Harpsden v Rivets 9th May 2009

Hancock and Hodgkiss Star For Harpsden

Rivets
K.Severin b Hodgkiss 66
J.Burnett b Paice 39
D.Grey ct Grimmer b Paice 0
S.Exton lbw b Hodgkiss 13
Kashif ct Foster b Hodgkiss 8
S.Delaney ct Devile b B.Hancock 4
Bilal Not Out 16
Qasim ct Grimmer b B.Hancock 0
M.Steadman Hit Wicket b B.Hancock 4
M.Travers ct Hodgkiss b B.Hancock 0

TOTAL 159 All Out

Best Bowling: B.Hancock 4-25, Hodgkiss 3-53

Harpsden
A.Grimmer ct Grey b Bilal 48
J.Bradley b Travers 8
C.Mitchell b Steadman 15
M.Hodgkiss Not Out 45
M.Greenwood ct Qasim b Bilal 5
Gireesh b Bilal 4
W.Foster Not Out 29

TOTAL 161-5

Best Bowling: Bilal 3-44, Travers 1-23

Harpsden won the toss and elected to put Rivets into bat on a dry, overcast day. Rivets made a superb start to the innings, smashing the first ball for four. The two openers continued the hard hitting, putting on a rapid 62 before Harpsden made the breakthrough, James Paice clean bowling Burnett. One wicket brought a second, with Paice forcing a rash shot from Grey, spooning the ball straight to Grimmer at cover. From then on, other than Severin, who provided some entertainment with his big hitting, no other batsmen really got going. This was in no small part due to Hancock and Hodgkiss, who both bowled with good accuracy and guile, Hancock finishing with excellent figures of 4-25 from his 6 overs, which also included a superb catch in close from Hodgkiss, and 3-53 from Hodgkiss himself. This restricted Rivets to 159 all out, a great all round effort from Harpsden.
Harpsden made a solid start to the innings, putting on 36 for the first wicket, before Bradley was unluckily bowled for 8. This brought Chris Mitchell to the crease to join Grimmer, both batsmen played well before Mitchell was bowled by Steadman. Harpsden then had a slight blip in their innings, with Grimmer falling just 2 short of a half century, and Gireesh falling for 4. This brought Hodgkiss and Foster together at the crease, with both batsmen hitting the ball to all parts of the ground, putting on 55 for the fifth wicket, to take Harpsden to a comfortable victory.