3s make it 3 wins on the trot with 9 wicket win

Fixture Details

Type :	League: Hampshire Cricket League Regional Dvision 4 South East - 2015	Date :	Saturday 22nd August 2015
	Petersfield wonby 9 wickets

The last home game of the season for the 3s was played on one of the hottest days of the year.

Petersfield skipper James Stratford-Tuke won the toss and decided to bowl first with parts of the Penns Place pitch a tad damp.

Openers Ben Cox 4-30 and Dan May 1-16 tore through Farehams top order reducing them to 8-4 off 10 overs as Petersfield bowled and fielded superbly led by Rory Newman in the covers who was brilliant  all day.

First change bowlers Omar Iqbal 2-20 and Dave Squires 1-15 kept the scoring rate  down to a minimum with tight and accurate bowling. Ed Milford then backed them up with a very tight spell of 5 overs 1-12 (remarkably including 5 wides) although he did drop the final batsmanSa off his own bowling) Omar Iqbal returned to bowl Tucker (55) in the 37th over.

All but 2 of the wickets were bowled with the other 2 being caught by the returning Dave Squires who took both catches with consummate ease at mid-on and slip, taking the slip catch in front of his skipper (much to James' annoyance ;-))

After tea Petersfield set about the total of 94 and as per last week were led to victory by Omar Iqbal (44 not out) and Rory Newman (41). The pair made batting look easy as Farehams bowlers could not emulate their East Hampshire counterparts and bowl with any control. Young Ty Neville 1-21 off 3 picked up Rory's wicket as the young opener tried to plant him over the deep mid wicket boundary for another 6. Dave Squires (7 not out)  surprisingly pushed up the order came in at 63-1 and stood at the other end as Omar Iqbal carried on his good form (44 last week as well) to finish the innings with another on drive for 4 in the 16th over.

A good win for Petersfield 3s who made it 3 wins in 3 weeks to move off the bottom of the league and are now 11th.

Man of the match - Ben Cox who was very unlucky not to get a 5 fer

Last game of the season next week away at local rivals Liss

Scoresheet - http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/website/results/2363312