Cricket- County Division Three

Luckett v Fowey

Upon winning the toss, Fowey surprised everybody by allowing Luckett to bat first on a very hot summer's afternoon. However, the gamble appeared to be paying off for Fowey as, after 15 overs, Luckett had scored just 34 runs for loss of three wickets. This disappointment for Luckett was soon to end, as the pairing of Adrian Warne and Adrian Berry put on a total of 109 runs for the fourth wicket, Berry eventually leaving the crease after being run out for a total of 64, which included nine fours.

As often happens in a strong partnership, Warne followed soon after, having knocked up 80 runs. His innings included 12 fours and two sixes. John Legg was then run out for 20, but a quick 42 not out by Dave Brown, including five fours and two sixes, helped Luckett to reach a total of 242-9. M Meares' 2-47 in 16 overs and J Whyatt's 2-83 were the highlight of the bowling performance.

In reply, Fowey also lost two quick wickets before managing a stand of 46 for the third wicket between Sam Joslin and A Bennetts. The latter was the first to depart on a score of 31, although he gave way to A Rogers, who managed to partner Joslin to an even greater stand of 81.

That swung the game for a while in Fowey's favour before Rogers was run out for 45. Two more quick wickets fell as the game switched back towards Luckett. Not to be undone, M Meares and D Kirwan set about the Luckett bowling and put on 63 runs for the seventh wicket, but Chris Bowden was recalled to the attack and had three wickets - one very well caught in the deep by Paul Sidey.

The ball would have been a six had he not caught it and perhaps this game would have gone to Fowey as they were only 10 runs short at the finish. The fielding of Matt Perry all afternoon saved a number of runs in the deep on this very hot afternoon. The four bowlers used by Luckett shared the wickets between them. John Schutkacker took 3-66 from 15, Chris Bowden 4-41 from 15, Adrian Berry 1-53 from nine and Adrian Warned 1-52 from nine.

The match ball was sponsored by Pat Black UK Ltd.

Scorecard

Luckett

C Bowden c A Bennetts b Meares 0

J Schutkacker b Whyatt 11

A Berry run out 64

P Sidey lbw b Meares 0

A Warne c Joslin b Whyatt 80

J Legg run out 20

D Brown not out 42

M Perry b A Bennetts 2

A Skeet st Joslin b Whyatt 4

G Finch run out 1

Extras 19

Ttl - 242-9

Bowling - M Meares 16-3-47-2; T Whyatt 15-2-83-2; D Perowne 5-0-36-0; A Bennetts 7-1-46-1; M Bennetts 5-0-20-0.

Fowey

T Whyatt c Perry b Schutkacker 1

M Hamilton b Bowden 7

A Bennetts c Legg b Berry 31

I Joslin c Berry b Schutkacker 43

A Rogers run out 45

R Bennetts lbw b Warne 6

M Meares b Bowden 23

D Kirwan b Bowden 38

M Bennetts c Sidey b Bowden 0

M Steer c Skeet b Schutkacker 0

D Perowne not out 4

Extras 30

Ttl - 232

Bowling - J Schutkacker 15-2-66-3; C Bowden 15-2-41-4; A Berry 9-0-53-1; A Warne 9-1-52-1.

Luckett (20) bt Fowey (9) by 10 runs.