Last game of the season so close and yet so far

Well the last game of the season has been played and yet again we were beaten by one guy who was too good to be playing on a Sunday (story of the whole season)

Some notable performances today despite the defeat with James Stratford-Tuke getting 3-26 (including the lad who got 81) off 7 overs. Dan May 3-23 off 7 including 2 in 2 balls and Adam Childs picking up 3 wickets for 4 runs of 1.4 overs. We battled back from 122-1 to 162 all out as the Sunday lads kept going brilliantly despite the onslaught from a player who plays Saturday 3 levels above our 1s, who by the way was out plumb off Nigel Straws 2 ball as the ball would have removed middle and middle with a bit of middle to boot.

We then move on to the batting which started well with Oscar Windebank knocking 22 off 10 balls to put on 31 for the first wicket. Unfortunately we then had the issue with the same player taking 4-4 off 6 overs as he took advantage of the sun being directly behind his arm as he removed John Childs, Tom Stratford-Tuke, John Windebank and James Stratford-Tuke leaving Petersfield 5 down for 55.

The below picture accurately describes the issue ;-)

Some very stubborn resistance from the lower order got The Sunday side up to 121 with skipper Dave Squires scoring his highest ever score 42 with a pitch proving harder and harder to bat on.

Apart from the sun controversy and the one player this was very close contest despite the 41 run defeat.

Thanks to everyone that has played for me this season it has been a pleasure to play with you and to captain you all

SCORECARD - http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/website/results/2573628