1st XI Birmingham League Division Three Aston Manor 192-5 (22 overs) Lichfield 187-6 (22 overs) ASTON MANOR WON BY 5 RUNS This tense and exciting victory leaves Aston Manor’s destiny in their own hands as they now sit one point above the last relegation place with one game to play. A win next week at […]

1st XI Birmingham League Division Three Aston Manor 135 all out Lichfield 138-5 LICHFIELD WON BY 5 WICKETS Aston Manor are hovering just above the relegation trapdoor after slumping to defeat against their Staffordshire opponents away at a windswept Eastern Road. Manor were asked to bat first on a barely playable wet wicket, and in […]

Birmingham League Division Three 1st XI Lichfield 220 all out Aston Manor 221-6 ASTON MANOR WON BY 4 WICKETS The importance of taking crucial catches was never more illustrated than at Church Road when a stunning effort by Darren Baker dismissed Lichfields Kiwi Jon Bassett-Graham (81) as he was threatening to take the game away […]

Saturday 12th May 2012 Aston Manor – 2nd XI vs Lichfield Lichfield 2nd XI 205 for 9 wkts off 50 overs AMCC 2nd XI 206 for 6 off 40.2 overs AMCC Win by 4 wickets Bowling first on a greenish track Manor started brightly with an excellent spell from new boy Onias Bascombe (2-30) and […]

Birmingham League Division Three 1st XI Lichfield 70 all out (30.1 overs) Aston Manor 74-0 (10.5 overs) ASTON MANOR WON BY 10 WICKETS Manor maintained their positive start to the season with an impressive and crushing ten wicket victory away at Lichfield. The hosts decided to bat first on a wicket that was always likely […]

Manor lost their away fixture to Lichfield on Sunday by 51 runs. Dropping the hosts overseas professional before he had scored didnt help Manors cause as he then took a fairly inexperienced bowling attack apart, smashing 150 out of an impressive total of 329-3. I think most of the bowlers would prefer to remain anonymous, […]

With availability again being a major problem Manor proved far too inexperienced and weak against a strong Lichfield team on Sunday at Church Road. Despite a great effort and attitude shown by the young and the occasional bowlers who were forced into action they could not prevent Lichfield amassing a staggering 365-4 from 40 overs. […]

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 […]

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 […]