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MATCH REPORTS

Saturday 9th. September, 2006
Adlington v. Daisy Hill
Daisy Hill 169 all out
Adlington 172-5

Adlington recorded a win in the penultimate game of the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association season on Saturday. The manner of victory over Daisy Hill suggested that Adlington should be finishing higher than in the lower reaches of the table.
Batting first Daisy Hill found scoring runs difficult against Ben King and Neil Woosey. After eleven overs, only15 runs were on the board and Woosey had accounted for both openers. Howard Brooks and Suma patiently brought Daisy back into contention with a third wicket stand of 84. Matthew Taylor had Brooks caught and although Suma attacked all bowlers to reach 83, after his dismissal the visitors had little to offer and were dismissed for 169. Taylor finished with 3-38 and Woosey returned taking 4-18 in his second spell, having the very creditable figures of 6-33 in thirteen overs.
Andrew Robinson hit four boundaries before falling to Aafreedi’s pace and Taylor and Critchley had gone by the time the score had reached 62. Opener Mark Halliwell (64 not out) was joined by Nick Boden and they took the score to 151 and the brink of victory. Boden hit nine fours in his 59 and was unluckily out with the job almost complete. Apart from a comical run out, there were no further problems for Adlington who ran out winners by five wickets and with ten overs to spare.
The 2nd XI also won bowling out Daisy Hill for 92 in response to Adlington’s 142. Several batsmen reached the twenties but none were able to progress further but the bowlers performed excellently with Paul Shirley (4-6) the pick of the bunch.


Saturday 26th. August, 2006
Little Hulton v. Adlington
Little Hulton 156 all out
Adlington 147 all out

Adlington inexplicably threw away another chance to climb the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association table on Saturday. The game started in explosive fashion as Mike Rawlings and Ben King dismissed the top three batsmen inside four overs with only six runs on the board. Stands of 54 between Penny and Parkinson and 36 between the former and Lee helped Little Hulton reach the century mark. After the dismissal of Lee for 56, Iain Critchley and Matthew Taylor quickly ran through the tail, the innings closing at 156.
The bowlers, King (2-34), Rawlings (2-44), Critchley (3-30) and Taylor (3-39) were superbly backed up by the fielders. Nick Boden, Mark Halliwell and Mick Leyland all took fine catches and keeper Mick Flatters added two stumpings to his three catches.
Despite the early loss of Leyland and Halliwell, Andrew Robinson and Critchley looked in little trouble until Critchley was adjudged lbw at 69. Robinson, in good form, and Taylor took the score to 120 when Little Hulton turned to Darren Lindsey. His first four overs were maidens and claimed the wickets of Robinson (63), Rawlings (0) and Taylor (16). With renewed hope, the home side reverted to professional Penny (5-52) and Adlington fell nine runs short at 147.
The 2nd XI had no such problems, dismissing their opponents for a paltry 36. Paul Shirley recorded figures of 3-6, Matthew Hooper 2-10 and 2-10. Adlington took just 10 overs to finish the game.

Saturday 12th August, 2006
Adlington 127 all out
Walshaw 199-7
Adlington lost by 72 runs

Adlington lost a great opportunity to upset title chasing Walshaw in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association on Saturday. For much of the innings, a tight rein was kept on the visitors as the six bowlers used all bowled economically.
The only blot on the performance at this point was a dropped slip chance enabling the Walshaw professional, Indulkar, to progress from 4 to 76. His stand of 72 with Whittaker was the basis of Walshaw’s 155-7 after 42 overs. At this point, fellow Under-17 player Tom Murphy joined Rick Watt and they proceeded to add 44 in the remaining six overs. The final total of 199-7 was a big disappointment to the home side and this was probably reflected in the batting.
After losing skipper Mike Rawlings in the second over, Mike Leyland and Mark Halliwell set up Adlington for a positive reply taking the score to 43. Halliwell became the first of deputy wicket keeper Michael Watt’s four victims and Leyland (36) the second at 64. Critchley (17), Ben King (15) and Mick Flatters (18) all made promising starts but failed to build. The all out total of 122 meaning defeat by 72 runs after Adlington looked to be capable of a rare win over the Bury side.
The 2nd XI were unable to maintain recent good form losing at Walshaw by 7 wickets. Simon Trim top-scored in Adlington’s 120 all out.

Saturday 5th August, 2006

The Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association has an odd number of clubs in the league and this being Adlington’s free date, a friendly was arranged against a visiting Canadian side. The Zoroastrians are a religious community with its roots in India and Pakistan and are followers of the Iranian prophet Spitaman Zarathusta. The Toronto section of the faith visited Adlington and players and spectators had a very enjoyable day.
Fielding a side of mostly 2nd XI players, bolstered by Ben King, Nick Boden and Matthew Hunt from the first team squad, Adlington’s varied attack came in for some heavy punishment. Adam Newall achieved initial success with 2-10 and Paul Shirley also took two wickets. Unwalla (74) and Ragavel (42) took advantage of the friendly bowling and set a target of 238-6. Adlington’s reply started disastrously, losing a wicket in the first over. Boden soon followed but Lee Gelder (25) and Simon Trim (13) attempted a salvage operation. After their dismissal, Adlington crumbled to 68-8, at which point Ben King came in to bat. Supported by Cameron Jones (9) and Adam Newall (10), he was last out at 183, well caught on the boundary. He contributed 96 of the final 115 runs, being cruelly denied a well-deserved century.

Saturday 29th July, 2006
Atherton 176 all out
Adlington 149-9
Adlington lost by 27 runs

Sunday 30th July, 2006
Spring View 129 all out
Adlington 131-2
Adlington won by 8 wickets

Adlington had a mixed weekend in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association. Both tams lost to Atherton on Saturday and then recorded a double over Spring View the following day.
Atherton’s total of 176 owed much to the innings of ex-Chorley captain Neil Bannister, who batted patiently for 74 before being caught and bowled by Iain Critchley. Gareth Ellison had made the early breakthrough by taking 4-42 and Ben King was again among the wickets with 2-31. After being given a reasonable start by Mick Flatters (22), three wickets fell at 37, including a crazy run out. Adlington slumped further to 52-5 until Nick Boden (40) and Eddie Haddon (29) made the most of an injury to the Atherton pro, Street, who was causing most damage
Ironically, a calf injury led to Haddon’s run out at 116 and it took a few telling blows from David Walmsley to clinch a third batting point along with the two bowling points for dismissing the opposition.
A tremendous team display on Sunday easily saw off the challenge of a very strong looking Spring View side. A much-vaunted batting line-up was quickly reduced to 54-6. Mike Rawlings, producing a fine spell to record figures of 3-43, was backed up by Critchley (4-35),
Mark Halliwell (2-24), and exceptional catches in the deep. Michael Leyland (26) withstood a torrid spell from Collins and Chris Mulligan (34 not out) assisted Critchley’s explosive innings of 59 to record a welcome win. Critchley’s forty ball innings contained four sixes and five fours.
Steven Eardley produced a man of the match performance as the 2nd XI chased a Spring View total of 214 to win by 5 wickets. His 3-50 was augmented with 65 runs including nine fours and a six to record his first senior half-century. Adam Slowinski also came close to a similar landmark, being dismissed for 48.

Saturday 22nd July, 2006
Darcy Lever 119 all out
Adlington 120-6
Adlington won by 4 wickets

Adlington returned to winning ways in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association on Saturday defeating fourth-placed Darcy Lever in one of the surprise results of the day. Darcy arrived having lost only to leaders Elton in their last six games. They also boasted the Association’s leading run-scorer in their professional Bundela. Prior to Saturday’s game Bundela had amassed 982 runs this season and on five previous knocks against Adlington had scored 462 runs without once being out.
But Saturday was Adlington’s day and Bundela, having escaped a close run out chance in the first over, played a lazy shot and was caught by Mark Halliwell at square leg in the second. The bowler was Ben King, who buoyed by this success, also took the wickets of Smethurst, Morris and Southworth. Matthew Taylor and Iain Critchley maintained the pressure and Darcy found run scoring difficult. Despite a brief flurry from Nel and Andrew Patel, Taylor (4-38) finished off the innings in style, having Andrew Patel stumped by Mick Flatters and Thompson lbw in consecutive balls.
Adlington were very confident of reaching the small target of 119, but the storm clouds were gathering and rain during the tea interval threatened to rob Adlington as it had done at Daisy Hill earlier. Mike Rawlings (29), Critchley (22), and Halliwell (12) all kept the scoreboard moving, but Darcy were picking up wickets regularly. Taylor (15*) was playing a patient role, and only when King joined him at 92-6 were Adlington able to relax. King, now an extremely valuable member of the first team squad, scored 18 in even time to see Adlington home.
The 2nd XI were unable to defend a score of 192-6 and were beaten by 4 wickets. Chris Mulligan 61 and Alan Butterworth 53* were the main contributors to the Adlington total.

Saturday 15th July, 2006
Adlington 163 all out
Elton 164-1
Elton won by 9 wickets

Sunday 16th July, 2006
Adlington 112 all out
Standish 114-5
Standish won by 5 wickets

Adlington’s run of good results in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association came to an end with two comprehensive defeats at the weekend. The losing margins were nine wickets to Elton and five wickets to Standish. Only a fighting rearguard action by the tail in the latter fixture gave some semblance of respectability or the winning margin would have been far more embarrassing.
On Saturday the League leaders Elton were superior in all departments. Mark Halliwell was adjudged lbw to the second ball of the day and although Iain Critchley struggled against Dearden and Fitton, along with Mike Rawlings, they took the score to 70. Critchley eventually succumbed to Dearden but the biggest blow was the run out of Rawlings for 47. He hit seven fours and a six and after his dismissal only Ben King (15) and Jon Howells (16) reached double figures. Fitton ensured there were to be no heroics, hitting the first two balls to the boundary and adding 88 with Keegan in only thirteen overs. Gareth Ellison, making a welcome return after injury, achieved Adlington’s only success having Fitton caught and Elton reached their target in only 26 overs.
Sunday looked to be heading for an even earlier finish as a combination of poor batting and good catching saw Adlington in dire straits at 36-7. Ellison (18) and Matthew Hunt (15) took the score to 63, before Stuart Plowes, batting at number ten, showed batting was not as difficult as it seemed with a sparkling not out 36 containing five fours and a six. With Neil Woosey he added 33 for the last wicket.
Openers Batticiotto and Geary took Standish to 75, and although Matthew Taylor (3-40) and Critchley (2-15) made some inroads, the result was never in doubt.
The 2nd XI bounced back from defeat at Elton to chase a Standish score of 232-7, winning by 7 wickets with overs to spare. Chris Mulligan made a welcome return from Australia with 116 not out and Phil Walmsley 40.

Saturday 8th July, 2006
Daisy Hill 156 all out
Adlington 54-3
Match abandoned

Adlington were foiled by the weather in their attempt to record a fourth successive victory in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association. The visitors were handily placed at Daisy Hill when the rains brought a premature end to the proceedings.
Things did not appear too promising as the opening bowlers were unable to contain Davies and Gleave who put on 48 in the first eight overs. Ben King, off his own bowling, took the first of three catches to account for Gleave but on Daisy’s small ground it looked like Adlington would be chasing a big total as Aafreedi and Suma hit powerful boundaries.
Although Iain Critchley had dismissed Davies and Brooks, a score of 100-3 off twenty-two overs was beginning to look ominous. However, captain Mike Rawlings kept his nerve, persevering with Matthew Taylor and Critchley and this ultimately paid off. The fifth wicket fell to Critchley at 141 and the lower order had no answer to the spin attack collapsing to 156 all out. Critchley finished with figures of 5-40 and Taylor 4-52. The improvement in the fielding was once again evident, Rawlings also taking three catches and Neil Woosey taking an important catch to get rid of Aafreedi for 39.
At this point the rains came and Adlington had to wait to be a given a reduced target because of the lost overs. This was eventually deemed to be 114 off 31 overs. Despite the loss of Mark Halliwell and Andrew Robinson, Rawlings and Critchley set about the task with confidence until the former was beaten by Suma for 24. Nick Boden had added 12 and Critchley was not out 15 when a further shower drove the players off with the score at 54-3 and became too heavy to return.
There was a similar scenario at Adlington as the 2nd XI recorded 158-6, Phil Walmsley and Jon Howells 42. Daisy Hill reached 45-2 before the game was curtailed.

Saturday 1st July, 2006
Astley & Tyldesley 151 all out
Adlington 152-9
Adlington won by 1 wicket

For the third game in succession Adlington came out on top of a thrilling and tense game in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association. This time the visitors from Gin Pit village were the unlucky losers.
Electing to bat in perfect conditions, A & T could not have envisaged the scene an hour later. Neil Woosey and Ben King tore through the top order and A & T were 37-6. With thoughts of watching the England game live, King took his fourth wicket (4-39), Mahboob being caught by Robinson at 55. However, the visitors rallied as Andrew Groves and Dave Harrison put together 80 runs for the eighth wicket. Harrison fell to Critchley and Groves inexplicably ran himself out on 49. Woosey returned to finish off the innings with 4-28. The bowlers were greatly assisted by the field, Mick Leyland taking three catches.
Adlington struggled for runs against Nicklin’s fine bowling spell of 3-8, but had no problem with the highly rated Mahboob as runs came regularly from his end. After two expensive overs, Nicklin was replace by Bennett at 80-3. His first ball went for two wides but in the same over he dismissed Boden (19), Critchley (19) and Haddon without addition to the score. Further wickets fell at 83 and 87 and what had appeared to be a simple convincing win, now appeared to be an embarrassing loss. Mick Flatters (13) joined man of the match King and took the score to 109 before he became Mahboob’s second victim. Neil Woosey (7 not out) stayed with King for almost three-quarters of an hour as they edged closer to the target. King (44 not out) delightfully drove Mahboob to the boundary to complete an amazing win by one wicket with nine balls remaining.
The 2nd XI comprehensively beat their opposition, scoring 247-9, Lee Gelder hitting a career best 70 and Jon Howells 54, and bowling out A & T for 95. Howells took 3-32 and Dennis Pendlebury 3-9. Unfortunately, they were unable to carry this form into Sunday’s Semi-Final against Elton, only managing 163 in reply to 269-7.

Saturday 24th June, 2006
Blackrod 112 all out
Adlington 116-8
Adlington won by 2 wickets

Adlington recorded a second successive victory in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association. Local rivals Blackrod were the victims on Saturday. In direct contrast to last weeks run feast, this was a very tense low-scoring affair in which Adlington edged home by two wickets.
While captain Mike Rawlings and professional Iain Critchley took the honours last week, the all-round strength of the side was shown by the performances of Neil Woosey with the ball and Nick Boden with the bat. The fielding also improved with four catches for Mike Flatters and two each for Andrew Robinson and Mark Halliwell. Woosey exploited a lively pitch to devastating effect to take the first five wickets to fall, finishing with 5-42. Critchley (2-15) and Matthew Taylor (3-30) polished off the rest of the innings with the only Joe Pryle offering any resistance with 34.
Hopes of a quick win and an early finish soon disappeared as Jabhir Namajee rattled through the top order. When Halton dismissed Robinson, Adlington were 53-5 and half the overs had been bowled. Taylor (23) batted with great patience and once Boden (22) had settled in, they appeared to have won the game for Adlington. They took the score to 93 but were dismissed within four runs of each other. A further wicket fell and it was left to Eddie Haddon and Flatters to see Adlington home with three overs left.
The 2nd XI made it a second double with a victory over Blackrod by 35 runs. The highlight of Adlington’s 192-7 was a first half-century for 14-year old Simon Trim. Simon, fresh from his appearance in the Association Under 15 side, made 59 and when Blackrod batted, Paul Shirley took 4-32.
As the first team approaches it’s strongest eleven, the experience gained by the youngsters should stand the 2nd XI in good stead for their semi-final against Elton this Sunday at home.

Saturday 10th June, 2006
Edgworth 215-4
Adlington 175 all out
Edgworth won by 40 runs

Adlington almost produced a shock win at table-topping Edgworth in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association. Fielding an under strength side due to injuries and other commitments, Adlington recalled Michael Leyland and were forced to field five members of the Under-17 squad.
On a glorious but energy-sapping day, Adlington fought all the way, taking a wicket in the second over. Only 92 from veteran Mike Davies enabled the home side to reach a score of 215-7. Adlington’s ground fielding was first class but again the catching let them down. Skipper Mike Rawlings gave four of the juniors a bowl, Lee Gelder taking his first senior wickets (2-24) and also holding on to two catches. Pro Iain Critchley toiled away for 19 overs, being rewarded with 3-51.
Edgworth boasted the leading wicket-taker in the Association in their attack, but professional Maqsood made no impression on openers Leyland and Rawlings until one ball rose sharply and the captain was caught behind. Leyland marked his comeback with an exceptional half-century and Critchley was his usual belligerent self. Adlington were undone by fifth change bowler Locke accounting for Leyland and Critchley at 139 and 143 and Adlington’s hopes of victory receded as he also accounted for Haddon and Flatters. Dogged batting by the youngsters enabled Adlington to reach 175 and three batting points. By this point, Edgworth had recalled Maqsood, his pace proving too much for the juniors and giving him the flattering figures of 5-58.
The 2nd XI, also weakened by calls to the first team, scored a creditable127, and took four Edgworth wickets before conceding defeat.

Saturday 13th May, 2006
Spring View 200-8
Adlington 107-7
Spring View won by 93 runs

Adlington paid heavily for dropping Spring View opening batsman Bret Collins in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association on Saturday. Spring View reached a total of 200-8 in a game restricted to 38 overs each. Collins, dropped off a relatively easy chance at 24, punished every bad ball and was eventually bowled by Iain Critchley for 105. His was the third wicket to fall at 152 and his innings contained ten fours and six sixes. Matthew Taylor and Iain Critchley managed to regain control, Critchley finishing with 4-55 and Taylor 2-58. The match was also notable for teenager Matthew Hunt, dismissing the other opener Rudd, for his first victim at senior level. Andrew Robinson and Mark Halliwell looked in reasonable form until Collins deceived Robinson. Critchley was the first of four victims for wicketkeeper Martin James and Adlington were never able to put any pressure on the Spring View total, the game petering out with Adlington 107-7.
The vastly improved performance of the 2nd XI continued with victory over Spring View by 102 runs. Half-centuries by Alan Butterworth and Stuart Plowes and 35 from Lee Gelder enabled Adlington to post 228 -6. The bowling honours went to Liam King (4-33) and Simon Trim (3-20).
Sunday’s Cross Cup tie with the same opponents was left evenly balanced when rain brought a premature end. Adlington hope to resume on Monday on 52-2, having dismissed the Wigan side for 127. Bret Collins (53) again benefited from a poor fielding display, although Haddon and Taylor each took two sharp chances. Taylor was the outstanding bowler taking 5-37. The second XI tie is also delicately poised. Adlington have their opponents at 46-1, defending 165.

Saturday 29th April, 2006
Darcy Lever 302-3
Adlington 183-6
Darcy Lever won by 119 runs

Standish’s Batticciotto and Darcy Lever’s Bundela were the most prolific scorers in last year's Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association and it was Adlington’s misfortune to face both in the opening matches of the season.
Last week, Batticciotto’s 87 was the mainstay of the Standish innings but the bowlers managed to keep control of the other batsmen. However, against Darcy Lever on Saturday, Bundela dominated from the start. He lost fellow opener Fawcett and shortly afterwards skipper Norris but was joined by Morris. Together they added 180. Morris became the third lbw victim for 73, but Bundela remained unbeaten on 162. In his five innings against Adlington he has amassed 462 without being dismissed.
Adlington’s reply started disastrously with Halliwell run out with only four on the board. Andrew Robinson and professional Iain Critchley took the score to 44 at which point Robinson was caught at slip by Bundela. With the only realistic target a batting point for scoring 175, Critchley (59) and Matthew Taylor (31) batted sensibly and it was a surprise that both succumbed to bad balls within six runs at 126. Darcy must have sensed victory at this stage but Eddie Haddon (31) and Chris Aitken (13) took the score past the 175 mark and youngster Matthew Hunt finished the game by hitting Bundela for six.
The 2nd XI had an encouraging win beating Darcy Lever by 4 wickets. In Adlington score of 165-6, Alan Butterworth was not out 71 and Paul Shirley added 25 to his tally of six wickets for 41.

Saturday 22nd April, 2006
Standish 184 all out
Adlington 124 all out
Standish won by 60 runs

Adlington’s first game of the new season in the Anthony Axford Bolton & District Cricket Association ultimately ended in disappointment after a strong fight-back against the fancied Standish side.
Last year, the Standish professional, Glen Batticciotto, hammered the Adlington attack for 178 in this fixture and threatened to do the same on Saturday. With Geary he put together an opening stand of 71 and had scored 87 out of 150 before Matthew Taylor trapped him lbw. The professional became Taylor’s fourth wicket and Critchley’s second spell, now utilising spin after a non-productive spell of pace bowling, saw a dramatic collapse. Each benefited from fine catching, Mark Halliwell taking three. Taylor’s final figures were 6-40 and Critchley finished with 4-68. This pair also seemed to be putting Adlington on the road to victory after early losses.
Before they came together, Adlington suffered a real blow as new captain Mike Rawlings suffered a calf injury and was unable to complete his innings. Including three huge sixes by Critchley, the score was taken comfortably to 111, before Critchley was harshly judged lbw on 43. After Taylor’s dismissal for 21 Adlington suffered their own collapse and missed out on batting bonus points, taking two bowling points for dismissing the opposition.