Indoor cricket: Swarkestone claim first win

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Saturday, January 30, 2010
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SAM Stuart hit an unbeaten 79 including seven sixes as Swarkestone dented Brailsford's title aspirations in Division One.

Stuart followed up with 2-11 as Brailsford were bowled out for 50, giving Swarkestone taking their first victory of the indoor campaign by 69 runs.

Spondon stay at the top of the table after a 41-run win over Rolls-Royce.

Joe Ashdown top-scored with 31 not out and Tom Williams contributed an unbeaten 28 as Spondon made 140-1. In reply, Wassem Mohammed made 41 but Royces were bowled out for 99.

Defending champions Aston scored 140-3 against Nutbrook, who could only manage 104 all out in response.

Young Jamie Goodwin made an unbeaten 30 in Lullington Park's win over Ilkeston, who were bowled out for 93 chasing down 150-4.

Alvaston and Boulton extended their lead at the top of Division Two with a 25-run win over Brailsford B. Dave Lewis top scored in A&B's 117-4 before Chris Stevenson took 2-24 as Brailsford struggled to 92-5 in their allotted overs.

James Lockhart struck 30 not out as West Hallam successfully chased down Allestree's 112-4, winning by three wickets.

Second-placed Stainsby condemned Elvaston B to bottom place in Division Two.

Elvaston were bowled out for 59, with Steve Cresswell and Sunny Kooner each taking two wickets. Stainsby scored the winning runs with only one wicket down, Tom Wood making an unbeaten 27.

Chris Bradder's 2-37 and unbeaten 27 ensured Marehay beat Rolls Royce by three wickets. Rahib Ali made 28 in Royces' 87-5.

RESULTS:

Division One: Aston 140-3 (Nawaz 26, M Tariq 33*, Archibald 34*, Tassadoq 25*) beat Nutbrook 104 (A Lever 31, M Whitham 39, B Moulds 26, M Tassadoq 2-23, M Tariq 2-19) by 36 runs. Spondon 140-1 (J Ashdown 31*, T Williams 28*, D Tainton 27, D Vickers 28*) beat Rolls-Royce 99 (W Mohammed 41, T Williams 2-28, J Ashdown 2-39) by 41 runs. Lullington Park 150-4 (J Goodwin 30*, W Harris 36) beat Ilkeston 93 (M Brandrick 33) by 57 runs. Swarkestone 119-5 (S Stuart 79*, L Wharton 2-30, M Dowling 2-25) beat Brailsford 50 (M Scott 2-15, S Stuart 2-11) by 69 runs.

Division Two: Stainsby 61-1 (T Wood 27*) beat Elvaston B 59 (S Kooner 2-25, S Cresswell 2-20) by 5 wickets. West Hallam 114-3 (J Lockhart 30*, Henshaw 29*) beat Allestree 112-4 (M Sirell 33*, L O'Grady 32*) by 3 wickets. Marehay 88-3 (C Bradder 27*) beat Rolls-Royce B 87-5 (R Ali 28, M Bird 28*, C Bradder 2-37) by 3 wickets. A&B 117-4 (D Lewis 25*) beat Brailsford B 92-5 (A Rauf 39, C Stevenson 2-24) by 25 runs.

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