Petersfield took on Sussex based Selsey for the second of their pre season friendlies hoping to improve on last week’s loss against Grayswood.
Selsey won the the toss and and didn’t hesitate in electing to bat. Petersfield bolstered by the the return of skipper Ash Spencer immediately took the game to the opposition reducing the hosts to 21 for 2 from just 4 overs mainly due to a suburb opening spell from newcomer Billy Maisey and some sharp catches from Will Rice.
Selsey kept the run rate moving along steadily until Nigel Straw dismissed the stubborn A Horner for 13 with Maisey taking a great reflex catch in the slips.
The remainder of the home side supported C Mason well for his half century despite J Hannam and Liam Charles picking up a wicket apiece. However this only brought the return of Christie Salmon into the attack who annihilated the lower order with a spell of hostile yet accurate bowling reducing the home side to 175 for 8. Christie finished with superb figures of 3 wickets from 8 overs for just 18 runs.
Field got off to a slow start and suffered an early blow losing the dangerous Rice in the 5th over. Then losing skipper Ash Spencer to an LBW decision the following over field looked in trouble at 16 for 2. This brought debutant Harry Hannam to the crease who smashed 3 of his first 5 balls for 4 giving field hope after a poor start.
Unfortunately he too fell LBW bringing Maisey to the crease with the ever reliable Andy Salmon. The pair added 50 for the 4th wicket until Maisey was bowled by Kochumon for a classy 28.
The lower order swiftly followed leaving Matt and Christie Salmon; Petersfield’s last hope of salvaging something from the game to grind out the last few overs. Sadly Matt was run out by a superb piece of fielding and Christie ended up on 20* with Petersfield falling 30 runs short.
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