Review: King’s Canterbury 156-7 (30 overs), Felsted 85 all out (22.5 overs).
Felsted U14
A stumbled to defeat against an impressive King’s Canterbury outfit. Upon
winning the toss Henry Hoare invited the opposition to bat under muggy,
overcast conditions, surely expecting to make early inroads to the King’s
line-up. Although opening bowlers Ashleigh Cox and Archie Halls were economical
they were unable to make the breakthrough Felsted needed and the King’s pair
saw off the new ball confidently.
Through the
middle overs the King’s batters accelerated and punished some wayward Felsted
bowling. The Felsted spinners, Hoare and Gilham, again produced tight spells
but too late in the innings to influence the scoring rate as King’s, with
wickets in hand, scored a handy 156-7 off their 30 overs.
The
run-chase could not have got off to a worse start as James Lennon was involved
in a messy run out in the first over leaving Felsted 0-1. Some rebuilding was
immediately needed as Henry Hoare and Ashleigh Cox moved the score to 37 before
Hoare mistimed a pull shot straight back to the bowler. The score soon became
45-3 as the unfortunate Cox was run out backing up at the bowlers end for an
excellent 27. After that the innings never really got going and the third run
out of the day saw Ed Smith removed after a simple chance was dropped, catching
both batsmen ball watching in the middle of the wicket.
From here
Felsted lost regular wickets and never really looked in the game. John Brodie (15)
showed a bit of fight towards the end of the innings but still it was a day to
learn from for the Felsted boys.
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