Abid And Spence Shine In Heavy Defeat

 

Beverley Town CC 1st XI subsided to a seven wicket defeat to Sessay on a benign pitch at a lightning fast Norwood Recreation Ground.

This was despite an admirable case of commitment and skill from middle-order batsman Faisal Abid.

He had only snatched a few hours sleep in 36 as he worked a double shift at Hull Royal Infirmary. But the gastroenterologist hit a gutsy 54 and with Tony Spence set Beverley on the road to a seemingly challenging total of 231-9.

The Beverley innings had got off to a poor start, with four wickets down before 25 overs had been bowled. Such is Beverley’s depth, Spence found a willing accomplice in Abid and the pair upped the scoring rate nicely.

Both players chose to take the positive approach, Abid launching one wristy drive over long off for six, while Spence was particularly strong down the ground.

Abid fell first to a top-edged sweep but Jon Vodden kept up the momentum and took the iniative once Spence went for a well-balanced 55.

Vodden launched a couple of big sixes over long-on and with typically lively running from Phil Duboulay, Beverley reaced their 231-9.

When asked, as the Beverley innings progressed, if they felt things were slipping away, the Sessay fielders, to a man, commented on the speed of the outfield. Get it past the infield, and it was four they said.

With this lesson learned, Sessay made their knowledge pay.

Mark Wilkie his second century of the season and had the pleasure of being in at the end as the visitors cruised to their target, reaching 232-3 and claiming the 30 points.

Other results:

Easingwold (30) beat Goole Town (6) by 8 wickets:Goole Town 201-7 (N Foster 69, P Redshaw 3-58) Easingwold 203-2 (S Piercy 75, M Piercy 62, P A Skilbeck 48no);

Stamford Bridge (3) lost to Dunnington (30) by 7 wickets: Stamford Bridge 134 (D Chaplin 36, D Bradshaw 31, S Sargeant 28, A Iyer 5-29) Dunnington 135-3 (H W Williams 73no, A Sutcliffe 35);

Studley Royal (30) beat Heworth (7) by 4 wickets: Heworth 196-9 (R Bowling 47, W Akram 41, O Sherwood 52no) Studley Royal 198-6 (C Scatchard 26, M Pickles 37, G Blackburn 57no, S Walmsley 46, R Bowling 3-29);

Woodhouse Grange (26) drew with Fenner (11): Woodhouse Grange 284-3 (A J Bilton 90, N D Hadfield 127, S Burdett 42no) Fenner 218-7 (M Cooke 56, J Elliott 54, D Suddaby 3-39);

York II (7) lost to Clifton Alliance (30) by 6 wickets: York II 214-8 (D A Simpson 81, A D Tute 36, M Mortimer 29, J Capper 5-67) Clifton Alliance 218-4 (A Slater 51, N Hindle 27, S Corley 60, J Gilham 46no)

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