| For once losing the toss proved to be in Guiseley's favour as rain had a dramatic effect on the battle for the League crown. |
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| Put in again by Adel skipper Dave Weston rain intervened proceedings for over 2 hours at 1:35pm with the score on 23 for none after 7
overs. Taking tea early a calculation was made to play a 30 over game as Guiseley could not afford to take the chance of a 1 point draw already being 1 point behind Bilton with only one game remaining. |
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| Come what may the Guiseley players decided that they must declare after 30 overs but some excellent batting by Richard Whitaker, David Ross and Ian Colquhoun ensured that a figure of 178 was achieved. Needing 6 an over was always going to be a big ask and once the danger men of Bill Holmes and Dave Weston had been removed the Adel reply was quickly reduced to 27 for 4. |
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| Attacking fields for the next few overs did not produce the required breakthrough and a change of tactics led to some exciting last overs as Guiseley went for 5 points rather than the full 6. Excellent bowling again from Marcus Brown and some tight overs from Adam Perring ensured that Adel ended up 6 short of the 2 point figure and the innings closed at 128 for 7. Frantic calls to Bilton and Green Lane afterwards ascertained that both had only got 1 point from rain-affected games when they were batting second and not in control of the game. |
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| Guiseley go into the last game with a 3 point lead and need only 2 points at home against Bilton to win the League. |
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| Report by: Sean Yeates |
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