Petersfield 3s win again!

Petersfield CC - 3rd XI vs Herriard - 3rd XI

Result:  Petersfield CC - 3rd XI Won by 6 wickets

Date:  Sat 27th Jul 2013

With the weather forecast not great Petersfield had decided if they won the toss that they would field to give them the best chance of forcing a result. Captain James Stratford-Tuke duly won the toss and put Herriard in.

Herriard Captain Wayne Good (9) and young left hander Matthew Deadman (46) got Herriard off to a flying start scoring before Ben Turk (3-56 off 7) had Good caught after mistiming another powerful shot on the off side. Ben was struggling with his length and line but would get revenge later on. Oscar Windebank had Brody Good (9) caught by Ben Anscombe at mid wicket  after he had skied an attempted pull shot. After Ben Turk was withdrawn from the attack Dave Squires (4-22 off 10) joined Oscar in trying to pull the run rate down and create some pressure on the Herriard batsmen. Despite his first over going for 11 Squires bowled a tight line and was causing all the batsmen problems with swing and movement off the pitch. His first wicket came as opener Deadman tried to pull another shot on the onside but was caught by Ben Turk at a deep mid on just where the bowler had placed him. This gave Petersfield the belief that they could restrict the visitors to a gettable total. Squires continued to tie the batsmen up in knots with a nagging line and length. Rob Straw (1-11 off 3) replaced Oscar and had Adam Soper (8) caught at gully by Rob Anscombe from a rising delivery, having bowled his best 3 overs of the season.

In the next over Squires then got 2 wickets in 2 balls as he first removed Vernon Butcher (1) and then bowled a yorker to remove Jamie Yates first ball. With the opportunity for a hat-trick on the cards the Petersfield captain bought his field in but despite bowling another yorker Adam Warner (33) survived as despite being hit on the pads the ball had just pitched outside leg stump to finish the double wicket maiden over. The scoring rate rose again but with Josh Knowles (13) starved of runs by Squires at one end it never got out of hand despite Warner playing some nice shots at the other end. Squires finished off his spell by taking the wicket of Josh Knowles in his last over, meaning his last 9 overs had gone for 11 runs and 4 wickets.

Opening bowlers Ben Turk and Oscar Windebank (1-26 off 9.2) returned to the attack to try and finish the innings off. Ben then removed 2 of the last 3 wickets returning to his normal good line and length which has served him so well this season in colt and adult cricket. Warner was removed in bizarre fashion as he played an offside shot only to miss the ball and hit it in his follow through to be caught at midwicket! Ben then removed Dean James as he was caught by Paul Clarke at point. The innings ended when Harley Beddon was run out by Ben Anscombe as he calmly got the ball to the bowler to leave the young lad well short of his ground. The score was 156 thanks to some good cricket from Petersfield who held all their catches.

After Tea and with the clouds coming over Petersfield seemed intent on running quickly turning good shots into singles. Captain Good (3-33 off 10) removed first John Windebank (10) and then James Stratford-Tuke (17) in successive overs to leave Petersfield 39-2. Paddy May (48 not out) and Ben Anscombe (1) then took the score to 58-3 before young Ben played on to a ball that was too close to him to cut. Ben’s father Rob (16) joined May at the crease and proceeded to be the perfect foil to May’s powerful offside hitting as he ran the Herriard fielders ragged placing the ball into the gaps. He was then caught behind by a good catch from the keeper as he got a faint edge to give Good his 3rd wicket. This left Petersfield potentially tottering on 84-4.

Oscar Windebank had been challenged by his father to stay in and play a sensible innings and gave him the incentive of a pound for every run he scored over 40! May and Windebank then started to calm their teammates nerves with some lovely hitting although both players had let offs as Herriard unlike Petersfield failed to hold the catches they were offered. With the weather closing in and the light drizzle starting both May (8 fours) and Windebank (43 not out, 5 fours and 2 sixes) saw Petersfield home to give them maximum points (24) and keep them in 2nd place in Hampshire Cricket League Regional Division 4 NE.

Captain Stratford-Tuke was very pleased with the result and pointed out what a fantastic team performance it was with everyone contributing in one way or another to another league win.

Man of The match - Oscar Windebank for his 43 not out, 1 wicket and 2 catches.

Honorable mentions to Dave Squires and Paddy May

Moment of the Match - Dave Squires’s 2 in 2 balls.

Scorecard.

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11731587