Date and place of Match: Saturday June 15 th,
Away. League: NSA Saturday Division 1.
Scoreboard: Dorchester Second Eleven 171 - 4
( S.Joslin 60*, N.Paul 54*. G.Watson 3 - 38.)
Swanage 125
( C.Wells 44, C.Matthews 44. M.Derrien 4 - 29. )
Result: Swanage lost by 1 run.
Details:
After an exciting , rain affected game was initially
reduced to 41 overs, Guy Watson put Dorchester in and took
three wickets in his first seven overs of swing bowling.
Rain intervened and S.Joslin and N.Paul then put together a
crucial partnership of 130 runs, Swanage being handicapped
by the wet ball.
Dorchester had to bat on after tea to complete their 41
overs. The Swanage innings was now reduced to 30 overs and
the target proportionately to 126. After losing an early
wicket, Craig Wells and Craig Matthews batted well to raise
the score to 74 before Wells was deceived in the air by
spinner N.Joslin. 52 runs were now needed in 14 overs.
Despite further drizzle, Dorchester bowlers stuck to their
task and kept taking wickets. When the last over started,
eight wickets were down and 3 runs were needed. M.Derrien
bowled Craig Matthews off the first ball. Andy Avery was now
in the situation that every nu,mber eleven dreams about. He
hit the next ball for a single and Bill Jones did the same
on the next ball. No runs came from balls four and five
leaving Avery to ‘do or die’ off the
last ball. He swung, missed, and was bowled, leaving a
delighted Dorchester the winners on a marginally higher run
rate.
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Date and place of Match: Sunday June 16 th,
Home and Away. League: NSA Sunday Divisions 3 and 8.
Result: Matches against Old Blandfordians and Shaftesbury
Seconds cancelled owing to rain.