Steve Bennett and Jim Fellows opened the bowling for Clowne and Savage immediately attacked, Fellows coming in initially for some harsh treatment but the tall fast bowler recovered well and with a more defensive field Clowne gradually dragged the scoring rate back under control. Matt Linacre replaced Fellows and made the breakthrough having Parry caught by Fellows for 18 in the middle of an impressive spell of 6-0-22-1. Bennett then bowled the dangerous Savage for 36 as Clowne began to take control with the wicket of I Hill also going to Bennett lbw for 4. A decent partnership followed between Hickinbotham and Addis before Josh Womble(6-0-26-1) had Hickinbotham caught by the captain for 30. Dave Keys(9-2-30-2) then chipped in with two wickets both caught by Askew who was having an impressive game behind the stumps. When Fellows returned to remove Addis and S Hill Clowne looked set for a win but an inability to bowl at the stumps at the end let then down and Old Park ended on 30 runs short with eight wickets down.