| Match Report |
Sparsholt 3s just shaded Otterbourne 3s in a closely contested match at Southern Water's ground in Otterbourne. The home side won the toss and put the visitors in, who whilst starting sedately, lost their first wicket at 43-1 in the 18th over. Craig Charlesworth started the acceleration (43) plus 20's from Alex Thornton and James Dorward got Sparsholt to within a whisker of another batting point, with Mungo run out off the last ball to leave Sparsholt on 174-9.
Adam Trivett (6-2-12-0) and Will Rowe (10-0-33-1) opened up, and Otterbourne reached 50 in their 19th over. Greg Whiting (7-0-27-1) and Mungo Patterson (10-0-42-2) nipped out key wickets and at 29 overs, Otterbourne were 100-6. At 36 overs, the score had progressed to 149-6, so just 26 were required off the last 6 overs with wickets in hand, but tight death bowling from James Dorwood (5-0-14-1) and Will Rowe (plus a couple of run outs) meant Otterbourne were restricted to 167-8, leaving Sparsholt the winners by 7 runs late into the evening...
Another good team performance on another outfield where boundaries were at a premium throughout. |