Helperby 1st vs Bolton Abbey

Mark again lost the toss and Bolton elected to bat on what looked a belter of a wicket (good work wrenny!)
Tight bowling from the opening pair kept their openers fairly well restricted, forcing them to play higher risk shots which were always going to give us a chance! Al seemed to be ball magnet and there was no doubts in anyones minds that al would snaffle the chance when it eventually came! Their other opener did reach 60 but was well "caught" by Pete Townsend, slightly premature celebration? Test match pace batting/ padding from their number 3 was never going to give them a daunting total, and they reached171 for 4 off their 45 overs. A good bowling and fielding performance by everyone!
In reply matt and ryan got us off to a good paced solid start, reaching 63 before matt was out having played some good strokes. Ryan continued to bat well whilst the middle order came in and played some good scoring shots but managed to all be out lbw! Tom batted through to the end with ryan scoring the winning runs with 4 overs left! this was an awesome knock by ryan and we hope this batting form continues now we have some good hard tracks to play on!
We can now mopve mon in a positive froma of mind having scored our first win into our next two crucial games!