Tuesday 11th June 2013
Result: Felsted won by 24 runs
Felsted 127/8 (20 overs) [H. Hoare 46]
Shenfield 103 all out (19.5 overs) [G. Hitchcock 2/13, A. Jackson 2/8]
Felsted won the toss and batted first, and with Hitchcock and Hoare getting away to a very positive start, there were hopes that we might post 150 plus. However, Shenfield's bowlers stuck to their task, and although Henry went on to a very good 46, nobody else made many. Josh King and Ned Potter (up from the Under 14s) both chipped in, but it took a breezy 13 in 5 balls from Alex Gilham to push us up to 127. Having beaten Brentwood and New Hall with scores of 125, we were confident, but not entirely sure that we would have enough.
At this point, the drizzle set in, not for long, but enough to make the ball slippery, and conditions in the field much harder. The Shenfield batsmen were good enough to take advantage, and with 6 overs to go, they need 48 with 9 wickets left. At this point, Alex Jackson came on to bowl, and with Archie Halls holding a good diving catch, he made the breakthrough. He then bowled their number four, who played an ambitiously expansive slog to his first ball. Then, in the next over, the number three (a very good player, who could still win the game) was run out for them, by a combination of their new man's calling, and more good fielding from Archie Halls. Panic now set in, not least with their coach, who was commanding them to charge blindly down the wicket to Henry's off spin, and a collection of optimistic hoiks, and suicidal running, saw their wickets tumble, as they collapsed to 103 all out.
They had run us close, but not close enough, and with this win, we are now through to the Essex final. In fact, not just that, but we have also been put through as Essex representatives in the first regional stage of the national 20/20 competition.
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