Burton Leonard 2nd XI v Alne 2nds
On the warmest day of the Summer so far, Burton Leonard 2nd XI finally managed only their second win of the season with a comfortable seven wicket win against third in the table, Alne 2nds. Having lost their last two games due to poor batting, Chris Sladen (88) and Leigh Parsons (64*) shared in a crucial second wicket partnership of 142 to set up the victory.
Earlier in the day, a good all round bowling and fielding display restricted Alne 2nds to 212-3 on a good batting track in very hot conditions. The batting line up was bolstered by the inclusion of James Robinson who wasted no time in despatching Alne's shiny new cherry straight over long off into the corn field second ball of the match. This early momentum gave the Burton's reply the perfect start and although Robinson's cameo ended too soon, Chris Sladen and Leigh Parsons batted very sensibly and made use of the gaps in the field due to Alne only having ten men. Both batsmen played themselves in for the first few overs, but after that, the runs began to come very quickly and by the time Chris Sladen was caught for a well played 88, the game was all but won.
After Joe Wilson was unluckily run out (third umpire action replays suggest the wicket keeper broke the stumps before catching the ball), it was left to Leigh Parson and Kris Burtwistle to knock off the one run required for victory and seal the five points.
The next three games against Staveley, Thornton-le-Moor and Pateley Bridge will be crucial for the second eleven if they hope to stay in division four, but providing a strong team like yesterday can be fielded, then they should survive.
Below are some photos and highlights of the game.
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