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.