Derbyshire Cricket Board - Indoor Cricket League

Results for Week 18, 7th March 2010

Division 1

Spondon won the league in fine style scoring 159 with Captain Simon Bassett scoring 33. Swarkestone could only manage 84-3 in reply with Dean Vickers taking the wicket he required to catch Joe Ashdown at the top of the wicket takers.

Lullington beat Brailsford by 2 wickets with Rob Green (31) and Jamie Goodwin (28) seeing them home.

Rolls Royce finished fourth with a comprehensive victory over Elvaston dismissing them for 70 with Fazal Khan 2-24 and knocking them off for 0 with Fazall Khan 29*.

Ilkeston beat local rivals Nutbrook by 4 wickets with Martin Brandrick and Ian Banks taking 2 wickets.

Division 2

Spondon 'B' beat champions A&B by 3 wickets with youngster J. Rigg scoring 41* and taking 2-25

Brailsford secured third position with a 5 wicket victory over Marehay with Rory Walker taking 2-28 and becoming the leading wicket taker in Division 2.

Rolls Royce 'B' beat Allestree by 1 wicket thanks to 14 year old Rahib Ali unbeaten 56.

West Hallam beat Elvaston 'B' by 3 wickets with Lee Barrow scoring 37*. Lee Barrow has scored 304 in the season and was only dismissed once.

This Sunday sees the conclusion of the DCB Indoor Cricket League with the semi-finals and final of the Arthur Honeybun knock-out trophy.

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Sunday, 14th March, saw the end of the DCB cricket indoor league with the semi-finals and final of the Arthur Honeybun Memorial Trophy, followed by the presentations of team and individual winners.

In the first semi-final Lullington scored 187, thanks mainly to 55 from Richard Green and 43 from Tom Oliver. This proved too much for Ilkeston despite Tom Brandrick's 43 and Paul Burrow's 29, with Jamie Goodwin taking 2-19.

Rolls Royce easily beat Brailsford, bowling them out for 73 with only Matt Dowling contributing, scoring 30. Rolls Royce knocked off the runs for 1 wicket with Fazal Khan 27* and Wasim Mohammed 25*.

In the final, Lullington batted first and at 85-1 after six overs looked like they would post a daunting target, however spinners Fazal Khan (2-30) and Dave Yeomans (2-20) checked their scoring rate, keeping them to 145-5.

Rolls Royce achieved the target with 3 wickets down and 1 1/2 overs to spare, with Wasim Mohammed 40*, Dave Yeomans 36* and Fazal Khan 26*.

It was the ECB's national indoor six aside finals on Sunday afternoon at Lords. Derbyshire didn't have a team representing them but umpire Graham Harvey umpired one semi-final and also the final.

On the 1st November, two batsmen were hit in the face from the edge of their own bats and the league committee now strongly advise all batsmen and wicket keepers (not just juniors) to wear helmets.