Petersfield Under 13 v Liss U13

Petersfield U13 won by 8 wickets with just over 14 overs to spare (chasing 56 for 3 off 20 overs) Turk = 1 wicket Simpson = 1 wicket Richards = 1 wicket Anscombe 30 NO, Simpson bringing the scores level with a 6 off his first ball

Petersfield Girls v Pink Maidens

Petersfield Girls v Pink Maidens 29th July 2012 The final game of the season came courtesy of the Pink Maidens who kindly gave up their free league weekend to play the Petersfield girls side in a 20/20 match at Elsted on Sunday. The maidens batted first and both Olivia Wadey and Jess Grange showed some great determination as they opened the bowling for Petersfield and restricted the Maidens to 7 for 1 from their 1st 5 overs. A good spell of pace bowling from Katie Nolan supported by the accuracy of Laura Bates and some excellent wicket keeping by Lorna Williams kept the pressure on the Maidens who were 30 for 2 from 11 overs. Some free hitting and loose bowling then saw the score accelerate until Emma Barrett regained some control and the opening bowlers returned to take wickets leaving the Maidens a little short in scoring 77 for 4 from their 20 overs. Petersfield once again opened with Williams and Wadey who faced some of the quicker bowling of their short careers with bravery and application. The early loss of Wadey did not disrupt Petersfield’ s reply as some good shot selection and quick running moved them to 28 for 2 from the 1st 4 overs. The loss of Jess Grange for 10 and Lorna Williams for an excellent 12 could have proved problematic however some disciplined batting from Emma Barrett and big hitting from Katie Nolan who made 7 and 11 respectively kept the scoreboard moving. The returning opening bowlers for the Maidens threatened to take the game away from Petersfield however some brave batting from the younger and less experienced members of the team kept Petersfield in charge and needing 12 from the last 3 overs Tash Wadey and Ella Williams secured the match for Petersfield with 8 balls to spare. Congratulations should go to the entire team who played with spirit and focus, this result takes the girls to a new level of which they should be very proud.

Under 15s v Portsmouth Community Club

Petersfield U15s gained revenge for the narrow away loss to Portsmouth Community with a hard-fought yet ultimately comfortable win at Penns Place on Monday. Winning the toss and inserting Community, opening bowlers Alex Squires and Rob Straw tore into the batting, Squires in particular bowling superbly to take 2 for 6 off 4 overs and was unlucky not to pick up at least a couple more. Tom Pocock then chipped in with 3 for 8 including two wickets in two balls. Gabriel Broadhurst and Ben Anscombe provided excellent support with a wicket each. The bowling was tight (apart from the wides!) and the fielding electric, with Broadhurst (3 catches) and Bird (2 catches) outstanding. Jack Harvey and Will Grange also contributed to two sharp run-outs. ’Field were all over Community like a rash. Always under pressure, they struggled to 64 all out. Any notion that this was going to be a straightforward run chase were soon dispelled when Petersfield started their reply. The pitch was extremely low and slow with some variable bounce, while the bowling was miserly in the extreme. Nevertheless openers Alex Thomas and Gabe Broadhurst laid a solid foundation with a partnership of 28 off 8 overs, running well between the wickets, defending the good balls and punishing anything loose, before Broadhurst was bowled by Turner for 10. Josh Bird then relieved some of the pressure with a sprightly 15 including one of the biggest sixes seen at Penns for a long time. Despite a run-out mix-up at the death, Thomas saw ‘Field home with a captain’s knock of 28 not out. This was an excellent all-round performance by the u15s, who played some fine cricket and should be thoroughly proud of their performance against stubborn opponents and an opposition coach who put the grUMP into UMPire. Well done lads!

Petersfield CC vs Midhurst II CC Match Report 30.06.2012 played at Midhurst

Petersfield CC vs Midhurst II CC Match Report 30.06.2012 played at Midhurst Petersfield travelled to local rivals Midhurst hoping to bounce back from last weeks defeat to Basingstoke at the Heath. Things started badly for the visitors losing Billy Maisey in the 4th over to a late swinging Kearney Yorker. Three more wickets fell in quick succession leaving Petersfield at 35 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Henry Austin and Nigel Stone followed soon after leaving Petersfield looking dead and buried at 53 for 9. This brought Nigel Straw together with Will Jameson who took the attack to the Midhurst bowlers crashing the ball to all parts of the ground. Despite a blow to the face resulting in a 10 minute break from play Jameson brought up his half century ably supported by Nigel Straw (19). Straw was caught shortly after to a diving catch in the slips bringing the heroic 10th wicket display to an end. The partnership of 85 left Midhurst with 138 to chase and gave Petersfield something of a total to defend. The home side set about pushing along at a steady rate to see off the opening attack of Nicky Caddick and Stone. At 30 for 1 down from 10 overs they were on the track to victory before Caddick picked up his second wicket trapping Gough LBW for 6. Stone was rewarded soon after with his nagging line and length picking up the wicket of Pearce to a good catch from Ash Spencer. It was the introduction of Maisey which proved decisive; intent on making up for his failings with the bat, tore the home batting line up apart with an aggressive spell of swing bowling. Maisey finished with superb figures of 5 wickets for just 8 runs conceded from his 6 overs and an invaluable victory away from home.

Succesful Senior weekend

Petersfield as a club this weekend took on Midhurst in a Hmapshire v West Sussex shoot out with Petersfield 1s taking on Midhurst 2s, 2s tataking on Midhurst 3s and 3s taking on Misdhurst 4's. Petersfield emerged from this weekend with all 3 sides having comprehensive victories. The 1s struggled on a particularly sticky wicket to reach an unenviable 49 - 9, which brought in Petersfield's answer to Ian Botham, Will Jameson. Will struck 56 in a last wicket partnership of 80 with Captain Nigel Straw to give Filed a glimmer of a chance. This was taken full advantage of, on a wicket which has yielded very few runs all season, and Midhurst were all out for under 60 ,Billy Maisey taking 5 for 8 and was almost unplayable. Midhurst scored 55, only 35 of which were scored off the bat. Puts Petersfield batting (138) into context! Petersfield 2s vs Midhurst 3s at the Heath Petersfield won by 109 runs Petersfield 2s welcomed visitors Midhurst to the Heath on Saturday and recorded their third win of the season by a comfortable 109 runs. Put into bat by Midhurst on a slow but even paced wicket, ‘Field’s openers Thomas (24) and Salmon (29) started steadily against some tight bowling before both falling to Tupper. The middle order consolidated a tricky position before accelerating away with some aggressive stroke play, with Blanks (34) and Maguire (42) to the fore. But leading the charge was 16-year-old Henry Shore, who top scored with 63, which included eight boundaries and a six. Petersfield finished on 232 for 7 off their 42 overs. Sharp, with 3 for 52, was the pick of the Midhurst attack. An inexperienced Midhurst batting line-up struggled in reply but featured a stand-out performance from Tupper, who blasted a quick-fire 60 that featured 9 fours and two soaring sixes in a marvellous display of power hitting that saw the ball despatched to all parts of the Heath. However the real damage was done by Blanks (4 for 36) and Gumbe (2 for 7 off only 7 overs), limiting Midhurst to 123 all out and resulting in a comprehensive victory for Petersfield. Match Report: Petersfield III v Midhurst IV, Saturday 30th June ‘12 Petersfield lost the toss and the Midhurst captain took little time to decide to put Petersfield into bat on what looked to be a green and interesting wicket on a sunny but blustery day. Petersfield looked to be struggling to get on top of the Midhurst openers Sprinks and Jackson, losing early wickets in the 3rd and 8th overs to get to 29 for 2. Midhurst’s confidence took a blow when a difficult catch from Petersfield opener Richard Stephens was dropped on the boundary. This proved to be a defining moment in the match as Stephens and Gabriel Broadhust (12 years of age) dug in. Fourteen fours and five sixes from Stephens were interspersed with an occasional single to take Stephens to a resounding century, superbly supported by Broadhurst with a demonstration of concentration. Stephens eventually retired injured on an individual total of 104. Midhurst’s bowlers plugged on until eventually achieving a breakthrough in the 35th over in which Paddy May was caught off of Hamilton-Fox for a solid 18. This was swiftly followed in the same over by an unfortunate run out of Broadhurst on 40, with the batsmen’s calls being lost in the wind. Father and son pair John and Oscar Windebank then held the wicket until the end of the innings, with Windebank J ending on 20 not out, and Windebank O managing not to break a borrowed bat in his rapid 25 not out including two big sixes. After the break Midhurst got off to a quiet start and then lost an early wicket to Ben Cox, leaving them at 4 for 1 in the fourth over. Cox grabbed a second wicket in the sixth over and then Tristan O’Brien came on to take the wicket of Midhurst opener Powell with his first ball, Powell reaching 18. Midhurst’s fortunes were then not helped by a short but increasingly lively spell from Matt Salmon, opening his cameo appearance with a wicket maiden and ending on 2 wickets for 1 run off of 3 overs. The Midhurst tail wagged a little with Nucstew eventually caught for 12 and Fox caught for 10, both off a fine spell of accurate bowling from Petersfield’s Sam Howe, who closed on 3 for 11 off of 5 overs. The ‘field pushed on to close off a very good spirited match with 16 overs to spare, with the match clearly turning on the performance of batting pair Richards and Broadhurst.

Petersfield U14 Girls v Fair Oak

Petersfield U14 Girls v Fair Oak 25th June 2012 Batting first Petersfield openers Lorna Williams and Olivia Wadey started well and were only denied more runs by the bigger than normal pitch and a slow outfield. After Olivia was caught at gully and captain Jess Grange quickly departed the middle order all looked settled but failed to convert their time at the crease into runs. Things started to look serious when Lorna was finally dismissed for an excellent 12 leaving Petersfield 38 for 6 however an excellent partnership between Katie Pegden and Mille Wright took the Petersfield score to 58 for 7 from our 16 overs. In reply Fair Oak batted conservatively but took the singles and extras as they could. Emma Barrett took another wicket with her leg spin but overall we failed to build pressure on the opposition and despite hitting only one scoring shot for more than one run Fair Oak ran out winners reaching their target after 14 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. Lorna Williams top scored with 12 runs and Katie Pegden and Emma Barrett led the bowling figures.

Petersfield U11 Girls v Fair Oak

Petersfield U11 Girls v Fair Oak 1st July 2012 Petersfield under 11 girls played their 7th match of the season before the showers arrived at the Heath on Sunday before the largest crowd (50 people at least) of the season, debate raged as to whether this is due to the increasing standard of the cricket being played or the additional of Sally who is now providing cakes as well as manning (or should that be wo-manning) the tea station. Fair Oak won the toss and elected to bat via a group discussion. Two boundaries in the 1st over were followed by three stunning wickets from Olivia Wadey in the 2nd over destroying the start of the Fair Oak innings. All of the newer, younger, players then bowled better overs than they had previously and this coupled with 2 run outs and some good fielding restricted the Fair Oak score to 250 for 5 from their 16 overs. In reply Olivia Wadey and Laura Bates scored a quick fire 30 runs without loss from the 1st 4 overs, hitting 4 4’s in the process, to put Petersfield in a commanding position. Alex and Genny then both scored their first 4’s for the club in competition and received a high five from the coach before Emily Anscombe hit the shot of the day with a superb cover drive for 4 in her innings. Jenny Sinclair and Ella Williams then closed out the game to the sound of the clubhouse hoover as Sally moved from tea station to carpet maintenance. The boundary count of 9 to 3 in Petersfield’s favour proves what a good side this Petersfield team can become with the final score reaching 281 for 2 - a 31 run victory for the hosts. Olivia Wadey top scored again with 19 and took 3 wickets however special mention should go to Emily, Genny, Alex and Jenny who also scored at least one boundary each.

U11B match vs. Portsmouth Community today

Commiserations on being beaten by a single run – a bye off the very last ball of the match. It doesn’t come closer than that and the match see-sawed between a number of different outcomes making it a thrilling game to spectate. We batted first having lost the toss and Oscar A and George put on some quick runs to get us off to a good start. This pair were followed by Oscar M and Charlie who also played some good shots to keep the runs coming but unfortunately we started to see what was eventually going to be our demise, the loss of wickets. Overall we lost 11 wickets meaning we could have had 55 runs more on the board by the time we finished. A combination of lobbing up a few catches, one of which was very well taken by the opposition, and not playing defensively enough when the ball was bowled on target. If some of the shots had connected we would have been collecting the ball from Portsmouth’s home ground 20 miles away! Adam also deserved credit for some good shots including a fine boundary. The bowling started well with a maiden. We also took a few wickets and combined with some much more accurate bowling than we saw early in the season, the opposition were only on 204 after 13 overs chasing our 248. Unfortunately the run rate then picked up dramatically as they had kept their best batsmen for last. Oscar M came on to bowl the last over with the opposition needing just 3 runs. A single off the second ball and then 2 byes off the last two balls left us beaten by a nose. Nevertheless there were some good bowling figures including Tom E with 1 for 1, Tom S-T with 1 for 4, Oscar A with 2 for 1 and Oscar M with 0 for 1. Well played everyone and I hope you all enjoyed it.

Petersfield vs Portsmouth

Petersfield vs Portsmouth Petersfield win by 8 wickets The U15s put the disappointment of last week behind them and picked up their first win of the season, beating Portsmouth by 8 wickets in an impressive all-round display. Batting first, Portsmouth were immediately under pressure with Rob Straw picking up the key wicket of district player Jordan Palmer-Goddard for 2, brilliantly caught by Ben Anscombe running around at mid-off. This was the second time in two matches that the lethal Straw-Anscombe combination had accounted for the Portsmouth opener, who must be sick of the sight of both of them! Our bowlers gradually tightened their grip as a young Portsmouth batting line-up struggled to build a decent total. Simpson, in his first game for the U15s and bowling with real menace, picked up 2 wickets, and there were also 2 wickets apiece for Broadhurst and Anscombe. Egelstaff and Straw were the other wicket takers as Portsmouth crumbled to 66 all out. Broadhurst was outstanding in the field with 2 catches (plus a caught-and-bowled) and a brilliant stop and throw from square leg, which resulted in a run-out. In reply, openers Thomas (27) and Broadhurst (23 n.o.) set off at a brisk pace, punishing the bad balls and putting on 55 for the first wicket. Despite losing 2 quick wickets, the hard work had been done and the winning total was reached with over 7 overs to spare. This was a great effort by the lads. Any victory over a Portsmouth team is one to savor and they don’t come much more one-sided than this. Cutting down on the wides and tightening up some of the ground-fielding will make the side even more competitive but this was a thumping victory and great to watch. Well done.

Petersfield vs Portsmouth Community

Petersfield vs Portsmouth Community Petersfield lost by 1 run So close..... what a game. Portsmouth is a weird place. A week last Friday saw driving rain, howling wind and standing water in Petersfield. Yet the sun had shone all day at Drayton, so a slightly bemused U15 side set off to play Portsmouth Community. The sun had long since gone by the time we arrived and on a grey, blustery, bitterly cold evening, a great game of cricket ensued. Batting first on a pudding of a wicket that had the consistency of a Victoria sponge, Portsmouth Community struggled to a total of 62 for 3 off their 20 overs. The powerfully built Turner (18) and Palmer (17 n.o.) coped best with the difficult conditions. It was a great effort by all our bowlers, with Squires (1 for 7 off 4) and Broadhurst (2 for 9 off 3) the standout performers. Special mention for Ben Turk on his U15 debut, who conceded a miserly 3 runs off his 3 overs, and Josh Rolison, who was excellent in the field in his first game for the side. Although a low score, it was always going to be a challenge for our batsmen, with the bounce low and getting lower and the pace of the wicket glacial, making timing the ball almost impossible. An outfield which may have had some cows grazing on the long grass didn't help our cause; neither did an old ball in use since the beginning of the match. In a dogged run chase, Petersfield were always in the game, especially with the extra power of Dan Parry (14) and Rob Straw (12) at the crease. In an exciting climax, with Straw and Squires running everything and Portsmouth under pressure, it all came down to the last ball - two runs needed to win. What a time for opening bowler Barlow to bowl a well-directed yorker, which Straw was not quite able to get away. So the narrowest of victories for Portsmouth Community, but a brave effort by our lads. The wicket was difficult but the same for both sides and it was a good lesson for the U15s on how to adapt to tricky conditions. Credit to Portsmouth, who deserved to win – just about – because they adapted slightly quicker than we did to the wicket, bowled well at the death and took a string of outstanding catches. Nevertheless, the U15s deserve a lot of credit for fighting hard and nearly pulling off an incredible win. Cricket can be a tough game sometimes... Petersfield lost by 1 run So close..... what a game. Portsmouth is a weird place. A week last Friday saw driving rain, howling wind and standing water in Petersfield. Yet the sun had shone all day at Drayton, so a slightly bemused U15 side set off to play Portsmouth Community. The sun had long since gone by the time we arrived and on a grey, blustery, bitterly cold evening, a great game of cricket ensued. Batting first on a pudding of a wicket that had the consistency of a Victoria sponge, Portsmouth Community struggled to a total of 62 for 3 off their 20 overs. The powerfully built Turner (18) and Palmer (17 n.o.) coped best with the difficult conditions. It was a great effort by all our bowlers, with Squires (1 for 7 off 4) and Broadhurst (2 for 9 off 3) the standout performers. Special mention for Ben Turk on his U15 debut, who conceded a miserly 3 runs off his 3 overs, and Josh Rolison, who was excellent in the field in his first game for the side. Although a low score, it was always going to be a challenge for our batsmen, with the bounce low and getting lower and the pace of the wicket glacial, making timing the ball almost impossible. An outfield which may have had some cows grazing on the long grass didn't help our cause; neither did an old ball in use since the beginning of the match. In a dogged run chase, Petersfield were always in the game, especially with the extra power of Dan Parry (14) and Rob Straw (12) at the crease. In an exciting climax, with Straw and Squires running everything and Portsmouth under pressure, it all came down to the last ball - two runs needed to win. What a time for opening bowler Barlow to bowl a well-directed yorker, which Straw was not quite able to get away. So the narrowest of victories for Portsmouth Community, but a brave effort by our lads. The wicket was difficult but the same for both sides and it was a good lesson for the U15s on how to adapt to tricky conditions. Credit to Portsmouth, who deserved to win – just about – because they adapted slightly quicker than we did to the wicket, bowled well at the death and took a string of outstanding catches. Nevertheless, the U15s deserve a lot of credit for fighting hard and nearly pulling off an incredible win. Cricket can be a tough game sometimes...