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Ashfords Solicitors lost to Doctors by 3 wickets Ashfords 133 for 5
Doctors
134 for 7
Ashfords won the
toss and elected first use of a good Knightshayes batting surface. P.Matravers and D.Rice scored at eight an
over off the first 4 overs with exquisite cover driving by Matravers (27 retired)
a particular feature. Rice (12) tried
an unwise quick single to Sam Powell at mid off and
was run out by yards. Phil Barker
(1-23) and Tom Adcock had bowled without luck until Barker’s good spell was
rewarded by a good running, diving catch by Andrew Paisley at midwicket. S. Lucson (25 retired) and G.Cridland then
put together a useful partnership, scampering ones and twos as Doctors’
bowlers were frustrated by mis-hits which repeatedly fell into vacant spaces. Beth Sellick repeatedly beat the bat in a
fine spell but it was Peter Reed (1-29) who eventually had Cridland (18)
caught off a top edge by Graham Fergusson at short midwicket. Further wickets by Powell (1-18) and Tom
Langston (1-11) kept the total within reasonable limits. J.Hickman (1-12) bowled fast and straight
but was countered by Fergusson (23) who found the boundary regularly until he
was unluckily bowled off his pads by the worst ball that Hickman bowled, a
full length ball that would have missed leg stump by a foot. Hugh Thompson was brilliantly caught by
P.Blake at mid off from a full blooded drive off Steve Walker (1-16) and
Paisley was run out by a direct hit from long off. Powell, having hit his first ball for six
was then bowled through a defensive stroke by J.Gregson (1-26) which left
Doctors wobbling at 58 for 4. To the
rescue came Charles Granville and Georgina Adcock with an enterprising stand
of 38 which ended when Adcock (13) miscued a skier to Blake off Matravers
(1-10). Granville (32 n.o.) hit the
ball ferociously hard in what proved to be the match-winning innings but
there was another blip when he retired and Blake (1-20) and Cridland (1-12)
each nipped in with a wicket. Sellick
and Tom Adcock eased Doctors’ nerves with a calm, pragmatic partnership which
saw their side home with ten balls to spare. |
