Compton & Chandlers Ford CC - 4th XI vs Petersfield CC - 3rd XI
Result: Petersfield CC - 3rd XI Won by 29 runs
Date: Sat 6th Jul 2013
Start Time: 14:00
Ground: King George V Playing Fields
On
the hottest day of the year so far Captain James Stratford -Tuke won
the toss and on a very dry pitch and elected to bat first. With both
sides in good form it promised to be a good game of cricket and so it
proved to be.
James
(31) and Rob Anscombe (21) got Petersfield off to a flying start with
James hitting some lovely drives off the front foot and Rob putting away
any short balls, as the score rattled along at 4 an over. The opening
stand was broken on 58 runs as Rob mistimed an on drive to midon having
not looked in trouble at all. Paddy May (43) came out to join his
captain and showed the sort of form that was seen preseason again
punishing anything short and wide. James had been happy to let Paddy
score freely but got frustrated at his lack of runs and came down the
wicket to Compton’s captain Philip Wilson (3-48 off 9 overs) and was
stumped with the score on 83. Young colt Ben Anscombe (18) came out and
started to push the Compton bowling all around the park and with Paddy a
willing runner the pair milked the bowling for 5 and 6 an over for a
period before Paddy was rapped on the pad by young off spinner Oran
Creedon (1-44 off 10).
Oli
Shapley (29) continued to push the scoring along as he hit 5 fours in
the 20 balls it took him to score 29, he went for a pull shot off
opening bowler Jay Dulay (3-36 off 10) only to pick out the square leg
fielder perfectly. Marcus Sampson (6) played a couple of nice shots
before getting a superb delivery which jagged in from outside off stump
to take leg stump but he had kept the scoring rate moving along. Paul
Clarke (12) scored quickly again before he and Ben Anscombe got out in
successive overs. Dave Squires (10) hit a couple of fours in a breezy
knock before he got out trying to repeat the shot. This left Petersfield
on 193-8 seven runs short of maximum batting points but very satisfied
with their innings.
After
tea and with the temperature not really dropping that much Petersfield
took to the field to try and defend the total. Compton got off to a
similar start as Petersfield going along at around 4 an over before Oli
Shapley (4-25 off 10) removed Kevin Read (13) with a full length
delivery.
This
brought father and son Simon Copland (35) and James Copland (34)
together and with the son pouncing on anything short it looked ominous
for the Petersfield bowlers as the run rate rose to 6 an over. A couple
of half chances went begging as Petersfield were sluggish in the field
for the first time this season. Paul Clarke (1-37 off 7) then removed
Simon and in the next over Rob Anscombe (2-14 off 5) then bowled James
giving Petersfield the jolt in the arm they needed. The scoring rate to
win the game had now risen to 5 an over but Compton were not out of the
game by any means as Harry Singh (23) and James Atterbury (20) kept the
scoreboard moving with some strong hitting. Once the pair were removed
by Rob Anscombe and Oli Shapley the result seemed inevitable as Oli and
Alex Squires (2-42 off 9.2) wrapped up the victory with the last 6
wickets going down for just 33 runs. The result kept Petersfield in 3rd
place in the league.
Man of the Match - Oli Shapley for a superb return to the team
Moment of the Match - Rob Straw's chase and throw in to run out Jay Dulay a better piece of fielding you really will not see.
http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11726933
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