Review: Felsted U14 A’s claimed their second victory of the week by
comfortably defeating Oundle by 49 runs. Felsted lost the toss and were invited to bat by the Oundle
captain who was trying to exploit the lingering moisture in the wicket. This
decision initially proved fruitful, as James Lennon was clean bowled for 7 with
the score on 15. This, however, bought Ashleigh Cox to the crease who was in
determined mood. Along with captain, Henry Hoare, they put the pressure back
onto the Oundle fielders by running intelligently between the wickets and
punishing any wayward bowling.
When Henry Hoare departed LBW for 34 the partnership had
reached 100 with the more aggressive Cox looking to push on. What followed was
a surprise as one of the Oundle seam bowlers found some swing, ripping out the
Felsted middle order, including Cox for an excellent 71. 115-1 became 120-6 in the space of 3 overs
and the impetus appeared to have been lost. Thankfully some sensible batting by
Archie Halls (13) and Ed Smith (10 not out) allowed Felsted to post a more than
competitive 146-7 (30 overs).
Felsted then produced an exceptional team performance in the
field, led by Alex Gilham and George Hitchcock, who both produced fine catches
to help make early inroads into the Oundle line-up. Cox, Halls, Wisbey and
Jackson all produced tight spells, picking up 3 wickets between them. The
pressure was starting to build on the Oundle batsmen and the spinners, Hoare
and Gilham, took advantage of the ever-increasing run rate by collecting the
last 7 wickets between them for 40 runs, bowling Oundle out for 96, Hoare
finishing with impressive figures of 4-9 and Gilham 3-31.
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