Celebrity XI for Sunday's game

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Celebrity XI 

Petersfield Sunday XI v Steep

Result:  Petersfield CC - Friendly XI Won  by 14 runs

Date:  Sun 23rd Jun 2013

Petersfield lost the toss and were asked to bat on a grey, overcast and wet afternoon. Captain Marcus Sampson (0) opened the batting with Alex Thomas (35) and although it was a slow start Alex Thomas played some nice pushes to mid-off and watched the ball well as D Collins (1-34 off 9) got some seam movement. Marcus was struggling to get the ball off the square and was finally out in bizarre fashion as he was caught by the keeper playing a sweep shot which hit the back of his bat and looped up. Bob Wemyss (1) gave a return catch to young Jake Campbell (2-27 off 7). Even younger player Gabriel Broadhurst (54) and Alex put on 67 for the 3rd wicket as the pair showed great skill and composure before Thomas got out to John Smith (3-31 off 7). Rory Newman (55) carried on the scoring as he and Gabe put on 80 before Gabe came down the wicket trying to push the score on to give Jhon Cosgrove (1-57 off 8) his only wicket of the day and was stumped as the ball beat his bat on the inside edge.

Christie Salmon (15) played a couple of sweetly timed shots on the leg side before he was bowled by Collins who had returned to the attack to try and get some late wickets. Liam Charles was then pushed up the order (26) and did exactly what his captain wanted as he scored at a run a ball to push the score beyond 200. Rory Newman (56) then got the runs he needed to take him past 50 for the first time before hitting a six off the next ball. As it turned out the scoreboard was wrong and he was actually only on 49 so it was lucky he did not get out as he would have been livid with himself and the scorers. Anyway it was a great moment for the young lad who had been close a few times and deserved the plaudits he got from his teammates and the opposition. The inning finished on 217-8 a good total given the weather and conditions.

After tea and some more rain Petersfield started the defence of their total with Christie Salmon (0-10 off 3) and Josh Phipps (1-25 off 4.5). Opener D Knight (49) played beautifully before nicking the ball off Liam Charles (1-25 off 5) through to keeper Sampson. Keeper T McCubbin (25) became Nick Woodruff’s (5-29 off 8) first wicket as he was bowled. John Smith (7) was then superbly caught at mid-off by Christie as he flung himself full length to take a diving catch to get Petersfield into the match. This was despite some lusty hitting from D Collins (70). When Collins eventually got out to a sharp turning delivery from Nick Woodruff he had put Steep in sight of the the 218 target. Petersfield then responded as Dave Squires (2-47 off 7) returned to the attack to tie down the Steep lower order after being severely tonked by Collins in his initial spell of 4 overs. With Nick Woodruff bowling very well at the other end wickets continued to fall and with victory in site for Petersfield, Marcus turned to his two wicket keepers to bowl and Bob Wemyss and Alex Thomas went for 19 off 2 overs with Bob bowling an 11 ball over. After the comedy of some of the bowling Nick and Josh Phipps returned to the attack to clean up and leave Steep on 203 all out. A good game of cricket played in the right spirit for a Sunday Friendly

Man Of the Match - Nick Woodruff for his 5 wickets but special mention to Rory and Gabe for their superb 50s

Moment of the Match - should be Christies catch but at the end of the day Bob Wemyss’ over was a sight for those that witnessed it they will never forget!

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726915

Charity Game update

I’m pleased to make a couple of update announcements. Firstly We now have the Petersfield XI (& 12,13 & 14). Our Comedians are also confirmed (they have up to 14 also tbc) and team sheets will be coming out in the next day or so.

 

Thanks to Karen, Dee, Lisbeth, Andy, Oli Shapley, Richard, Christie, Jude who were involved this Saturday/Sunday in fund raising and awareness raising at Rams Walk and prep for next weekend. We still need help and would be grateulf for anyone who can help out on Sunday coming. Please contact Dee Salmon if you can 07738 012061

 

If you have not made any donations and would like to the link is below.

http://www.justgiving.com/PCC-Charity-Cricket-Match

See you on Sunday game starts at 1pm

First League Win For Petersfield Ladies

Petersfield Ladies entertained Burridge in their 3^rd league match still looking for their 1^st win on a cloudy and cold morning on Sunday.

Petersfield lost the toss and were asked to bat and the usual opening partnership of Lorna Williams and Emma Stead quickly punished any wayward bowling as the Burridge bowlers struggled with the early conditions and the wet ball. 

Lorna Williams was unlucky to be run out in the 13^th over after an opening partnership of 82 but Molly Bowles quickly supported Emma Stead in adding another 46 runs before she was bowled for 17. Helen Whitaker then proved that she can bat in scoring a quick 23 and pushing Stead for many quick singles. A couple of quick wickets fell as Petersfield tried to push the run rate even higher before Emma Stead fell LBW to Hollie Jordan for 98 - an agonising 2 runs short of her maiden century leaving Petersfield on 205 for 6 from their 35 overs.

Burridge, who were already missing a couple of their better players, were further weakened when Chloe Hulse had to retire from the game when fielding one of Stead’s fierce pull shots and this left their batting line up a little exposed. Wickets fell at regular intervals with all of Petersfield’s 5 bowlers taking at least one wicket and wrapping up the Burridge reply for 22 leaving Petersfield with a big victory margin of 183 runs.

Molly Bowles and Helen Whitaker again played well but the stand out player of the match was once again Emma Stead who, despite losing her wicket for 98, still averages an impressive 69 runs per innings this season.

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726914

Petersfield 3s v St Cross Symodians 6s

Result:  Petersfield CC - 3rd XI Won by 3 wickets

Date:  Sat 22nd Jun 2013

Petersfield took the field after Captain James Stratford-Tuke won the toss. The Pitch looked damp after the early morning rain. Oscar Windebank (3-22 off 8 overs) opened the bowling and with his 2nd ball of the match removed opener Morgan Smith, two balls later he removed young Harry Trusser.

At the other end Ben Turk had Colin Smith caught at slip by Stratford-Tuke to leave St Cross 3 down for no runs in two overs. The next over Oscar removed Jack Soper for another duck before Ben Powell was caught at square leg by Ed Davenport leaving St Cross with less runs than wickets at 5 for 3. Captain Russell Herd (77) then came to the wicket but could not stop the wickets falling as Oscar Windebank ran out Peter Wood for 3 with a very sharp piece of fielding at short fine leg. Wicket keeper Curtis Springcote-Gubbings (3) was then superbly caught by John Windebank as he seemed to hang in the air as he flung an arm up at short cover, he then ensured he did not drop the catch as he swivelled in the air to keep his elbows off the ground. A piece of skill that would not look out of place in the ICC Champions Trophy.

At this point captain Russell really took a liking to anything short and with Mike Glogg (8) and Andy Burgess (13) staying with him they managed to push the score along 61-8 and then 100-9 as Russell had 90% of the strike. Alex Squires (1-19 off 3) and Dave Squires (1-25 off 3) took the brunt of the hitting but picked up the wickets of Glogg and Burgess between them.

With the score a lot more than captain Stratford-Tuke had wanted he turned to Ben Turk (3-10 off 6) and he finally removed Russell lbw to leave St Cross on 120 all out in 29 overs.

Petersfield were disappointed with the final score having conceded 96 for the last 3 wickets but credit has to go St Cross for not crumbling under the very good fielding and bowling from Petersfield. Petersfield would have taken that score before the game started.

WIth some good opening bowling from St Cross, Petersfield had a slow start with runs very difficult to come by. James Stratford-Tuke (3 off 32 balls) and Eoin Seger (8 off 24) both got out in similar fashion trying to put away wide deliveries from Ben Powell (1-10 off 10 with 7 maidens) and Harry Trusser (2-19 off 5) respectively. This left Petersfield on 38-2 off 21 overs with John Windebank (26 retired hurt) steadfast at the other end until one quick single too many pulled his hamstring forcing him off the field. Paddy May (8) and Oscar Windebank (4) came and went and with the run rate rising Petersfield were 59-4 off 25 overs and wobbling. Ben Turk (38) was riding his luck a bit with some lofted shots not going to hand but with his Under 13 coach Dave Squires (11) the pair put on 34 in 8 overs running 2 or 3 threes before Squires missed timed a pull off Morgan Smith (4-48 off 10) leaving Petersfield within sight of the victory target of 121 with 8 overs left.

Young Ben continued to play his shots with teammate Joe Mayall (6) who broke his bat trying to score the runs required. At this stage Petersfield had reached 104. Ed Davenport stayed with Ben until the young man spoilt his innings trying to hit the winning runs off Smith to be bowled with just 2 runs required to win with 4 overs left. Ollie Simpson (1 not out) who had bowled well without any luck earlier in the day joined Davenport (9 not out) who hit a lovely cover drive and ran 2 thinking he had won the game only to be told Ollie had not grounded his bat and was one short. Ed then hit the winning 4 in the 40th over. The win leaves Petersfield unbeaten and 2nd in the table by ½ a point.

Man of The Match - Ben Turk for another superb all round performance

Moment of the Match - John Windebank’s acrobatic superb catch   

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726913

First prize in the raffle for next weeks charity game

Kukri sports have donated a VIP experience at this years 20-20 for raffle winner plus 9 friends/family at Lancashire County Cricket Club in their box – will be raffle prize

Tickets now on sale

Petersfield U9 Pumas vs Liphook & Riplsey U9

Petersfield U9 Pumas vs Liphook & Riplsey U9

Thursday 20th June

Penns Place

Liphook 281 (1 wicket)

Petersfield 250 (6 wickets)

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11757757

Petersfield won the toss and decided to bowl. They bowled tidily, giving away only 26 extras, biut wickets eluded them, taking only one (well bowled, Ben Grinter). Liphook's top scorer was Luke Anstey, with 12 from 7 balls, helping them to a total of 281. Petersfield started their innings strongly, with Louis Ridge-Mullen and Ben Grinter scoring 16 between them, but the rest of the side struggled against some fast bowling from Luke Anstey (3 wickets for 1 run) and Jack B (2 wickets for 6 runs), and they ended on 250, 31 runs behind.

Petersfield Pumas U9 v Fareham & Crofton U9

Petersfield Pumas U9 v Fareham & Crofton U9

Thursday 6 June, Penns Place

Fareham & Crofton won by 117 runs

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11757683

Well that was an interesting game. Well beaten by a side that would do well in the A league. Fareham has some very fast and accurate (and tall!) bowlers, and a few big (and even taller) hitters, but the Pumas coped really well in what was at time quite an intense game, against a well-drilled side and their very enthusiastic coach.

Report:

After winning their first two games, the Petersfield Pumas U9 team experienced what it's like to lose a game on a very warm evening at Penns Place. After a delayed start due to traffic hold-ups on the A3, Fareham & Crofton U9s opened the batting and started slowly, but soon showed what powerful batsmen they had. Ronnie Reeve scored an impressive 37, with two others scoring over 20, including plenty of boundaries. Petersfield bowled tightly, giving away fewer extras than in previous matches, but the younger boys' lack of pace showed. Henry Amis, one of four players making their debut, bowled his two overs beautifully, taking a wicket with his first ball in his first match. With some dropped catches due to the low sun, Fareham reached an impressive total of 337. Petersfield went into bat and after some early scares with jittery running, they settled down and showed a lot of confidence against some very strong bowling and a well-organised fielding side. The bales soon started to fall, with Fareham taking a total of 11 wickets in the innings, but the Petersfield batsmen kept their heads up and kept scoring singles, with some determined opportunistic running adding a fair number of byes. Petersfield's player of the match was Jonty Baynham-Hughes who scored some classy runs against their fast bowlers, and, after seeing the ball sprayed around the boundary in his first bowling over, worked out how to bowl differently and keep the batsman at his crease for most of his second over. Overall an easy win for Fareham but the Pumas put in another fearless and enthusiastic performance.

Petersfield Girls under 12’s v Chichester Priory 17th June 2013

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We have found a new opponent with a young side to match our young guns and took to the field to bat 1^st in a 16 over game of pairs cricket against Chichester Priory on Monday. Although this was an under 12’s game most of the Petersfield players were under 10, with Gabby Wadey making her debut at only 6 years old.

Petersfield produced a very solid batting performance with virtually every player making a scoring contribution. The lack of boundaries proved that it’s keeping your wicket and not hitting boundaries that produce a good score in this format of the game as Petersfield posted an impressive 263 for the loss of 2 wickets from their 16 overs. The highlight of which was the scampered 2 runs by Gabby and Ellie from the penultimate ball of the innings.

2 things made the difference for Petersfield in this game. Firstly they bowled exactly half the amount of wides and no balls as their opposition and in addition to this they took an amazing 9 wickets leaving Chichester 34 runs short at 229 for 9. Lauren bowled extremely well supported by Ella’s wicket keeping with 2 caught behinds but overall the wickets were shared around although a special mention should go to Ola for her 2 high catches and 3 wickets from 2 overs. Madeline also took her 1^st wicket for the club.

With another 30 girls practising whilst this game took place the future is not looking bad for the girls section of the club.

Petersfield CC U13s v Havant CC U13s

Having spent all week attempting to find boys and girls not playing in the local football tournament coach Dave Squires arrived at The Heath on an overcast morning with just 10 players (2 under 10’s). Captain Matt Friend won the toss and immediately opted to bat on a damp green pitch.

This decision was justified as opener Will Udy departing first ball as Ben Turk (5 for 4 off 4 overs) found his line and length and removed the first 3 batsmen in his first 3 overs all comprehensively bowled. Harry Richards took a fine return catch as well as Havant were reduced to 7 for 4 wickets after 4 overs. Captain Friend (1 for 8 off 3) bought himself on with Under 10 Oscar Amis (3-11 off 4) and the pair reduced Havant to 18-8. Then came a fight back from Dougall Russell (7) and Ben Longhurst (6) who batted together  to reach 44 before Harry Richards returned to break the partnership with a lovely yorker. With the ball now wet as the drizzle arrived the bowlers had trouble holding the ball making life very difficult for keeper Ed Milford. Oscar Amis then accounted for Longhurst caught by Harry Richards at mid wicket to close the Havant inning on 52.

Captain Friend decided to change the batting order so as the game was not lost to the rain and moved himself up to open. He then proceeded to miss time a cover drive into the hands of Russell off Ben Longhurst (1-9 off 2). Ben Turk (4) then pulled a high full toss out to deep backward square leg to leave Petersfield 25-2. But with Gabriel Broadhurst (30 not out) stroking the ball to all parts Petersfield looked good to close the game down quickly. As Gabe was then forced to retire, due to league rules it was left to Ed Milford (12) to push the side to 50-4 leaving Harry Richards and Jack Butcher to score the winning runs. Mention has to made of the fielding and catching of Havant who completely disregarded the poor conditions to catch superbly.

Another good win which leaves Petersfield in 4th place in the league with 62 points, especially with only 10 lads playing.

Man of the Match - Ben Turk and Harry Richards

Moment of the match - the catch to dismiss Petersfield captain Matt Friend.

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11758400

Petersfield 3s v Colden Common 2s

Result:  Petersfield CC - 3rd XI Won by 20 runs

Date:  Sat 15th Jun 2013

Petersfield arrived in Colden Common just as the heavens opened. At 13:30 there seemed no chance that we would get a game of cricket played never mind start on time. It came as a shock to some of the senior players when it was announced by Matt Friend (u13) making his debut in senior cricket that Petersfield had lost the toss and were asked to bat !

James Stratford-Tuke (2) and John Windebank (16) opened and found the going tough as the pitch which was drying thanks to a strong wind and now sunshine still offered the bowlers lateral movement. James departing thanks to a fantastic catch as the fielder dived full length to pick up a lofted onside shot just above the turf. John was joined by Eoin Seager (33)  making a much awaited return in the middle and pushed the score along to 50-2 before John mistimed a pull shot to be caught at mid wicket. Oscar Windebank (25) then came out and carried on where he left off last week with some beautiful straight drives (1 six and 3 fours) to give the innings some middle order momentum. Paul Clarke (28) saw 4 partners come and go as the scoring became a little easier with Matt Friend (5) playing a couple of nice paddle sweeps to the fine leg boundary before having a ball pop off the surface to be caught in the covers. Joe Mayall (8) played some lusty shots before he was standing on his bat as Paul Clarke called him for a quick single (the young lad will learn to back up). Paul departed with the score on 135 having. With the two Squires’s last pair at the wicket the score reached 143 before young Alex missed a straight one.

With the weather now set fair Petersfield started the task of defending a good total on a slow pitch. They got off to the perfect start as Alex Squires threw the ball in from mid on just missing the stumps, in the confusion that followed both Colden Common batsmen found themselves at the same end with keeper David Longland having an easy task of removing the bails to leave them 2 for 1 wicket. Sam Perkins (60) and J Reegan (17) steadied the Colden Common ship before Ollie Simpson (1-11 off 4)  took his first senior wicket of the season thanks to an outstanding catch from Alex Squires. Fielding again at mid on he misjudged a lofted pick up shot  from Reegan, came in to far before running backwards and reaching up to pluck the ball from the air one handed falling backwards.

Paul Clarke (0-38 off 7) returned and should have had the wicket of James if Dave Squires had held his lofted shot at mid wicket. The drop seemed to inspire the team as Oscar Windebank (2-29 off 10)  then removed James and Cooper in successive overs both bowled, second one had the off stump cartwheeling away with the keeper catching one of the bails as it went towards his head.

With Sam Perkins still at the crease Colden Common still looked to be in the driving seat as he helped the score along to 104 before captain Stratford-Tuke turned to Dave Squires (4-29 off 7.3). Despite his first over going for twelve as the wind seemed to get stronger, Squires then proceeded to remove the next 3 wickets including Perkins caught by Oscar Windebank. Oscar WIndebank nearly got a 3rd wicket as young Alex Squires nearly out did his earlier catch with a superb diving effort where he just got his fingertips to it only to lose it then catch it again, it then popped finally out of his grasp as his elbow hit the turf. This did not affect the team as Alex returned to the attack to remove L Shaw (5) to finish with 1 for 11 off 4 overs. At the other end his father had bowled very well as he wrapped up the innings to give Petersfield a very well deserved victory which leaves Petersfield 3s on top of Regional North East Division 4.

Moment of the Match - Alex Squires’s superb one handed catch

Man of the Match - the whole team who never believed the game was beyond them and stuck to their task even when runs were being scored so freely by Sam Perkins.

Score Card

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726889

Petersfield v Locks Heath U13

Result:  Locks Heath CC - Under 13 Won  by 4 wickets

Date:  Sun 9th Jun 2013

Start Time: 10:00

Ground: The Heath, Petersfield

With the memory of Thursday night's game still fresh in the coaches and players mind the team arrived at The Heath on a sunny and glorious Sunday morning in Petersfield. Even if the kids did not appreciate the weather and superb surroundings the spectators certainly did with great support from both sets of parents (very nice to see)

Petersfield won the toss and captain Gabriel Broadhurst chose to bat first prompting questions from his swing bowlers. Broadhurst and Tommy Mathews (4) opened the batting and put on 24 for the first wicket before Tommy mistimed a pull to midwicket. This brought Ben Turk to the crease and after being dropped again at midwicket main Locksheath pay by scoring 30 not out off 12 balls! including one beautiful 6 over long-on which would have cleared the adult boundary never mind the under 13 one. Locksheath were very glad of the 30 and retirement rule at under 13 level as Ben looked in the sort of form to destroy any bowling attack, poor Locksheath bowler Arbor bearing the brunt of the onslaught with his 1 over going for 17 even though it was a decent over of seam up bowling. The onslaught from Ben took the pressure off Broadhurst (30 not out) who was struggling to get the bowling away even though his innings was just what was required in his coaches opinion. Jack Butcher (17) joined Broadhurst and played some solid cricket shots in partnership with Broadhurst and then Joe Clarke (7) who looked determined to prove to his coach that he can bat after being moved down the order to give others a chance. Petersfield finished on 118-2 off their 20 overs.

Petersfield got off to the perfect start with both opening bowlers Harry Richards (1-31 off 4) and Ben Turk (1-18 off 3.3) removed 2 of the first 3 batsmen in the first 2 overs. J Hoffer (19) joined opener M Caster (30 not out) and rebuilt the innings with Caster playing some powerful drives on both sides of the wicket. To emphasise the difference in the fielding and intensity from Petersfield in comparison to Thursday night (from all players) Caster hit a beautiful off drive which was travelling at great pace and looking destined for the boundary until Tommy Matthews swooped and stopped the ball with both hands and casually threw the ball back to the bowler. As with all great fielders in cricket he made the stop look insanely easy. Another good piece of cricket removed Hofer as Joe Clarke picked the ball up under arm and got the ball in quickly to keeper Ed Milford who removed the bails with Hofer about an inch short. WIth leg spinner Cameron Porteous (1-7 off 2) removing Matt Jones (1) and Joe Clarke following up his run out with a lovely delivery to remove G Hanson (8) it looked like the pressure was going to get Petersfield a win. Unfortunately wicket keeper M Holie (29 not out) had other ideas and saw Locksheath home with 2.5 overs to spare with some brutal hitting.

A very good game of cricket played in the right spirit but Locksheath ran out winners by 4 wickets.

Man of The Match for Petersfield  - Ben Turk for his magnificent innings

Moment of the Match - Tommy Matthews surprise when everyone said what a wonderful piece of fielding it was.

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11758389

Portsmouth and Southsea v Petersfield Under 13

Portsmouth and Southsea v Petersfield Under 13

Venue - St James

Result - Portsmouth and Southsea won by 9 wickets

The lovely St James ground hidden away in the centre of Portsea Island played host to a very good game of cricket between the two sides.

Captain Matt Friend won the toss and elected to bat first to take advantage of the beautiful evening sunlight. Petersfield got off to a good start with openers Ben Anscombe (13) and Garbiel Broadhurst (30 not out / retired) putting on 24 for the first wicket before Anscombe was clean bowled. Matt Friend (24) joined Broadhurst and played some lovely straight shots (unusual for the very strong young man), a welcome site to both coaches. Once Broadhurst had retired Ben Turk (23) joined Friend at the crease and showed that he is as strong as Matt with some equally powerful shots before the run out of Turk trying to turn 1 ⅕ runs in to 2 runs with the score on 99. Turk soon followed trying to keep the momentum going. This prompted a late order collapse with only 2 players of the remaining 7 batsmen scoring any runs at all. It was a good comeback from the Portsmouth bowlers who looked a bit demoralised as the opening 4 scored their runs with Harry Watten (2 for 8) and Daniel Cox (3-20)

Petersfield took to the field with high hopes that their bowling attack could defend the score of 120. This proved not to be the case as Portsmouth and Southsea pounced on anything short to chase the score down in just under 14 overs for the loss of 1 wicket (a run out from captain Friend his second direct hit of the season). While the top 3 lads for Portsmouth and Southsea (Harry Gadd, Harry Watten and John Buckamn) batted very well they were aided with some very below par fielding from Petersfield. The body language of the Petersfield players was not good and it showed in their performance. Taking nothing away from the top four batsmen who batted well or the bowlers for Portsmouth but the real difference in the sides was the fielding.

Man of the Match as far as the coach is concerned was Matt Friend and Ben Turk

Petersfiled 3rd XI v Easton & Martyr Worthy 3rd XI

Result:  Petersfield CC - 3rd XI Won by 5 wickets

Date:  Sat 8th Jun 2013

Start Time: 14:00

Ground: Penns Place, Petersfield

Hampshire Cricket League Regional Division 4 NE

Toss:  Easton & Martyr Worthy - 3rd XI won the toss and decided to bat

With the weather being in marked contrast to last season with glorious blue skies, the two sides met at Penn’s Place in Petersfield. Having lost the toss Petersfield were asked to field on what looked like a good batting wicket.

Easton and Martyr lost their first wicket on 13 as Rob Straw bowled J May (4) off an inside edge. At the other end Ben Turk (0-46 off 9 ) bowled a beautiful line and length without any reward. Wicket Keeper and skipper M Hall (82) was looking very assured and kept the scoreboard moving as wickets fell at the other end with Oscar Windebank (5 for 23 off 10 ) bowling some pacey and accurate seam up deliveries which had his captain cooing with delight at 1st slip.

Tom Pocock (1-19 off 5 ) picked up his 2nd senior wicket with a beauty of a ball which pitched on middle and took off stump out the ground just as his coach, wicket keeper had asked for at the end of the previous over. Hall kept the innings going and was joined in the middle by S Upcraft (20) who playing a late cut to young Ben Turk seemed to get an inside edge to a wide delivery which was taken by D Squires behind the stumps. All the Petersfield players went up and were stunned as the umpire said not out, the batsmen saying he would have walked if he hit it !

If DRS had been in use the keeper would have been asking for the tv replay immediately without asking the skipper. To add insult to injury Upcraft then took 12 off the next 3 balls from Turk with one towering six over wide mid on. The next over from Windebank did a lot to redress this as he yorked Upcraft with a beauty which had off stump cartwheeling away.

With Hall finally going after a stunning one handed return catch to Windebank and then the same bowler removing Duff with the very next ball the innings finished on a competitive looking 176-7.

The Petersfield innings got off to a steady start after losing capatin Stratford Tuke (4) in the 2nd over of the innings to young Hampshire lady Carrick (1-42 off 9 ) who bowled some lovely away swinging deliveries. Rob Anscombe (pushed up the order as Paddy May had to attend casualty with his wife after she got some glass in her eye) joined John Windebank (28 ) and put on 88 for the 2nd wicket before first Windebank and then Anscombe (45) fell in 2 balls both playing the same shot to young spinner Cooper (3-55 off 10 ). Ben Anscombe (4) came and went as did Paddy May (18 ) who was looking very good until given out LBW by the umpire even though he was outside the line of off stump and playing a shot. The score at this point was 118-5 and 177 for victory looked a long way off with 9 overs or so remaining.

Enter Oscar Windebank (33 not out) and young Ben Turk (22 not out) who punished anything short from the Easten and Martyr bowlers and played beautifully in a match winning stand of 61 with both players playing chanceless innings before Man of the match Oscar Windebank proceeded to hit a massive 6 back over the bowlers head to give Petersfield their 2nd win of the season and leave them top of Regional Division 4 NE.

Moment of the Match - Oscar Windebank’s stunning one handed return catch

Man Of the Match - Oscar Winderbank 33 runs, 5 wickets and that catch (taking after his father John ‘the cat’ Windebank)

Score Sheet

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726878

Petersfield Sunday XI v Emsworth Sunday XI

Petersfield Sunday XI v Emsworth Sunday XI (Written by Chris Russell)

Petersfield won by 30 runs

Skipper Sampson showed his skill yet again with another win of the toss and elected not only to bat but to bat himself 1st against Emsworth on Sunday. Despite various bits of kit falling from his body, Sampson then proceeded to show us that he has learnt several new proper shots and he and Hannam gave the innings a solid start with a partnership of 55 before Jack Hannam played a horrible shot across the line and was bowled for 26. Marcus continued to play his shots until he reverted to type and was bowled by the very slow spinner from the top end for 26. Rebuilding was needed and Chris Russell scored steadily using his cut shot against the spinners in partnership with Rob Allerston after the dismissal of both Rory Newman and Liam Charles. The innings again looked in danger as with 150 on the board and 8 overs remaining both Allerston (21) and Russell (38) lost their wickets. More wickets fell until Keith Gumbe showed some great attacking shots to finish with a quick 36 whilst batting at number 9 with much help from Stephen Cooke 5 leaving Petersfield with a reasonable score of 200 from their 40 overs.

Liam Charles (1-31 off and Keith Gumbe (3-9 off 6 including 2 maidens) opened the bowling beautifully with Keith dismissing the 1st 3 Emsworth batsmen, one caught and bowled and he then proceeded to secure the full house by running out their 4th batsman with a direct hit. Nick Woodroof (0-19 off then bowled some lovely spin in his 1st game for the club and Stephen Cooke (1-37 off 5) bowled some adventurous slower bowling which claimed the remaining Emsworth top order batsman. At 6 down two of the better Emsworth batsman entered the fray and a slightly worried Skipper turned to Rob Allerston (2-14 off 5) and Chris Russell (0-22 off 6) to stem the tide with Russell taking one of the catches of the season diving to his left at 1st slip to further cement his cricketing partnership with his long haired team mate. The pair got through 11 overs for only 38 runs and the game was secured as Liam Charles and Keith Gumbe returned to close things down with Emsworth finishing on 170 for 8 from their 40 overs.

Moment of the match - Andy Salmon turning up seeing a perfect defensive shot from skipper Marcus Sampson and asking who that was batting !

Man of the match. - Keith Gumbe with his full house of runs, wickets, a catch and a run out easily beat the duet of Russell and Allerston

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Petersfield Sunday XI v Sarisbury

Petersfield turned up to the Allotment ground on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with hopes of a good game on a good pitch, only to be told that they were going to be playing on an artificial surface. Lots of grumbling and fumbling for stud removers did not help the pre match preparations at all. Petersfield lost the toss and were asked to field in the baking sun much to half the teams annoyance as it had been a long and hard night the night before ! Anyway enough moaning and gripping from the old man of the team. Petersfield opened with Andy Barnes (0-42 off 8) and Shaun Blanks (1-35 off 4) and despite the pair combining to remove J Scott for 3 the other opener D Sampson was particularly brutal on anything short as he raced away to make a hard hitting 72. He was eventually bowled around his legs by Keith Gumbe (2-74 off 10). As I have been prompted to mention Andy Barnes again in this report he did actually bowl well with a mixture of high floating bouncing bombs and well pitched up faster balls (is that ok Andy?) Will Rice (1-24 off 5) bowled Anderson with a beauty and Cam Clarke (1-16 off 4) removed Freddy for 21. Andy Barnes and wicket keeper Bob Wemyss combined to run out P Mershant (7) and Keith Gumbe picked up a deserved 2nd wicket as Bob Wemyss waited for the batsmen C Olipahnt to wander out his crease for a Sunday stroll and a both of gardening before stumping him. With Sarisbury looking at a below par score Andre Mendes (48 not out) and his Son T Mendes came to the crease and started a late order onslaught similar to that of New Zealand’s a few miles down the road at the Rose Bowl. T Mendes (85 not out) was particularly brutal on anything short or too full knocking six after six and not just to the short side of the ground. Andy Barnes and Keith Gumbe who had bowled well in their first spells had their figures destroyed by the pair, along with Dave Squires, Harry Hannam and Ed Davenport who went for a combined 67 off their 9 overs ! Sarisbury made a fine total of 263. After a good but expensive tea (how much!) Petersfield started the chase in good order with Captain Jack Hannam (7) and Shaun Blanks (57) keeping up with the scoring rate before Jack was adjudged LBW to T Reicher. Rory Newman joined Shaun at the crease and after a slow start showed that all the work in the nets and with the bowling machine was working as he followed up his 28 not out for the 1s yesterday with a fluent 42 although he will be disappointed to get out with a fifty in sight again. After Blanks and Newman got out a series of good cameos from Harry Hannam (30), Will Rice (15) and Andy Barnes (13) left the Petersfield side running out of batsmen if not overs as the run rate started to climb towards 8 or 9 and over. With the Sixes competition between the batsmen proving to be a damp squib as only Andy Barnes managed one from batsmen 4 to 7 with a sweetly struck flat six over mid off. When Keith Gumbe (17) came out to complete a good personal all round performance there were 7 or so overs left and despite a late order rally from him, Dave Squires (18 Not out) and some lusty blows from Ed Davenport (8 not out) Petersfield ended up on 234-9, 30 runs short of victory. Moment of the match - Andy Barnes first delivery of the innings which had the batsmen totally bamboozled with its flight and turn (well thats how Andy saw it!) Man of the Match - Keith Gumbe for his bowling, batting and fielding (IMHO) http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11719439

Petersfield Ladies v Finchampstead

Petersfield Ladies v Finchampstead
2nd June 2013

The Petersfield ladies cricket team travelled to Finchampstead expecting to meet a professional young side and they weren’t disappointed. Once again Captain Jackson lost the toss with Finchampstead opting to bat first on another sunny Sunday. An early wicket for Emma Barrett gave Petersfield some encouragement and they may have had another had they actually appealed for the LBW decision but a superb display of attacking cricket from Hardy ably supported by the more studious Waqar threatened to take the game away from Petersfield as a big score loomed large. Petersfield had a couple more chances to break the partnership but Hardy continued to show her county under 16 status by bringing up her century in only the 20th over with her batting partner scoring only 20 of the 1st 150 runs! Petersfield continued to bowl accurately and the dismissal of Hardy for 116 by the ever willing Emma Stead gave Petersfield a route back into the game which they took with glee. Strong fielding especially by Lorna Williams who took two catches behind the stumps and by Helen Whittaker roaming in the deep combined with some accurate bowling from Wadey, Stead and the luckless Whittaker restricted Finchampstead to only 29 runs from their last 10 overs with their final score reaching 197 for 3 with opener Waqar carrying her bat for a diligent 46 not out. Nerves were aplenty as tea was taken and the three Berkshire county under 16 opening bowlers did give Petersfield plenty of problems with their pace bowling. Wickets fell with regularity however throughout the storm Petersfield opener Emma Stead once again showed her courage and technique and also looked to carry her bat only to be given last out to a doubtful caught behind for 47 with the team score on 83, a loss by 114 runs. Finchampstead were the better side however I would guess that the gap was not as big as first feared, had we taken our chances and had one player bat alongside Emma Stead we would have made a closer game of this and this gives us encouragement for the future. http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11719437