ON THE DEFENSIVE: Mehraj Ahmed gets to the pitch of the ball in Saturday's clash with Shifnal.
Barnt Green (24pts) 187-8
Shifnal (3pts) 85 all out
Barnt Green won by 102 runs
SKIPPER Dougie Brown ripped through the Shifnal batting line-up as Barnt Green kicked off their Birmingham and District Premier Division campaign with a victory.
In a low scoring game, opener Gavin Shephard (33) and Richard Hall (75) helped Green post a total of 187-8 from their 55 overs.
Mehraj Ahmed also chipped in with 35 not out.
In reply, Brown and Ahmed (2-19) took two early wickets each to leave the visitors reeling.
Shephard took to the attack, providing excellent support with 2-12 from his six overs.
Brown returned to dismiss the lower order on his way to figures of 5-20, while experienced spinner Richard Illingworth also got in on the act with a wicket, as Shifnal were skittled in just 38.5 overs.
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On Sunday, Green were edged out by just one run in their Cockspur National Knockout Cup first round clash at Water Orton.
Nathan Newport took 3-14 in an accomplished bowling performance, which saw Green knock the home side over for 109 from their 34.3 overs.
Newport (17) and Shephard (30) made a bright start to the reply, but the three-pronged attack of Gregory Lawley (3-26), Stephen Bevan (4-16) and Greg Hunt (3-17) ripped through the middle order as the visitors collapsed to 108 all out from 27.3 overs.
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