First-Class Counties Second Eleven Annual 2012

7 And a quick mention of the fielders. Northamptonshire`s David Murphy claimed 11catches behind the stumps against Derbyshire at Denby CC. The One-Day Trophy, now a 40-over affair, was won by Nottinghamshire for the second time. They defeated Lancashire by four wickets at Liverpool’s Aigburth ground, a venue so successful for the first-class Red Rose outfit in 2011. The highest score in the One-Day Trophy was 317 for six by Middlesex against Essex at Chelmsford. In the highest scoring game in the 2011 competition, Essex replied with 300 for nine to lose by just 17 runs. Some seventeen other teams scored at least 250, an average run rate well over a run-a-ball. The Unicorns A, in scoring 290 for eight against Yorkshire at Todmorden, made their highest competition score. Surrey, dismissed for 76 by Kent at Cheam, and Durham, rolled over for 78 at Lytham St Anne’s by Lancashire, recorded their lowest totals. Michael Comber of Essex did not figure for the county much in 2011 but he certainly made his appearance count against Middlesex in the match described above with a splendid knock of 155. James Campbell’s 135 was the highest for the Unicorns A. This was made against Northamptonshire at Chester Boughton Hall. Chris Jordan of Surrey took the bowling honours with an astonishing eight for 19 against the MCC Young Cricketers at Radlett. This haul included a hat-trick, one of three recorded in one-day cricket in 2011. Gareth Breese (Durham against Warwickshire at Longhirst Hall) and Ivan Thomas (for Kent against Surrey at Cheam) were the other successes. Somerset’s Andy Dibble, after his nine-for in the Championship, returned figures of six for 14 against Essex at Taunton Vale in the one-day format. Adam Syddall took five for five for the Unicorns A against Lancashire at Chester Boughton Hall. This was the best return the side had had in Second Eleven one-day competitions. On a quirkier note, Dominic Reed, playing for Unicorns A against Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire, returned exactly the same figures of 4-0-29-0 in each match. Consistency, if not parsimony, personified. The Second ElevenTrophy produced some 19 centuries, exactly half the number of the previous season. This is undoubtedly due to the reduction in overs. Only one game, the game between Essex and Middlesex described above, saw a second century in the same game, as Adam Rossington registered 130 for Middlesex The leading runs scorer was Scott Elstone of Nottinghamshire, who made 405. The leading wicket-taker was Steven Cheetham of Lancashire, who had 22 victims. However, after the sun the rain, as each found they were to be released by their counties at the end of the season. As in the Championship, there was a collapse worthy of note. Warwickshire were seemingly coasting at 170 for one against Durham at Longhirst Hall. They were dismissed for just 227 from the last ball of the final over, with nine wickets