Petersfield won their latest indoor match against Bedhampton to move to top of Division 4 of the Indoor League. However with Emsworth and Hambledon having games in hand promotion is still out of our hands and dependent upon others' results.
Put into bat, Petersfield got off to a disasterous start as Will Rice went first ball and Shaun Blanks third ball. Chris Salmon and Jack Hannam steadied the ship and Salmon played a great innings to quickly get to 25 and retire. He was replaced by Matt Salmon who continued the good work. Hannam was dismissed for 18 and Liam Charles soon afterwards and it was left to the Salmons (Chris 40no and Matt 32no) to take the team through to a respectable 130 off 12 overs.
Shaun Blanks and Chris Salmon restricted Bedhampton early in their innings and they were soon well behind the run rate. Salmon took a caught and bowled but Petersfield were not making inroads and soon the batsmen started to gain momentum. They came very close with only 11 needed off 3 balls but Blanks kept his line and length and forced 2 run outs off the last 2 balls of the innings to see Petersfield home.
Their final match is on Sunday 6th February against Locksheath
Friday 18 February 2011
Saturday 5 February 2011
Petersfield Dominate Unbeaten Emsworth
Petersfield senior indoor team played some great cricket to come out comfortable winners against league leaders and previuosly unbeaten Emsworth. PUt into bat and after losing an early wicket, Will Rice (19) and Jack Hannam (21) built steadily but some good bowling from Emsworth was not going to allow Petersfield any easy runs. All the batsmen had to work hard and play for the gaps. Chris and Matt Salmon continued the good work and with big hits from Liam Charles at the end Petersfield reached 99-4.
To win they would need to bowl Emsworth out. All the bowlers gave nothing away and gradually built the pressure up. Shaun Blanks bowled a great opening spell of 3-12 off his 3 overs and he was well supported by Chris Salmon and skipper Hannam. Will Rice maintained the pressure and bagged 2 wickets and Liam Charles finished it off with a great catch from the diving Matt Salmon.
Petersfield move into 2nd place in the league and must win their last 2 matches to give themselves a chance of promotion. Next match is against Bedhampton C on 13th February.
To win they would need to bowl Emsworth out. All the bowlers gave nothing away and gradually built the pressure up. Shaun Blanks bowled a great opening spell of 3-12 off his 3 overs and he was well supported by Chris Salmon and skipper Hannam. Will Rice maintained the pressure and bagged 2 wickets and Liam Charles finished it off with a great catch from the diving Matt Salmon.
Petersfield move into 2nd place in the league and must win their last 2 matches to give themselves a chance of promotion. Next match is against Bedhampton C on 13th February.
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