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Pencombe lost to Doctors by 7 wickets Pencombe 66 all out
Doctors 68
for 3
Doctors
chose to bowl first after a heavy lunchtime downpour had livened up a hard
Pencombe wicket. John Down and Mike
Sullivan have bowled well here in the past and their double act was again
lethal as the ball darted around and neither gave the batsman any thing loose
to hit. Down struck in the first over
when he had Bob Townsend caught by Sullivan at slip and the intense pressure
paid off in the eighth over when Stuart Barrett was run out by a fine pick up
and throw from Andrew Paisley and then Sullivan captured the prized wicket of
Owen Thomas (10) as Alan Dunkley took a superb overhead catch running
downhill with the wind swirling and the sun in his eyes. The metronomic Sullivan (2-8) was justly
rewarded with another wicket but when he and Down (1-12) were rested
Pencombe’s troubles had only just begun. Phil Barker came on and regularly beat the
bat without luck but it was Sam Powell’s strength and relentless
accuracy that precipitated the home side’s disaster. At first Brian Pilliner (12) and Phil Brook
(14 n.o.) rode their luck in a stand of 30 that looked to be rescuing
Pencombe but then Powell upped a gear and reduced the innings to ashes with 4
wickets in 10 balls. His final figures
of 5 for 16 (all clean bowled) reflected a prodigious effort and when
When Doctors batted the sun came out and the pitch became even more spiteful. James Brown (1-28) bowled with hostility
and Pilliner used his experience and local knowledge to the full to make the
ball swing, seam and spit. Dunkley
(12) played with skill and composure until he was lbw to an unplayable
shooter from Pilliner (2-9), but the innings of the day was played by David
Williamson who defended stoutly, showed good judgement in leaving the ball
and put away bad balls with panache.
He received commendable support from |