Scorecard

Basingstoke & North Hants II v Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 06 Aug 2022 at 12.30pm
Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club Won by 7 wickets

Match report After last week’s disappointment the team bounced back with a terrific batting performance following a tough session in the field. Basingstoke won the toss and unsurprisingly chose to bat in what has become customary hot weather. The pitch looked hard and full of runs and so it proved.
The opening bowlers made a decent start reducing the home side to 30 for 2 in the first nine overs. When Ben dismissed Froud at 56, little did he realise that he had introduced a major problem. Donaldson hit his first ball for six over long on. He went on to play what could have been a match winning innings and shared a partnership of 141 with Jayakody who was emboldened by his new partner. All the bowlers except Jake and Matt had to endure some rough treatment before Donaldson was caught on the boundary. Four wickets fell for 22, three of them to Matt, exposing the soft underbelly of Basingstoke’s batting order. Shahane, who appeared to be too low in the batting order then guided the home side to a very healthy total thanks to the addition of 47 runs from the last nine overs.
Despite the quality of the pitch, 267 looked a daunting target, higher than any previous run chase this season. However, Shaun’s early assault on Bradley put his team on the front foot straight away. Every scoring shot he played was a boundary and he looked set for a big score before playing on at 53 in the sixth over. Jake and Matt added only 9 before the latter was caught off a slower ball. Jack and Jake added 59 in 11 overs . When Jake was caught on the long on boundary the home side really began to suffer. Jack , shrugging off his recent disappointments, set about the bowling with relish and peppered the boundary. His partnership with Chris realised 149 in under 16 overs. There were still 14 overs to go when Jack made the winning hit. It must have been a relief for the home fielders, one of whom was already suffering from cramp.
The news that both Langley Manor and Sway had both lost did nothing to diminish the euphoria of this victory.

JT

Basingstoke & North Hants II Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
8w 7lb 
for 9 wickets
15
266 (50.0 overs)		     
L Benge ct  M Benfield b Peach 7 14 1 50.0
C Froud ct  & b Saunders 37 57 6 64.91
N Shelar ct  Bollom b Peach 3 16 18.75
H Jayakody ct  Lee b Benfield 59 82 6 71.95
G Donaldson ct  Lee b Saunders 90 54 5 8 166.67
S Bucksey ct  Bollom b Benfield 0 11 0
T Bradley ct  Davies b Benfield 0 1 0
C Chandler b  Willey 14 22 1 63.64
S Shahane Not Out  34 25 3 136.00
K Harris b  Peach 6 14 42.86
D Wadhawan Not Out  1 4 25.00

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jake Peach9.001836.002.00
Jonathan Willey10.0152152.005.20
Ben Saunders10.0161230.506.10
Keiron Dunstan6.004700.007.83
Maxwell Goddard10.006000.006.00
Matt Benfield6.002137.003.50

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 11w 2b 3lb 
for 3 wickets
17
270		        
Matt Benfield ct  Shelar b Chandler 13 31 3 41.94 1
Shaun Briggs b  Wadhawan 40 16 7 2 250.0
Jake Peach ct  Shelar b Donaldson 28 36 2 1 77.78
Jack Davies Not Out  133 95 18 5 140.0 1
Chris Bollom Not Out  39 38 6 102.63 2
Tom Benfield  
Dean Lee   2
Maxwell Goddard  
Ben Saunders   1
Jonathan Willey  
Keiron Dunstan  

Basingstoke & North Hants II Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Chandler10.0437137.003.70
Bradley 4.005800.0014.50
Wadhawan 5.4053153.009.35
Donaldson 8.0055155.006.87
Shahene3.002700.009.00
Harris3.002000.006.67
Jayakody 2.001500.007.50