US
Portsmouth v Petersfield U15 - 15th
July 2013
Result:
Petersfield U15 – 141 for 4; US
Portsmouth U15 – 142 for 4
Petersfield U15 lost by 6 wickets
Petersfield
U15 lost to US Portsmouth by 4 wickets although the match was
actually closer with US Portsmouth winning with only 4 balls to
spare. Played on a glorious evening down at the Clarence in
Portsmouth it was a great advert for colts cricket. With short
boundaries and a lightning fast outfield it was always likely to be a
high scoring match and although Petersfield were pleased with their
score there was a concern that the team were about 20 runs short.
Gabriel
Broadhurst and Dan Parry opened the batting for Petersfield and
rapidly put on 74 in only 9 overs before Dan Parry was caught off the
bowling of Saunders going for one too many big shot. Soon after he
was out, Gabriel Broadhurst had to retire having him yet another 50
(in 35 balls) for the team (his 6th
50 in 7 innings). This brought Ben Anscombe (15 NO) and Josh Bird
(17) to the crease. With US Portsmouth bowling very accurately the
scoring rate slowed and by the time Bird was out a further 9 overs
had been bowled and 49 runs had been scored. In the last few overs
Anscombe, Rory Claasen and Joe Mayell brought the score up to a more
than respectable 141 for 4 with Joe Mayell hitting 2 huge sixes in
successive balls during the last over. The pick of the US Portsmouth
bowlers was Jack Williams who took 2 wickets for 21 runs. Whilst the
Petersfield coach was pleased with the batting display, he was
concerned that Petersfield might have been 20 runs short of a
defendable total bearing in mind how quick the outfield was and how
short the boundaries were. Cameron Quirke and Harry Giles for US
Portsmouth
started their reply slowly with some very accurate bowling from Ben
Turk (0 for 19) and Alex Squires (0 for 22). After 8 overs, US
Portsmouth were on 39-0. At this point Cameron Quirke accelerated
hitting 21 off 1 over before having to retire for a 36 ball 50 that
included 9 fours and 2 sixes. Joe Clarke (0 for 36) and Dan May (1
for 24) bowled very tidily and with more luck could each of had a
couple more wickets but they maintained the brakes on the US
Portsmouth innings so that after 12 overs US Portsmouth were still
only just after half way towards their target. To try to take the
pace off the ball Alex Squires, the Petersfield captain brought on
the spinners (Gabe Broadhurst and Kit Claasen) and Broadhurst
immediately took the wicket of Hare with Alex Squires taking a good
catch. With 2 run-outs in the latter overs US Portsmouth needed 38
runs off 4 overs with most of their wickets in hand. At this point,
and under some pressure, the Petersfield fielding went downhill with
catches dropped and fielders missing balls that went for boundaries.
US Portsmouth took full advantage of this with Browning scoring 26
off only 17 balls before he was run out, Smith scoring 12 not out off
8 balls and Turnbull scoring 26 not out off only 14 balls. With their
impressive acceleration US Portsmouth deservedly won by 6 wickets
although with 4 balls remaining it remained a tight match.
Teams:
Petersfield:
G Broadhurst; D Parry; B
Anscombe; J Bird; R Claasen; J Mayell (+);
B Turk; A Squires (*);
J Clarke; D May; K Claasen
US
Portsmouth: C Quirke; H Giles;
Hare; Browning; J Williams; Turnbull (+);
G Smith; C Lyster; M Shepard (*);
Gratham; E Saunders
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