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12) THE STORY OF THE 2000 SEASON, OUR SECOND
IN THE BURTON AND DISTRICT CRICKET LEAGUE NOW
PLAYING IN DIVISION THREE;

MATCHES PLAYED 22
MATCHES WON 15
MATCHES LOST 2
MATCHES DRAWN 0
MATCHES ABANDONED 5


OUT COME OF SEASON; PROMOTION IN FIRST PLACE UP INTO THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE BURTON AND DISTRICT LEGAUE.

CAPTAINS REPORT;
THERE CAN BE NO BETTER LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAN FINISHING LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, HAVING PLAYED, 17, WON 14, DRAWN 1 AND LOST JUST 2.
THIS IS THERFOR A VERY SATISFYING, AND WELL DESERVED RESULT FROM A SEASON IN WHICH THE TEAM GREW IN STATURE AND MATURITY, AS WELL AS PACKINGTON CRICKET CLUB DEVELOPING AS A CLUB WITH GREATER DEPTH AND RESOLVE.

AS I SAID WHEN I AGREED TO ACCEPT THE POST OF CAPTAIN, I WOULD PLAY IT HARD. THIS THEN TRANSLATED INTO THE STRATEGY OF "PLAYING IT STRAIGHT" AS IT BECAME KNOWN, AS WE DOMINATED THE EARLY SEASON WITH CONSISTENT PERFORMANCES FROM THE REGULAR TOP 5 BATSMEN, AND SOME HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCES FROM THE BOWLERS.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT OUT OF THE 11 OCCASIONS ON WHICH WE BATTED FIRST, WE PASSED 180 9 TIMES, AND SIMILARLY OUT OF THE 6 GAMES WHERE WE BOWLED FIRST, THE OPPOSITION ONLY PASSED 100 ON 3 OCCASIONS.

THE TONE WAS SET EARLY ON IN THE SEASON AS WE DOMINATED UTTOXETER AND HARTSHORNE, BUT WAS GIVEN A TREMENDOSE BOOST BY SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES AGAINST BIRCH COPPICE AND MARCHINGTON. THESE WERE REAL CONFIDENCE BOOSTERS, AS WE BEAT THE PREVIOUS SEASONS CHAMPIONS AND OVERCAME THE HIGHLY REPUTED MARCHINGTON IN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

THE DETERMINATION TO REGISTER MAXIMUM POINTS STOOD US IN GOOD STEAD AS WE BEGAN TO OPEN UP A COMFORTABLE GAP ON THE REST OF THE DIVISION, WHILST NEVER FORGETTING THAT THIS IS " A FUNNY OLD GAME ", AND WE NEEDED TO SUSTAIN OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE SUCCESS. COMPLACENCY WAS THEREFOR NEVER ALLOWED TO DEVELOP AS WE CONTINUED TO CHASE EVERY POINT. THIS WAS NOT SIMPLY A TESTIMONY TO OUR SUPERIORITY AS PLAYERS, BUT ALSO TO OUR NATURAL SENSE OF TEAM WORK AND COMRADESHIP.

AS THE POINTS GAP WAS NOT ONLY SUSTAINED, BUT WIDENED, WE DEVELOPED A MORE ALL-ROUND APPROACH TO TEAM AFFAIRS, AS PLAYERS WHO HAS HITHERTO RECIVED LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOUND THEMSELVES PLAYING MAJOR ROLES IN MATCHES WITH SOME SUCCESS.
THIS HAS NOT ONLY DEVELOPED THEM AS PLAYERS, BUT ALSO ENHANCED THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND THE CONFIDENCE OF OTHERS IN THEM, ALL OF THIS CAN ONLY BODE WELL FOR THE FUTURE AS WE HOPE TO ENCOUNTER STRONGER TEAMS IN DIVISION 2 NEXT SEASON.

THIS IS REALLY MY WAY OF PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE PLAYERS, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WITH TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM AND UNDERSTANDING, I HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH A MORE COMMITTED, AND THOROUGHLY DECENT BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

FINALLY, THANKS MUST BE RECORDED TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SPENT TIME WORKING ON THE GROUND - PARTICULARLY THE STALWARTS OF ANDY SMITH, PETE BIRCH, CHRIS MILES, JON LUND AND GILES BEE, AS WELL AS OUR MATCH DAY HELP ALLOWING ME TO CONCENTRATE ON PLAYING MATTERS.
UMPIRE ROGER FOR HIS SUPERB WORK IN THE MIDDLE, SCORER DOT WHO CONSISTENTLY PRODUCES THE NEATEST SCORE BOOK IN THE LEAGUE AND TO CATERING MANAGER MONICA WHO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THE BEST TEAS IN THE LEAGUE.

FINALLY, MY THANKS ALSO GO TO JON LUND AS THE BEST NUMBER 2 IN THE BUSINESS FOR HIS SUPPORT, TRUST AND LEVEL HEADEDNESS.

JOHN.T.JONES (skipper 2000)

AVERAGES;

THESE ARE THE BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES FOR THE 2000 SEASON ;


BATTING;

(MINIMUM OF 8 COMPLETED ININGS).
NAME ININGS COMPLETED NOT- OUTS HIGHEST SCORE TOTAL RUNS AVERAGE FOURS SIX'S
ASHLEY KIRK 13 5 104* 533 66.63 54 14
JON LUND 14 3 127* 691 62.82 110 5
JOHN JONES 11 6 100* 227 54.40 25 2
CHRIS MILES 14 4 79 366 36.60 51 0

 

BOWLING AVERAGES;

(MINIMUM OF 40 OVERS).
NAME OVERS RUNS WICKETS MADIENS AVERAGE
JEM PARRY 89.1 219 26 19 8.42
ROB SANSOM 128 279 28 40 9.96
JOHN JONES 77.5 297 24 9 12.38
ANDY SMITH 143.3 407 23 31 17.70


4 WICKET'S OR MORE IN AN INNINGS;
R.W.SANSOM 5-15 VERSUS UTTOXETER 2nd's
A.SMITH 5-22 VERSUS WOODVILLE 2nd's
R.W.SANSOM 5-27 VERSUS ASHBY TOWN
J.PARRY 5-29 VERSUS BIRCH COPPICE
A.SMITH 5-20 VERSUS MARCHINGTON 2nd's
J.JONES 4-24 VERSUS MARCHINGTON 2nd's
J.JONES 4-48 VERSUS COPPICE UNITY

 

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