Clarke hits unbeaten ton as Town end with a win
Published Date:
22 September 2008
DAVID Clarke cracked an unbeaten 107 as Peterborough Town completed their Northants Premier Division season with a 76-run win over Wollaston.
Opener Clarke was assisted mainly by professionals Waqas Chugthai (43) and Asim Butt (39) as Town posted a 55-over total of 245-5.
Captain Ajaz Akhtar then took over taking 6-41 as the visitors to Bretton Gate were dismissed for 169.
Town were already assured of third place. Northants Academy won the title with Finedon finishing second.
NORTHANTS LEAGUE
Premier Division
PETERBOROUGH TOWN beat WOLLASTON by 76 runs
Town
A. Burton c Jones b Pipe1
D. Clarke not out107
A. Butt c Hart b Perry39
C. Wake c Kumar b Musgrave15
W. Chugthai lbw Perry43
P. Adams lbw Driver21
R. Pitigala not out5
Extras 14
TOTAL (5 wkts) 24
Bowling: J. Pike 10-1-55-1; S. Musgrave 17-4-74-1; Perry 17-1-60-2; A. Ul Haq 6-1-21-0; S. Driver 5-0-21-1.
Wollaston
N. Shelton c Butt b Chugthai25
L. Bates c Lutton b Smith15
S. Kumar lbw Akhtar15
J. Hart c Lutton b Hussain4
S. Musgrave c Lutton b Akhtar1
M. Ralf b Akhtar4
M. Jones lbw Akhtar2
S. Driver b Burton11
C. Perry c Burton b Akhtar13
J. Pike c Smith b Akhtar11
A. Ul Haq not out13
Extras 1
TOTAL 169
Bowling: W. Chugthai 7-0-37-1; J. Smith 6-1-38-1; B. Hussain 8-2-30-1; A. Akhtar 11-4-41-6; R. Pitigala 3-0-15-0; A. Burton 0.3-0-0-1.
Wisbech skipper Gary Freear bashed a brilliant unbeaten 165 in a losing cause against Rutland Division One champions Rushton yesterday.
Freear, who had never previously scored a ton in this competition, struck seven sixes and 24 fours in an innings that occupied just 91 balls, but Rushton won a high scoring game by 73 runs.
Scores: Rushton 360-9 (D. Willey 88, D. Bendon 75, J. Williams 3-48), Wisbech 287 (G. Freear 165no, I. Burgess 29).
The full article contains 351 words and appears in Peterborough ET newspaper.
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Last Updated:
22 September 2008 11:11 AM
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Source:
Peterborough ET
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Location:
Peterborough