Ladies win

Petersfield Ladies v Tichbourne Park Ladies
6th July 2014

Petersfield Ladies entertained Tichbourne Park at the Heath on Sunday and won the toss and invited Tichbourne to bat first on a sunny morning.
The unusual opening bowling pairing of Emma Barrett and Olivia Wadey bowled well with Barrett taking an early wicket in the 4th over. The introduction of Jess Grange in the 9th over transformed the game as, bowling with her usual accuracy Jess took 5 quick wickets 4 of which were clean bowled. This gave the Captain the chance to work her way through a number of bowlers, including debut bowling performances from Janet Duggan and Sophie Watson who both bowled well only conceding 9 runs from their 4 overs. However it proved impossible to keep Jess Grange out of the game as she then ran out Clare Hole with a direct hit from fine leg. This left Tichbourne struggling on 37 for 7 however some patient batting from the opener Dimond, who had watched everything unfold before her, saw Tichbourne advance to 56 before an excellent spell by Lauren Norris (3 overs 1 wicket for no runs) removed Dimond and allowed the returning Olivia Wadey to clean up the tail leaving Tichbourne 69 all out. With only 9 extras conceded and with all of our catches being taken a very happy coach enjoyed the tea break.
Grange and Jackson opened Petersfield’s reply reaching 20 in 5 overs before Grange was dismissed for a quick-fire 13. This brought Wadey Senior to the crease and she took an instant liking to the Tichbourne bowling. Jackson was then bowled by Dimond, leaving Angie Clarke and Wadey to take Petersfield home to win by 8 wickets with 20 overs to spare with Wadey finishing with a superb 34 not out which contained 7 fours.
Overall this was a fine all round team performance with several players rising to the challenge in the absence of a few of our key players however no one could doubt Jess Grange’s player of the match performance.