Although the First XI got the worst of a low-scoring match with local rivals Attenborough, all the other senior sides won. The first XI finished 19 runs short of Attenborough's total, having restricted the visitors to just 155, with Umair Hassan once more recording a five-wicket haul. The second XI scored a much-needed win at Hucknall, while the third XI easily beat Thrumpton, with spinner Jack Park taking 5 for 9. On Sunday, the First XI beat Thurgaton, while the 2nd XI beat Southwell II.

Club Photo: June 2008

Off the field, the West Park graffiti artists are finally caught on camera!

Diary Date:

Pub Six-a-side competion: Sunday 27th July (Barbecue)

Long Eaton: Losing draw to Attenborough.

Attenborough 155 (Umair Hassan 5/45)

Long Eaton 136/8 (Mark Harrisin 50*)

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Long Eaton beat Hucknall II by 4 wickets.

Hucknall 145 all out (Tim Ainsworth 3/20; Paul Gent 3/33)

Long Eaton 57 (Tim Murfin 57)

Long Eaton Cricket Clubs 2^nd XI completed a much-needed victory this weekend in an extremely tense game at near-rivals Hucknall II.

After losing the toss Long Eaton were put into field on what was widely believed to be an absolute road of a pitch, and while Long Eaton’s bowlers all bowled well, Hucknall batted sensibly and found themselves well set at 115 for 4 going into the last 10 overs. However a double change in the bowling brought Long Eaton immediate reward as Tim Ainsworth (3 for 20) and Hushman Chattar (3 for 11) blew away Hucknall’s middle and lower order, collapsing them from 136 for 4 to 145 all out.

None of Long Eaton’s bowlers, however, can be faulted for their efforts in difficult conditions, alongside Chattar and Ainsworth, seamer Simon Cleaves bowled extremely well for little luck, while skipper Paul Gent was the only other to get his name in the book, bowling 12 overs straight through to pick up 3 for 33. Chasing 145 was by no means an easy ask however, the pitch having proved itself to be far from the predicted road, playing extremely low and slow, and sensible batting was certainly a must.

Such a start for Long Eaton was, however, never in doubt, with opener Tim Murfin (57) playing a superb anchoring role to the innings helping set the team on their way. However a glut of wickets, including that of Murfin, fell around the crucial 30-over stage when Long Eaton looked to accelerate towards the target, and threatened to take the game away from them, and as the last 5 overs began, Long Eaton required a further 35 runs to win with only 4 wickets remaining.

Step forward all-rounders Tim Ainsworth (23*) and Jon Pack (15*), who continued to chase hard, however, and through a mixture of superb running and several lusty blows whittled down the target from 34 from 5, to 25 from 4 and 18 from 3. The game was still in the balance however, but Pack finished it off in resounding fashion, hammering 15 off the next over to all but hand Long Eaton the tie in fine, if tense, style. Both certainly deserve credit for their knocks under pressure.

This victory moves Long Eaton out of the relegation zone at the expense of Hucknall. Form and consistency certainly need to be maintained to avoid the drop, however, especially with two big games approaching in the next fortnight.

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Long Eaton beat Thrumpton III by 33 runs

Long Eaton 101 all out

Thrumpton 68 all out (Jack Park 5/9 (5 overs).

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The Long Eaton 3rd eleven got back to winning ways with a determined victory that saw a lot of character and no little skill from another very young side(which included 6 players aged 15 or under).
Having been put in, Long Eaton lost wickets regularly but managed to scramble their way to 101, which just got them a batting point. That meant they would have to bowl with great discipline but also take wickets. This was done with all the bowlers keeping the runs down by bowling good lines and lengths, and also by some top-quality fielding. The star this week was Jack Park, who finished with a magnificent 5 for 9 from 5 brilliant overs. The bowlers were backed up by some fantastic catching (which should should have happened the week before); with Jayson Simnett taking 3 catches and Alex Reid, Rob Proctor and Skipper Andrew Merriman all holding on to difficult chances. The result leaves Long Eaton 4th in the table.

Andrew Merriman

Sunday 1st XI

Beat Thurgaton: details to follow

Tim Taylor

Sunday 2nd XI

Southwell 93 all out.

Long Eaton 93/7.

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Long Eaton’s Sunday 2nd XI moved up to third in the table with a nervy 3 wicket win against a Southwell side completely unrecognisable from the one that had been unlucky not to hammer Long Eaton at the start of the season.

After winning the toss, Long Eaton elected to field, and it was to be their younger contingent of bowlers who were to lead the way in bowling out the opposition for only 93. While Ben Brown (3 for 20) led the way with the ball, 14-year-olds Rob Proctor (2 for 7 from 5) and Jack Park (2 for 18 from 8) also both bowled excellently, while Ryan Cuthbert (1 for 28) was unlucky to bear the full force of some extremely heavy top-order hitting from Southwell’s skipper (25) who obviously didn’t want to hang around, and without whom Long Eaton’s target probably would have been a lot smaller.

Chasing such a low score shouldn’t have presented to many problems, but in true club tradition Long Eaton made extremely hard work of the task, and after a solid start (Dave Lister 24), a raft of poor shots and some spirited bowling saw Long Eaton lose a rash of wickets to tumble from 32 for 1 to 46 for 5.

Things looked bleak for the home side, especially with a very young and inexperience tail to come; however, Tony Cuthbert showed his own experience, stepping up to plate and batting well under pressure, to steer Long Eaton home, ably supported by both Iwan Thomas and the aforementioned Jack Park.

It wouldn’t be Long Eaton Cricket Club if we hadn’t nearly have made a complete hash of the chase, with to many people giving their wickets away cheaply. However. a lot of character was shown, especially by the lower order, to help pull Long Eaton over the winning line and, after several surprising results in the division, into 3rd place in the league. Promotion anyone?

Paul Gent

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Long Eaton U13 B, got back to winning ways in a high scoring game against Sawley on Sunday morning.

Sawley won the toss and elected to bat, and they amassed a competitive total of 280 runs for 3 wickets, with good contributions from Tom D who made 41 runs in his innings

Good bowling contributions were from Jason S, Rohan K and James C.

Long Eaton had a hard target to reach and set about it well with first pairing Isaac B and Chris D achieving 37 off the first 4 overs.

The next 2 pairs kept the score rate ticking over at a good pace, only losing 2 wickets.  When the final pair came in, they needed to get 20 runs to win.  They achieved this comfortably with Jason S and James C reaching a final total of 31

This was a good team performance from the lads!!

Mark Simnett

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Continuing on from their recent good results and performances in the league, the Kwik Cricket under 11s decisively won their latest two games against Sandicare and Long Eaton and Sawley B losing only four wickets in both matches and showing very good composure and enthusiasm in all departments, ensuring comfortable wins. Jack Durbin surpased all expectations with an excellent one-handed boundary catch.

These results, coupled with the previous ones, leaves Long Eaton Cricket Club top of the league with six wins out of six and they head out on Friday against two of their nearest rivals Risley and Long Eaton & Sawley ‘A’

This should be an intriguing encounter.

Russ Elliot (Coach and Manager)

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