Indoor Side Suffer Defeat

Following on from the convincing win over Little Chart, confidence was high as we took on Ashford 3rds. Unfortunately Danny and Sean were unavailable so in came Tim and Gregg.

Ashford were invited to bat by skipper Paul Webb and made a disastrous start as Paul struck with his first and fourth deliveries (including a c+b!!) as Ashford slumped to 0-2. Alan bowled a decent first over but runs were scored off Trev as Ashford progressed to 30 off 3 overs. Matt bowled a tight first over and pressure was beginning to build as Alan struck to take the third wicket. James Rodway then reached his 25 and retired. Tim then run out the last Ashford batsmen, which meant James Rodway came back in. Ashford's last pair batted sensibly, despite barracking from their own fans, and eventually set a target of 120.

Things started badly as Tim ran out Trev without facing a ball. Paul came in and hit a few lusty blows as we reached 38 in the 4th over. Unfortunately Paul was out going for another 6 and Matt quickly followed (run out by Tim) and then Alan (run out by Tim). It was then left to Tim and Gregg to try and score the runs. Tim was out to an excellent catch and Gregg was last man out, his wicket was obviously the prize wicket, going by the celebrations of the bowler, James Rodway.

If we want to extend the season, we need to beat Mersham in our final group game, on December 6