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BICC’s first game of the weekend against Andorra. Such was the excitement of the two teams to play on a beautiful, grass (GRASS!) pitch that the match actually started before the advertised 12pm. At the toss, Mohsin declared that BICC would bat first and the deadly pair of Joe (14) and Alex (20) were sent out to open. The top five all got decent starts and set a good base. However, a mini collapse saw BICC go from 74-2 to 84-5 and then 104-6 after 24 of the 40 overs. Fortunately, the lower middle-order came to the rescue somewhat. Some good shots from Umer (29), Damien (54) and Mohsin (26*) allowed BICC to set Andorra an unlikely 225 to win, with BICC all out in the final over. It must be said that Andorra bowled well, with four bowlers each taking two wickets. A wonderfully cooked cricket tea of steak and chips followed, before a pessimistic Andorra headed to the middle. Their first step was to see off the new ball threat from Mohsin and BICC debutant Jeremy. Some mean bowling from them (1-16 and 3-10 respectively) left Andorra struggling at 24-4, with the top order finding the pace and bounce from both ends difficult to handle. This fourth wicket brought Hepburn to the crease, fresh from top scoring for Andorra on Friday with 39. Captain Mohsin then rotated the bowling. There was no rest bite for Andorra though as Sam took a wicket in his first over. Hepburn (51*) again proved difficult to dismiss, but wickets at the other end were falling on such a regular basis that the Andorrans were finding it difficult to pad up in time. Sam (3-24) blew the chance for a hat-trick by bowling a full toss but it mattered little. Warren (2-2) came on to clean up the tail before Sid went one better than Friday by clean bowling Vicky to end the innings. BICC had won by 140 runs, with Andorra again bowled out within 25 overs. Being the positive bunch that they are, they at least clinged on to the fact that they had bettered their score against Menorca, having finished on 84 all out. The match had again finished relatively early, but nobody complained with plenty on offer at the bar! Sam Phillipps
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Menorca batted first and posted a very impressive 241 for 6 with T Gallagher hitting an unbeaten century. J Davies also weighed in again with 47 runs for the home teams cause. Barcelona responded will to the run chase and finally chased down the competitive total with six wickets to spare. A wonderful end to another great season of cricket in Menorca. Fittingly, the club reached out to the community and were delighted to be able to present Club Vidalba who organise sporting activities for children and young adults with a cheque for 724€. Well done to everyone who participated. Author unknown https://cricketspain.es/menorca-end-season-with-triangular-tournament/ See scorecards here
For the second year running Idle Cricket Club has organised an international 7-aside tournament, on its two grounds (the Radish and the Belgiardino) to last two days. For the first time, the weather was more pleasant and allowed all of the games to be played as scheduled, above all the final that was not played last year. There were seven other teams present (Milan, Wooburn Narkovians, Barcelona, Cabris, Torino, Cesena, Hasslock). The tournament was divided in two groups, mixed the 'Italian' way, the winners of which would advance to the final, the two-second places for the 3rd place play-off, the third-place finishes for 5th place and the fourth-place finishers for 7th place. These are the results of the groups and those play-offs.. (Results in picture) Other than the trophies and cups, there were awards too for the best overall player (Morgan, Milan CC), the best bowler (Waxman, Wooburn Narkovians) and the best batsman (Damith, Idle CC). The players of Idle CC were tired but happy, winners of this second edition, and thank all the participants for coming. Above all, the friends of the club who, despite not having the chance to play, did so much to make this tournament possible and enjoyable. Our victory is also theirs. Report - see photo - provided by Silvio Leydi (Idle CC), translated by Sam Phillipps (BICC) |
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