Milton Cricket Club
Milton Cricket Club - Season 2011
Milton 1st. XI v Sherwood 1st XI
Milton first team took a big step towards promotion with an emphatic ten wicket victory over Sherwood last Saturday.
Milton won the toss and asked Sherwood to take first knock. Milton’s opening bowlers with good accurate opening spells put pressure on the Sherwood batsmen from the off and when Dylan Hildreth bowled Bacon for 8, in the 8th over, only 18 runs had been added. Hildreth struck again a few overs later, Craig Saxelby taking a simple catch to remove Isterling for 1. Andy Woodcock conceded just 6 runs in a seven over opening spell and was replaced by Rob Stamps who continued where he left off, taking three wickets in his first five overs for 4 runs, Hildreth taking one more wicket in between to leave the visitors in big trouble at 31 for 6. Joe Saxelby joined the attack and blew away the tail in a 26 ball spell, taking the last four wickets without conceding a run as Sherwood were bowled out for 63 with only three batsmen making double figures. A good all round display in the field from Milton, the fielders taking six catches to ably assist their bowlers.
The Milton reply was short-lived, taking only 64 balls to complete a ten wicket victory, Neil Soper making just seven with skipper Craig Saxelby scoring 56 in only 34 balls to complete an excellent victory and 20 points to leave them on the verge of promotion, requiring 6 more points in the last two matches.
Thurcroft v Milton II
Milton second team gave themselves an outside chance of promotion with a 168 run victory over struggling Thurcroft.
The Milton batsmen all contributed in a score of 215 , Phil Davies top scoring with 59 and good contributions from Will Taylor (46), Tom Asquith (37) and Craig Jewitt (28) with all six Thurcroft bowlers used taking wickets.
Jon Tann took 3 wickets in his first over and claimed a further 6 as he equalled a Milton second team record of taking nine wickets in a match as Thurcroft were bowled out for just 47 in 18 overs, Joe Heathcote taking the other wicket.