Skipper Ian Pickering’s bat first gamble backfired as the Thirds tumbled to a fifth straight defeat on Saturday. His hopes of building on last week’s excellent batting display were dashed by a Cockfosters II side which has also been struggling in the league and looked readily beatable. The sticky wicket and some steady if undemanding…
An improved performance with the ball and in the field couldn’t stop the Seconds succumbing to their third straight defeat, this time away at Redbourn. The home side’s innings got off to the best possible start as far as the Park were concerned when a smart diving catch from Ian Woods from the bowling of…
A combination of youth and experience set the Seconds’ season off to flying start on Saturday. After the long winter break the weather finally relented for the Seconds’ first outing of the season against an under-strength Stevenage side. New captain and wise head David Steadman won the toss and, on a challenging early season surface,…
The Thirds tasted a bitter defeat as they lost a nail-biting contest by one run to table-topping Clifton at the Park on Saturday. But the game was soured by controversy when the opposition captain Mankad-ed the Park’s under-16 batsman Louis Clayton in a show of cynicism rarely seen in village cricket. The incident was a…
The Thirds lost four wickets in the last eight balls as they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a last-over thriller against Redbourne II on Saturday. Sean Carmody’s side needed just five runs to complete a well-judged run chase when they fell away under the pressure of securing the points. First, Gareth Jones…
A dazzling half-century by Nick English gave the Thirds a sniff of victory against Hatfield and Crusaders – only for the visitors’ late-order hitters to smash them to victory. English came in with his side struggling, having lost four wickets with just 40 on the board. Always picking the right ball to attack, he produced a powerful display of…
The equation was simple for the Fourths on Saturday; win and they would be guaranteed to stay up, lose and they would be relying on results elsewhere going their way. This threw up something of a conundrum for stand-in skipper Dave Barwick after he won the toss, and after some deliberation he chose to invite Cockfosters…
The Fifths almost pulled off an unlikely victory yesterday against Wheathampstead IIIs, in an entertaining and fluctuating contest. After being asked to bowl first by the visitors, Knebworth soon had the upper hand as the batting never really got going – the score stumbling to 38/4 and then 72/6, and it looked like a small…
The Fifths lost heavily to St Margaretsbury IIIs on Saturday, after conceding over 200 runs and then the batting collapsing in reply. Losing the toss and being asked to field, the Fifths bowled well in warm conditions and facing some decent batsmen for the opposition. The score rose fairly rapidly, although there were various edges the…
James Leather almost single-handedly steered the Park’s Sunday XI to victory before they lost by 16 runs to Paddington. In a closely fought and exciting game, the Park’s Sunday side twice battled back to come within sight of winning their game against Paddington. Paddington cruised to 40 for 0 off eight overs but then accurate bowling stemmed…
