Saturday 18th May
Result: Felsted won by 1 wicket
Review: King’s Canterbury 173/6 (30 overs) (H. Hoare 2/13, G. Hitchcock 2/36)
Felsted 176/9 (28.4 overs) (A. Cox 65*, J. Wisbey 25)
It is hard to know where to start with this match! King’s won the toss, and batted on a good surface. Knowing that fielding would be crucial, when Alex Jackson put down a regulation chance off George Hitchcock’s first ball, heads began to drop. The opener made a very good 30. However, with Henry Hoare gaining significant turn, and conceding only 13 in his six overs, with two wickets, Felsted retained a degree of control. Unfortunately, this fell away in the closing overs, as the King’s captain, dropped at square leg by Alex Gilham when in single figures, took the bowling apart, making a very good 63. A good final over from George Hitchcock, which included three wickets, and a dropped catch, limited some of the damage, but King’s had smashed more than 90 in the last 10 overs, and Felsted had looked tired, and bereft of ideas in this period of the game.
After a break for tea, things went from bad to worse. Boyce fell for 1, followed quickly by Brodie for the same score. Hoare chipped one up, and suddenly we were 13/3. Alex Jackson stroked two good boundaries, but was then bowled, and at 29 for 4, the game seemed over. Fortunately, Josh Wisbey and Ashleigh Cox had not given up yet, and managed to put together a partnership of 63 in 12 overs, to keep us in the hunt. George Hitchcock played very brightly, to keep up the tempo, but got out when we seemed to be back in control, and Jiffy Lennon briefly threatened. However, as wickets fell at the other end, and the rate climbed, Ashleigh Cox was being left with a great deal to do. With Squibb gone, the equation was 44 required in six overs, with 2 wickets left. At this point, in strode Alex Gilham, to put together a fantastic partnership of 42 in 26 balls with Cox, only ending when he ran himself out with victory in sight. Fortunately, Cox retained the strike, and with eight balls to spare, he smashed a boundary over square leg to bring Felsted a famous victory.
King’s were utterly deflated, having felt that victory was in their grasp just 20 minutes earlier. Felsted march on with a fourth successive victory.
Player of the match: Ashleigh Cox
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