Chatterbox 0612 - Rotary Club of Belper

Meeting - 18th June
Visit to the
County Cricket
Ground, Derby
I t was good to do something different
for a Club meeting and visit the
county ground to see Derbyshire play
Yorkshire in their Friends Life t20 match.
The Derby Falcons were unbeaten in the
competition and lead the county championship
table but things did not go too well on a
fine but cool evening.
We had a wonderful view of the play
on the new stand at the racecourse end of the
ground and there was a good atmosphere in
the ground and expectations were high. Yorkshire
went in to bat and made a par score of 150
with some good contributions from Gale, Root and
Ballance who was at one time an Academy player at
Derby. The ex Yorkshire bowler Wainwright was the
pick of the Derbyshire bowlers taking two wickets for
14 runs without a boundary being scored off him.
Derbyshire made a good start to their innings with Durston and Khawaja
adding 43 for the first wicket in just 5.4 overs and seemed to be cruising to victory
but then wickets fell in quick succession with no Derbyshire batsman being able to
make a winning contribution. The Yorkshire bowling held the Derbyshire Falcons in
a tight grip and they could not break clear and disappointingly fell 41 runs short of
the Yorkshire total.
Thirteen members and guests attended the evening and all appeared to
enjoy the occasion and a big thank you to John Frankland for organising the evening
and getting us all together in the stand so that we could chat together during the
play.
Hopefully during this scatter week for the Club, members were able to
visit other Clubs and give our best wishes.
David Harris
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