Harpsden Hammer Cypos

Cypos CC
I Emslie ct Hepburn b Cracknell 2
C Bainbridge ct Hurst b Burns 48
T Cormack LBW b Devile 9
C Howell ct Hurst b Paice 9
Adil b Burns 0
Garrad b Paice 4
R Hubbard ct Paice b Burns 0
C Willis ct Stevens b Hepburn 26
Cyrus Not Out 12
Gajam Not Out 8

TOTAL 146 – 8
Best Bowling: Burns 3-14, Paice 2 -14

Harpsden
M Hodgkiss ct Cyrus b Gajan 40
W Stevens Retired 50
A Hurst Run Out 1
J Bradley LBW b Powell 0
G Hepburn Not Out 38
L Burns Not Out 16

TOTAL 150 – 3
Best Bowling: Gajan 1-21, Powell 1-28

Harpsden skipper Will Stevens won the toss and elected to insert touring side Cypos Cricket Club, on a warm Saturday afternoon.

Harpsden made a solid start, with Chris Cracknell and Mike Devile finding plenty of swing. It was Cracknell who made the breakthrough, forcing an outside edge from Elmslie’s bat, with the ball being sharply caught by Hepburn at gully. Devile was the next man to strike, trapping Cormack LBW. Harpsden continued to bowl good areas, and got reward for their hard work, with wickets falling at regular intervals during the middle overs. Burns was the most dangerous of the Harpsden bowlers, picking up 3-14 from his 5 overs, including the wicket of the dangerous Bainbridge. Cypos managed to add on some much needed runs towards the end of the innings, however they still only managed to post 146-8 from there allocated 40 overs.

Harpsden openers Hodgkiss and Stevens wasted no time in taking the attack to the Cypos opening bowlers, racing to 62 without loss after 10 overs. Once Hodgkiss fell for a very well played 40, Harpsden looked to be on course for a very comfortable victory, however, after Stevens sportingly retired on 50, Harpsden suffered the loss of 2 quick wickets, Bradley falling for 0, and Hurst getting run out for 1 after a mix up with Hepburn. Hepburn quickly made up for running his partner out, as he smashed to ball to boundary with regularity, to finish on 38 not out, which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Burns finished the match off with a sweetly struck 6, to give Harpsden victory by 6 wickets after just 21.2 overs.