On Sunday Turville entertained Harpsden at their excellent ground and Harpsden took full advantage of this fact, winning the toss and electing to bat first. Will Stevens and Adam Birkett were first into the middle, but both returned to the pavilion promptly after getting caught trying play aggressively. Andy Norton was bowled around his legs by a remarkable bit of pace bowling from Tom White. Sam Imlay and Christian Whittaker put together an aggressive partnership before Imlay went after a flighted delivery from Henry-Thomas and was stumped. Harpsden were now in trouble at 60-4. Horatio Cary and Whittaker steadied the ship, Cary playing the anchor role as Whittaker continued to tee off at the other end before an excellent bit of spin bowling caught his glove and he was out for 35. Sean Thornton joined Cary at the crease for what proved to be the vital partnership of 124. Both fell in quick succession playing expansive shots as they tried to get Harpsden up to the 250 mark, a figure Harpsden managed to achieve.
After tea Turville went into bat but their minds, like most of the Harpsden fielders, seemed to still be on the delicious chicken sandwiches. Fortunately for Harpsden few fielders were required as Ollie Heath produced a ferocious spell of bowling bamboozling the Turville batsmen with few of them able to get bat on ball, their first 4 wickets fell for just 34 runs including 3 ducks. However during his sixth over word reached captain Andy Norton that his grunting was disturbing Sunday nap time in Ibstone, and so he was rested in favour of Nugent. This proved to be an astute piece of captaincy as Nugent went one better taking 5 wickets including the crucial wicket of James Hunt who played brilliantly for his 56 despite watching wickets fall at the other end as regularly as Kerry Katona after a big night out. Turville were eventually all out for 122, meaning Harpsden won by 129 runs.
Harpsden C.C.
A. Birkett………….ct C. Simon b N. Henry 3
W. Stevens………..ct J. Hunt b N. Henry 9
S. Imlay……………st T. Wade b A Harvey-Thompson 31
A. Norton………….b T. White 1
C. Whittaker………ct. T. Wade b J. Hancock 35
H. Cary……………ct. J. Hunt b T. White 87
S. Thornton……….ct. J. Hancock b T. White 53
I. Whittaker……….b T. White 1
O. Heath…………..NOT OUT 1
T. Nugent…………c & b J. Hancock 4
Balaji……………..NOT OUT 10
Extras………………………………..........................15
Total………………………………............................251
Best bowling . White 4-62
Turville
J. Hunt…………………..ct A. Norton b T. Nugent 56
C. Simon………………..b O. Heath 4
S. Beardall………………LBW O. Heath 0
T. Wade………………..b O. Heath 0
H. Beardall…………….b O. Heath 0
J. Hancock……………..b T. Nugent 25
J. Moser………………..b T. Nugent 1
N. Henry……………….b T. Nugent 0
T. White……………….b S. Thornton 0
N. Runkel………………NOT OUT 2
A. Harvey-Thompson….b T. Nugent 0
Extras………………………..34
Total…………………………122
Best Bowling: Nugent 5-16 Heath 4-22
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