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Doctors lost to Taunton Deane Council by 5 wickets Doctors 117 all out
T.Deane 121 for 5
Doctors’ innings did not start well as Will
Chandler was bowled by the third ball from Matt Wild. Tom Chandler restored the family honour
with a confident innings of 18 which included the shot of the season, an
exquisite straight drive, but when he too fell to a Wild yorker there was a
spectacular collapse. Wild (3-13) and
I Hosken (1-8) took further wickets and when Keith Powell was caught at cover
off a ball from Nick Collins that would have been called a wide the score was
20 for 5. The home team were hauled
from this nadir by David Williamson who dug in and Sam Powell who hit
out. Powell’s pretty cameo of 17 was
terminated by a ball from Collins which moved off the seam and took the edge
for keeper Bruce Carpenter to take the first of two good catches. Collins spell of 4 overs, 1 maiden, 8 runs
for 3 wickets fully reflected the lift and bounce that he generated. Williamson (10) was bowled by Kevin Dunn
(1-31) which set the scene for a lordly knock in difficult batting conditions
from Graham Fergusson. Wickets for
J.Budd (1-25) and John Pike (0-1) finished off the innings and left Fergusson
stranded on 48 not out. Oliver Budd’s mesmerising leg breaks and
Sam Powell’s pace and accuracy imposed a stranglehold over the first 8
overs. Budd (4 overs, 5 runs, 2
wickets) removed the Council’s new openers N.Glynn, stumped by Williamson and
P.Brieley, lbw. Powell (1-13) took the
key wicket of Pike with a fast yorker and the visitors were 18 for 3. That was as good as it got as Wild and
Hosken combined to literally run Doctors ragged in a 50 partnership composed
of hard run twos and threes. Wild (29) took one risk too many and was run out
by Andrew Paisley and Hosken (29) was caught at deep midwicket by Sam Powell
off Fergusson (1-20) but a pair of boundaries from Dunn (11 n.o.) and two
sixes from Collins (15 n.o.) saw their side home with 8 balls to spare. |
