Austerlands Beaten By Glodwick

Farhat of Austerlands takes an easy catch. (all pictures: Neil Cadd)

The cricketers of Austerlands suffered another defeat on Saturday, this time against Glodwick. With the details, here’s Neil Cadd:

A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY at Warren Lane greeted both teams with Glodwick taking first knock, both teams looking for a change in their recent poor form. Glodwick made a good start but youngster Andrew Cadd removed both the overseas player and professional giving Austerlands the edge early in the game.

A change of bowling, bringing Farhat into the attack, stemmed the run flow restricting Glodwick to 120-odd runs with eight overs remaining, but a combination of some big hitting and poor bowling saw them race to 196 from their full allocation.

The Austerlands innings started well and they were looking in control of the game at 105/3 with 20 overs remaining. Professional Farhat was playing a more subdued innings than of late and was well in control when disaster struck, with him being run out by fellow professional Rafique with a direct hit changing the whole tone of the game.

Although batting with more composure than in previous weeks, an all-too-familiar collapse again occurred as Austerlands ended some 30 runs short of their target. Next weekend is a must-win scenario for Austerlands with the two derby games against Moorside seen as games where maximum points need to be collected.

Many thanks once again to Neil for the report and the excellent pictures. Other results from the Saddleworth League can be seen at its website here.

More coverage of local cricket from Saddleworth News is here.

Glodwick professional Rafique hits a boundary.

A Glodwick batsman attempts a drive.

Peters of Austerlands glances a four.

Oldfield of Austerlands is stumped by Brown.

Austerlands professional Farhat clips a boundary.

Author: Jude Gidney - Editor

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