Roger Green

One step nearer @AinsdaleCricket

A few photos from yesterdays match. :) @fhcricketclub

Senior Match Reports- Saturday 30th August Spirited Norley Go Down at Top of the Table It was a losing Saturday for both Norley teams on a weather affected day with the first team putting up a good effort in defeat. Callam Hughes took his first team over to the Southport coast to play table topping Ainsdale. Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Hughes saw his team get off to a promising start until the teams frustrating recurring issue of losing wickets in clusters saw them go from 29-0 to 31-3 as they struggled to cope with the left arm spin of Dilanka Auwardt. A fifth wicket partnership between Harbir Singh and Hughes settled the innings down to an extent until Singh holed out with a rash shot not in keeping with the rest of his innings for a well made 35. Hughes was then joined by Liam Martlew and, with rain due in mid afternoon, then it looked like a total that could be difficult to chase for the hosts from the likely reduced overs could be set. Hughes in particular looked comfortable at the crease and nullified the threat of Auwardt until disaster struck when a mix up saw him run out for an eye catching 30. By now batting in steady rain, the Norley innings (apart from an eye catching cameo from Harry Clegg) petered out to 148 all out in 48 overs when a total in excess of 175 looked possible at one stage. The steady rain had by now turned into heavy rain and meant that play did not resume after tea. Approximately 100 minutes was lost from the days play during this interruption. When play did resume, the hosts knew that they would have a maximum of 27-28 overs to achieve the victory target. The hosts therefore came out full of intent and played aggressively against the Norley opening bowlers of Ryan Wood and Martlew who were finding the wet underfoot conditions difficult to contend with when running in. The Norley bowling and fielding effort was commendable in the conditions and wickets did fall at regular intervals. However, the hosts deservedly won by 4 wickets with around 3 overs of the days play left. There were two wickets apiece for Rob Collier and Clegg. All in all a good effort by the team against a difficult opponent in conditions that they definitely had the worst of. If Norley Hall had gotten 20-30 runs in the first innings then the outcome may have been different given the reduced overs available to the hosts and their desire to seek a victory. Scorecard details are here: norleyhall.play-cricket.com/website/result… Back at City Road, the second team welcomed Hightown St. Mary's in another rain affected game. Winning the toss and choosing to field,.the Norley bowling attack saw the visitors opening batting partnership put on 88 for the first wicket. They never really recovered from this as the visitors made 186-6 declared in 41 overs. Andrew Magrath was the standout bowler with 4 wickets. In reply, a poor batting effort saw the hosts all out for only 91 in just 22.5 overs. Only Mohamma Kapadia (30) and Tehzeem Galgalia (22) made significant contributions. Scorecard details are here: norleyhall.play-cricket.com/website/result… Both teams will be looking to bounce back next Saturday with the first team away at Whitefield and the second team at home to Prescot and Odyssey.

@Wainmat @AinsdaleCricket Certainly are, I use Topaz Denoise as well.

@Roger999Green @AinsdaleCricket I’ve got to admit that the latest de-noise filters in Photoshop and Lightroom are a godsend when the nights start drawing in.

A few photos from today @AinsdaleCricket

@Wainmat @AinsdaleCricket Cheers Angus, ISO going up as the season goes on :)

@Roger999Green @AinsdaleCricket Great photos, Roger. We're coming to that time of year when it's difficult to get photos like these in the light that's available.

Not seen this in a long time, five slips and a keeper. :) @AinsdaleCricket

Last 4 @NorleyHallCC

A few photos from todays match at Ainsdale. @NorleyHallCC

@WisdenCricket Must have been a great wicket, all over in 3 days with a top score of 48.....

27 ALL OUT! 🤯 Complete and utter carnage at Sabina Park... New Zealand narrowly keep their unwanted record of 26 all out, set back in 1955. #WIvAUS

@Wainmat I was there :) He also dropped a catch in the slips, and then kicked the ball.😇

STILL THE MAN OF THE MATCH Taken 9 years ago at Southport & Birkdale CC when Lancashire CCC played Durham. This is Ben Stokes giving it his usual 100%. After Durham won the match, the team stayed behind to play cricket with some of S&B's juniors. Feel free to share.

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2019-21: New Zealand 🇳🇿 2021-23: Australia 🇦🇺 2023-25: ?? Who’s your pick to win the World Test Championship – Australia or South Africa? #WTCFinal #Cricket