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Pacemakers tied with Doctors Doctors 125
all out
Pacemakers 125 for 7
The early stages
of this match were entirely one-sided as Pacemakers excellent bowlers made
good use of a slightly two-paced Kings Hall pitch and were backed up by some
fine catching. Peter Sprague took two wickets
for no runs and Julian Harlow (2-11) clipped Graham Fergusson’s off stump
with a beauty that came back up the hill.
It seemed that every time a Doctors batsman played a good shot someone
leapt through the air to catch it as the score limped to 24 for 5. Phil Barker (13) began the recovery but was
bowled through the tiniest of gaps by S.Marshall (1-11) and when Micky
Masters (1-5) and Tom Keeling (1-26) took further wickets Doctors were again
on the back foot. Just in time the cavalry came to the rescue in the form of
skipper Sam Powell and Harry Lee who took the attack to the bowlers with a volley
of fours and sixes. Lee (25)
eventually fell to another excellent catch by Justin Chippendale off B.House
(1-22) but Powell (48) continued the assault until he was last man out, well
caught at long leg by Marshall off Will McKegney (1-1). Pacemakers began cautiously against Powell
and Lee but it was the change bowlers Fergusson and Peter Reed who made the
breakthroughs as both Sprague (10) and Harlow (10) were stumped by Georgina
Adcock off Fergusson. Will Webster (11) hit his first two balls for four and
six, both perilously close to the fielder at deep midwicket but then attempted
a repeat shot to an even slower ball from Reed (1-25) and skied it to
Adcock. T.Millard (25) fell in similar
fashion with a top edge off Fergusson (3-26) to Charles Granville at mid on
and the match was in the balance. The home
team was indebted to a quickfire 30 from House which swung the match their
way. When he retired the balance swung
back to Doctors as Lee took two good catches to dismiss Tom Keeling off
Barker (1-14) and J.Yeabsley (12) off Powell.
Two tight overs from Powell (1-10) meant that 10 were needed from the
last over bowled by Lee. A boundary from
McKegney and scrambled twos and a single brought the scores level with one
ball remaining. Lee (1-24) kept his
nerve admirably and produced a quick, full length ball that McKegney (11)
could only chip straight back to the bowler. |
