Prepare yourself for the unofficial Sunday XI match report by Jack "Shakespeare" Hannam.
Petersfield Sunday side travelled to Sarisbury hoping to bounce back from last weeks defeat to Churt. With no toss required, stand in skipper Jack Hannam agreed to bat first boasting a batting line up oozing quality.
Sadly jack showed little sign of this quality and skied a frustrated cover drive caught one handed deep in the outfield to the surprise of the fielder. This brought Henry Austin to the crease in his newly promoted batting position. Despite a massive edge behind The Hen stood firm hoping the umpire had missed the huge deflection from his battered Bradbury. This was not the case as a crooked finger was raised and Austin headed back to the hutch.
Enter Andy Barnes in what can only be described as a made to measure set of whites where not an inch of material was wasted over his frame. Jaws dropped as Barnes first ball yielded no runs. Normal service was soon resumed as the next 3 deliveries went for 16. This proved to be the catalyst for Will William Rice who suddenly remembered the destructive opening batsman he was.
The party began as the pair added 80 runs from the next 9 overs. Rice bringing up his 50 with a sumptuous pull and Barnes falling just short for 47. Harry Hannam came and went before Rice fell for a classy 71. "Ian" Seager pushed hard singles, much to the disgust of the steely eyed veteran Dave Squires. Dave duly obliged with some tenacious running before falling for 8 (having run for 10 byes before getting off the mark). After putting his body through sheer hell, skipper Hannam gave Dave an ecg which he passed much to the delight of his comrades.
Sadly for Simon "Dirty Dog" Dodd, his innings was short lived as the little friction offered from plimsoles resulted in him slipping out of his crease to be stumped for a duck.
With the opening pair of Doddy and Mark "Rule book" Holloway the home side were in for a torrid time. Unfortunately the six inch bounce of Dodd and missile like Holloway darts were to the liking of opener Critchy. Holloway drew first blood with a smart stumping from Seagar. Debutant Cam Clarke tested the halfway mark of the wicket well with some short bowling and got reward in the 14th with a wicket.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Harry Hannam provided two mouth watering long hops which soon disappeared over the ropes. Regaining composure he picked up an LBW decision as the limp wrist of Liam Charles rasied a battle scarred finger. With Critchy powering his way to 50 Hannam turned to his "go-to guy" Rice with the instruction "get him out". Rice happily obliged by bowling Critch and was swiftly removed from the attack. Needing the run rate reduced, the evergreen Dave Squires was introduced proving a master stroke as he bowled six overs, 1-15. Fantastic figures in the context of the game.
With 9 required from the fnal over Rice dismissed Andrews for 9 runs. 1 ball remaining, 2 to win. With the draw not an option the field was pulled in. A late swinging ball was clipped off the legs past the despairing Clarke giving Sarisbury the win. Despite the loss, a great game of cricket played in good spirit throughout.
Batting MOM: Will Rice
Bowling MOM: Dave Squires
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