HIGHFLYING Knypersley 1st X1 were frustrated
at home on Saturday by an unambitious
Leek side.
Victory was a virtual impossibility for
Knypersley after Leek left their declaration
until the 58th over.
They had scored 267 for six, professional
Kim Barnett hitting 120 and number three
Dave Wheeldon scoring 111.
Knypersley replied with 206 for six off 49
overs, and each side picked up eight points
from the draw.
The result saw Knypersley slip one place to
third in the table, seven points behind Porthill
Park.
Barnett and Wheeldon put on 214 for the
second wicket, which fell five overs before the
end of the innings.
Leek scored 124 in their first 35 overs, and
92 in the next 15.
Neil Dutton took three for 78 off 14 overs,
Steve Farr ended with one for 23 off nine, and
Quasar Abbas took one for 55 off 17.
Knypersley made a poor start in reply, being
45 for four before Abbas steadied the ship
with a game-saving 101.
In his first 50 balls he scored just 14, the
next 68 deliveries producing 86 runs.
He and Rob James, who scored 38, hit 109
for the fifth wicket.
Danny Wilde, aged 16, from Biddulph, hit
20 as one of the opening bats in his second
first team appearance.
Knypersley travel to fourth from bottom
Moddershall tomorrow, and take on Wood
Lane on Sunday in the Talbot Cup semi-final.
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