Denton 119 all out, Woodhouses 120-4

Sunday saw us facing the current league leaders Woodhouses who in Saturday’s fixture lost their first wicket. Woodhouses won the toss and put us in which is probably what we would have done anyway. We lost our first wicket very early but Stan and Ste set about calming things down. Not many runs around today for us with top scorer being Ste on 35 before being given out LBW by Malcolm. On his return to cricket Martin Parker made a very impressive 23. Unfortunately we were bowled out for 119 and also gave them 13 overs. Our new overseas player Chris Aurisch came to us as a batsman, no one mentioned that he could bowl a bit. Two wickets yesterday at Glossop and three wickets here today have been a real bonus. Great effort in the field by the boys, we just need to bat a bit longer and give ourselves a better chance. Dukinfield at home next Saturday.

Glossop 203-4, Denton 199-7

After last weeks disastrous performance we set off for Glossop hoping for a much improved performance. Achieving a score of 199 for 8 off our 50 overs was a pleasant surprise. Good batting performances from Martin Leech 56 and Ste Wharton 30 was matched by our Aussie’s excellent score of 42. Glossop started their innings in their usual way with our ex pro Dale Pennington in great form and after surviving being dropped, went on to make 114. Glossop reached our score for the loss of just 4 wickets, 2 for Chris Aurisch, 1 for Neilly and 1 for Ste Wharton. Another defeat but a much better performance. Next up for us are the leaders of the league, Woodhouses who up to todays match had not lost a wicket. Watch this space.

Denton 67 all out, Prestwich 70-2

We looked forward to welcoming Prestwich to Egerton Street as last season we managed the double over them.

Not much can be said about the performance of 67 all out, top scorer being Tom Stenson on 16. We gave Prestwich 20 plus overs as well as their own 50 so it didn’t look good. Andy Neill was rewarded with 2 wickets for his efforts but it didn’t take Prestwich long to knock the runs off.

Let’s hope for better luck and performance next Saturday and Sunday.

Woodbank 241/3, Denton 186/8

The first game of the season sent us over to Woodbank who look to have a much improved side this season.

Batting first Woodbank racked up a very impressive score with the loss of only 3 wickets, one for Diddy and 2 for Steven Wharton. A daunting task ahead, made more unlikely by the loss of two early wickets. However Ste Wharton and Martin Leech dug in and Steven ended up on 41 and Martin on 55. Colin Parker, Tom Stenson and Andy Leech all pitched in with 20 plus scores. We couldn’t reach Woodbanks score but were rewarded with a point for the efforts.