Academy batsmen fall before League leaders

Coach under pressure: John Blain, whose Yorkshire Academy batsman were swept aside by table-toppers Cleethorpes

Coach-skipper John Blain, above, saw his Yorkshire Academy batsmen crumbled in their Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League Bank Holiday clash with Cleethorpes – who now become the League table-toppers.

The Academy won the toss, chose to bat, and suffered their first setback at seven when Alex Lees was caught behind by James Windeatt off Jack Harrison. Jack Leaning followed eight runs later when he got an inside edge and played on to Harrison.

The combination of Windeatt and Harrison struck again at 29 when Will Rhodes was caught behind. Opener George Ross took 43 minutes to get off the mark, but after scoring eight in an over he, too, was caught behind by Windeatt – this time off the experienced Andy Ellis.

Middle-order batsmen David Girling and Henry Chadwick added 23, Girling playing some fine cover shots for his 25. The opening bowlers were replaced by off-spinner Harry Clewett, fresh from a winter's cricket in New Zealand, and Lincolnshire leg-spinner Alex Osmond.

Windeatt stumped Chadwick off Osmond, and 18 runs later with the total 74 Clewett clean bowled Girling. Jonathan Tattersall was caught by James Osmond off brother Alex's bowling, and the Academy were in trouble at 76-7.

James Wainman lasted three balls before he was bowled by Clewett, but the tail wagged as skipper Blain and Ben Coad put on 18. Coad fell to the returning Harrison, and the innings closed when Ashley Robinson was lbw to Alex Osmond.

It was a fine display by Harrison, who finished with an excellent 4-15. Both spinners showed good control, and Windeatt gave an excellent performance behind the stumps.

Cleethorpe openers Bill Kirby and Rory Osmond had a good opening stand of 53 as the opening attack of Blain and Wainman failed to make the much-needed early breakthrough. Robinson produced a very good Yorker to bowl Bill Kirby, and with Cleethorpes needing only six for victory Chadwick ran out Judah.

Rory Osmond stroked four runs to complete his 50 and to ensure six points for the home side - who now top the League table.

Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League Cleethorpes CC 1st XI v Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Monday, May 02 2011 (12:00) at Chichester Road, Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes CC 1st XI Won By 8 wickets

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI won toss and decided to bat

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI	Cleethorpes CC 1st XI
98 all out (44.2 overs)	101 for 2 (33.2 overs)
2 Hours, 34 Minutes.	2 Hours, 5 Minutes.

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
A Lees	c J Windeatt	b J Harrison	7	13	15	1	0	53.85
G Ross	c J Windeatt	b A Ellis	10	44	64	1	0	22.73
J Leaning		b J Harrison	8	9	8	1	0	88.89
W Rhodes	c J Windeatt	b J Harrison	6	20	27	0	0	30.00
D Girling		b H Clewett	25	53	54	1	0	47.17
H Chadwick+	st J Windeatt	b A Osmond	11	21	21	1	0	52.38
J Tattersall	c J Osmond	b A Osmond	9	22	25	0	0	40.91
J Blain*	not out		10	39	48	0	0	25.64
J Wainman		b H Clewett	1	3	2	0	0	33.33
B Coad		b J Harrison	10	36	31	0	0	27.78
A Robinson	lbw	b A Osmond	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	0b 1lb 0w 0nb 0pen		1
Provisional Score For Innings			98
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			98	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
A Ellis	11.0	3	37	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	66.00	3.36
J Harrison	10.0	3	15	4	0 (0)	0 (0)	15.00	1.50
J Osmond	6.0	1	15	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.50
A Osmond	11.2	3	20	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	22.67	1.76
H Clewett	6.0	2	10	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	18.00	1.67

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
A Lees	1-7	7	A Lees (7) G Ross (0)	3.4
J Leaning	2-15	8	J Leaning (8) G Ross (0)	5.5
W Rhodes	3-29	14	W Rhodes (6) G Ross (8)	13.1
G Ross	4-33	4	G Ross (2) D Girling (2)	16.1
H Chadwick	5-56	23	H Chadwick (11) D Girling (12)	22.4
D Girling	6-74	18	D Girling (11) J Tattersall (7)	29.3
J Tattersall	7-76	2	J Tattersall (2) J Blain (0)	30.5
J Wainman	8-77	1	J Wainman (1) J Blain (0)	31.2
B Coad	9-95	18	B Coad (10) J Blain (7)	41.6
A Robinson	10-98	3	A Robinson (0) J Blain (3)	44.2

Cleethorpes CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
B Kirby		b A Robinson	26	55	69	3	0	47.27
R Osmond	not out		50	98	125	4	0	51.02
Y Judah	run out (H Chadwick)		18	41	45	1	0	43.90
J Osmond*	not out		3	10	10	0	0	30.00
A Osmond
C Tomlinson
J Windeatt+
H Clewett
N Judah
J Harrison
A Ellis
Extras	1b 1lb 0w 2nb 0pen		4
Provisional Score For Innings			101
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			101	for 2

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
J Blain	5.0	1	17	0	0 (0)	2 (2)	0.00	3.40
J Wainman	6.0	0	8	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	1.33
B Coad	6.0	1	17	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.83
A Robinson	5.0	1	18	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	30.00	3.60
D Girling	6.0	1	19	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.17
J Tattersall	5.2	1	20	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.75

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
B Kirby	1-53	53	B Kirby (26) R Osmond (24)	17.2
Y Judah	2-91	38	Y Judah (18) R Osmond (19)	30.3

Weather: Sunny Pitch: Hard

Umpires: G Prescott R Pugh

Scorers: G Hackney H Galley

Words and Statistics: HAROLD GALLEY

Current Table	P	cw	iw2	iw3	il2	il3	cl	t	Pts
Cleethorpes CC	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
York CC	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	18
Harrogate CC	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	15
Sheffield Collegiate CC	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	14
Castleford CC	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14
Scarborough CC	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	12
Sheffield United CC	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	9
Appleby Frodingham CC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
Rotherham Town CC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
Barnsley CC	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8
Hull CC	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
Driffield Town CC	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
Doncaster Town CC	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
Yorkshire Academy CC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0