Northern Premier League Under 21s v MCC At Darwen CC 10th July 2015 Northen League Under 21 Team with manager Clive Henderson On another sunny day the Northern Premier League Under 21s took on a MCC team at Birch Hall Darwen. The MCC batted first and reached 44-2 thanks to good catching, Sam Painter off Edwin Moulton's bowling and Matthew grindley off Matthew Liver's. Tom Liversedge turns the ball onto the leg side Duncan Catterall joined Tom Liversedge and they took the total to 93 when Liversedge was well caught mby Tom Jefferson off the bowling of Joshua Boyne Duncan Catterall drives down the ground Chris Booth came to the crease and on 128 Duncan Catterall was caught down the leg side by Ben Howarth off Edwin Moulton Craig Williamson plays an unorthodx stroke Craig Williamson joined Booth and they took the total to 172 wthen Booth was out bowled by Bradley Earl for 30. The innings closed shortly afterwards with the MCC on 182 - 6 with Williamson 21no Ben Howarth takes the ball with Chris Booth looking on The Under 21 Bowling figures were as follows: Matthew Grindley - 17 Overs 7 Maidens 37 Runs 0 Wickets Edwin Moulton - 13 Overs 4 Maidens 46 Runs 2 wickets Matthew Liver - 7 Overs 1 Maiden 32 Runs 1 wicket Joshua Boyne - 9 Overs 1 Maiden 26 Runs 1 Wicket Bradley Earl - 5 Overs 0 Maidens 33 Runs 2 Wickets The Under 21's started off steadily and had reached 34 when Tom Jefferson was bowled by Jonathan Fawcett, Joshua Boyne quickly followed caught behind by Booth off Fawcett with the total 42 - 2 Captain Bradley Earl joined Nathan Bolus and they took the score to 106 when Earl was out caught off Harry Smallwood for 35 Shortly afterwards Bolus reached his fifty but was then bowled by Smallwood for 58. Reece Davies then took on the challenge and made a quick 24 before being out caught Booth bowled Smallwood Nathan Bolus plays into the covers for his fifty The game was evenly balanced when Darius Ainslie with three mighty hits swung the game in the Under 21's favour, Ben Howarth hit the winning boundary to give 21's victory by 3 wickets Darius Ainslie was 27 not out and Ben Howarth 9 not out. Harry Smallwood took 4-57 and Jonathan Fawcett 3-43 for the MCC 10th July 2015 Northern League Under 21s v MCC Played at Birch Hall Darwen CC MCC Innings Batsman How Out Bowler Total Tom Liversedge Ct Tom Jefferson Joshua Boyne 44 Ben Morley Ct Sam Painter Edwin Moulton 12 Tim Le Bretton Ct Matthew Grindley Matthew Liver 4 Duncan Catterall Ct Ben Howarth Edwin Moulton 52 Chris Booth Bowled Bradley Earl 30 Craig Williamson Not Out 21 Sumit Panda Ct Matthew Liver Bradley Earl 1 Harry Smallwood Not Out 5 Jimmy Dixon Did Not Bat R Horridge Did Not Bat Jonathan Fawcett Did Not Bat Extras 13 Total 182 - 7 dec Northern Premier League Bowling Bowler Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Matthew Grindley 17 7 37 0 Edwin Moulton 13 4 467 2 Matthew Liver 7 1 32 1 Joshua Boyne 9 1 26 1 Bradley Earl 5 0 33 2 Northern Premier League Innings Batsman How Out Bowler Total Nathan Bolus Bowled Harry Smallwood 58 Tom Jefferson Bowled Jonathan Fawcett 18 Joshua Boyne Ct Chris Booth Jonathan Fawcett 2 Bradley Earl Ct Jimmy Dixon Harry Smallwood 35 Reece Davies Ct Chris Booth Harry Smallwood 24 Daniel Chambers LBW Jonathan Fawcett 2 Darius Ainslie Not Out 27 Matthew Grindley St Chris Booth Harry Smallwood 8 Ben Howarth Not Out 9 Matthew Liver Did Not Bat Edwin Moulton Did Not Bat Extras 3 Total 186 - 7 MCC Bowling Bowler Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Jimmy Dixon 5 0 12 0 Sumit Panda 6 0 29 0 Jonathan Fawcett 13 0 43 3 Craig Williamson 2 0 20 0 Tom Liversedge 2 1 10 0 Ben Morley 3 0 12 0 Harry Smallwood 11 1 57 4 NPCL Scorer MCC Scorer NPCL Umpire MCC Umpire Mrs Frances Harris Mrs Diana Cooper Mr John Whiteside Mr Ian Herbert NPCL Manager MCC Manager Mr Clive Handerson Mr Roland Horridge

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