Petersfield 2s were looking to extend their unbeaten run to 7 games and after a poor batting performance but an conversely superb bowling performance they managed to beat US Portsmouth by 15 runs.
On another glorious Saturday at the Heath US Portsmouth captain called wrongly and it was no surprise as Petersfield skipper Frank Straw elected to bat first even with some late pullouts from the batting order.
Last week's openers Dave Squires (10) and Chris Wood (4) did not have things their own way as US’s opening bowlers got more out of the Heath wicket than any other attack as far as pace and bounce is concerned this season. Chris Wood was caught behind as the ball from T Allen (5-27) hit a crack and jumped to take a glove. Squires lasted a bit longer then Allen got a ball to misbehave as itl kept low this time and came off the bottom of the bat to take out middle stump. Frank Straw made a breezy 9 as he clattered a couple of boundaries square of the wicket before mistiming a shot to cover. Andy Butcher (0) came and went as he was clean bowled by S Jadhav (1-14) in the next over. Jack Butcher (7) and Ed Milford (16) looked to steady the ship but Jack was out caught at fine leg off a top edge.
Ed Milford was hitting anything in his hitting ark but misjudged a full delivery and was clean bowled by E Devine (2-29) to leave Petersfield 59-6. Tom Stevens (3) on his batting debut for the 2’s hung around for a while with Richard Stephens (19) but was caught again in the covers off S Lawrence (2-12). Rich Stephens was looking comfortable despite his hamstring strain but then T Allen returned and like Squires before him he got a ball that kept low and took the inside edge to be bowled. Omar Iqbal (5) kept plugging away against young Freddie Gadd (0-8) despite the legside line of the young leg spinner. Oscar Windebank(1) and Ed Bayliss (1 not out) helped the score to 99 before Iqbal was bowled to leave Petersfield 1 run short of their 3rd batting point.
A very modest total by Petersfield looked well within US Portsmouth’s range despite them only having 10 men. This was proven as they moved quickly to 37 with T Harris (18) and T Gadd (24) running well and hitting anything short to the boundary before Oscar Windebank (2-29) removed Harris LBW. Oscar then got another LBW as he hit Warburton (4) on the toe plumb in front of middle stump to leave the score 41-2. Richard Stephens (5-29) joined the attack and immediately got turn and bounce from the wicket to remove Gadd. Stephens was proving that his left arm spin was very very effective (especially at the Heath) and he picked up the next 3 wickets in quick succession thanks to some fine catches by Chris Wood and Dave Squires. At the other end Oscar Windebank was building the pressure with 2 maidens.
Rich then took his fifth wicket T Allen (0) missed a full toss to be clean bowled. Frank Straw (2-13) then returned to pick up the last 2 wickets to seal an unlikely but welcome victory for Petersfield 2s in the 26 over.
The win puts Petersfield up to 3rd in the race for 1 of the promotion places in Regional Division 1 South.
Man of the Match Rich Stephens for his allround performance
Result Sheet
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