9:57am Wednesday 28th July 2010
Over Wallop v Wherwell.
Wherwell travelled the short distance to Over Wallop knowing that they were in for a tough match against a side who beat a well fancied Breamore the previous week.
The task was made more difficult when skipper Nathan Young lost the toss and was put in to bat on an interesting track. The experiment of opening with Matt Guilfoyle ended after only two balls as he was clean bowled by a ball that didn’t bounce. John Jakeman followed shortly when he top edged one which jumped off a good length. Thankfully Dave Langford steadied the ship in a string of productive partnerships, first with Craig Beckingham (11), then later with Alex Gladwyn (24), and the quick scoring Young (38). Eventually Langford was out for 55 trying to push the score along which allowed Stuart Norridge to fire a rapid 12.
The 154 total looked to be a fairly decent score on the lively pitch and so it proved with wickets falling at regular intervals. Mark Pettman bowled a very good line and length to finish with 3-13. Guilfoyle (1-24) and Norridge (2-34) also made great use of the facilities before Young (3-19) brought himself back to restrict Wallop to 127-9.
The win sees Wherwell joint top in the table and puts even more importance on tomorrow’s clash with local rivals Longparish II.
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