b Halsey 0
N Carter lbw b Halsey 3
A Richardson not out 1
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Extras (nb6,lb1) 7
TOTAL (all out, 84.5 overs) 175
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O M R W
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D Richards 14 0 31 0
T Halsey 26.5 5 57 4
D Chapman 31 12 45 6
D Hall 9 3 22 0
P Nath 4 0 19 0
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1-47 2-47 3-48 4-58 5-91
6-160 7-160 8-167 9-172 10-175
Cricket Web - 2nd Innings
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S Vimes b Betts 37
Eclipse c Carter b Giles 28
T Weber b Giles 6
Blewy not out 15
D Richards not out 3
S Craze
J Gray
P Nath
T Halsey
D Hall
D Chapman
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Extras (nb2,w2) 4
TOTAL (3 wkts, 25.1 overs) 93
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O M R W
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N Carter 3 1 8 0
A Giles 5.1 1 17 2
A Richardson 8 0 42 0
M Betts 9 0 26 1
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1-56 2-71 3-74
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Cricket Web won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: D Richards
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Injured:
Nichani (bruising -now fit), Malone(Borken Finger - 18 weeks)
On international duty:
S Bennett, A Ferd, D Jellett, A Cloete
Second Team:
Brad Smith (69 & 60), A Chaulk(7 & 4), B K Smith ( 33 & 66), Bluefox ( 90 & 124), Nathan Hoy (21* & 82), Age Master ( 16* & 52), D Kearsley ( 24 & 21, 2-62 & 1-30), KS Wright (11 & 3, 2-30 & 1-20), R Thomas (32 & 50, 2-44 & 1-54), N Pickup (4* & 24, 5-125 & 2-48), L Camps ( 29 & 13, 1-33 & 4-60), N Scott ( 21* & 67, 2-74 & 3-111).
