The midweek rain put paid to all of Wednesday night's action in the senior leagues of the RDCL.
Focus therefore was centred on the youth games played either side of the downpours.
Under 13 Youth League
Dunchurch & Bilton v Willoughby
Dunchurch & Bilton won by 43 runs
D&B 137-4 (Jack Farthing 26 rno, Oliver Robinson 25 rno, Matthew Garrett 21)
Willoughby 94-3 (Vaghela 25 rno)
A good game of cricket, played in the right spi
rit
Long Itchington vs Rowland United
Long Itchington won by 8 runs
LI 73-8 (Jamie Breakwell 22, James Lienau 2-15, Hassan Shah 2-15)
Rowlands 65ao (Joe Chappell 10, Nathan Hooker 3-17, Jake Butler 3-1)
Rowlands won the toss and invited Long Itchington to bat on drying pitch after the recent heavy rain. All the batsmen struggled against the accurate Rowland attack in bright, breezy conditions. LI eventually reached 73 for 8 wickets in their 20 overs, Jamie Breakwell top-scoring for Long Itchington with 22 runs, Perry Stephen(9) and under 11 skipper Jake Butler(8) gave the tail a wag. All Rowland bowlers performed well but Hassan Shah 2 for 11 and James Lieman 2 for 15 were the pick.
In reply Rowland also struggled to come to terms with the pitch and tight bowling and good sharp fielding (4 catches held, 2 run outs) kept everyone watching on the edge of their seats till the very last delivery. Joe Chappell top-scored for Rowland with 10 of their 65ao in 19.3 overs. For Long Itchington, skipper Nathan Hooker took 3-17 but the man of the match performance came from Jake Butler with figures of 2.3-1-1-3 at the end.
Rugby v Oakfield
Rugby won by 21 runs
Rugby 115-6 (J Bagshaw 21, Tom Douglas 2-7)
Oakfield 94-9 (Dylan Cunningham 31no, Z Ali 2-7)
Under 15 Youth League
Barby CC v Willoughby
Cancelled - waterlogged pitch
Stretton-on-Dunsmore vs Long Itchington
Long Itchington won by 121 runs
LI 143-5
Stretton 22 for 10 in 20 overs
Rugby CC v Rowland United
Rugby CC won by 6 wickets
Rugby 92- 4 in 19 overs
Rowlands 89-10 in 20 overs
Rowland United vs Southam
Southam won by 11 runs
Southam 102-5 (John Wigley 37, John Thornton 20no, Mark Jackson 3-10 including a hat-trick)
Rowlands 91-3 (George Terry 32, Jack Randle 26, G Wilde 2-7)
Next week's fixtures:
Tonight (Thursday):
Under 15 Youth League
KO Cup Final
Barby v Southam
at Hunningham CC (by kind permission] 6.30pm
Friday (Tomorrow)
Senior KO Cup Final
Barby v Stockton
at The Close, Rugby School (by kind permission] 6pm
Tuesday, July 22
Under 13 Youth League
Rowland v Hunningham
Oakfield v Long Itchington
Barby v Willoughby
Rugby v Dunchurch
Wednesday, July 23
Division 1
Barby v Rowland A
Newbold A v Willoughby A
Oakfield A v West Haddon A
Stockton v Long Buckby
Division 2
Yelvertoft v Cemex
Cummins v Rugby
Dunchurch A v Stretton A
Division 3
Braunston v Guilsborough
Willoughby B v Newbold B
Stretton B v Oakfield B
Division 4
Walcote v Merchants Inn
West Haddon B v Dunchurch B
Raglan Arms v Ashby St Ledgers
Thursday, July 24
Under 15 Youth League
Rowland A v Oakfield
Hunningham v Rugby
Willoughby v Long Itch B
Long Itch A v Barby
Southam v Stretton
Newbold v Rowland B
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