Cromer Cricket Club @ Diss

Cromer v Diss (a)

9th May 2009

Lovewell Blake Norfolk Alliance Premier Division

The first away game of the season for Cromer saw them make the long trip to the second of last years promoted teams, Diss.

Captain Tom Davies won the toss and elected to bat first. He and Ben Clarke opened the batting but the skipper was dismissed in the second over. This brought Richard Charlwood to the crease, and he and Clarke stayed together for 17 overs making 59 between them. The partnership was broken when Cooper got the wicket of Clarke for 35.

When play restarted after the drinks break the home side took four wickets in six balls and Cromer collapsed to 78 for 6, Tooke and Cooper ripping through the visitors batting line up. It was now up to the tail to try and post some kind of competitive total but only Luke Barrett (13 not out) made any impression on the Diss bowlers and Cromer were all out for 119 from 44.2 overs.

Tooke finished with figures of 4 for 35 while Cooper took 3 for 33.

The home team required just 120 runs of a maximum of 55 overs.

The Cromer bowlers were causing few problems to the Diss openers and they were scoring at a steady rate. Cromer did take two wickets to pick up one bowling point with Rush and Wilby dismissed for 21 and 34 respectively, but Diss reached their target after just 21.4 overs.

Dawson finished 33 not out and Cooper was not out on 23.

A very disappointing display from Cromer who gave away their wickets cheaply. They have picked up just 7 points from the opening two games.

This Saturday is the first of two successive home games with second from bottom Swardeston the visitors to the Norton Warnes.

Alliance Premier Division

Cromer 119 all out (1 point) lost to Diss 123-2 (20pts) by 8 wickets

Cromer Innings

T. Davies c. T. Weal b. K. Gooderham 3

B. Clarke c. D. Tooke b. C. Cooper 35

R. Charlwood c. K. Gooderham b. R. Tooke 29

M. Warnes c. W. Dawson b. C. Cooper 6

O. Kimber c. W. Dawson b. R. Tooke 0

G. Neale bowled R. Tooke 0

C. Brown c. J. Wilby b. S. Cooper 3

D. Elliott c. S. Cooper b. R. Tooke 3

K. Regis c. D. Tooke b. C. Cooper 8

L. Barrett Not Out 13

J. Craske Run Out (C. Germon) 6

Extras 13

Total (all out) from 44.2 overs

119

Diss Bowling

C. Germon 6-0-23-0, K. Gooderham 8-2-16-1, R. Tooke 13-1-35-4,

C. Cooper 13-2-33-3, S. Cooper 3.2-1-10-1, D. Tooke 1-0-1-0.

Diss Innings

H. Rush Run Out (M. Warnes) 21

J. Wilby lbw R. Charlwood 34

W. Dawson Not Out 33

C. Cooper Not Out 23

Extras 12

Total (for 2) from 22.1 overs

123

Cromer Bowling

M. Warnes 4-0-19-0, J. Craske 3.1-0-17-0, D. Elliott 4-0-22-0, C. Brown 3-0-23-0, K. Regis 3-0-29-0, R. Charlwood 4-1-5-1, B. Clarke 1-0-6-0.

Bowling

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