Nottinghamshire Premier League: Collingham & District beaten by 148 runs against Welbeck after unbeaten century from Jean Du Plessis
It was a tough day with bat and ball for Collingham & District in the Nottinghamshire Premier League on Saturday.
Hosts Welbeck won the toss and took full advantage by posting a formidable 316-3 in 50 overs.
Collingham were then reduced to 92-7 in reply, eventually dismissed for 168 in less than 40 overs after some late-order blows.
Welbeck had already reached 47 by the eighth over when John Miller trapped Richard Stroh leg before for just four. They had a second wicket two runs later when home skipper Jack Atherton was run out for two.
That led to a third-wicket partnership worth 156 in 30 overs between Jean Du Plessis and Mat Roberts.
The former went for 82 to the bowling off Jamal Anwar but that proved to be the last success for the Collingham bowling attack.
Du Plessis went on to finish unbeaten on 136 from just 129 balls with 14 fours and three sixes.
Collingham lost Ross Taylor for seven in reply but opener Charlie Dixon (32) and Jamal Anwar (24) took the score to 62-1 before they lost six wickets for just 30 runs to effectively end the game as a contest.
Pranav Pothula provided resistance for over an hour in scoring 31 while Adam Mendham smashed seven fours as he hit 42 off 40 balls.
An unbeaten 20 not out by Lee Fazackerley got Collingham 2nds over the line with a two-wicket victory over Gedling Colliery 2nds in South Notts League Division C.
Gedling opener Tauseef Ahmed scored 61 but their progress was checked first by Harry Geeson’s incredible spell of 3-3 in five overs and then by David Pipes, who collected 4-13 in 6.4 overs.
Gedling were all out for 167, losing their last three wickets for just four runs.
Opener Ravi Yarwood-Paintal scored 31 in reply but it was skipper Pipes that proved the glue in Collingham’s reply with 50 off 85 balls. Once he was the eighth wicket to fall, Collingham still needed four more runs to win but Fazackerley ensured they got over the line by hitting a six.
Collingham & District 3rds proved too strong for Plumtree 4ths, winning by 41 runs in Division L.
Openers Neil Puri (34) and Tony Williams (47) led Collingham to a strong start, putting on 64 for the first wicket. Further contributions from Ethan Speed (28) and Lewis Biggin (35) ensured they reached 211-9 in 40 overs.
Plumtree lost wickets at regular intervals with opener Tom Gornall scoring a patient 43 and skipper Bobby Chapman making 30. But Karl Tew took 2-14 in nine economical overs and Biggin bagged 3-55 in 10 overs. Sumit Puri took 2-21 as Plumtree were restricted to 170-8 in 40 overs.
In Division N, the 4ths were beaten by 49 runs at Madni 2nds.
There were two wickets apiece for Jon Spencer, Gemma Tarr, Max Clayton and Darsy Bhatta as Madni posted 178 all out. In reply, opener Bhatta made 34 and Clayton was 34 not out as they closed on 129-5 in 36 overs.
A half-century from Shalith Fernando was not enough for Balderton as they lost by seven wickets at home to Plumtree 2nds in Division A of the South Notts League.
Fernando scored 53, Aaron Charlesworth made 42 and skipper Ryan Charlesworth contributed 34 as Balderton slipped from 161-2 to 239-9 as they pressed the accelerator during the final 12 overs of their innings. Glen Read took 2-20 and Owain Saville picked up 2-57.
In reply, Aaron Charlesworth removed Max DeCelis for a six-ball duck but Jay Guha (51) and Saville (89) put on 130 for the second wicket.
Skipper William Hogg’s 53 not out finished off the chase as Plumtree reached 240-3 in the 41st over.
The 2nds’ match at Poplars 1sts in Division G was cancelled, with both sides collecting six points.
