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The 1s found the going too difficult away at Christleton as they struggled to contain the home batsmen who racked up 275-5 in their 50 overs. Opening bat Ben Stoddart once again annoyingly demonstrated his class, although he was stumped one run short of a ton thanks to spin wizard Mark Weighill and demon gloveman Dave Patterson. In reply our batters didn’t get within realistic range of the target, although 49 from Charlie Eaton raised the spirits. The total of 191 was in the good but no cigar category. If the 1s avoid relegation from here it will be a story for the ages….. The 2s recent good run came to an end as a side missing many regular players fell well short against the Alderley Edge juggernaut at The Beets. Sam Thozer was his usual steady self with the bat but the rest found the 1st team standard bowling a tricky task to cope with. You know it’s not your day when a player who has just hobbled to slip after falling over with a leg strain pouches a low and quick catch the following ball……. The low target of 80 was brushed aside by the experienced batting of...