The CERN cricket club traveled to the North of England for their first tour of the season, playing two games over the course of the weekend of 26-27th June against Trafford Solicitors CC (TSCC).
 
The sunny weather was almost unprecedented in the history of this fixture.  The first game on Saturday saw the CERN team rewarded for their accurate bowling, as they restricted TSCC to 130 all out: T. Goodyear the pick of the bowlers with 4-7, with three wickets for Stucki. 

Despite losing three wickets, the runs were comfortable chased down in 26 overs, with Elvin top scoring on 34, and K. Goodyear hitting the winning runs to finish on 32 not out.

The second match saw TSCC setting a challenging target of 179 from their 30 overs, Hoburn scoring 61, and Barrett taking 3-40.  Osborne very narrowly failed to take a hat-trick in the final over.
 
CERN CC’s reply started with an opening partnership of 152 (featuring three batters), as Osborne recorded the first century of the season.  Late wickets fell though, and a run out from the final ball left the score on 179/5 as the match finished in a tie.

A more detailed report can be found on the CERN Cricket Club web site:
http://cern.ch/Club-Cricket