Northants beat CW by 2 wickets
An epic match at Wantage Road saw CW denied what would have been a famous victroy. There were superb performances from players on both sides as the match see-sawed throughout. The Web chose to bat on a cloudy morning and crawled to lunch at 70-5, undone not by the pacemen but a 3 wicket burst from Greame Swann, with Weber collecting the first of a king pair. Eclipse stood at the non strikers end as this procession went on, he completed a 50 but was out soon after and when Kearsley followed a run later the score was 104-7. The Dylan Jellett brilliantly ushered the next two wickets to add 57 and 42 respectively, Halsey contributing a useful 32. Chapman went for 0 to leave Jellett stranded on 65* and the score 203.
The Northants innings began spectacularly for the Web, with Rollins stumps smashed by Kearsley, and then next ball, the all rounder took a magnificent reflex return catch off Warren to leave Northants 4-2. Sadly the next partnership would yield 157, and the fourth wicket 194 as Mal Loye struck a delightful 203, ably supported by Brophy(72) and White(87). The spinners were innefectual and it was left to Kearsley to come back and wrap things up for career best figures of 7-98.
The lead was 246, but CW strated well and Eclipse and Bennett added 126 for the first wicket before Bennett fell for 50. Nichani came in and added another century partnership with Eclipse before 3 quick wickets including Eclipse for 135 saw CW slide to 234-4 still 12 adrift. The next 3 wickets added a few but not many before Jellett and Halsey once again struck back. Halsey made 25 in a partnership of 87 before Jellett was last man out for 89. 433 all out left a target of 188 for Northants to chase.
Kearlsey got an early wicket, but with the ball turning sqaure the early overs from Chapman and Halsey were poor and allowed Loye and Warren to add 75 for the second wicket. When they did settle in they nearly bowled the web to victory, sharing 7 wickets between them and sending Northants into tea at 171-8 still 17 short with only 2 wickets left. But Anderson and Penberthy managed to score the required runs and take the victory for Northants.
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Northamptonshire v Cricket Web
County Championship - D1 - 26 Jun 2004
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Cricket Web - 1st Innings
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Eclipse b Anderson 51
S Bennett c Loye b Innes 11
N Nichani c Brophy b Swann 13
T Weber c Rollins b Swann 0
N Hoy lbw b Swann 4
J Gray b Anderson 1
D Jellett not out 65
D Kearsley c Rollins b Swann 1
T Halsey b Brown 32
N Scott c White b Anderson 10
D Chapman b Anderson 0
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Extras (nb4,w6,lb5) 15
TOTAL (all out, 75.5 overs) 203
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O M R W
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J Brown 19 5 37 1
G Swann 22 3 71 4
A Penberthy 2 1 6 0
K Innes 13 5 26 1
R Anderson 19.5 3 58 4
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1-28 2-62 3-62 4-66 5-70
7-104 8-161 9-203 10-203
Northamptonshire - 1st Innings
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A Rollins b Kearsley 3
M Loye c Jellett b Halsey 203
R Warren c & b Kearsley 0
G Brophy c Gray b Halsey 72
R White c & b Chapman 87
M Powell c Hoy b Kearsley 27
G Swann b Kearsley 18
A Penberthy b Kearsley 5
K Innes not out 15
R Anderson lbw b Kearsley 3
J Brown c Jellett b Kearsley 1
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Extras (nb6,w2,b2,lb5) 15
TOTAL (all out, 125 ovrs) 449
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O M R W
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N Hoy 2 0 13 0
J Gray 5 0 20 0
T Weber 4 0 20 0
S Bennett 4 0 14 0
N Nichani 3 1 22 0
D Chapman 28 3 88 1
T Halsey 27 4 98 2
N Scott 22 2 69 0
D Kearsley 30 4 98 7
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1-4 2-4 3-161 4-355 5-399
7-428 8-437 9-445 10-449
Cricket Web - 2nd Innings
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Eclipse b Swann 135
S Bennett c Swann b Innes 50
N Nichani b Brown 45
T Weber c Brophy b Brown 0
N Hoy c Swann b Brown 22
J Gray b Innes 11
D Jellett lbw b Swann 89
D Kearsley lbw b Innes 21
T Halsey b Innes 25
N Scott c Penberthy b Brown 9
D Chapman not out 11
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Extras (nb4,w6,b2,lb3) 15
TOTAL (all out, 139.1 ovrs) 433
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O M R W
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J Brown 28.1 4 73 4
G Swann 38 8 107 2
A Rollins 1 0 1 0
A Penberthy 8 1 36 0
K Innes 27 5 79 4
R Anderson 37 2 132 0
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1-126 2-228 3-228 4-234 5-266
7-311 8-398 9-421 10-433
Northamptonshire - 2nd Innings
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A Rollins c & b Kearsley 6
M Loye c Nichani b Halsey 41
R Warren c Weber b Kearsley 51
G Brophy c Kearsley b Chapman 25
R White lbw b Chapman 19
M Powell b Halsey 1
G Swann c Gray b Halsey 13
A Penberthy not out 17
K Innes lbw b Chapman 1
R Anderson not out 6
J Brown
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Extras (nb4,w2,b2) 8
TOTAL (8 wkts, 56.4 overs) 188
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O M R W
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T Halsey 20.4 3 71 3
D Chapman 15 2 50 3
N Scott 8 0 23 0
D Kearsley 13 0 42 2
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1-12 2-87 3-115 4-146 5-147
7-165 8-171
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Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: M Loye
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Second Team Stars:
Brad Smith (115), Ferd(118), BK Smith (96), Scott Craze (83), K Wright(7-42), Neil Pickup(49 & 47, 4-88), L Camps(30 & 53)
Neil's season second team batting average is 24.12!
On international duty:
Cloete, Mork, richards, Bluefox