Calmore 3rd’s Vs Exbury                                                                                              Back to 3rd team

10th May 2008

  Team: P. Galbraith *, T. Perry, D. Rose, S. Kitcher , A. Bradshaw, M. Donovan, P. Bowring +, M. Provins, K, Woodall, D. Croft, G. Kinchington

The new look Calmore 3rd’s outfit looked strong before there first game of a new campaign hosting relegated Exbury. The Home side won the toss and decided to bowl on a green looking surface at the King George V playing field. New captain Paul Galbraith held himself back with a new ball in swinging conditions and threw the ball to Provins and Croft. A tidy spell saw the two openers take a wicket each for little runs and setting up the game for Calmore. Calmore were exceptional in the field and good catches from Andy Bradshaw at cover and Dan Croft at Gully as well as 2 bowled wickets saw Martin Donovan pick up where he left off with 4 wickets to his name. Galbraith then brought himself on after an unfortunate spell from Kinchington and took 2/18. Provins then came back on and took 2 more wickets to rap up the tail. Calmore’s tight bowling and great fielding left Exbury defending 162.

Calmore’s new opening pair of Galbraith and Perry didn’t fire and left the 3rd’s 0/2 off 2 overs. However, this brought Dave Rose and Sean Kitcher to the crease and a wonderful combination of stroke play and big hitting restored the innings for Calmore. A dubious LBW saw Kitcher fall on 24 when looking good to go on. Andy Bradshaw then came to the crease and his partnership with Dave Rose put Calmore in a winning position. Bradshaw fell in the 20’s but had done his job. Dave Rose was still going strong and will feel gutted to have picked out the fielder and long on to fall just 11 short of a fantastic 100, but Rose’s 89 had but the game beyond Exbury and in Calmore’s favor. The experienced Partnership of Bowring and Donovan hit the winning runs for Calmore and brought home the perfect start for Calmore winning by 6 wickets on Day 1 of the season.

Calmore’s Man of the Match: Dave Rose – a fantastic 89 put the game in Calmore's favor following a worrying start.