There is a good mixture of League and Cup cricket to be played over the next few days.
On Thursday evening there are four games in the Standard
Bank Blincoe Cup. The key match is at Marown where holders Peel and
The Millers are having a mixed season and could be in trouble when they face Finch Hill. They will be encouraged by the form of all-rounder Greg Wenn who hit 25 and took three wickets in their Forrester One match on Monday.
Castletown B should prove too strong for the Development Eleven and Valkyres B are favourites to defeat Ramsey B. The winners of this tie will be at home to Cronkbourne Bacchas in the next round.
On Saturday Peel and
Now they are at home against Valkyres whom they beat by four wickets earlier in the season. Then Greg Hawke hit 76 and bowled eight overs for only 18 runs. A repeat performance would spell big trouble for Tom Reader's side.
Cronkbourne should be confident of victory when Ramsey comes
to
The
Castletown are one point behind the Tromode club, but have a
game in hand. Their last ball defeat against Peel and
That will not be easy as the Marown team are no pushover. Danny Kniveton is batting really well and the bowling is beginning to click. There could be a surprise in store here for the southerners.
On Sunday there are the remaining two ties in the first
round of the Standard Bank Tinker Cup. Crosby together with Peel and
The
There is also plenty of junior action this week-end. On
Friday evening there are three games in the Under 12 league and Sunday has
another Under Nine tournament. The location is
RESULTS
Standard Bank Blincoe Cup – First Round
Ronaldsway 106 for 6 (Sean Crossley 22, J Bradley 16 : Tom Evans 1 -10,
Chris Whiting 1 -11); Cronkbourne
Bacchas 108 for 4 (Tom Evans 38no, Richard Lepage 37). Cronkbourne won by six
wickets.
Standard Bank T20 Forrester One
Union Mills 96 (Greg Wenn 25, Eddie Clague 16, Tom Miller 16 : Kieran Cawte 3 -28,
Gareth Rowlands 2 -9, Dave Picken 2 -16, Joe Rothwell 2 -22);