Yorkshire Academy let down by poor batting

Poor batting left Yorkshire Academy with very much the worst of it in their two-day one-innings drawn game with Cheshire Development XI.

Electing to bat, Cheshire had an early setback when James Wainman had Rowe caught by Jack Hargreaves. Khalid Sawas and Jonny Kettle had a stand of 72, followed by a third-wicket partnership of 90 by Kettle and James McCoy, from the Grappenhall club, who was particularly severe on the quicker bowlers, hitting nine fours and five sixes.

The introduction of spinners Jack Hughes and Booth slightly slowed the scoring rate, but the older Cheshire Development squad were able to declare after 92 overs.

A score of 401 was a formidable target. Opener James Hawley, of Neston CC, took three early wickets - skipper Alex Lees, 2, Billy Root, 0, and Irfan Amjad, 0 . The Academy were 16-3, and a partnership of 88 by opener Andrew Gorrod, 86, and Ben Elvidge, 29, was only a mini revival.

The side crumbled to 126 - only two batsmen reaching double figures. It was a poor batting display, albeit against older opposition. Indeed, the performance was one of the poorest I have seen from an Academy team.

Cheshire CCC Development XI v Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15 and 16, 2010 (11:00) at Tattenhall

Drawn

Cheshire CCC Development XI won toss and decided to bat

Cheshire CCC Development XI (1st Innings)	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI (1st Innings)
401 all out (0.0 overs)	126 for 10 (0.0 overs)
0 Minutes.	0 Minutes.
Cheshire CCC Development XI (2nd Innings)	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI (2nd Innings)
0 for 0 (0.0 overs)	0 for 0 (0.0 overs)
0 Minutes.	0 Minutes.

Cheshire CCC Development XI (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Jonny Kettle	c J Booth	b JB Hargreaves	40	76	124	0	0	52.63
Calum Rowe	c JB Hargreaves	b J Wainman	1	6	0	0	0	16.67
Khalid Sawas	c JB Hughes	b Z Ali	38	48	62	0	0	79.17
James McCoy	c W Root	b JB Hughes	127	135	137	0	0	94.07
Charlie Reid	c W Root	b JB Hughes	27	33	34	0	0	81.82
Luke McCoy	c A Lees	b J Booth	0	12	6	0	0	0.00
Ollie Law	run out (W Root)		53	110	90	0	0	48.18
Pat Roberts*+		b JB Hargreaves	45	82	96	0	0	54.88
Dan Cranmer		b Z Ali	35	32	29	0	0	109.38
James Hawley	not out		9	8	0	0	0	112.50
Jon Fawcett	absent		0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Tait	absent		0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	5nb 9w 6lb 6b 0pen		26
Provisional Score For Innings			401
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			401	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Jack Hargreaves	18.0	1	84	2	2 (6)	1 (1)	55.50	4.67
James Wainman	13.0	3	54	1	2 (2)	0 (0)	80.00	4.15
Johnny Moxon	3.0	0	27	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	9.00
Zafran Ali	7.0	0	60	2	2 (2)	1 (1)	22.50	8.57
Jack Hughes	27.0	1	85	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	81.00	3.15
Jonathan Booth	24.0	0	79	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	144.00	3.29

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees*	c P Roberts	b J Hawley	2	30	40	0	0	6.67
Andrew Gorrod	c K Sawas	b J Fawcett	68	121	146	0	0	56.20
William Root	c C Reid	b J Hawley	0	7	1	0	0	0.00
Irfan Amjad	lbw	b J Hawley	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
B Elvidge	c C Reid	b D Cranmer	29	131	146	0	0	22.14
Jack Hughes		b J Fawcett	5	6	8	0	0	83.33
Jack Hargreaves	c K Sawas	b J Fawcett	0	30	28	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Booth	lbw	b J Fawcett	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
Tom Shaw+	c P Roberts	b O Law	8	39	28	0	0	20.51
James Wainman	not out		9	48	54	0	0	18.75
Zafran Ali		b I Tait	0	17	34	0	0	0.00
Extras	2nb 2w 0lb 1b 0pen		5
Provisional Score For Innings			126
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			126	for 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Ian Tait	16.4	6	31	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	100.00	1.86
James Hawley	10.0	3	16	3	0 (0)	1 (1)	20.33	1.60
Luke McCoy	7.0	1	23	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.29
Jon Fawcett	22.0	10	37	4	2 (2)	0 (0)	33.50	1.68
Charlie Reid	4.0	1	10	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.50
Dan Cranmer	10.0	6	6	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	60.00	0.60
Ollie Law	4.0	3	2	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	24.00	0.50