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Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 3rd XI v Sarisbury Athletic III on Sat 21 Jul 2018 at 13:00
Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club Won By 27 Runs

Match report PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA 3RD’S V SARISBURY 3RD’S

REGIONAL SOUTHEAST DIVISION 1

LANGSTONE SPORTS GROUND

21/07/18


LION HEARTED PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA 3RD’S BATTLE THROUGH TO VICTORY


We won the toss and elected to bat first on another glorious summer’s day. We made a steady start and kicked on with a typically aggressive knock from Manny who departed after the drinks break for 43. Mohit who made 25 and Reuben with 26 both made solid contributions to set us on a path towards 200 runs. Harrison made a crucial 44 coming in at 7 and the tail ensured that we got maximum batting points by closing our innings on 207 for the loss of 8 wickets.

Sarisbury were confident that they were going to comfortable chase the runs downs and it would have been hard to disagree with them with the start they made. After 8 overs they were 54-0 with Oliphant racing to 36. We had our backs against the wall and our task was made even harder when Tom took a delivery flush in the face, whilst standing up to Romit and he was taken to A & E with two suspected broken front teeth and a cut lip that required eight stitches. We all hope that Tom makes a speedy recovery and doesn’t suffer too much pain. We will miss his excellent keeping and his eccentricity.

We were down to 10 and Manny took over behind the stumps. The introduction of Harrison changed the innings completely. With only his second delivery he dismissed the dangerous Oliphant, who left an off cutter outside off stump and paid the price when it jagged back and bowled him. Harrison took another 2 wickets and with a wicket from Romit’s last over, Sarisbury were 95-4 at drinks.

Jason took over the gloves so Manny could bowl. Manny took 4 wickets to put us firmly in control and a fourth wicket from Harrison put us on the brink of victory. The last wicket added 32 runs, before Connor returned to finish the job, when Horton edged him behind to Jason. Sarisbury were all out for 180.

I am extremely proud of all the players in our team. It was a courageous performance against a very good side and we kept battling when things went against us. It would have been easy for us to drop our heads and get rolled over, especially after the injury to Tom that reduced us to 10 players for virtually the whole of the second innings.

Everyone played their part in extending our winning sequence to 6 games and to gain our fourth maximum 24 points in succession. We have another tough game this Saturday, when we travel to take on Gosport Challengers. Let’s make it a magnificent 7. Up The Mighty Threes!! Bring it on!!!


MAN OF THE MATCH

HARRISON WHITWORTH 44 RUNS AND 4 WICKETS FOR 25 RUNS FROM 8 OVERS


CHAMPAGNE MOMENT

SAM RICHARDS SUPERB RUNNING CATCH AT COW CORNER

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 3rd XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
18w  
for 8 wickets
18
207		        
Gary Williams Caught  11
Jason Noble Bowled  18
Mike Berg Caught  5
Manuel Ferreira Bowled  43
Mohit Patel Bowled  26
Reuben Jebakumar Bowled  25
Harrison Whitworth Bowled  44
Tom Collett Not Out  10
Connor Saunders Bowled  6
Sam Richards Not Out  1
Romit Patel  

Sarisbury Athletic III Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Chris Oliphant8.0025212.503.12
Mike Edwards8.0132132.004.00
Kazi Yousaf8.0055227.506.87
Keith Hammond8.005100.006.38
Justin Drummond7.0027213.503.86
Dylan Shanley1.0011111.0011.00

Sarisbury Athletic III Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
12w  
for 10 wickets
12
180 (36.0 overs)		     
Chris Oliphant Bowled  36
Mike Clinch Caught  17
James Friedrich Caught  9
Stuart Cole Caught  7
Keith Hammond Bowled  26
Kazi Yousaf Bowled  32
Justin Drummond Caught  4
Mike Andrews Caught  6
Greg Horton Caught  11
Mike Edwards Bowled  0
Dylan Shanley Not Out  20

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 3rd XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Connor Saunders5.0046146.009.20
Romit Patel8.0025125.003.12
Harrison Whitworth8.012546.253.12
Manuel Ferreira8.0141410.255.13
Mike Berg5.002300.004.60
Reuben Jebakumar1.00900.009.00
Sam Richards1.00600.006.00