St. Peter's Second XI vs Bells Yew Green
Home win for St. Peter’s
Bells Yew Green 2nd XI: 172 for 9
St. Peter’s CC, Brighton 2nd XI:173 for 6
St. Peter’s won the toss and elected to field.
The match got off to a slightly late start as the visitors had been held up in the horrendous traffic on the A27. The batsmen found that the pitch was rather pudding-like after the torrential rain of the previous day. Whilst the ball was sometimes difficult to get away as it didn’t come on to the bat, a number of deliveries sat up, almost as if in slow motion, begging to be hit.
Bells Yew green lost wickets fairly regular and the scoring rate was slow. The ball was slow across the outfield and boundaries were found most successfully via the aerial route. After 45 overs, the visitors were 172 for 9; keeper Mark Roughly top scoring with 31 not out. Aaron Andrews was the most successful of Saints’ bowlers, picking up 3 for 27 off his 9 overs.
In reply, Chris Killalea and Richard Tongue took 26 off the first three overs, before holing out in successive overs. Danny Andrews and Charlie Norris put on just shy of 100 for the third wicket and put the result beyond doubt, before Andrews was bowled by Vishal Pundir for 42. However, batting was never easy with some deliveries staying very low, which accounted for the wicket of Matt Willard. Norris top scored with 63 not out as the winning runs were scored in the 39th over to give Saints a well-earned win by 4 wickets.
St. Peter's Second XI vs Bells Yew Green
Home win for St. Peter’s
Bells Yew Green 2nd XI: 172 for 9
St. Peter’s CC, Brighton 2nd XI:173 for 6
St. Peter’s won the toss and elected to field.
The match got off to a slightly late start as the visitors had been held up in the horrendous traffic on the A27. The batsmen found that the pitch was rather pudding-like after the torrential rain of the previous day. Whilst the ball was sometimes difficult to get away as it didn’t come on to the bat, a number of deliveries sat up, almost as if in slow motion, begging to be hit.
Bells Yew green lost wickets fairly regular and the scoring rate was slow. The ball was slow across the outfield and boundaries were found most successfully via the aerial route. After 45 overs, the visitors were 172 for 9; keeper Mark Roughly top scoring with 31 not out. Aaron Andrews was the most successful of Saints’ bowlers, picking up 3 for 27 off his 9 overs.
In reply, Chris Killalea and Richard Tongue took 26 off the first three overs, before holing out in successive overs. Danny Andrews and Charlie Norris put on just shy of 100 for the third wicket and put the result beyond doubt, before Andrews was bowled by Vishal Pundir for 42. However, batting was never easy with some deliveries staying very low, which accounted for the wicket of Matt Willard. Norris top scored with 63 not out as the winning runs were scored in the 39th over to give Saints a well-earned win by 4 wickets.