Chief Supt Lee Freeman - better known in our cricketing community as a stalwart member of Louth 2nds in Lincs League div one - has sent Lincs Cricket Latest the the official match report and scorecard following Lincolnshire Police reaching their first-ever national cricket final. The team (pictured here) played Essex at Sleaford.
Other familiar names include: Charlesworth (Heckington), Barlow (Lindum), Tuach (Lindum), Duke (Reepham) and Bagnall (Keelby).
Essex Won by five wickets, havng won toss and elected to field first.
GIFFARD PLATE FINAL
LINCOLNSHIRE v ESSEX
By Ady Garnham
A warm, overcast afternoon greeted the players of Lincolnshire and Essex at Sleaford Cricket Club in the heart of Lincolnshire.
Essex skipper Ady Garnham won the toss and elected to bowl on a green and slightly damp wicket, a decision which soon reaped rewards with opening bowler Luke Gamman taking two early wickets to reduce the hosts to 402.
A brilliant one handed pick up and throw by Roper at gully saw number 3 Duke run out without scoring. Tuach and Birkin repaired some of the early damage by putting on 40 for the 4 th wicket before the former was run out by Sargeant in the deep. G. Barlow came to the crease and from ball one began to play some big shots, scattering the field far and wide. He made a brutal 49 ball 50 before being amazingly caught one handed on the long on boundary by Roper and once he was dismissed M. Waddington came in to strike some equally lusty blows in making 29 from only 17 balls, an innings which included three huge sixes.
Once Waddington was dismissed in the 42nd over with the score on 184-7, the innings fell away slightly and the home side finished on a competitive 203-9.
D.Jackson picked up 3-35 for Essex but it was the visitors catching and ground fielding which caught the eyes of onlookers.
The Essex run chase began with openers Gamman and Jackson pushing quick singles and putting away any bad balls to take their side to 39 in the 8 th over. Gamman was the first man out trapped LBW by Charlesworth. This brought debutant P.Challis to the crease and he and Jackson began to take the game away from the hosts by striking the ball hard through the infield. The pair put on a superb 104 for the 2 nd wicket before Challis fell for 49 from 53 balls. Jackson didn’t seem flustered by his partner's demise and past 50 in the 25th over. With Essex on 165-2 after 31 overs, Lincolnshire looked dead and buried but kept their heads up and fought hard for the 3rd wicket. K.Hodge was the man who finally got rid of Jackson who had made a superb, chance less 72. Four over’s later Sargeant was dismissed and he was quickly followed by the wicket of Green as the home side suddenly felt that they could grab victory from the jaws of defeat. Garnham and Cooper had other ideas however and took Essex past the victory target in the 43 rd over to give their side a 5 wicket win and add the Plate to last seasons PSUK National victory.
Dave Jackson was presented with the man of the match award by the Lincolnshire Assistant Chief Constable.
Thanks must go to Sleaford C.C. who proved to be magnificent hosts for the final.
LINCS
1. W.Charlesworth bowled L.Gamman 25
2. L.Freeman LBW L.Gamman 12
3. K.Duke Run out (Roper) 0
4. R.Tuach Run out (Sargeant) 14
5. J.Birkin lbw C.Roper 30
6. G.Barlow c Roper D.Jackson 50
7. M.Waddington c Sargeant D.Jackson 29
8. R.Sutton c Sargeant D.Jackson 9
9. K.Hodge bowled A.Garnham 1
10. M.Orley Not Out 14
11. B.Bagnall Not Out 1
Extras 18
Total for 9 wkts 203
Bowling
A.Garnham 9 3 30 1
L.Gamman 9 0 28 2
R.Dines 8 1 35 0
C.Roper 9 0 37 1
A.Franklin 5 0 29 0
D.Jackson 5 0 35 3
ESSEX
1. L.Gamman LBW Charlesworth 12
2. D.Jackson c Sutton Hodge 72
3. P.Challis LBW Tuach 49
4. K.Sargeant Bowled Birkin 26
5. K.Cooper Not Out 12
6. M.Green c Freeman Orley 2
7. A.Garnham Not Out 8
8. R.Dines DNB
9. A.Franklin DNB
10. A.Blunt DNB
11. C.Roper DNB
Extras 26
Total for 5 wkts 207
Bowling
L.Freeman 9 0 33 0
W.Charlesworth 4 1 23 1
G.Barlow 4 0 23 0
R.Tuach 6 0 31 1
K.Hodge 9 2 40 1
B.Bagnall 4 2 9 0
J.Birkin 3 0 23 0
M.Orley 3.2 0 17 1
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