Bredon are within touching distance of the Evesham Indoor League championship. Picture: ECB
Bredon play Ashton-under-Hill next week in a game that may settle the Evesham Indoor League championship.
The side need to win to be certain of the title.
Failure could let in Dumbleton, who play their last game of the league against Stanway Boxmen. If Dumbleton were to win they would then clinch the title with a superior batting average.
If both Bredon and Dumbleton lose, Ashton or Alcester and Ragley have an outside chance of finishing top.
The league winner goes on to play in the county finals at 6.30pm on April 17 at RGS Worcester.
Coverage of the club’s CricketForce Day in the Evesham Journal, which is out tomorrow (April 7)Coverage of Bredon Cricket Club’s CricketForce Day in tomorrow’s Worcester News (April 7)
Bredon’s CricketForce Day efforts on Sunday were rewarded with some good coverage in the local press.
The ECB-inspired clean-up features in a page of pictures in the Worcester News, and there is a large picture of Bredon’s volunteers in this week’s Evesham Journal.
Both newspapers are out tomorrow (Thursday, April 7).
The first cricket of the season at Hill Close is on Sunday, April 10, 2pm
There is a chance to watch the first cricket of the year at Hill Close on Sunday (April 10).
Bredon take on Kingsholm for a pre-season friendly that gets under way at 2pm.
The bar will be open, and the weather forecast is for sunny spells with a temperature of 13C.
The first competitive matches of the season are on Saturday, April 23. The First XI are at home to Feckenham while the Second XI are away to Claverley.
All the club’s fixtures for 2016 are on this site (see sidebar menu).
THANK YOU! A magnificent effort by about 40 people transformed Bredon Cricket Club on Sunday
A message from the club’s CricketForce Day organiser Martyn Draper
I would just like to thank everyone who helped in any way on Sunday on behalf of myself, and particularly Bredon Cricket Club.
The day was a spectacular success, and to get 40 people to give up their Sunday morning to ready the club for the approaching season proves just how much everyone cares about our great club.
Old members, newer members, people who don’t even play but are proud of their community worked so hard.
We got all the essential on-field jobs done very quickly, and then moved onto cleaning, painting and sprucing up the inside of the pavilion.
There is still painting to be done and the flooring is being sanded soon, but once these jobs are completed I think everyone who visits will think Bredon Cricket Club is a thriving, cared for place, and people will enjoy spending many hours there.
Well done, guys! Bredon edge it over Dumbleton by the narrowest of margins
Dumbleton (129-4) lose to Bredon (130-4) with one ball remaining
Matches don’t come any closer than this, both in terms of the score-book, which often disguises reality, and on the pitch where the sides were evenly matched and equally competitive.
Dumbleton got the better start to their innings with Matt Nicholson (30 no) and Ashley Baker (31) taking 60 with ease from the Bredon opening bowlers.
From such a base, and both retired, Scott Tremain (16) and Tom Green (29 no) passed the hundred in the 10th over with four wickets remaining.
Dumbleton probably should have capitalised on this position, especially with the return of the openers, but Dom Fenney took two good wickets to disrupt the final assault.
One hundred and twenty-nine nevertheless is a better than par total, and if Bredon were to win there would be little margin for error.
Jamie Munro (34) and Tim McVIcker (24) made a positive start, even though McVicker was run out in the third over at 36.
Martin Hill (32 no) and Jamie Diamond (28 no) pressed on and were ahead of the rate and Dumbleton at the same stage.
Two more retirements and a couple of wickets later brought the Bredon openers back. All good tactics, one assumed.
Tom Green was now bowling with pace and beating the bat of Munro, eventually yorking him with the score 127-4 in the last over.
Diamond had two balls to face and played Green back firmly for three and victory.
Whether this decides the league is to be seen. Both sides have a game left, with Bredon facing Ashton-under-Hill in theirs.
Main points: new subs for 2016 proposed, new groundsman, progress on clubhouse revamp, and tips on cricket teas.
There will be an extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday, April 12, at 7pm (immediately before the usual monthly committee meeting) to vote on new membership fees for 2016.
Please use the form below to raise any matter with the committee:
