Elizabeth Styles E/Coast 40-over cricket… Buxton ‘A’ beat Plaisance by 76 runs

Oct 03, 2017 Sports, https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...laisance-by-76-runs/

On a glorious Sunday morning, Buxton ‘A’, one of the cricketing giants on the East Coast, faced-off with Plaisance on home turf and when the dust had settled, the Buxtonians had emerged victorious by 76 runs in the opening round of the Elizabeth Styles East Coast 40-over match.
Buxton ‘A’ were all out for 212 in 30 overs in game that was reduced by 10 overs due to overnight rain as Marvin Cato (69) and Anthony McFarlane (22) were the only batsmen to reach 20.
K. Sam (3-20), D. Abrams (2-18) and Pedrico Abrams (2-24) bowled well for Plaisance who were dismissed for 136 in 29 overs despite Noel Williams (38) and Kevin Fraser (36) offering token resistance. Ceaser Glenn ended with 3-19, Rawley Fredricks 2-35 and David Glenn 2-27.
Buxton ‘A’ team won the toss & elected to bat on a two-paced track and after three overs they raced to 50 without loss before Plaisance clawed their way back after an explosive opening partnership between Anthony McFarlane and Marvin Cato.
McFarlane (22) was removed at 75-1 after the rollicking start, Buxton quickly lost their way and slumped to 105 for 4 after 18 overs as Sam, D. Abrams, and P. Abrams ripped the heart out of the Buxton middle order.
But the experienced Marvin Cato repaired the damage with Rawley Fredricks (14) before the injured Cato was LBW from a ball that kept low with the score on 160-5 before Ceaser Glenn contributed 16 to prop up the tail.
However, the demise of Glenn triggered a collapse with the last five wickets falling for 52 runs as Buxton failed to bat out their allotted overs.
When Plaisance began their chase, they got off to a horrendous start with Glenn removing one of the openers with the third ball of the innings.
However, Williams and Fraser began to counterattack the new ball bowlers, but with the introduction of spin Fredricks spun a web that slowed the run rate down and with impressive discipline showed by the veteran pacer David Glenn, Plaisance were kept in shackles.
This led to the demise of two batsmen in quick succession which started a slump from which Plaisance never recovered.
(Sean Devers)