The weather was glorious but the wicket wasn't. With all the rain we had throughout the week it left the wicket very wet and soft. Ashton won the toss and elected to field.
It started well for Ashton with quick wickets falling for Southwick. After 10 overs Southwick were 20 for 3, with the first wicket falling to D. Blatch in the second over. Shortly followed by 2 wickets for C. White in the 5th and 7th overs. Good bowling and good fielding kept Southwick's score down on a pitch that was hard to bat on. J. Ray came into the bowling attack and picked up to wickets in his 8 overs. S. Fox for Southwick was batting quite well until C. Evans came into the attack and picked up his first wicket of the season on his first ball. Clive Evans finished off Southwick in the 34th over picking up his third wicket of the day. Southwick final score was 80 all out off 33.4 overs. Bowling from Ashton ~ C. White 8-3-17-2, D. Blatch 5-1-14-1, S.Nowlan 4-0-8-0, J. Ray 7-2-21-2, C. Evans 7.4-1-15-3, M. Buckley 2-0-4-1.
Ashton also found it hard to bat on the soft wet wicket. Runs were coming few and far between. at 8 overs Ashton were 12 for no loss, however in the 9 Ashton lost two wickets and scored just a single. With Southwick bowling well Ashton were finding it hard to score runs. N. Barnes was bowled for a duck which brought the scores to 16 for 3 off 11 overs. With two new batsmen at the crease Ashton started to look a bit more comfortable scoring a couple of runs here and there just keeping the score ticking over. Unfortunately in the 26th over H. Chapman was caught for 16. With the score at 49 for 4. Then in the same over S. Nowlan joined M. Buckley. Sam was also caught in the same over for a duck. So at the end of the 26th over Ashton were 49 for 5. With the fall of Sam's wicket in brought C. Evans to the crease, Clive and Mark score 10 between them off the next 5 overs but in the 31st over Mark was bowled for 20. D. Blatch then arrived at he crease, with the score at 59 for 6. With just 22 needed for the victory. Clive and Dan finished off the innings in the 36th over. Dan finished 15 not out and Clive on 14 not out. Final Score was 84 for 6 off 35.3 overs. Bowling from Southwick ~ D. Shacklock 8-2-9-3, S. Fox 8-2-12-0, R. Fox 8-1-22-1, R. Head 8-1-18-2, P. Roe 2-0-8-0, J. Burdett 1.3-0-13-0.
Ashton Wold won by 4 wickets
It started well for Ashton with quick wickets falling for Southwick. After 10 overs Southwick were 20 for 3, with the first wicket falling to D. Blatch in the second over. Shortly followed by 2 wickets for C. White in the 5th and 7th overs. Good bowling and good fielding kept Southwick's score down on a pitch that was hard to bat on. J. Ray came into the bowling attack and picked up to wickets in his 8 overs. S. Fox for Southwick was batting quite well until C. Evans came into the attack and picked up his first wicket of the season on his first ball. Clive Evans finished off Southwick in the 34th over picking up his third wicket of the day. Southwick final score was 80 all out off 33.4 overs. Bowling from Ashton ~ C. White 8-3-17-2, D. Blatch 5-1-14-1, S.Nowlan 4-0-8-0, J. Ray 7-2-21-2, C. Evans 7.4-1-15-3, M. Buckley 2-0-4-1.
Ashton also found it hard to bat on the soft wet wicket. Runs were coming few and far between. at 8 overs Ashton were 12 for no loss, however in the 9 Ashton lost two wickets and scored just a single. With Southwick bowling well Ashton were finding it hard to score runs. N. Barnes was bowled for a duck which brought the scores to 16 for 3 off 11 overs. With two new batsmen at the crease Ashton started to look a bit more comfortable scoring a couple of runs here and there just keeping the score ticking over. Unfortunately in the 26th over H. Chapman was caught for 16. With the score at 49 for 4. Then in the same over S. Nowlan joined M. Buckley. Sam was also caught in the same over for a duck. So at the end of the 26th over Ashton were 49 for 5. With the fall of Sam's wicket in brought C. Evans to the crease, Clive and Mark score 10 between them off the next 5 overs but in the 31st over Mark was bowled for 20. D. Blatch then arrived at he crease, with the score at 59 for 6. With just 22 needed for the victory. Clive and Dan finished off the innings in the 36th over. Dan finished 15 not out and Clive on 14 not out. Final Score was 84 for 6 off 35.3 overs. Bowling from Southwick ~ D. Shacklock 8-2-9-3, S. Fox 8-2-12-0, R. Fox 8-1-22-1, R. Head 8-1-18-2, P. Roe 2-0-8-0, J. Burdett 1.3-0-13-0.
Ashton Wold won by 4 wickets
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