BELSTONE v SPREYTON (BUCKLEY CUP)

BELSTONE (9 PTS) TIED WITH SPREYTON (9 PTS)

 

 

Name of player

How out

Score

 

 

Name of player

How out

Score

1

GROSS

ct HEMMING b BHARRAT

6

 

1

WRIGHT

RUN OUT

29

2

DRAKE

NOT OUT

27

 

2

SESSIONS

ct DRAKE b BUSHIN

1

3

PATERSON

ct NIVEN b HANCOCK

6

 

3

HANCOCK

ct & b BUSHIN

1

4

M DENNIS

b HANCOCK

2

 

4

T NIVEN

RUN OUT

12

5

WALPOLE

b HANCOCK

1

 

5

BHARRAT

st CARTER b WALSH

15

6

CARTER

b HANCOCK

0

 

6

WINDERS

ct & b GROSS

1

7

GOMERSALL

b WINDERS

14

 

7

ALLMAN

b GROSS

0

8

BUSHIN

b WINDERS

10

 

8

O NIVEN

ct GOMERSALL b WALSH

14

9

JEAL

b WINDERS

8

 

9

J GRIFFIS

b HOOPER

3

10

HOOPER

RUN OUT

0

 

10

M GRIFFIS

ct DRAKE b HOOPER

4

11

WALSH

ct      b SCRUFF

1

 

11

HEMMING

NOT OUT

3

 

Extras

 

17

 

 

Extras

 

9

 

TOTAL 

For 10 wkts

92

 

 

TOTAL 

For 10 wkts

92

 

     

BOWLING ANALYSIS                                                                BOWLING ANALYSIS

SCRUFF: 4-2-15-1                                                                     PATERSON: 4-1-11-0

BHARRAT: 4-0-28-1                                                                   BUSHIN: 4-0-19-2

HANCOCK: 3.5-1-8-4                                                                 GROSS: 4-0-15-2

T NIVEN: 4-1-21-0                                                                      JEAL: 4-0-22-0

WINDERS: 4-1-7-3                                                                     WALSH: 2-0-8-2

HOOPER: 2-0-10-2

 


For the fourth time in two weeks Belstone were involved in an edge-of-the-seat last-over thriller, this time when they visited Spreyton on 8 August for a Buckley Cup Twenty20 match.  Richard Drake made the game look easy for Belstone, knocking up 27 runs in quick time with two sixes and two fours but everyone else struggled on a wicket that played low and unpredictably, especially at the pavilion end.  The bounce and turn was exploited by Chris Hancock, whose tricky leg-spin brought him excellent figures of four for eight while at the other end Jason Winders was just as effective, clean bowling three batsmen while conceding only seven runs. 

Needing 93 to win Spreyton also found it hard to score, taking 10 overs to reach 36, but Steve Wright played sensibly before retiring on 26.  Smart fielding by Chris Gomersall, who threw down the wicket to run out Tony Niven for 12, and Johnny Carter, who gathered in a wide to stump Bharrat for 15 off Chris Walsh, kept the game evenly balanced as the light faded.  After tidy spells from Walsh (2-0-8-2) and Pete Gross (4-0-15-2) it fell to Andrew Hooper to bowl the last over with Spreyton needing ten to win with two wickets left.  A boundary off the first ball was followed by a well-judged running catch by Drake to dismiss Griffis.  This brought opener Wright back to the crease to add three runs to deep cover.  Last man Hemming was then dropped in the gully to prolong the excitement.  Two runs later the scores were level with the last ball to come.  With all the fielders in close the ball was missed by Hemming and Wright was run out by Andrew Paterson, to end the match honours even with a tie.