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Trull Trundlers lost to Doctors by 24 runs Doctors 106
for 7
Trull
Trundlers 82 for 9
Doctors’ openers struggled to score off the
Trull opening attack of paceman W.Payne and spinner Ed Clark. Graham Fergusson (10) was bowled by a good
ball from Payne (1-8) and Tom Millard got an unplayable shooter from R.Clark
that only just got above ground level.
Tom Eve’s class was evident as he eased the ball around the ground and
smote three sixes and a four. When he retired on 28 not out there was a mini
collapse with wickets for R.Clark (2-6) and a suicidal call for a single that
left Andrew Paisley well short when the throw from James Mumford arrived at the
stumps. When T.Clark (1-32) bowled the
in-form Sam Powell off his pads Doctors were in trouble. Connor Keohane and Tom Adcock patiently
repaired the damage until Adcock (10) was bowled by Michael Milne
(1-10). Keohane (15) was run out going
for a second run to Ed Clark at long off but Phil Barker took 12 runs from
the final over to ensure that Doctors had something to bowl at. The
start of the Trull innings matched that of Doctors as Sam Powell (4 overs for
4 runs) was impossible to score off and Adcock (2-12) was both tight and penetrative,
courtesy of a stumping by Fergusson and a fine catch by Barker at short
midwicket off a full-blooded pull. Mumford
was the only batsman to play with any freedom but apart from one fine
straight six and 2 twos even he could only score in singles. Payne (13) gave him support but became a
second Fergusson stumping victim off Paisley and thereafter C.Hunt (12) was the
only batsman to get into double figures.
Keohane at deep midwicket took a spectacular catch at deep midwicket,
just avoiding treading on the rope, to give Paisley (2-18) a second
wicket. Keith Powell scored a direct
hit from long off to run out E.Hunt and Eve did the same from third man to
dismiss T.Clark. Constricting spells
from Keohane and Barker (2-6) at the death ensured that there was no
recovery. Barker’s sublime bowling
season continued with two clean bowled victims and he rubber stamped his
man-of-the-match status with a run out off the final ball. |
