Andy Bate comes out of the Fleetwood Hesketh CC attack and is replaced by DOK to begin his 3rd spell, Old Xaverians CC 192/8 in the 53rd

We’re on a break at Sea Cop, Old Xaverians CC have had enough and declared, ⁦Fleetwood Hesketh CC⁩ are debating their batting order.

Shabs currently on 49 league wickets this season....

Made it to Aigburth where ⁦Fleetwood Hesketh CC⁩ lost the toss and are in the field…

Early strike for Shabs to give the genial left armer his 50 for the season, and the umpteenth slip catch from Derek, the Fleetwood Hesketh CC keeper is also smiling having spilled one in the first over, 15/1

DOK has bowled a good spell for Fleetwood Hesketh CC and bagged a couple of wickets, firstly a nice catch from Henry at mid wicket followed by Taylor hanging on to an edge making up for his previous miss , 22/3

DOK has a 3rd wicket and a special catch from Jack at mid wicket who skips a couple of yards to his right and plucks it out of the air reviving memories of Spring View 2022, Fleetwood Hesketh CC certainly the happier team 32.4

Shabs and Derek combine to end the annoying 5th wicket partnership, Fleetwood Hesketh CC still haven’t changed the bowling, a difficult one for Matty, does he take the risk of throwing the ball to a new bowler whilst his team are well in it 72/5

DOK picks up his 4th, Taylor comfortably holds the edge to lift Fleetwood Hesketh CC again, still no bowling changes, Matty had the same dilemma - who can he trust with the ball ? 30 overs gone, 92/6

5 wickets for DOK, the Fleetwood Hesketh CC paceman has been running in willingly more over 2 hours, its been a terrific spell, 34 overs gone 100/7

Matty eventually changed the bowling,Jonny replaced DOK who will be needed to score some runs for Fleetwood Hesketh CC in the second innings, and he soon picked up a wicket , 116/8

Can’t fault Fleetwood Hesketh CC for effort today, they bowled them out for 117 inside 43 overs, DOK, Shabs, and a couple of late ones from Jonny. The byes count is a worry, but Taylor had a bit of wild stuff to deal with. It’s now over to the batters….

Off we go again, first ball of the first over, Taylor goes back to a spinner, misses it, hit on the pads, up goes the finger, long walk back, disastrous start by Fleetwood Hesketh CC

Matty and Jack have got the Fleetwood Hesketh CC score up to 25/1, couple of nice off drives from Matty that raced to the boundary, and Jack found the car park for the day’s first maximum. Interesting game, the first for a while.

Matty went when looking good, and DOK cuts the ball straight into the hands of cover point, Derek lasted 2 balls before edging to slip, 41/4 and the game has shifted away from Fleetwood Hesketh CC , Andy Bate and Jack out in the middle.

Back to normal unfortunately for Fleetwood Hesketh CC , couple of quick wickets, not able to score any runs, and a scoreboard that reads 46/6. Shabs and Andy are out there, but even the most loyal of followers can’t see a successful chase.

Andy and Henry get it up to 91 but then Andy goes for a big one, miscues, and holes out, Fleetwood Hesketh CC 91/8, they only need 27 but it’s a huge ask. Jonny joins Henry.

Jonny lasted 3 balls, Fleetwood Hesketh CC 91/9

Henry gave it a real go at the back end of the innings , a couple of memorable maximums and eventually caught in the deep, it wasn’t enough to get Fleetwood Hesketh CC over the line, bowled out for 103 and a 14 run defeat in a game they should really have won.

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