Miscellaneous

Leicestershire in Anguilla

Leicestershire County Cricket Club started their pre-season training in Anguilla this past Friday with a two-day match against Anguilla, Sunday with a one-day against St

Zach Kenworthy
07-Apr-2000
Leicestershire County Cricket Club started their pre-season training in Anguilla this past Friday with a two-day match against Anguilla, Sunday with a one-day against St. Maarten and Tuesday with the first of two one-day matches against Anguilla.
In the two-day match, Leicestershire C.C.C. won the toss and elected to bat on a typically hard and fast Ronald Webster Park pitch. Leicestershire displayed their first-class talent and batted very well in accumulating 347 for 9 declared. Captain and England all-rounder, Vince Wells with aggression and top scored with 87 and was ably supported by his vice Captain Ben Smith (79) and Trevor Ward (58). Paulivor Rogers bowled steadily for Anguilla as he picked up 4 for 52.
Anguilla replied with 164: quite a solid score considering that Leicestershire has one of the better bowling attacks in England. Captain Alex Adams top scored with a flashy 41 and was assisted by Nevision Runako Morton (25), Richard Stevens (24), Paulivor Rogers (18 not out) and Marlon Martin (14).
Leicestershire quickly notched up 174 for 3 declared in reply with John Dakin (73) and England opener Darren Maddy (53) being the main contributors. This left Anguilla to bat out the last couple of hours on the final day's play, which they did in scoring 55 for 1. Leon Lake (33) and Omari Banks (18) were the two not out batsmen.
On Sunday, Leicestershire made light work of the St. Maarten team as they put together a total of 229 for 9 from 40 overs. St. Maarten's modest reply came to a close at 136 for 6 after 38 overs when bad light stopped play. The first one-day against Anguilla was played this past Tuesday and turned out to be a onesided affair. Anguilla won the toss and elected to bat as they were bowled out for a modest 96. Paulivor Rogers top scored with 25 not out and was assisted by Rudolph Proctor (16) and Zach Kenworthy (15). Leicestershire, for practice purposes for their upcoming season, were allowed to bat their full 50 overs and chase a score of 300. Ben Smith top scored with a dynamic 145 not out and Trevor Ward helped with 49 as Leicestershire finished on 300 for 7. Both Chaka Hodge and Paulivor Rogers claimed two wickets apiece. The next one-day is to be played this Thursday.