Written by Gary Hayes MIXED WEEKEND FOR ORRELL It proved to be a mixed weekend of results for Orrell as, after two weekends of mainly washouts due to the wet weather, four of the five weekend fixtures were at least able to reach their conclusion. The weekend began with Sam Heeley’s first team welcoming highflying Formby to Winstanley Road. What was always going to be a difficult match against a very strong team was made even harder by injuries to key players and the fact that torrential rain in the previous 48 hours had led to one end of the…
Author: Gary Hayes
RAIN THWARTS ORRELL YET AGAIN Written by Gary Hayes A second consecutive wet weekend saw limited cricket played once again for Orrell’s senior teams. With both first and third team games washed out on the Saturday, it fell to Dave Whiteley’s second team to provide the entertainment away at Lytham. Rain unfortunately did affect this game also as the players were on and off for various showers throughout the day. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Whiteley’s team were indebted to an unbeaten century from Ben Mahoney as they made 201-7 declared in 42.4 overs. Mahoney did get…
Orrell’s Young Guns Lead the Way It was a complete washout for all three of Orrell Saturday teams, as heavy rain in the North-West of England put paid to all but a small number of matches. Thankfully, both Sunday teams were able to play their matches as planned. Matthew Hayes’ 4th team (containing 10 juniors) welcomed Lytham CC to Winstanley Road. Having won the toss, the visitors elected to bat first. Despite two wickets from under 15’s bowler, James Such, the visitors seemed well placed as they brought the half century up for the loss of only two wickets. The…
Saturday of Success for Orrell Written by Gary Hayes Orrell’s first team secured their first win of the season with an impressive victory away at Southport and Birkdale cricket club. Having lost the toss and been asked to bowl first by the hosts, the first few overs did not go well and the hosts got off to a flyer- it looked at one stage as if it would be a long afternoon in the field for Sam Heeley’s team. However, the team stuck to their task admirably and Josh Fallows struck the first blow to make the score 41-1 via…
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 (𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦) 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦. Our round up starts on the coast though with the Firsts’ visiting Lytham in their final friendly of pre-season. Sam will be happy as his bowlers made short work of the hosts’ batting line up and his openers followed that up with a solid platform to victory within 36 of their allotted 45 overs. So it was a confident looking first team that returned…