Ardleigh Green 2009
The final Essex league games of 2009 were both against Ardleigh Green with the First XI away and the Second's at Castle Park - pictures from Ardleigh Green where 1st team won by 91 runs.
The Second XI got themselves into a good position by bowling well but once against the batting let the side down. Mark Vickers, on Essex league debut, dismissed the top four Ardleigh batsmen and Glenn Wheeler took a wicket with his first ball; an absolute peach. Ardleigh ended on just 174 but the tail wagged as they soaked up their full 52 overs. This in turn allowed Ardleigh to apply scoreboard pressure as their slow over rate gave us only about 40 overs to play with. The top order all failed to make a significant contribution so it was once again left to Bolts to top score.
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