OTs and Romsey 5ths hosted Steeple Langford 2nds on a warm but breezy afternoon last Saturday.
Steeple Langford had first use of the wicket and their openers made a good start before J Trodd made a breakthrough bowling Miles. From then on Langford kept up a reasonable run rate but Romsey steadily took wickets and the visitors were 145-6 with 15 overs remaining. Dhanji(62*) and Harvey(32) put on a brisk 50 partnership though as the tail enders hit out well, and the Romsey bowlers all took some stick along the way. After the 42 overs Steeple Langford finished on a useful 250-8 which would take some getting. J Trodd took 3-42 and J Humphries and R Wathen took 2 wickets apiece with Menage picking up the other one.
Romsey were to chase the runs with only 10 men as while fielding B Wathen bizzarely gashed his knee with his own spikes and went off to hospital as a precaution.
Openers in-form Hayes(15) and Thebe(27) made a brisk start putting on 43 before the latter was out. Soon after Hayes was run-out after failing to make a single after being dropped. Menage and Mason made single figures, but the Trodd cousins James and Sam played confidently and skillfully taking the score past 150 as James reached a second fifty of the season before he was caught and bowled for 52. Sam Trodd(36) continued to play well until he was bowled by the visitors skipper Pieterse who’s 4-21 thwarted Romsey’s chance of victory and when last man J Humphries was caught the home side were all out for 198, just failing to gain maximum batting points losing in the end by 52 runs.
Steeple Langford had first use of the wicket and their openers made a good start before J Trodd made a breakthrough bowling Miles. From then on Langford kept up a reasonable run rate but Romsey steadily took wickets and the visitors were 145-6 with 15 overs remaining. Dhanji(62*) and Harvey(32) put on a brisk 50 partnership though as the tail enders hit out well, and the Romsey bowlers all took some stick along the way. After the 42 overs Steeple Langford finished on a useful 250-8 which would take some getting. J Trodd took 3-42 and J Humphries and R Wathen took 2 wickets apiece with Menage picking up the other one.
Romsey were to chase the runs with only 10 men as while fielding B Wathen bizzarely gashed his knee with his own spikes and went off to hospital as a precaution.
Openers in-form Hayes(15) and Thebe(27) made a brisk start putting on 43 before the latter was out. Soon after Hayes was run-out after failing to make a single after being dropped. Menage and Mason made single figures, but the Trodd cousins James and Sam played confidently and skillfully taking the score past 150 as James reached a second fifty of the season before he was caught and bowled for 52. Sam Trodd(36) continued to play well until he was bowled by the visitors skipper Pieterse who’s 4-21 thwarted Romsey’s chance of victory and when last man J Humphries was caught the home side were all out for 198, just failing to gain maximum batting points losing in the end by 52 runs.
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