Selsley Cricket Club: The annual match between the Club side and “The President’s Eleven”

THE annual match between the Club side and “The President’s Eleven” was played at Selsley Cricket Ground on Sunday, July 31, when the Club Captain Paul Ind won the toss and chose to bat first.

Jody Stocks and Paul Ind opened the batting for the Club and faced some good fast bowling from Mark Chicken and Paul Wheeler on a firm and well prepared wicket.

Ind was unlucky to fall lbw to Chicken and was closely followed by Stocks when Wheeler made an athletic caught and bowled.

Further early wickets fell with few runs on the board until Jack Hicks and Carl Old steadied the innings with some fine aggressive batting both scoring 29 runs.

The innings closed just before tea for 93 runs all out following some fine bowling from Chicken, Steve Bartlett and Paul Wheeler.

An excellent tea prepared by Elizabeth Gardiner and friends was enjoyed by the players and enthusiastic spectators before Selsley took the field. Jody Stocks and Jack Hicks opened the bowling against Mark Applegate and Steve Bartlett who batted well for the first few overs before Applegate fell to Hicks with a fine catch behind the stumps by Ind.

The President’s side captain Dave Ryland came in and scored five runs before falling to Hicks lbw.

Bartlett was caught off Stocks for five runs.

Chicken batted well before Ind took his wicket with another catch behind the stumps off Nathan Sutton for 11 runs.

Wickets then fell quickly before the side was all out for 49 runs.

Thus the Club side won convincingly after a match played in excellent spirit with some good cricket much enjoyed by both players and spectators.

The wicket was in fine condition due to the consistent hard work through the season by Paul Ind, Jody Stocks and Chris Hooper.

The Club has had a mixed season with a few matches having to be cancelled.

Paul Ind would welcome enquiries from any cricketer who would like to play next season (telephone number 07814 745135).