Match Report

Saturday saw the 2^nd XIvisit Little Hulton CC despite playing Whalley Range CC in a strange turn ofevents due to them having 3 Saturday teams.

The pitch was a damp soft onewhich looked like it could misbehave in a number of ways so the toss could becrucial. Unfortunately, Liam lost it and Clifton were inserted. Sam Winstanleyand Christopher Royle started our innings and it looked as though earlypredictions of the wicket were correct. We lost Sam quickly and thenunfortunately lost Dan Jones not too long after. This brought Jordy and Chris togetherwhich was the start of a glorious partnership. Both lads battled through thetough stuff and made sure the bad ball went to the boundary. Both ladseventually fell for well made centuries, Chris 118 of 133 and Jordy 133 of 104,giving Clifton a mammoth total of 308-6.

In reply WRCC never really wantedto chase the total and their cautious approach was personified by their number 5batting 101 balls for 14 and not scoring a single boundary.  

Lewis Keogh picked up a remarkable5 for 1 (the one was a wide) and WRCC were dismissed 225 shy of the Cliftontotal!