Match report by Alex Bindloss
A YG's side which featured 6 of the victorious players from the previous weekend hosted a young Free Forester's side which included the nephew of England legend Chris Tavare. With rain threatening to be an issue later in the day an early 12.30 start was implemented.
The toss was won by the Free Foresters and so the home side took to the field. The YG's started well, taking wickets regularly with the visitors reduced to 80-8 off 21 overs. 3 wickets going to seamer A.Bindloss (3-20), one of the 3 left arm quicks at Captain Holland's disposal. The captain leading by example in the field with a superb direct hit run out. Despite these constant wickets the remaining Forester's batsman played very positively. A philosophy adopted by the entire team with aggressive running and good stroke play. With the damp outfield making boundaries hard to come by the forsters never let the wickets build pressure with only one maiden being bowled in the whole innings. A crucial 9th wicket partnership of 70 between C.Oliver (56*) and O.Mckeown (20) took the side past 150 and they eventually finished on 172-9 in the 37th over where the players came off for the expected rain delay. With the rain the captains decided to take tea and reduce the overs to 38 a side, and a revised target of 177 was set.
Much like the first innings the YG's had the better of the first 20 overs, an opening partnership of 96 between J.Rowett (33) and Will Shaw (66) put the home side in pole position needing only 89 off the last 18 overs with 9 wickets in hand. However, with the top 3 falling to the spin of S.Perry (10-4-21-3) whose last 3 overs went for no runs and the loss of 2 wickets, the required run rate quickly rose. The new batsman to the crease struggled to find the boundary with well set fields stopping many 4s and 2s as the impetus in the YG's innings floundered and ultimately fell well short by 22 runs ending on 157-4.
A sad end to a successful run for the YG's in this 2020 season but the team will be playing again next Sunday against Pocklington Pixies. Looking to get back to winning ways.
Alex Bindloss