Harpsden v Young Lions 24/08/08

Harpsden Fall Short Despite Hancock Resistance

Young Lions

Kishar ct Heath b Greenwood 61

Yashwin b Nugent 1

Rajiv ct Balaji b Greenwood 4

Nishil b Nugent 58

Niraj Run Out 1

Justin ct Heath b Nugent 46

Shaan Run Out 0

Kieron Not Out 2

TOTAL 187-7

Extras 16

Best Bowling: Nugent 3-28, Greenwood 2-31

Harpsden

H Cary ct Kishav b Shaan 23

B Hancock lbw b Niraj 42

Balaji Run Out 0

R Birkett b Shaan 1

A Birkett ct Justin b Shaan 15

T Hancock ct Rajiv b Shaan 6

O Heath ct Nishil b Rajiv 3

A Cary Not Out 22

T Nugent Run Out 4

M Devile Not Out 4

TOTAL 135-8

Extras 15

Best Bowling: Shaan 4-24, Rajiv 1-3

Harpsden entertained Young Lions on an overcast day. Harpsden won the toss and put Young Lions into bat on a very damp wicket from the overnight rain. Young Lions made a solid start to their innings, reaching 47-1 from the first ten overs, despite some accurate bowling from youngster, Tom Nugent; Greenwood then made another breakthrough, removing skipper Rajiv for 4. Both batsmen at the crease then established themselves, and it wasn’t until the twenty fifth over that Harpsden removed Kishav for 61, thanks to a great catch from Ollie Heath. Young Lions then started to up the scoring rate, and thanks to some lusty blows from Justin, they made it to 187-7 from their allocated 40 overs.

Harpsden knew that this was a very gettable score, despite the difficult batting conditions. Openers, Hancock and Cary made a convincing start to the innings, reaching 41 without loss after ten overs. Cary was then caught for 23. Balaji joined Hancock at the crease; both batsmen were looking to push the ball around, to keep the score ticking, this proved to be there downfall, as Balaji was run out without scoring. Harpsden then lost four wickets for just 43 runs. Leaving Hancock stranded. When Hancock fell for a dogged 42, Harpsden were in deep trouble, and ended up falling fifty runs short of their target.