Dunstall Season by Season Match Diary

Dunstall Cricket Club – THROUGH THE YEARS : MATCH INDEX Page 150 of 345 Date Home Team Away Team Notes 44 form only 26 balls as Dunstall took command. Matt Benstead (34) forced the pace with Stuart Eustace 74, moving Dunstall towards a big total. Whilst the lower order did not fire, Paul Shaw with 50 held the innings together. For Alfreton, Ajaz Cheema returned figures of 4-52 form his 15 overs. In reply, Matt Linker hit boundaries before he was out to tom Suggate and whilst John Asinall hit 32 before being out, Dunstall off-spinner Martin Clewley produced a spell of 4-29 to put Dunstall back in charge, whilst Steve Scrimshaw took three wickets from the other end. Victory left Dunstall 37 points clear at the top of the table. 31/07/2004 Dunstall 289 - 2 West Hallam White Rose 91 - 10 Dunstall - Won Batting First Dunstall innings: A Easter 33, J Benstead 141*, M Benstead 90 West HallamWR innings: Malcolm 5-17, Clewley 3-11 Dunstall achieved a 198 run victory, compiling 289-2. Skipper James Benstead hit 141* whilst brother Matt fell 10 runs short of his century, additionally Andy Easter contributed 33. The total looked beyond the visitors and so it proved, Devon Malcolm started ripping through the order and finishing with 5-17 before Martin Clewley chipped in with 3-11 and West Hallamwere dismissed for just 91. Dunstall moved a step nearer promotion, therefore, aided by other results bringing defeats for their nearest challengers. 07/08/2004 Dunstall 150 - 4 Lullington Park 146 - 10 Dunstall - Won Batting Second Lullington Park innings: G Chapman 33, Hetherington 35, Chilman 4-35, Malcolm 4-14 Dunstall innings: Shaw 62, J Benstead 47, M Benstead 33*, D Gough 3-39 A comfortable victory over local rivals by 6-wickets, as Lullington became the first team this year to win the toss against Dunstall and elect to bat frst. – which backfired as Devon Malcolm took on the top order and finished with 4-14. For Lullington, Andy Goodwin having survived an early LBW, showed dogged resistance ably supported by George Chapman. Martin Clewley and Scott Chilman, with their spin, brought control and frustrated batsmen got themselves out. Although there were dropped catches, Lullington only limped to 146 all-out. In reply, Paul Shaw was in destructive mode (62 in 64 balls) ably supported by James Benstead meaning the score raced to 100 in 18 overs. After Shaw was out, Matt Benstead joined his brother to bring