Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club

Scorecard

St Cross Symondians CC 2's v Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI on Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 12:00pm
Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club Lost by 6 wickets

Match report Much to our surprise, St Cross asked the visitors to bat first on what looked like a firm surface full of runs. The overcast conditions lasted for the whole day and not surprisingly, the new ball swung in both innings, resulting in a lot of playing and missing.
P & S got off to a decent start, 41 on the board when Matt was out in the. Ninth over. Felix suffered the same fete shortly after at 49 for two. There followed the highest and best stand of the innings. Ned and Jack added 64 in 14 overs. Jack and Usman added a further 33 before Jack was caught. This triggered a collapse with four wickets falling for 20 runs in nine overs.
St Cross were now in the ascendancy which was only challenged when Max joined Jake at 177 for 8. They put on 38 in six overs in a reprise of their match winning performance at New Milton, both made with Dennis Batchelor umpiring. This gave P & S some hope of victory.
Lewis was bowled by Jake in the fifth over with 23 scored. Little did we know that this was the high point of the innings from a P & S point of view. Well supported by Overy, Harry Trussler’s aggressive, boundary-strewn century ensured that a home win was certain a long time before he was dismissed in the 34th over with only four runs needed.
St Cross were already assured of relegation to Division 3, but there was no doubt that they deserved this victory. Langley Manor started the day in second place, but were thrashed by Hambledon, securing just 2 batting points from the match.
However, Fair Oak’s win at New Milton catapulted them into second by a narrow margin and thus promotion to Division One. Hambledon of course had already clinched promotion back to the division they left in 2023, suggesting that the gulf between the 2nd and 1st divisions is similar to the Gulf of Mexico.
It should be remembered that 3rd in Division Two of the Southern League is the highest place our first team have ever reached. That should be a source of some satisfaction.

JT

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
19w 1b 1lb 
for 8 wickets
21
215		        
Felix Stanley ct R Wilson b J Nichols 13 28 2 46.43
Matt Benfield ct R Wilson b J Nichols 22 26 3 84.62 1
Ned Rockett st R Wilson b H Trussler 27 46 3 58.70
Jack Davies ct J Overy b H Trussler 53 62 2 5 85.48 1
Usman Akram ct R Wilson b C Bhasin 18 33 2 54.55
Ollie Kanavan ct J Lewis b M Haworth 7 18 38.89
Tom Benfield ct R Wilson b C Bhasin 0 2 0
Ben Saunders ct M Haworth b A Hockey 16 30 2 53.33
Jake Peach Not Out  20 36 55.56
Maxwell Goddard Not Out  18 19 2 94.74
Jonathan Willey  

St Cross Symondians CC 2's Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jake Nichols10.0133216.503.30
Aaron Hockey7.0038138.005.43
David Orchard10.014400.004.40
Michael Haworth10.0239139.003.90
Cameron Bhasin8.0036218.004.50
Harry Trussler5.0023211.504.60

St Cross Symondians CC 2's Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3w 5b 2lb 
for 4 wickets
10
217 (36.0 overs)		     
James Overy ct J Davies b U Akram 44 54 6 1 81.48
Joe Lewis b J Peach 9 15 2 60.0
Harry Trussler ct M Benfield b F Stanley 127 94 21 1 135.11
Charlie Harden b B Saunders 22 41 2 53.66
Jake Nichols Not Out  0 4 0
Jason Laney Not Out  5 7 1 71.43
David Orchard  
Richard Wilson  
Aaron Hockey  
Cameron Bhasin  
Michael Haworth  

Portsmouth & Southsea Cricket Club 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Jake Peach5.0035135.007.00
Jonathan Willey8.014800.006.00
Ben Saunders7.0047147.006.71
Maxwell Goddard7.004200.006.00
Felix Stanley4.0121121.005.25
Usman Akram5.0117117.003.40