MUNSTER CRICKET UNION
DIVISION 2 COUNTY KERRY V ENNIS
18th Of May
Clare narrowly failed to squeeze out a victory in their latest Munster League match, a rain affected game against County Kerry in Tralee on Sunday. Clare Captain Aash Cheema maintained his 100% record on the toss and choose to bat and the Clare openers made a solid start and with some aggressively run singles forced the Kerry team to change their approach. However, both Foley and Parti lost their wickets in successive balls meant they had to effectively restart with the score at 48-2. Four overs later when Jeremy Mace and Cheema had adjusted to the poor light and the variable bounce from the pitch the rain came in and an hours play was lost. With the game now reduced to 40 overs a side the Clare team struggled to come to terms with some accurate Kerry bowling and the slow outfield. Only Imran was able to push along the score although he was well supported by Daniel McCullough’s brief and spectacular innings of 12. At the end the cooler heads of the more experienced Kerry team prevailed and the Clare team were dismissed for 170 with 3 overs yet to come.
With the weather still looking threatening Kerry needed to get off to a quick start. If the rain had come in the game would be decided on run-rate, that is runs scored divided by overs bowled so they had to watch both the total and the 4.25 runs per over target. In the decisive innings of the match Kashif got Kerry off to an absolute flyer. He scored 52 off the 66 runs that were on the board when he was deceived by a quicker ball from Mace and they had scored at a rate off almost 9 an over. The balance swung briefly back in Clare direction when a combination of the slow bowling of Mace, Foley and Perry and some poor running by Kerry caused 5 wickets to fall for only 20 runs but the vast experience of Kerry captain Dave Ramsay told again and his calm and no-risk approach saw his team home in a tense and exciting finish. Kerry were helped in their cause by the Clare bowlers failing to control the wet and slippery ball and they conceded 30 runs and 4 extra overs in wides and this clearly would have made the finish much tighter.
These teams will meet again next week-end in the Senior Cup
MATCH
SUMMARY
County Clare
lost to County Kerry by 2 wickets
Clare 170 off 37 overs (Imran
31, Mace 28, Javid 4-34) Kerry 171-8 off 37 overs (Kashif 52, Rutland
19, Foley 2-22, Mace 2-23)
DETAILED SCORECARD
County Clare Innings
01. Paul Foley caught slip b K Javid 14
02. Parznay Parti(+) b S Daar 24
03. Jeremy Mace lbw b S Daar 28
04. Aash Cheema(*) ct Ferrero b Alam 19
05. Daniel Collins caught b D Ramsay 3
06. Muhammed Imran lbw b S Javid 31
07. Daniel McCullough b S Javid 12
08. Conor Mullen b S Javid 5
09. Colm Perry b S Javid 6
10. Rob Loxton caught b D Ramsay 0
11. Rodwyn Thomas Not Out 1
Extras (b6,w20,nb1) 27
TOTAL 37 overs 170
Fall of wickets 1-48(1), 2-48(2), 3-81(4), 4-96(5), 5-113(3), 6-147(7), 7-159(8), 8-167(6), 9-169(8), 10-170(10)
Bowling
S. Daar 8 overs 0 maidens 24 runs 2 wkts
S. Javid 8-0-34-4
K. Javid 8-1-47-1
Alam 8-0-32-1
D. Ramsy 3-0-12-2
C. Kissane 2-0-15-0
County Kerry Innings
01. Kashif lbw b J. Mace 52
02. S. Rutland run out 19
03. S. Javid ct McCullough b J. Mace 12
04. F. Azam ct Loxton b P. Foley 13
05. Alam Morad ct McCullough b P. Foley 3
06. J. Ferrero(+) lbw b C. Perry 5
07. S. Daar run out 0
08. C. Kissane ct Cheema b Imran 16
09. D. Ramsay(*) Not Out 11
10. S. Kalem Not Out 2
11. K. Javid did not bat
Extras (b1,w30,nb7) 38
TOTAL 37 overs 171
Fall of wickets 1-66(1), 2-87(3), 3-106(4), 4-113(2), 5-115(5), 6-116(7), 7-120(6), 8-166(8)
Bowling
A. Cheema 5 overs 0 maidens 34 runs 0 wkts
R. Loxton 7-0-34-0
C. Mullen 3-0-29-0
J. Mace 7-0-23-2
P. Foley 7-0-22-2
C. Perry 3-1-9-1
R. Thomas 1-0-6-0
M. Imran 4-0-14-1