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Doctors beat Goathurst by 72 runs Doctors 141
for 3
Goathurst 69 all out
Doctors were put in to bat and had to overcome the early handicap of
losing John Ogle caught at slip off Angus McDonagh (1-14). For the first 6 overs the run rate remained
at 3 an over as McDonagh and Will Webster maintained good control of line and
length. A mixture of youth and
experience was applied to break the shackles by Andrew Dodden and Adrian
Fisher who both drove the ball well and unerringly found the gaps in the
field. When they retired on 34 and 31
respectively the reins were handed to Ian Hooper and Sam Powell. Both were uncharacteristically circumspect
to begin with but when the shots began to flow the visitors were indebted to
Richard Scarborough (1-20) for a fine spell of controlled spin bowling that
bottled up one end. Powell (19) went
for a big straight drive and was bowled through the gate by a This calculation was rendered meaningless by a superb opening spell by Powell (4-12) who swung the ball both ways and tore through the Goathurst top order to effectively decide the match by the 5th over. The only batsman to look comfortable was Andrew Clark but Joe Lee (1-8) was also bowling well and when Clark (15) lofted him to the safe hands of Dave Saunders at mid off the score was a miserable 21 for 5. Saunders (2-12) bowled usefully and, having taken two wickets with the last two balls of an over, was cruelly denied the chance of a hat trick by his captain who took him off! Geoff Shaw’s typically lusty cameo of 12 was ended by a catch to Powell at mid on and the innings went into terminal decline with wickets for the medium pace of Rob Bartlett (1-18) and the off spin of Harry Lee (0-1). Paddy MacLennan (16 n.o.) was inexplicably kept back to bat at number 8 and he battled well in a lost cause until the innings was wrapped up by Richard Budd (1-5) bowling testing left arm chinamen that extracted sharp turn from the dry pitch. Hooper at short midwicket took a stinging catch to dismiss the last man. |
