Cricket Match reports for Ickwell Cricket Club 3rd May 2016

ICKWELL 1^ST  VS LUTON TOWN & INDIANS 2^ND . BEDS COUNTY DIVISION 2.

Ickwell 1^st won the toss and chose to bat.  This match was dominated by the performance of two Ickwell batsman who both made large scores – Ben Welch with 112 from 84 balls, including fourteen fours and five sixes, and Harry Fallows with 96, including seven fours and five sixes. Harry was unlucky not to go on to make his maiden century in senior cricket.  But the Ickwell 1^st innings had not get off to a good start when Ross Fensome went in the second over.  But Peter Sowerby joined Ben Welch at the crease as they set the foundation for the Ickwell innings with a second wicket stand of one hundred and one.  This was added to by the third wicket partnership between Harry Fallows and Ben Welch  which continued to pile on the runs before Ben was dismissed with the score on 171 for 3.  There was a bit of a hiccup as a couple of quick wickets fell but young Harry held the innings together and Ickwell got to a match winning total of 289 for 8.  For Ickwell Joel Hirst got the first wickets to fall as he had two batsmen dismissed in the tenth over. Later Dan Denton (3 for 13) and Ben Welch came onto bowl and then wickets began to fall at regular intervals and by the thirty-first over Luton Town & Indians 2^nd’s were 122 for 9.  Number eleven Zahid Khan made a quick 33 before the home side were all out for 165.  A handsome win for Ickwell 1^st by 124 runs and an encouraging start to their season. 

ICKWELL 2^ND VS EGGINGTON FORESTERS 2^ND BEDS COUNTY DIVISION 5.

The visitors batted first and made 189 for 9.  For Ickwell 2^nd Tom Jackson got a couple of early wickets and Gerry Ingham bowled a tidy spell with 1 for 25 from his nine overs.  The most threatening and successful bowler was newcomer Ewan Wilkinson with 3 for 32.  A disastrous start was made to the Ickwell 2^ndinnings as Steven Proudman went for a duck in the first over and this was quickly followed by the dismissal of Chris Rix.  Another newcomer James Moseley got off to a good start but then was unfortunately run out.  Then Jamie Barnes tried to steady the ship with a vigilant innings but when he was out the score was just 66 for 5 and Ickwell’s hopes of victory had gone. But Ewan Wilkinson (36) stayed around and hit a few boundaries which helped the home side get to a three figure total.  Eggington Foresters won by 86 runs but the game suffered from a lack of non-playing umpires.