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
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