Archive for May, 2009

Aston Manor Lose A Close Game vs Lichfield

Sunday Lichfield League
Aston Manor 126 all out
Lichfield 127-6
LICHFIELD WON BY 4 WICKETS
A very inexperienced Manor side put in a fine performance despite losing by 4 wickets against a Lichfield side which fielded ten of its Saturday 1st XI.
Although both Andrew Forman (28) and Adam Rana (22) looked in decent form at the crease, neither could [...]

2nds Throw It Away vs Lichfield

Lichfield 188-8
Aston Manor 175-9
MATCH DRAWN
Manor threw away a great opportunity to get their season off to a winning start as they lost 8 wickets for only 26 runs when victory had seemed a formality.
Some fine bowling by Ricky Bassi (3-51), Abdul Rahim (2-25), Shozab Haider (1-29) and Steve Knowles (1-34) had restricted the hosts to [...]

1st Team Lose By 7 Wickets Against Cannock

Aston Manor 77 all out
Cannock 78-3
CANNOCK WON BY 7 WICKETS
After being asked to bat first at Church Road, Manor had no answer to the excellent bowling of David Womble (5-35) as they were dismissed for a paltry 77. Only Neal Prichard (40) and young Chris Whittock (19) made double figures as too many batsman showed [...]

Aston Manor vs Attock

Aston Manor 3rd team started the season in fine form.
After losing the toss Aston Manor were put into bat on what can only be described as an awful wicket. We lost the first 2 wickets for 10 runs until Mick ’stayer’ Neville batted with great timing and experience along with man of the match [...]

Aston Manor Under 10s Beat Aldridge

Match played at Aldridge CC on Sunday 3rd May 2009.
Opponents - Aldridge CC
Aldridge won toss and elected to bat first.
Aldridge 233 for 2.
Aston Manor 261 for 1.

Aston Manor Win Again vs Aldridge

Sunday’s fixture away at Aldridge again saw another fine batting performance by Evans and Manor as the visitors totalled 294-7. The captain made a fine 57 and was well supported again by the excellent Wittock (79) and Forman (47) with encouraging contributions by debutants Hassan Ansari (32) and Shahid Kureshyi (26). Aldridge also enjoyed the [...]

Aston Manor Win vs Wishaw

Following his fine innings of 70 in a losing cause against Streetly last weekend, first XI captain, Peter Evans, continued his fine form with significant contributions in victories against Wishaw and Aldridge as Manor completed their preparations for the forthcoming season.
On Saturday at Church Road against a Wishaw XI, Evans made a fine unbeaten 79 [...]