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Central Brittany CC lost to Doctors by 42 runs Doctors 164 all out
Central
Brittany 122 all out
Doctors won the toss and began briskly with
12 runs off the first over, but thereafter the ratio of free hits to good
balls narrowed considerably and Doctors found themselves 19 for 2 after 3
overs. A period of rebuilding was required and was duly supplied by Rob Moore
(21) and Phil Barker (28) who after a slow start put on 55 for the 3rd
wicket to take the score to 74 in the 15th over before Rob fell
lbw to a ball that kept low. A collapse then followed to reduce Doctors to 91
for 6 in the 20th over and a second rescue operation was required,
this time by Harry Lee. Batting with great fluency despite a broken thumb, he
was ably supported by the tail, but ran out of partners in the 33rd over and
was left stranded on 49 not out with the total on 164, and Geoff Palmer
ending 6 overs of off spin with 3 for 17. Central Brittany (CB) then launched their
innings with a frenetic attack on Joe Lee and Sam Powell, but Joe took a
wicket in each of his first two overs (3-27-2) to ensure that the outright
attack did not go unpunished. Nonetheless CB reached 50 in the sixth over
with some powerful hitting from Nick Matthews (36) but the match was turned
round by a fine spell of 3 wickets in 8 balls from Sam Powell (7-32-3). He
ripped out the middle order, including Tom Edmunds, the top scorer from last
year, whose stumps were sent flying by the first ball he faced. Nick Matthews
was then spectacularly run out by the combination of a flat throw from deep
mid on by Keith Powell and Harry Lee gathering the ball and removing the
bails with his good hand. Thereafter CB subsided gently for 122 thanks to
Andrew Paisley (1-1-2), although the total would have been under 100 had not
the doctors dropped 4 catches as their concentration lapsed with the game as
good as won. |