The current spell of rain put paid to Marple first eleven’s home fixture with Urmston last Saturday, with no play possible. The second team managed some cricket at Cheadle, but heavy defeats in the two T20 games probably had them wishing that they had not had any play!
Marple seconds batted first in both of these games. In the first one, admittedly played on a challenging pitch, they could only muster 66 for 8 in the twenty overs, with Lewis Braddock, 26, and Tom Reeve, 15, the only batters to register double figures. Cheadle were made to fight reasonably hard by Connor Bergin and Andy Massey, but ran out comfortable winners by 8 wickets after 14 overs.
Although Marple managed 88 for 3 in the second game, Andy Massey, 40 not out, Braddock 22 and Stuart Bass 14, Cheadle romped home, again by eight wickets after only 7 overs of carnage. Bergin and Sam Ittig were the wicket takers.
The Marple/Compstall Sunday third eleven also made the trip to Cheadle on Sunday. They put up a determined performance, just being defeated by five wickets with just three deliveries of the thirty overs per side game remaining. Marple 108 for 4, Will Darby 38, and Chris Sullivan 41 not out. Cheadle 109 for 5 from 29.3 overs, Rocky Kapoor, 28, and Joe Nuttall 36 not out. Following Cheetham’s impressive knock, Tom Chalmers was a handful for the home side taking 2 for 7; Connor Bergin and Dan Cox being the other wicket takers for Marple.
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