Scorecard

Phoenix v Y.M.C.A. Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 16 May 2009 at 12.00am
Y.M.C.A. Cricket Club Won By 32 runs (D/L).

Match report YMCA v Phoenix
At The Phoenix Park
DGM League - Section C

The weather forecast was poor for the whole weekend, but I managed to witness a good contest on Saturday. I pitched up in the Phoenix Park more in hope than in expectation, but at a quarter past two we got underway with a 32 over match between Phoenix and YMCA.

We already knew that the other match in Section C of the DGM, that between Old Belvedere and North County, had been abandoned without a ball being bowled, so all YMCA had to was avoid defeat to top the Section and go through to the semi finals next Sunday.

Phoenix had to win to take top slot, so when Corie Dickieson won the toss he asked YMCA to set a score. Andrew Downton chose to open from the road end, but kept losing his footing, and was replaced after one over by Rory Flanagan. David Langford Smith came steaming up the hill, but steadily as he and Flanagan bowled, they could make no impression on Rob Nandi and Etesham Ahmed.

While Nandi hung around and nurdled, Shammy went for his shots and had played some nice drives when he miscued Conor Kelly attempting to repeat a straight six and was taken by Dickieson for 30 out of 52. Stu McCready kept up the momentum, and had scored a quick 24 out of the next 38 runs when he nicked Langford Smith, now coming from his favoured road end, through to 'keeper Graham Flanagan.

Next ball was Alan Lewis's first and last, so plumb lbw that umpire John Andrews had no option but to interrupt his game of pocket billiards and direct Lewie back to the pavilion. Paul Beacroft saved the hat-trick, but shortly afterwards succumbed to Lanky caught behind.

By now Andrew Downton was coming up the hill, and first bowled Nandi for 31 and then Gus Dunlop became Graham Flanagan's third victim. When James Parkinson (11) slogged Kelly to Dickieson, 82-1 off 21 overs had become 130-7 off 29 overs, but an animated Simon Wilson-Moore and a single-sneaking Jonny Harte (9*) added 33 in the last three overs.

I had never before seen Wilson-Moore hit the ball off the square, but two sixes from Downton's last over and a couple of pucks off Kelly gave him 30* and YMCA a testing total of 163-7. Downton took 2/34 off 7 overs, Langford Smith 3/25 off 7, and Rory Flanagan, Paddy Conliffe and Conor Kelly shared the other 18 overs for 85 runs.

Even without Reinhardt Strydom, playing for Ireland in Castle Avenue, YMCA have a decent batch of seamers, and exploited the two-paced track well. Paul Beacroft quickly bowled Rory Flanagan, and although his brother Graham came in and played as if he meant it, Rob Mitchell appeared mesmerised by Stu McCready.

The two opening bowlers each delivered their seven overs straight through, Smacker for 10 runs and Beekers for 21. Change bowlers Umar Jehangir and James Parkinson went for a few runs as the drizzle closed in and the ball got greasy, but Phoenix were ten runs behind the D/L when play was suspended at 70-1 in the 17th over.

Six overs were lost, and the revised target was 133, meaning 64 runs to win off 8.3 overs with nine wickets in hand. Phoenix were never in it, immediately losing first Mitchell, bowled by Jehangir for 18, then Flanagan, run out for 35. Andrew Downton at least reached double figures, bowled by his oppo Aussie pro Parkinson for 12.

Dickieson skied Parkinson to the keeper, Lanky was even plumber lbw first ball than was Lewie (he had the good grace to run off faster than he ran on, whereas Lewie had a pose before departing), Kelly was also bowled by Parkinson, and Conliffe very smartly stumped by Mucker McCoy off Jehangir to reduce the home side to 91-8.

Parkinson and Jehangir were each allowed to bowl a sixth over to Matt Plunkett-Cole and Jason McNelis, which they shouldn't have been, from which ten runs were scored, Jehangir returning 3/25 and Parkinson 3/29, but it is hard to imagine that the batsmen would have got another 33 runs off the likes of Harte's darts, Rob's lobs, or even a baker's dozen pies from Gus and Shammy

By Stuart Daultrey.

Y.M.C.A. Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 7 wickets
0
163		        
Rob M. Nandi b Downton 31
Ehtesham Ahmed ct Dickieson, Bowled Kelly 30
Stuart R.S. McCready ct G.Flanagan, Bowled Langford-Smith 24
D. Alan Lewis lbw Langford-Smith 0
Paul K. Beacroft ct G.Flanagan, Bowled Langford-Smith 8
Angus R. Dunlop ct G.Flanagan, Bowled Downton 1
James N. Parkinson ct Dickieson, Bowled kelly 11 1
Simon B. Wilson-Moore Not Out  30
Jonathan C.W. Harte Not Out  9
Umar Jehangir  
Graeme A. McCoy   1 1

Phoenix Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Downton7.0139219.505.57
Langford-Smith7.022538.333.57
R.Flanagan6.022400.004.00
Conliffe6.011900.003.17
Kelly6.0042221.007.00

Phoenix Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 8 wickets
0
101 (0.0 overs)		     
R.Flanagan b Beacroft 2
R.Mitchell b Jehangir 18
G.Flanagan Run out  35
A.Downton b Parkinson 12
C.Dickieson ct McCoy, Bowled Parkinson 3
D.Langford-Smith lbw Jehangir 0
C.Kelly b Parkinson 2
P.Conliffe st McCoy, Bowled Jehangir 2
M.Plunkett-Cole Not Out  6
J.McMelis Not Out  4
S.Neill  

Y.M.C.A. Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Stuart R.S. McCready7.011000.001.43
Paul K. Beacroft7.0121121.003.00
James N. Parkinson6.002939.674.83
Umar Jehangir6.002939.674.83

  • Umpire :
    John Andrews & Nigel Parnell
  • Scorer :
    L.McGeehan