Harpsden Gain Sweet Victory

Sonning Common Village
H Cook b Hancock T 35
M Cann b Welford 73
V Sneeman b Birkett R 20
Ca Gallimore b Birkett R 0
C Pitson Not Out 13
C Gallimore Not Out 28

TOTAL 187-4
Best Bowling: R Birkett 2-40, T Hancock 1-10

Harpsden
N Sweet ct Mee b L Gallimore 67
B Hancock ct L Gallimore b M Cann 44
S Imlay c Mee b C Gallimore 19
G Hepburn c M Cann b C Gallimore 2
A Grimmer Not Out 40
E Birkett b C Pitson 7
T Ham Not Out 7

TOTAL 189-5
Best Bowling: M Cann 1-28, C Gallimore 2-39

Sonning Common won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like an absolute belter to bat on. Sonning Common made a solid start to their innings, reaching 87 without loss after 20 overs, however they then started to find the runs harder to come by with the introduction of Hancock and Birkett into the attack. It was Hancock who made the breakthrough, clean bowling Cook for a patient 35. Cann continued to press on, but lost two more partners, with Birkett claiming 2 wickets in the same over, Cann soon followed, unluckily bowled by a double bouncer from Welford, for a brilliant 73. Pitson and Gallimore pressed on, but only managed to get Sonning Common to what looked like a slightly below par score of 187.
Harpsden started there innings very positively, with both openers regularly finding the boundary, as Harpsden reached 57-0 from 10 overs. The introduction of Cann into the attack slightly slowed the rate, but both batsman continued to play positively, it wasn’t until the 21st over that Sonning Common got the breakthrough, Hancock falling six runs short of his half century with the score on 95, this increased the Sonning Common morale as they picked up 4 more wickets, but it wasn’t enough, as Grimmer guided Harpsden home with the help of Ham.