The 2s suffered an agonising defeat to Langley Manor by 7 runs, which leaves our promotion hopes in the balance.
Losing the toss, amazingly for the first time this season, skipper
Stephens and the Petersfield attack couldn’t prevent 'the Manor' from
making a brisk start but then fought back superbly to bowl them out for
143 – a great effort in the circumstances.
The catching and ground fielding was not up to ‘Field’s usual standards
(the rock-hard, rutted outfield may have played a part in that) but it
was one of the best performances of the season from the bowling unit
against a side that was among the division’s high flyers. Chris Russell
led the way with 4 for 38, but Keith Gumbe (3 for 29) and Chris Wood (2
for 33) weren’t far behind.
Petersfield started cautiously in
reply against an accurate attack on a track that was now showing
appreciable turn and variable bounce. The abrasive conditions meant the
ball was quite soft and scoring was difficult.
Unfortunately
wickets fell at regular intervals and it wasn’t until Russell (36) and
Stephens (31*) bravely took the attack to their opponents with some
clean hitting that the momentum began to shift in Petersfield’s favour.
However we were always a beat or two behind the rate and when Russell
holed out going for another big hit, that was that.
It could have
been worse: Langley Manor 1s scored 434 for 5 in their match! So the
Glorious 2s aren’t quite out of the promotion hunt, but need a max
points win and other results to go in our favour on Saturday. The team
will certainly be giving it everything and fighting to the bitter end at
the Heath against OTs and Romsey 3s.
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