Smith and Corbett inspire, but Syston Town draw

COSBY v SYSTON TOWN SECOND XI

Cosby winning draw

SYSTON won the toss and put Cosby into bat.

T. Corbett had two good LBW appeals turned down, but captain A. Corbett bowled Thorpe (4) and then took the wicket of Pople (11) caught behind by Doughty.

Cosby batsmen Bayliss (54) and Wagstaff (71) blasted the Syston bowlers who didn’t pitch the ball up on a good wicket. Short came on and took two quick wickets, while A. Corbett bowled unchanged and took five wickets for 63 runs as Cosby finished on 208-8.

Smith opened with S. Khan who was bowled for 6, but T. Corbett (16) and Smith put on 54 before Corbett was stumped trying to sweep Cook with his looping spinners.

A. Khan took the bowlers on with a quickfire 20 before Drake (1) went cheaply. Doughty and Smith kept Syston in the run chase, but Smith (54) was brilliantly caught on the boundary leaving Syston with much to do.

Doughty (27) was bowled by Wagstaff and Whait looked in no trouble before he was also bowled for a solid 10 runs. Beynon and Short played out the last two overs to earn a losing draw.

Cosby: 208-8.

Bowling: T. Corbett 6-1-18-0; A. Corbett 22-6-63-5; T. Ravat 6-0-50-0; A. Beynon 3-1-17-0; A. Khan 3-0-16-0; P. Short 5-0-27-2.

Syston: T. Smith 54, S. Khan 6, A. Khan 20, T. Corbett 16, B. Drake 1, N. Doughty 27, H. Whait 10, T. Ravat 5, A. Corbett 9, P. Short 1*, A. Beynon 9*, Extras . Total: .