Steven Naylor’s ton guided Berkshire to a solid victory over Cornwall: Minor Counties Championship
Berkshire crushed Cornwall by an innings and 23 runs in a match of the Minor Counties Championship, at the Brakspear Ground, Henley-on-Thames, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
The highlight of the match was an unbeaten 188 from Berkshire’s batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 for the opposition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bjorn-Haaken-David-Mordt-c48159, who was the skipper of Berkshire, opted to field after winning the toss. He expected the seamers to cause a few problems for the batsmen, due to the overcast conditions, and this was exactly what happened.
Cornwall was given a decent start by openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Henry-Rowe-c75171, who collected 41 runs for the first wickets partnership.
However, wickets started to tumble after that. The team’s skipper gave some hope to his side, scoring 40 runs off 47 deliveries with the help of seven fours. He failed to carry onto make a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 one though.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-Williams-c92917, looked solid for his 30-run knock and guided his side’s total closer to 200.
Cornwall were all-out for 189 runs in their first innings and they were mainly troubled by the opposition’s new ball bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Balcombe-c1327, who claimed a five-wicket haul.
Berkshire got off to a dismal start to their innings, losing three wickets for just 44 runs on the board. Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Edward-Barnes-c52760, looked solid in the middle, scoring 46 runs at the top of the order. When he got out, the team was struggling at 129 for four.
However, a terrific century stand between Naylor and wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Calum-Morris-c65524, rescued the team from trouble. The pair put together 128 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, guiding the team to a healthy position.
Morris missed-out on a half-century and was sent back to the pavilion after adding 40 runs to the total. Lower-order player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naylor-c78960, who
finished with 188 runs.
The Berkshire innings was declared on 405, as the opposition’s bowlers failed to bowl them out. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alexander-George-Smeeth-c43191 was the only bowler to cause a few problems for the batsmen, taking three wickets in the innings.
Cornwall needed 216 runs to avoid an innings defeat, but their batsmen failed to achieve that total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rowe-c86927 gave a good start to the team, scoring 71 runs, but he lacked support from the other end, as the entire team was bowled out for 193.
Balcombe was yet again impressive, taking four wickets and increasing his overall tally to nine in the match.
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