League Match 1: Leinster Saturday 3rd May 2008

Good start to our 2008 Season with a win away against Leinster - star batting from Daljit (not out 47) and Laurie (42) with fine bowling from Shane (3 w), Arjit (3w) and Danny(3w) - win was with a margin of  4 wickets with two balls to spare -  Halverstown chased 166 in 48 overs (3 overs extra due to Leinster being all out after 41.4 overs) - see Leinster 5th's side web site.  Leinster won toss and elected to bat first and the match was contested on a lovely clear day.

Tough match lost by 7 wickets away to Knockharley. Ground is near Kentstown off  R153 and N2. Halverstown lost the toss and were sent in to bat first on a tricky pitch - one end the ball keeping low and the other rearing quite high. Halverstown were all out for a meagre 62 after 32 overs. Top scores were Dermott 15 , Geoff 10,Robbie 8 and Alan 8. Danny picked up two good wickets - getting both openers caught behind and Arjit followed with Knockharley's aggressive number 3 getting him LBW. Good win for Knockharley, their first out of three this season, by  a handsome 7 wickets after only 19 overs. 

Halverstown achieved a narrow victory in their firs round with two balls to spare

Halverstown won toss and elected to bat, reaching 149 for 8 after 45 overs - Port Laois reached the winning target of 150 after only 19 overs with the loss of two wickets (both the Laois openers were finally dismissed after some aggressive hitting scoring 53 and 47 respectively.

League match lost on Saturday 24th May at home to Laois by 7 wickets and 26 overs. Team: Daljit, Geoff, Ripper, Arjit, David Brown, Darren, Laurie, Richard, Henry, Barney, Des

Halverstown won toss and elected to field first on a very good wicket. A visibly surprised at the decision Clontarf captain and his team then proceeded to score 212 for 9 after 45 overs (top Clontarf opener scored 97). Halverstown batted well and got very close needing only 11 runs off three overs with 4 wickets remaining and an in form Dermot Page still there with 92 - Darren got caught going for a six,  a metre from the boundary rope - and Halverstown were all out for 205 after three further wickets fell- see links to bowling and batting figures here

League Match  on Sunday 25th May away to Clontarf close loss - chasing 212 Halverstown scored 205 all out with Dermot on 92 not out. Team was : Daljit, Geoff, Tim, Marc, Dermot, Shane, Darren, Henry, Lance, Laurie, David Brown

Great win for Halverstown against a characteristically fiesty Avondale visiting team. Fantastic bowling by star home player Daljit Singh who tore through the Avondale batting line-up in a true match winning performance by getting seven wickets for only 17 runs.

Avondale scored 111 with their  star batsman Al Bolton, batting at four and scoring 31, was justifiably disconsolate after being  dismissed by  a low skimming flyer from Daljit. As a finishing touch to their fine overall bowling performance, Halverstown got home to win with 3 wickets in hand. George - Halverstown's talented  all rounder - scored two consecutive fours off Avondale's tricky swing bowler and last seasons captain, Duncan Duke. Halverstown will need to load their side with a good batting line up when they face Avondale at Rathdrum on 12th July. This will be required to cope with Avondale's  Stanley family created immaculately true and bouncy synthetic matt pitch.
Note: full scorebook pictures to follow with this report soon from Robbie Devenish