Scorecard

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 4th XI v Fareham & Crofton IV on Sat 06 May 2017 at 2.00pm
Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club Won By 7 wkts

Match report The development team made a great start to their season with a convincing win over Fareham 4's.

Despite having to draft in a couple of lads from the under 13's, P&S bowled out the visitors for 118 before comfortably knocking off the total with 7 overs to spare.

After choosing to bat, Fareham started slowly but without loss. They began to find their feet a little more but the opening bowlers did a good job restricting them, despite a tricky wind coming directly across the square. A change of bowling did the trick as Joel Eastment, at just 12 years old, took his first senior wicket as a thin bottom edge was superbly taken by 'keeper Tristan Collighan standing up at the stumps. The same pair were to combine again for the second wicket, before Eastment had Whittle caught by Sonny Brooks at point for an industrious 41. This started a collapse as Brooks got in on the act himself, firstly having Reynolds caught with a sharp one-handed catch by the skipper in close, then completing a double-wicket maiden. Mo Malik got his deserved wicket, coming back for his second spell to trap Lavery LBW, before Eastment got his fourth. The skipper also came back on to clean the tail up, bowling his opposite number to leave the visitors all out for 118.

The Smiths opened up for P&S, Ollie playing a lovely drive for 4 before missing a straight one. Simon was his usual steady self, patiently chipping away but taking no risks. Tristan batted nicely but was unlucky to be undone by a ball that checked on the pitch and was gloved up to slip, and the captain did similar, getting through a shot to early and chipping to cover. That brought Brooks to the crease, with a career high score of 12, but he batted superbly alongside the calming influence of Smith snr, who reached his 50 just before Brooks hit the winning runs with a crashing four through mid-wicket.

As first games go, it couldn't have gone much better; there will be tougher games ahead, but when the opposition skipper heaps praise on your colts, it shows what a good position the team, and the club, are in. Well done lads.

MOM - several contenders but with figures of 5-2-9-3 and 25 not out it goes to Sonny Brooks. :)

Fareham & Crofton IV Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3nb 17w 1b  
for 10 wickets
21
118 (37.1 overs)		     
Latly ct  Joel Eastment 12
Whittle ct  Joel Eastment 41
Habib ct  Joel Eastment 3
Dean b  Sanson 27
Reynolds ct  Brooks 3
Steele ct  Brooks 6
A Wimble ct  Brooks 0
James Lavery lbw  M Malik 2
Dorey b  Sanson 0
John Lavery ct  Joel Eastment 2
S Wimble  

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 4th XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Muhammad Ahmad Malik10.0040140.004.00
Neil Sanson6.111226.001.95
Joel Eastment9.012245.502.44
John Eastment4.011500.003.75
Umar Khyam Malik3.001700.005.67
Sonny Brooks5.02933.001.80

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 4th XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 9w 8b 2lb 
for 3 wickets
21
122		        
Simon Smith Not Out  53 3 1 1
Oliver Smith Bowled  4 1
Tristan Collighan Caught  8 2
Neil Sanson Caught  10 1 1
Sonny Brooks Not Out  25 3 1
John Eastment   1
Umar Khyam Malik  
Joel Eastment  
Muhammad Ahmad Malik  
Sean Kanavan   1
Gary Williams  

Fareham & Crofton IV Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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