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Rush v Malahide Cricket Club Minor Boys A on Fri 03 Aug 2012 at 17:00
Malahide Cricket Club Lost By 2 wickets with 7 balls to go

Match report Agony for U11 boys in Plate final

In a desperately close finish Malahide U11 boys fell 2 wickets short of taking home the U11 Plate in an thoroughly entertaining Friday evening match in Rush.

Put into bat, Malahide began confidently with Ben Askew (12) and Cillian Keohane seeing off the Rush opening bowlers in a first-wicket stand of 35. Then Zac Woods-Oliver and David O'Halloran took the score to 73 before David was unlucky to fall LBW on 20. A mini-collapse followed with a Rush bowler gaining a hat-trick, including consecutive stumpings, before Zac (19n.o) steadied the ship and hit two boundaries in the final over to leave Malahide on a respectable 88.

The Rush reply started briskly and after 4 overs they had reached 31 for no wicket. The pressure was on Malahide and the boys responded brilliantly with David snaring 3 wickets in 2 overs, including a double-wicket maiden, and Zac and Cormac Burke taking two great catches. Ben Askew then joined in clean bowling two of the Rush danger men, and when Alex Hallows completed an amazing caught & bowled Rush were 53 for 6 with 9 overs left and the advantage firmly with Malahide. However a tense 32 run 7th wicket stand brought Rush back within a boundary of victory, and when Zac claimed his first wicket with a fantastic catch by David and Paul Devine clean bowled the last recognised Rush batsman, two new batsman were at the wicket with 2 overs left and you could cut the atmosphere with a knife. However the Rush pair clung on to get the couple of runs needed, denying Malahide a famous victory.

An agonisingly close match in the end. The boys played their hearts out and even though the silverware was not destined on this occasion to grace the Castle clubrooms, they have done Malahide Cricket Club proud.

A special well-done to David O'Halloran who, with 20 runs and 3 for 9 off 4 overs, deservedly won the LCU man of the match award and will soon be stalking Eddie Dwyer's portable in Ballsbridge to spend his voucher.

Malahide Cricket Club Minor Boys A Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
2nb 30w 1b  
for 5 wickets
33
88		        
Ben Askew Run out  12 1
Cillian Keohane Bowled  2
Zak Woods-Oliver Not Out  19 2 1
David O' Halloran Lbw  20 3 1
Alex Hallows Stumped  0 1
Cormac Burke Stumped  0 1
Killian Burke Not Out  2
Elliot Manks  
Paul Devine  
Eoghan Keohane  
Diarmuid Burke  

Rush Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Rush Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 25w 1b  
for 8 wickets
28
89 (18.5 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Malahide Cricket Club Minor Boys A Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alex Hallows4.0122122.005.50
Cormac Burke2.001500.007.50
David O' Halloran4.01933.002.25
Ben Askew4.0021210.505.25
Zak Woods-Oliver3.0016116.005.33
Paul Devine2.50515.001.76