Boro bounce back from Cup calamity

LITTLEBOROUGH’S weekend began with them bowing out of the Worsley Cup at the first hurdle for the second year, with possibly one of the worst bowling displays I have witnessed for many a year.

- BRENDAN MISKELLA

They bowled as though they had been on the sauce in Bilbao with this reporter for the last three days, it was that bad.

Lewis Willman and Bryce Parsons apart, the rest should be pretty ashamed with how they bowled on the day.

Willman and Parsons sent down 19 overs for just 64, taking seven wickets on a very fast scoring ground.

The other 31 overs went for a whopping 197 for one wicket (a stumping off a wide by the way) that included no less than 29 wides and 27 boundaries plus two sixes.

Pro made 79 and Ali made 83. Willman took 3-32 and Parsons 4-32, the rest don’t deserve a mention.

261 is 261 in anybody's book and needs some chasing and, for the visitors to get home, two batsmen needed to make 80 apiece. Unfortunately, six batsman got to 19 or above but not one batsman got passed 50 against what can only be described as a pretty ordinary, friendly-looking second division attack.

It’s just the T20 and the league left to play for now and a response was required when team travelled to Lowerhouse in the Premier Division.

They responded in the best way possible, by turning over the league leaders on their own patch with a performance that oozed commitment, passion, ability, bottle, togetherness and maturity.

Let's get one thing straight, Lowerhouse don’t like getting turned over, especially on their own patch, but turned over they were by a Littleborough side who must now start believing that they are more than capable of turning over anyone on their day and must use this victory as a platform for a consistent set of performances that could transform their season.

Ryan Miskella won the toss and elected to bat on a bright but cold day in Lowerhouse and it was the home side who struck first when Boyle was dismissed third ball of the innings to a smart catch behind off Gansler, 0-1.