Result: Draw
Cranbourne Innings
Total 158-9 declared
T Thorpe ct Hodgkiss b Stevens 16
D Crick lbw Whittaker 14
S Driscoll b Hodgkiss 20
Nilesh run out 34
L Johnson ct M Thomas b B Hancock 12
M Roe ct C Whittaker b Hodgkiss 1
D Daints ct Stevens b B Hancock 0
R Alleston ct Stevens b B Hancock 8
Parog ct Norton b Hodgkiss 13
D Quincey NO 13
D Spencer NO 14
Extras 11
T Hancock 7-5-9-0
N Adley 4-0-35-0
C Whittaker 7-2-13-1
W Stevens 5-1-19-1
T Sampson 4-0-21-0
M Hodgkiss 8-2-29-3
B Hancock 9-0-31-3
Harpsden Innings
Total 141-9
I Whittaker ct & b Quincey 5
C Whittaker ct Paray b Quincey 13
M Thomas run out 0
A Norton lbw Spencer 6
R Birkett b Spencer 0
N Adley b Parag 10
W Stevens NO 25
T Sampson lbw Spencer 1
M Hodgkiss ct Daints b Thorpe 45
T Hancock lbw D Spencer 0
B Hancock NO 0
Extras 36
D Spencer 10-2-25-4
D Quincey 5-0-24-2
Parag 5-0-14-1
Alleston 3-0-18-0
Crick 7-0-31-0
Thorpe 5-1-19-1
Harpsden won the toss and asked Cranbourne to bat. The conditions were initially sunny but became more and more overcast as the day progressed with the pitch playing slow due to recent heavy rainfall.
Cranbourne got their innings off to a solid start with each of the first 5 batsmen scoring in double figures. Nilesh looked particularly at ease with the conditions until he was run out for 34 whilst Driscoll made a useful 20.
Miles Hodgkiss and Ben Hancock were brought on to bowl for Harpsden and they helped to contain the flow of runs. Hodgkiss bowled his usual tight line and length to take three wickets. Hancock bamboozled the middle order batsmen with his leg spin and he was duly rewarded with three wickets as well. Crambourne upped the pace in the last five overs of their innings to give them a respectable total of 158-9 declared at tea.
Crambourne began magnificently in the field with Harpsden reduced to 56-7 after 14 overs. The bowlers bowled a tight line and a full length with Quincey taking two wickets and Spencer claiming four victims.
Miles Hodgkiss and Will Stevens helped to steady Harpsden putting on 76 for the 8th wicket. Hodgkiss fell caught for 45 when trying to force a boundary on the leg side, but his positive stroke play had left Harpsden with a sniff of victory.
Harpsden needed 30 runs for victory from the last five overs with two wickets remaining. For the first couple of overs they kept up with the required rate thanks to some quick running between the wickets. However the fall of Tom Hancock adjudged lbw to Spencer forced Harpsden to change tactics and they duly held on for the draw with Stevens not out on 25.
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Before the torrent of abuse towards my batting speed occurs I thought I'd try to justify it first. Okay yes I did bat for approximately 21 overs and only score 25 runs but, in my defence, I saw that Miles was scoring quite happily so I thought I’d just feed him the strike. Also who was still there at the end to watch Benny save the game I think you’ll find that was me and it’s still not as slow as Ollie’s 6 off about 75 over last year. So I think that you’ll find that in this case slow and steady in fact drew the race and kept an undefeated season alive.
Will Xx
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