By Mike Owen, South Kelsey CCThe regional final of the National Village Cup took place at Lysaght's, Holton-le-Moor, on Sunday between South Kelsey and Normanby Park.
The weather took a turn for the worse with the forecast rain coming down just as the two captains tossed up.
The umpires, Dave Chambers and Mike Knapton, discussed the situation with the two captains and the game went ahead in rain. The 40 over game was reduced to 20 overs.
Normanby won the toss and put Kelsey into bat.
Opener Steve Wright quickly got into his stride, building up his innings with a series of boundaries (eleven 4s and one 6) and amassed 86 with useful contributions from Rob Baty and Connor Hawkins, with a final score after 20 overs of 162-3.
Tea interval was delayed until completion of the game with the rain gradually getting heavier.
Paul Cowling, the opener for Normanby, played very positive cricket and regularly found the boundary with delightful shots. Kelsey's Sean Kirwin and Marcus Meadows bowled well in awful conditions and kept a good line and length which payed off with wickets falling steadily.
Cowling ended on 44 not out - hitting 9 fours - with support from M Knapton(21). Lol Waghorn (pictured here) had the best bowling figures with 3-18, Marcus Meadows had 2-16. The final score for Normanby was 105-6.
Credit must go to both sides in completion of the fixture which was played in excellent spirit.
Praise must be given to the two umpires for using common sense and allowing the game to go ahead when the two teams were willing to play.
Normanby's team, which has just joined the North Lindsey League, had a mixture of "old hands" and young, keen players full of potential and the future has only to be up for the enthusiasm shown on such a bad day for cricket.
Kelsey are at home in the 6th round National fixture on June 26th, 1pm, to either Shipton-on-Stour or Fillingley from the Leicester/ Warwickshire group. The final is at Lord's in September.
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