: Petersfield 2s vs Chawton
The 2s’ five-match unbeaten run came to an abrupt end at the Heath on the weekend, the side losing to league leaders Chawton by 110 runs.
Bowling first, ‘Field did well to restrict Chawton to 188 for 8. Ben Turk, with 4 for 37, was the pick of the bowlers and Rob Allerston also collected a couple of wickets. The fielding was excellent with Dave “The Panther” Squires holding onto two catches to go with his five behind the stumps on Sunday, which must be some kind of club record.
Thomas (Jnr) weighed in with a sharp stumping and a catch behind the wicket, and with two of our opponents’ batsmen having a stand-up argument using pre-watershed language at the wicket, all was looking good. Taylor top scored with 32*.
Sadly, Chawton’s opening bowlers then ripped through the ‘Field batting line-up, making the most of a wicket with increasingly uneven bounce. Allerston dug in with 22 before unfortunately being run out (we won’t talk about that) and not even Extras with 18 and a bat-breaking toe-crushing 7* from Thomas (snr) – plus a spectacular attack of cramp from Rob – could save the day.
The 2s slip one place in the table to third, still in the promotion spots, and look to return to winning ways at local rivals Steep on Saturday.
Richard Thomas
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