Match reports for Saturday 11 June 2016 Rain stopped play at The Langley and both the 1st XI’s match against Old Buck’ and the 4ths game against Dereham had to be abandoned. The 1sts had won the toss and had put Old Buckenham in to bat and at one stage the visitors were on just 50 or so for the loss of 5 wickets but after the first rain break J Heaney steadied the Buckenham ship and he was on 87 not out when the game was abandoned. Out the back on the new pitch, Garby 4ths had batted first and had clocked up another hefty total with Harry Youngson scoring 74(?) and Toby Culling 50(?). The 4ths got to bowl just one over before the heavens opened. Peter Barnes had organised a very successful lunch where members had enjoyed some good food and cricket. Meanwhile up in North Norfolk the sun was shining on the 2nds who clocked up their seventh win out of seven games. James Worby takes up the story: Garby lost the toss …

GCC fixtures Saturday 11 June 2016 The 1st XI are at home to local rivals Old Buckenham who are 3rd in the league with Garby sitting 5th and only 4 points separating them. The 2nd XI are away to North Runcton, the 3rd XI are away to Hillington and the 4th XI are at home to Dereham.

The club has taken delivery of its new electronic scoreboard from ESU and it has been installed this evening (8.6.16) by Chris Davey and Paul Baker all ready for Saturday’s 1st XI local derby against Old Buckenham!

Garboldisham U11s 346/2 (Net 334) beat Saham Toney 284/3 (Net 266) by 68 runs. Monday 6 June 2016 Garby batted first and all 4 pairs scored runs heavily and batted sensibly throughout only losing 2 wickets in their 16 overs. Charlie Aldous was again brutal with the bat scoring 29 not out and he put on an impressive 65 runs in his 4 overs very ably assisted by his partner Ethan Harris’s aggressive running between the wickets. Oscar Skilleter again looked class with bat in hand scoring 17 not out, and one very pleasing stat from the match is that all 8 batsmen hit a boundary in their innings! A very impressive 146 runs were scored in Garby’s 16 overs! The boys took to the field buoyant and confident – maybe a little too confident at times as the bowling didn’t live up to their normal standards. Oliver Lambert and Beth Champion both bowled well with good lines, Champion picking up a wicket at the end and Charlie Aldous chipped in with his 7th wicket of a very impressive first …

U15 vs Thetford. SNCL. Monday 6 June 2016 Garby batted first and Toby and Finlay formed a strong opening partnership before Finlay was caught on 43. Toby and George added to the run rate and Toby retired on 50. Arthur Johnson came in and smashed a quick 16 to finish the innings with George on 32 and take the team’s score to 170. Garby started well with Angus Russell making an early breakthrough by bowling Thetford’s opener. Pressure was added with some poor fielding from Garby but they got back in the mood with back-to-back wickets from Arthur and George Southgate. George Self and James Gornall bowled well and built pressure to allow Max to clean up the tail in style with 3 wickets. Final score: Garby win by 62 runs. Garby 170-1 Thetford 107-7 (all out) Toby Culling

Picture: 2nd team players Sean Taylor and Ben Asker relax after their winning match against Dersingham Match round-ups for Saturday 4 June 2016 GCC 1st XI were away to Sprowston who won the toss and put Garby in to bat. After an early wobble losing 3 wickets for just 10 runs, captain Danny Cash stabilised the innings. Some big hitting from Alex Hogg (50) and Kieran Pask (44) pushed the Garby score to a very respectable 248-8 after 50 overs. It was game on. After 25 overs of the Sprowston innings, the hosts were on 80-3 and by the 41st over they’d pushed on to 179-4. The match was in for an exciting finish and it was Damon Egan (106*) who scored Sprowston’s winning runs in the very last over of the match to leave them on 249-6 with a 4 wicket win. Disappointment for Garby but it was a great game played by both sides. The 2nds were at home to Dersingham. Batting first, the visitors scored 202-9. In reply, James Worby (104) picked up his second century of the season and with 31* …

Bardwell Tournament Saturday 4 June 2016 Barnesey and Chris Davey took a group of Garboldisham U9s and U11s to the Bardwell Tournament in Suffolk. The U9s won 2 games and came 5th. The U11s won all their games and won the tournament! Well done to all! U11 Ollie is absent from the photo as he had to leave early.  

Garboldisham 1st XI are away at Sprowston, the 2nd XI are at home to Dersingham, the 3rds are at home to Castle Rising and the 4ths are away to Gt Melton. Good luck to all teams! Please send any photos and match reports for publication on the website, to nickandh@talk21.com

U11s away at Hethersett & Tas Valley, Norfolk Alliance pairs league, 3 June 2016 Garboldisham 277-2 (net score 265) beat Tas 268-5 (net score 238) by 27 runs Garboldisham travelled to play against a strong Tas team. After winning the toss, captain James Davey had no hesitation in bowling first. Tas’s first pair made a strong start, scoring 24 for the loss of no wickets, but some strong Garby bowling later in the innings, restricted the hosts to a below par 268-5. Charlie Aldous was again the star of the show with the ball and his final figures were 3 overs, 2 maidens and 3 wickets for just 1 run. Jack Whitlam was also very good with the ball picking up a wicket and the other wicket was taken by the off-spin of Oscar Skilleter! Defending only 38, Tas started strongly removing the wicket of James Davey in the first over, but some sensible batting in the middle pairings saw Garby push ahead and when the last pair of Aldous and Skilleter went in, they had no fear and took to the Tas …

U13 Norfolk Cricket Board Lady Taverners Softball Cricket Final. Friday 3 June 2016 Yesterday four U13 girls teams – Swardeston, Gt Melton, Garboldisham and Old Buckenham, all battled it out at Old Buckenham CC with Garby coming out as worthy winners in the final against Swardeston!