The 3rd XI travelled to Coldon Common with another young side, the weather was threatening and the wicket was springy and had a damp feel. Petersfield won the toss and put Coldon Common in.
A fantastic opening spell of bowling ripped into the opening batsmen: Oscar Windebank took a wicket in his first over and no batsman looked comfortable against him. An attacking 7/2 off side field meant that the batsmen were having to improvise to score runs against accurate bowling this led to frustration and inevitable wickets. Newman bowled Coldon’s most accomplished looking batsman and Windebank picked up two more wickets, his variation was in particular causing the batsmen to guess and he was often taking his own fielders by surprise! The fielding matched the accurate bowling with every chance being taken and the ground fielding was flawless. Perry came on first change and made an impression with his second ball, then a wicket in his second over and two in his third finished off a very dejected Coldon Common. Windebank finished with three wickets, Newman one and Perry four. Thomas took two catches behind the wicket. Coldon Common were all out for 35.
Petersfield faced some accurate bowling but were able to comfortably reach their target to win by nine wickets, with Stratford-Tuke 18 not out and Will Jameson 9 not out. An emphatic victory to record the first win of the season.
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