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29.08.09 - Isham do 'Double' over Earls Barton Both 1st & 2nd XI's produced wins over Earls Barton in the double header weekend.   The 1st XI were playing their final home game of the season and signed off with victory. Isham lost the toss and were put in to bat. The innings began badly with opener Reid falling for just 6. Zia and Harrison made slow but sure progress on a pitch that was dusting up with variable bounce once the new ball had been seen off. Harrison fell for 24 and was soon followed by Zia for 37. Long in his new no.4 berth played positive shots but was undone with one drive too many for 16. Somerfield joined skipper Court and slowly they began to build an innings together. The partnership had reached 62 when Court was dismissed by opener Yaqub with a 'nip backer' for 44. Somerfield fell soon after for yet another dubious LBW for 30. The tail failed to wag as Smith was left unbeaten on 10 as he ran out of partners. Isham 188 all out on the last ball.   Earls Bartons reply began slowly but surely and they had reached 36 before opener Yaqub was out LBW to Law, the first of his 5 wickets. Overseas Suleman joined Rees and both batted well taking the total to 66 before Law bowled a beauty that moved away off the seam uprooting the South African's off stump. Hussain had replaced Somerfield and immediatley had new batsman Smart caught at slip by Reid. At the other end Law was into his stride and blew away the top and middle order with Hussain also taking another. Somerfield was reintroduced to mop up the tail. No 8 batsman Trotter was putting up a solid resistance to the Isham attack and with one wicket needed his innings was ended in the most unfortunate of manners. An attempted yorker from Somerfield came out a full toss which Trotter managed to chip up into his chin. The resulting injury was a huge split which needed stitches. Trotter forced to retire on 29 off 58 balls. An Isham win in disapointing circumstances.   Click Here for Full Scorecard     The 2nd XI were also facing Earls Barton in an away fixture. Winning they toss they inserted the home side with opener Shaun Wills striking early on to remover skipper Howe for 0. Soon Brooks was caught behind off White and Wills has his second bowling Agostini for 1 leaving the home side on 17 -3. Opener Bond and new bat Patching regrouped taking the score past 50 before Hobbs was introduced and removed Bond with a catch off his own bowling. Regular wickets followed with only no.8 Desborough making any impact with 35. Earls Barton eventually all out for 139. Wills and Hobbs both finishing with 3 wickets each. Chasing a low score with 53 overs to chase it down created an ideal situation for veterans Hardy and Norton to go out and set their stall. Both made slow but steady runs until Hardy was caught and bowled by Yaqub. Perkins came and went for 0. Mistry made 17 and White 4. Norton eventually fell 3 short of his 50. Shaun Wills and Luck got the score within 1 run before Wills was bowled. Isham finally got over the line with overs and wickets to spare finishing on 140-6. The win see's them advance above Earls Barton into 7th place and 45 points clear of the relegation battle. Click Here for Full Scorecard   10.08.09 - Leaders undone by 'Long Arm of the Law!' The 1st XI produced a great performance on Saturday to beat top of the table Geddington. The start of the day was Andy ‘Whammo’ Law who took 4 wickets in 4 balls to obliterate the Geddington middle order. Isham won the toss and gave Geddington first knock on a pitch that was always going to be a bit soft after the torrential rain throughout the week. Star man Steele opened up and was not doubt looking at a big score after dispatching the Isham bowlers to all parts on his way to 156 against them earlier in the season. His stay this time was a short lived one as he only lasted 4 balls. Aussie quick bowler Somerfield cleaned him up with a delivery sort of a length that kept low and beat the unlucky Steele all ends up. Opener Tertius Raubenheimer was joined at the crease by older brother Tian. Both set about the bowling playing positive shots and at times chancing their arm. Geddington found themselves on 40-1 and bowling changes were on the cards until Law’s magic spell reduced Geddington to 40-5. First victim was Raubenheimer Jnr who top edged a short delivery and was caught sharply by Reid at 1st slip. Pearson lasted one ball, LBW straight in front. Ludlam made his way in for the hat-trick ball, still dressing himself after the tumble of wickets. The fielders surrounded the bat like a pack of wolves. A good length ball from Law nipped away, found the edge and was taken superbly, low down by keeper Harrison. The players surrounded Law to celebrate his first County League hat-trick. This bought the end of the over. A maiden was played out and Law once again found himself bowling at a new man – Sutherland. Again Law strode in and struck him on the back pad right in front of middle, 4 in 4 balls!! At 40-5 Geddington needed to regroup. Raubenheimer now had to change his game to a more weary one and with Murdoch the score progressed slowly past 100 before Murdoch was caught by Reynolds off Court for a grafted 18 off 57 balls. Skipper Toseland joined Raubenheimer and at 6-105 caution was the order of the day. 10 tight overs followed as Toseland dug in to play the support role. He was eventually cleaned up by the Somerfield who was back in the attack for 0 off 26 balls. The only other contribution was from Judd who ended up 14 not out as Somerfield and Long cleaned up the tail. Geddington all out for 154 in 45.4 overs. Law and Somerfield finishing with 4 wickets each. Isham's reply started badly as Zia was given out LBW batting 2 yards out of his crease after getting a big stride in. Reid was joined by Harrison. Both knew their job was to see of the new ball which they did. After scratching around to begin with Harrison began to play with fluency and some exquisite shots followed. Harrison reached his 50 and Isham took the score past 90 before Harrison was run out stupidly backing up too far. Reynolds came and went without progressing the score and Reid followed soon after. Skipper Court lasted 3 balls and Robinson joined him in the pavilion after Raubenheimer's Googly did him all ends up! Isham had gone from 90-1 to 108-6 and Geddington sensed victory. Isham's reply started badly as Zia was given out LBW batting 2 yards out of his crease after getting a big stride in. Reid was joined by Harrison. Both knew their job was to see of the new ball which they did. After scratching around to begin with Harrison began to play with fluency and some exquisite shots followed. Harrison reached his 50 and Isham took the score past 90 before Harrison was run out stupidly backing up too far. Reynolds came and went without progressing the score and Reid followed soon after. Skipper Court lasted 3 balls and Robinson joined him in the pavilion after Raubenheimer's Googly did him all ends up! Isham had gone from 90-1 to 108-6 and Geddington sensed victory. Smith and Somerfield calmed things down playing out some overs. Somerfield attacked the bad ball playing positively while Smith played well in the support role. Smith eventually fell LBW with the score on 127 to a short pitched shooter. Long joined Somerfield and again showed the strength of the Isham batting line up. Never looking in trouble they put on 30 with Long finishing the game with a 6 overs mid wicket. A well deserved victory to an in-form Isham team who as usual tried to keep the crowd and the opposistion interested right until the end!! Click Here for Full Scorecard                                     29.07.09 - Isham beat Prem side to make Finals Day Isham defeated Premier League side Stony Stratford in the quarter finals of the NCL Twenty20 Plate at Orlingbury road. Isham lost the toss and Stony decided to bat first. Tight bowling from Court and Henson meant Stony got of to a slow but steady start after loosing opener Avery in the third over. Ex test player Dion Ebrahim and Tate were the backbone of the Stony innings scoring 45 and 42 respectivley before both being caught out on the boundary by Court off the bowling of Reynolds. A couple of good run outs by Somerfield helped the cause. Stony eventually setting 146-6 off their 20 overs. The Isham innings got off to a flyer with Aussie Somerfied playing some big shots helping to take 22 off the first over. At the other end Lodder played an uncharacteristic shot and was bowled for 1 by Jethre. Will Chudley came in at 3 and some quick running and the odd boundary meant that Isham were always up with the run rate. Somerfield fell for 21 which bought usual opener Reid to the Crease. Reid and Chudley continued the scoring with some well played shots and well taken singles. Will was eventually caught on 22 and was replaced by his brother who was out LBW first ball. Stony sensed they were now on top as wickets were falling. Skipper Court joined Reid who both consolodated for a couple of overs to stem the flow of wickets. A tired Reid was eventually out for a well played 46. Reynolds joined Court and as the last recognised batsman they both played steady shots taking runs off singles and dispatching the odd bad ball. The run rate was up to 7 an over but both batsmen were playing well and managed to see Isham home with 4 balls to spare. A good victory that sees Isham into the Finals day. Click Here for Full Scorecard   18.07.09 - Weekley Hold out for Draw against 1st XI The 1st XI were held to a winning draw away at Weekley & Warkton on Saturday. After loosing the toss and being put into bat the Isham innings began badly, loosing Ben Reid for 0. Zia and Somerfield then settled things down and took the score to 85 before the Australian was dismissed for a well worked 56. Zia was Joined by Vice captain George Chudley before loosing his wicket 2 runs short of his half century. George Chudley went on to make 39 and was joined by skipper Court. Younger Chudley Will made 9 and Court was joined by Tim Robinson. Court and Robinson began steadily and then took the Weekley bowlers apart in the final overs scoring nearly 50 runs off the final 4 overs!! Robison ended unbeaten on 43 and Court unbeaten on 63. Isham finished 290 for 5. The Weekley innings began with Palmer and Rorke. Palmer looked comfortable, Rorke however looked nervous againt flatmate Somerfield - who eventually cleaned him up for 10. Burgess came in at 3 and from ball 1 took it to the Isham bowlers. Edges and near misses frustrated the bowlers to beging with but he then settled down and began to hit the ball cleanly. Palmer, batting well, left a straight one from Law leaving Weekley 28-2. Ferguson, only playing his second game of the season, joined Burgess and things settled down. With the 100 partnership looming Court came on with some off spin pies and set the trap which Burgess fell for, caught at long-on by Long for 54. Skipper Bailey carried on where Burgess left off. The re-introduction of Somerfield was the catalyst for Isham wickets as he removed ferguson for 47 and Bailey for 34 - both clean bowled. Fellow opener Law also returned and saw for Dalziel. A short pitched ball from Somerfield took Smith by suprise and looped to a shocked Law at gully who held the catch. Isham now only needed 2 wickets but overs were running out and both Somerfield and Law had bowled their allocation. With the wicket playing slow and low the Isham bowlers found it hard to produce any magic and the experienced Peasnall and youthful Rees saw out the final 4 overs. Click Here for Full Scorecard   Dads vs Lads Game 24th July Friday 24th july see's the annual Dads vs Lads game as a combined team of U11's & U13's take on their fathers to see who's going to be doing the chores at home for the next month!! The game starts at 6:15 and is a 20Twenty match. All are welcome to pop in for a beer and a burger. See Dave Hobbs for more details.
11.07.09 - 1st XI Beat Local Rivals in Final Over Drama!

The 1st Team pulled off a dramatic win on Sat over high flying rivals Wellingborough Town. Isham won the toss and put the visitors in to bat. Wellingborough got of to a flyer with the first 50 coming off 6 overs. Eventually Isham began to pull things back with some tight bowling from overseas Somerfield who removed both openers. A steady stream of wickets slowed down the run rate and the introduction of Chris Long, partnering Somerfield in his second spell meant things were kept tight. Somerfield finished with 6 for 43 off 15 and Long finished with 2 for 35 off 12. Wellingborough ended on 206 for 9.   A rain delay during the Wellingborough innings meant Isham had only 45 overs to chase down the runs. Reid and Zia started well putting on 50 for the first wicket. Zia went on to make his 50 supported well by Reynolds. Isham steadily chipped away at the score but were also loosing wickets. With 3 overs to go they needed 27 to win and were 7 wickets down. Skipper Court and Long decided the draw was never an option.   A tight over from Accademy bowler Roach meant 21 was needed off the final 2 overs. A four and a single from Court put Long on strike. A dot ball was followed with one of the biggest sixes ever seen at Orlingbury road and then a four as Long decided the best way to shut the chirpy Town players up was to let his bat do the talking!!! 15 off the over meant 6 needed of the final over for the win. Court dispatched the first ball, a short pitched one for 4 through deep cover. Another bouncer followed, and flew through to the keeper. Again another short ball came in which was flat batted for 4 to give Isham a well deserved win with 3 balls to spare!!   Click Here for Full Scorecard