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Spaxton lost to Doctors by 19 runs Doctors 153 for 4
Spaxton 134 for 3
Doctors survived a hostile and accurate
opening spell from Chris Powell and a wobble when John Ogle and Richard Budd
ran themselves out by underestimating Dave Pople and James Venton
respectively. Keith Powell’s vital
innings of 30 (retired) contained his customary mixture of aggression and
stylish cover drives but when Graham Fergusson’ sweetly-struck pull a full
toss from Rob Parish (1-29) found the safe hands of Scott Bellinger at deep
midwicket Doctors were 68 for 4. Will
Chandler (19) played exactly the right innings for a number 4, rotaing the
strike and punishing any bad balls until his defence was breached by an
excellent ball from Bellinger (1-23) which moved off the seam. Sam Powell took the game away from Spaxton
with a blistering 30 (retired) off only 16 balls which contained three fours
and two sixes, one of which smashed a tile on a distant roof beyond long
on. Andrew Paisley (32 n.o.) and Ed Johnson
(13 n.o.) rammed home the advantage with an excellent stand full of hard hits
and good running. Spaxton’s bright start was stymied by very
good spells from Phil Barker (1-15) who lured G.Wales into a top edged pull,
well caught by Budd running in from mid wicket, and Johnson (1-19) who bowled
Barry Dobson (14). Pople and Adrian
Fisher came together in a partnership in which plenty of attacking shots were
played and in which the ball never beat the bat but which never seemed to
engage top gear. Man of the match Sam
Powell bowled three astringent overs for 11 runs. Pople (27 n.o.) never gave a chance and
Fisher (28 n.o.) survived 3 dropped catches but by the time they had both
retired the required run rate had soared to 25 an over. Cavalier innings of 29 not out by Bellinger
and 17 not out by Mike Robins made the score respectable but by then it was
too late. |
