Date of Match: Saturday, June
10th, Away. League: PCB Saturday Division
2.
Scoreboard:
Ferndown 220 - 6 ( D.Howe 53, D.Fillingham
40, C.Jennings 37*, P.Martin 25.)
Swanage 224 - 2 ( C.Wells 126*, G.Watson
62*.)
Result: Swanage won by 8 wickets.
Details: On an excellent pitch for
batting at Ferndown, their openers P.Martin
and D.Howe put on 90 in twentythree overs.
Ryan Norman bowled another good spell but
Guy Watson’s line was unusually
wayward. When the opening pair were
parted, C.Jennings and D.Fillingham
raised the scoring rate with a
combination of keen running and fierce
hitting, which made the Swanage fielding
look increasingly ordinary. Swanage’s
batsmen struggled early on against an
outstanding spell of bowling from D.Balham.
Swinging the ball in a large amount, and
often late, he took 2 - 17 in his twelve
overs, which included eight maidens.
However, Craig Wells was still there.
Fielding with enthusiasm, Ferndown posted
six men on the boundary. So Wells and
Watson, who needed 179 in thirtythree
overs, had to get them in singles. They
stayed calm at the large task ahead, but
it looked as if the game would go to the
last over. With victory in sight, Wells
opened out with three cover drives for
four and a straight six, to win the game
with two overs to spare. With all the
right options being taken in a difficult
situation, this massive but unspectacular
partnership was one for the connoisseur
to savour.
Date of Match: Sunday,
June 11th, Home. League: PCB Sunday
Division 1.
Scoreboard:
Corfe Mullen 179 - 9 ( S. Chapman 58, S.Hendry
43, N.Walpole 28. C.Elfes 3 - 27.)
Swanage First Eleven 162 - 7 ( C.Wells 66,
P.Clark 34. S.Merrell 5 - 63.)
Result: Swanage lost by 17 runs.
Details: On a good batting pitch, S.Hendry
and C.Lewis opened confidently for Corfe
Mullen but they were pinned back by
accurate bowing by Mark Parsons and Ryan
Norman. . When Hendry joined Chapman,
they took control, hitting some huge
sixes off loose leg side deliveries. The
game appeared to be going away from
Swanage until a good spell of off spin
bowing from Chris Elfes dismissed
Hendry,and then two others. However,
Corfe Mullen’s lower order did well,
putting on 53 runs in the last ten overs.
Craig Wells and Mike Nash opened strongly
for Swanage, scoring at over three an
over. Corfe Mullen’s outcricket was
good, as exemplified by the brilliant
catch on the boundary by J.Fortescue to
dismiss Nash. Fortescue was in the middle
of a hostile spell of bowling. He started
with four maidens and conceded only
twenythree runs off his twelve overs.
Slow scoring in the middle of the innings
pushed up the rate needed to over six an
over. When Wells was out to the
persevering Merrel, Peter Clark and Chris
Elfes struck the ball hard but Corfe
Mullen’s enthusiastic bowling and
fielding won the day. _
Date of Match: Sunday, June 11th, Away.
League: PCB Sunday Division 3.
Scoreboard: Swanage Second Eleven versus
Bradford Abbas No report available |