A Difficult Job Made Harder
Umpiring at square leg isn't much fun when you're squinting into the setting sun! Captured at Welfare Park, Blackhall, during a 19-run Blackhall victory over Division Three rivals Maltby in a quarter-final of the North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League's Ken Welsh Cup. Having elected to bat, Blackhall did well to recover from 10-3 to post 130, which proved to be a defendable total.
Match statistics
Blackhall (Division Three) versus Maltby (Division Three)
North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League, Ken Welsh Cup, Quarter-Final (20 overs, 6pm start)
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 45 (h/c). Blackhall won the toss and elected to bat. Blackhall 130 off 19.1 overs (Daniel Robson 35, Joseph Swallow 25, Hari Krishna Ananthaneni 25, Phillip Thompson 3-19, Michael Roberts 3-40) beat by 19 runs Maltby 111 off 19.2 overs (Michael Roberts 44, Sairam Gaddam 5-8, Travis Gorton 2-7)
A Difficult Job Made Harder
Umpiring at square leg isn't much fun when you're squinting into the setting sun! Captured at Welfare Park, Blackhall, during a 19-run Blackhall victory over Division Three rivals Maltby in a quarter-final of the North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League's Ken Welsh Cup. Having elected to bat, Blackhall did well to recover from 10-3 to post 130, which proved to be a defendable total.
Match statistics
Blackhall (Division Three) versus Maltby (Division Three)
North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League, Ken Welsh Cup, Quarter-Final (20 overs, 6pm start)
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 45 (h/c). Blackhall won the toss and elected to bat. Blackhall 130 off 19.1 overs (Daniel Robson 35, Joseph Swallow 25, Hari Krishna Ananthaneni 25, Phillip Thompson 3-19, Michael Roberts 3-40) beat by 19 runs Maltby 111 off 19.2 overs (Michael Roberts 44, Sairam Gaddam 5-8, Travis Gorton 2-7)