Pencarrow brush aside Grampound Road

Pencarrow's promising start to the 2012 season continued with a comprehensive 105 run at rivals Grampound Road on a cool, sunny day. Batting first, Pencarrow's opening pair problems continued, as Army Pioneers Captain John Howell, on debut, drove tamely to cover to fall for a duck, soon followed by Gareth Williams, who missed a straight ball from Jeremy Brewer for 7. The reliable middle order soon repaired the damage, as Nick Carter (19) and Oli Sleeman steadily accumulated runs before Carter mis-cued a drive to mid-on, giving the consistent Brewer his 3rd wicket. Vice captain Sam Millatt entered the fray at 4, determined to play straight on a wicket with seriously dubious bounce, as he and Sleeman put on a solid 39-run partnership before Millatt (20) was bowled by a shooter from the erratic Hindley. At 94-4, Pencarrow needed to rebuild, and returning stalwart Adam Phillips chipped in with a crucial 18, as he and Sleeman put on a vital 73-run stand before Phillips fell, soon followed by Sleeman for a fantastic 75, his highest score since returning to the club last season. The tail provided brief entertainment, as Cock (10) and Cook (11*) threw the bat with reckless abandon with useful knocks, before Brewer (5-43) cleaned up the hapless Tim Holland and James Gallagher for ducks with straight balls as Mark Wallis gleefully accepted 5 overthrows from an over-excited Jamie Caruana in the final over to allow Pencarrow to get up to 216-9. The other wickets went to Caruana (2-43) and Waters (1-35).

Grampound's reply was centred around the solid, staunchy veteran Steve Dunstan (49*), as he dropped anchor in an attempt to grind down the visiting bowling. As soon as the dangerous, agricultural Jamie Caruana fell to Wallis (3-33) for 2, and the out of sorts Chris Lawrence for 3 to the impressive James Gallagher (3-11), it was effectively game over. Grampounds alarmingly long tail was exposed, and despite valiant innings in the evening sun from P Craddock (15) and Hindley (18) Grampound never threatened to chase down the total, and seemed content to scratch along to their 2 batting points as they crumbled to 111 all out. The remaining wickets went to the spin twins, Sam Millatt (2-27 from 8) and Oli Sleeman (1-36 from 10) as the visitors 4-man attack operated well in tandem, despite some very dubious and lacklustre fielding from certain players. One bright spot was the excellent wicket-keeping of debutant John Howell. Pencarrow will hope to improve for next weeks clash with table-toppers St Neot II, an unknown quantity that have caught the division by surprise following their promotion last season.

Pencarrow Cricket Club have an existing site at pencarrowcricketclub.weebly.com/index.html

Latest Pencarrow Cricket Club News

Pencarrow brush aside Grampound Road

Pencarrow's promising start to the 2012 season continued with a comprehensive 105 run at rivals Grampound Road on a cool, sunny day. Batting first, Pencarrow's opening pair problems continued, as Army

> Read more >>

• Pencarrow CC kick starts its five year development plan
• Pencarrow start season with convincing 99-run win...
• Natwest Cricket Force at the PCG
• Exciting - we've launched a new website

Latest Play-Cricket News

Cornwall Cricket Board now on Facebook & Twitter

New for 2012. For the latest news and information direct to your computer, smartphone or tablet follow Cornwall Cricket Board. On Facebook search for Cornwall Cricket Board and 'Like' the page. On

> Read more >>

• CCL play-cricket Registrations 2012
• A shot at the pros
• 2 Cars, 2 Men, 2012 Bottles, 1 Chance
• NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser