Scorecard

Ventnor v Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club T20 on Sun 13 Jun 2021 at 3pm
Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club Lost by 25 runs

Match report This tie, played at the unique Steephill Ground was far from a plumb draw. Ventnor, from Division Two are notoriously strong at home and despite fielding only six first teamers, were never in any real danger of losing the match. After a relatively quiet opening two overs yielding 11 runs, Whyte went into overdrive, plundering 71 off 39 balls. The first wicket provided no respite as the incoming batsman was Anthony Alleyne whose highest first-class score is 186 for Barbados v Trinidad. He and Whyte added 73 in seven overs before Max bowled the Barbadian. 110 off ten overs had me wondering whether 250 was on the cards, but the boys stuck at it. Matt and Umar took the next three wickets while 40 were added, but the arrival of Wells made sure that over two hundred would be needed.
Promoted to open, Dean was first to go, followed quickly by Ollie at 22 for 2. Thirty runs on, Matt’s desperate dive for the crease foundered. Tom made a quick 22 and when Alex was out, it was 86 for 5 with only 9 and a half overs to go. Jack and Max then assaulted the home bowling with 70 added in six overs. Unusually, both batsmen scored exactly 35 in this partnership. Jack had shown his versatility with two substantial but vastly different innings over the weekend.
Ironically, the final total of 177 was one run more than the winning total at Hook the previous day, scored off almost half the number of overs. It would have been easy to wilt facing a target of 203, but heads could be held high on departing the Isle of Wight.

JT

Ventnor Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
7w 5b  
for 6 wickets
12
202 (20.0 overs)		     
Umar Tarar ct  Saunders b Dunstan 9 10 1 90.0
R Whyte ct  M Benfield b Malik 71 39 6 4 182.05
A Alleyne b  Goddard 40 23 7 173.91
B Woodhouse ct  Davidson b Benfield 11 11 1 100
M Blackman ct  Davidson b Benfield 6 5 1 120.0
Z Wells Not Out  36 17 2 3 211.76
S Sanyal ct  Dunstan b Malik 7 6 1 116.67
T Noyes Not Out  10 9 2 111.11
S Read  
M Flood  
D Brihmani  

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club T20 Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jonathan Willey2.002900.0014.50
Keiron Dunstan3.0026126.008.67
Maxwell Goddard4.0037137.009.25
Ben Saunders3.003300.0011.00
Umar Khyam Malik4.0031215.507.75
Matt Benfield4.0041220.5010.25

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club T20 Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 5w 1lb 
for 9 wickets
8
177		        
Jack Davies b  Read 83 50 10 3 166.00
Dean Lee ct  Blackman b Read 0 3 0
Ollie Kanavan run out  (Wells) 1 2 50.0
Matt Benfield run out  (Read) 14 14 2 100 1
Tom Benfield st  Woodhouse b Noyes 22 14 3 1 157.14
Alex Davidson ct  Woodhouse b Flood 1 2 50.0 2
Maxwell Goddard ct  Whyte b Flood 35 22 5 1 159.09
Umar Khyam Malik b  Alleyne 4 7 57.14
Ben Saunders Not Out  8 4 1 200 1
Jonathan Willey ct  Read b Alleyne 0 2 0
Keiron Dunstan Not Out  1 1 100 1

Ventnor Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Alleyne 4.001929.504.75
Read3.0040220.0013.33
Wells4.002700.006.75
Brihmani3.003200.0010.67
Noyes 3.0029129.009.67
Flood 3.0027213.509.00