Dunstall Season by Season Match Diary

Dunstall Cricket Club – THROUGH THE YEARS : MATCH INDEX Page 151 of 345 Date Home Team Away Team Notes the scores level in the 25 th over. With the scores level, Dunstall lost three wickets leaving Matt Benstead to hit the winning runs and leaving Dunstall 67 points clear. 14/08/2004 Elvaston 89 - 10 Dunstall 284 - 5 Dunstall - Won Batting First Dunstall innings: J Benstead 97, M Benstead 96, Eustace 33, Hall 4-85 Elvaston innings: Shaw 3-10, Scrimshaw 3-9 An understrength Elvaston side rarely looked like matching Dunstall. Choosing to bat first, James Benstead and Paul Shaw only reached the sixth over before shaw was out, leading to Matt Benstead joining is brother for the largest partnership of the match, although both fell short of a century, putting on a stand of 172.Stuart Eustace added a quick 33 as Dunstall reached 284-5. The Elvaston openers stood firm trying to survive against the attack of Devon Malcolm & Alan Gough ( Malcolm bowling a spell of 1-8) as the score reached 34-1 after 20 overs. The introduction of Martin Clewley and Steve Scrimshaw created the breakthrough (Scrimshaw taking wickets with his second and third deliveries) ending with 3-9 from 5 overs, leaving Paul Shaw to pick up 3-10 in 4.5 overs to dismiss Elvaston for 89. 21/08/2004 Dunstall 268 - 6 Belper Meadows 87 - 10 Dunstall - Won Batting First Dunstall innings: J Benstead 100, Malcolm 42*, G Goodall 4-85 Belper Meadows innings: Scrimshaw 3-4, Mandelberg 3-40 Dunstall clinched promotion with this 181 run victory at Deer Park, a 14 th victory In 19 games. Invited to bat first, the home side slipped to 84-4 before a fifth wicket partnership between James Benstead and Steve Scrimshaw recorded 111 runs. Benstead completing his century, falling for exactly 100. 14-year old debutant Tom Mandleberg made 25* and with Devon Malcolm put on a 50 partnership, Malcom went on to record 5 sixes in his 42* in just 18 balls as Dunstall reached 268-6 in their allotted 50 overs. Mandleberg opened the bowling with Alan Gough picking up a wicket apiece, Scrimshaw claimed 3-4 from 7 overs and Martin Clewley 2-11. Being brought back, Mandleberg picked up two more wickets to finish with 3-40 from 10 overs. Walker took the final wicket. 28/08/2004 Duffield 166 - 8 Dunstall 175 - 8 Dunstall - Winning draw 25> Dunstall innings: J Benstead 73, Eustace 36, P Jordan 3-46 Duffield innings: P Jones 35, J Benstead 3- 32