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WARWICKSHIRE 2nd XI v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2nd XI at
Moseley CC, 27-29th April 2015
Warwickshire 267 and 168-5 (21.5 points) beat
Northamptonshire 295 and 136 (5.5 points) by 5 wickets
The Northamptonshire innings was held together by David
Murphy as Warwickshire began their Second XI Championship
campaign against Northamptonshire at Moseley.
Murphy, captaining Northants, top-scored with 76 off 108
balls after three hours at the crease to help his side to 295 all
out after being put in to bat, from 66.4 overs.
Ben Duckett 60 and Kyle Coetzer 32 also made useful
contributions, while Leo Carter and Saif Zaib weighed in with
23 runs a piece.
For Warwickshire Richard Jones 3-55 and Josh Poysden
3-38 were the most successful bowlers.
Ex-Warwickshire bowler, Maurice Chambers and Gemaal
Hussain then gave little away as the Bears battled to 17-1
from 12 overs in reply - Hussain accounting for Ateeq Javid 4 -
before bad light and rain stopped play, with a total of 25 overs
being lost in the day.
On the second day Warwickshire were bowled out for 267
in the 93rd over after Freddie Coleman 81 top-scored with Tom
Lewis 58, completing a half-century.
Chad Barrett 4-40 and fellow trialist Tom Sole 3-42 led the
way for Northamptonshire who held a twenty five run first
innings lead.
Hoping to extend that lead in the closing overs of the day
Northamptonshire instead were undone by a devastating four-
wicket burst from Richard Jones leaving the visitors 66-6 at the
close - just 94 runs in front with a day to go.
Play was held up for half an hour on the final day before
David Murphy 40 once again top scored for Northamptonshire
as the innings closed on 136 from just 42.4 overs. Richard
Jones 4-44 and trialist Ben Brooks 3-39 being the pick of the
Warwickshire attack.
Needing 162 for victory, Umeed 40 and Ateeq Javid 26
compiled fifty nine for the opening wicket but then three
wickets for twenty runs brought a check, with Freddie Coleman
going for a duck.
Tom Lewis 55 led the charge as Warwickshire achieved their
target reaching 168-5 from 48.1 overs to complete a five wicket
victory with overs to spare.
Both sides were penalised one and a half points for being
three overs behind the required over rate.
DURHAM 2nd XI v WARWICKSHIRE 2nd XI at The Emirates,
Chester-le-Street, 19-21st May 2015
Warwickshire 425 and 124-5 (24 points beat Durham 350 and
198 (7 points) by 5 wickets
Warwickshire won the toss and put Durham into bat at the
Emirates and were quickly rewarded with the wicket of Clark
off Tom Mines’ bowling, before Gordon Muchall and Burnham
added seventy for the second wicket until Mark Adair trapped
Burnham lbw.
Muchall, now partnered by former Warwickshire player,
Stuart Poynter then added 192 for the third wicket in just thirty
six overs before Milnes bowled Muchall for 141.
Hickey scored thirty, but once Poynter had completed
his century he fell to Singh for 119 and then the lower order
capitulated totally, as five wickets fell on the same score as
Durham were finally dismissed for 350 from 74.2 overs.
Poysden and Singh each took three wickets before
Warwickshire closed the day on ten without loss.
On the second day with delays for rain interrupting and
delaying play, Umeed and Javid took their opening partnership
to eighty before Umeed 39 edged Carse to Poynter and
after another useful partnership of seventy one Coleman 38
followed to the same combination.
Lewis 38 and Javid 94 took the total on to 252-4 before
an unbeaten partnership of seventy between McKay 68* and
Gordon 35* helped the total to 425-8 from ninety seven overs
before the declaration.
In Durham’s second innings Milnes dismissed Clark with
the fourth ball of the innings before stumps and after more
rain delays, Poysden 4-16 and Milnes 3-73 helped dismiss the
home side on the final morning for 198 with the last six wickets
tumbling for just fifty seven.
There was time for a minimum of 22 overs before the close
of play for Warwickshire to make the 124 needed for victory,
but wickets fell quickly, with top four batsmen all falling for
single figures, before Jonathan Webb 44* and Tom Milnes 44
took Warwickshire within six runs of victory which was achieved
off the penultimate delivery with five wickets in hand.
Second XI Championship 2015
Webb and Milnes secure victory
Lewis leads run chase to seasons first victory
