Rampant Sodbury Beat Congresbury Cricket Club's 2nd XI - [REPORT By Steve Clapp]
Article Date: 27th June 2011
Sodbury turned in a mightily impressive performance to beat Congresbury by a massive 232 runs.
Good start
Sodbury batted first and were given an electric start by Nick Wake (23) and Mark Graham (40). However both were dismissed in quick succession and Tom Febry (0) and James Hicks (9) soon followed as Sodbury faltered at 80-4.
Clapp & Reynolds Go About Rebuilding Innings
This bought the experienced pair of Mark Reynolds and Steve Clapp to the crease who set about resolving the situation. The pair carefully went about their task with Reynolds being particularly watchful.
Clapp takes it to the attack, followed by Reynolds
Once the rusty Clapp got his eye in, the runs started to flow again and he soon passed his half century. This gave Reynolds the confidence to open up and he proceeded to unleash a series of masterful pulls and straight drives to also reach his fifty. He was eventually stumped for a classy 59 which included four towering sixes.
Clapp just misses out on ton
With Clapp finishing on 91 not out the pair had shared a 180 run partnership to put Sodbury firmly in the driving seat.
Willoughby bowls Beautifully
A rampant Sodbury then drove their superiority home as Chris Willoughby (4 for 16) claimed a wicket with the first ball of the Congresbury innings.
Forrester In on the Act as Congresbury Dissolve
Another soon followed for the highly promising left armer before skipper Aid Forrester (4 for 14) got in on the act. With the help of the immaculate Paul Crabtree behind the stumps, Forrester picked up four wickets.
He then turned provider as Willoughby enticed two more of the visitors to edge simple catches to the skipper. Rich Wood then entered the fray to finish the rout with the final two wickets.
Huge Win For Chipping Sodbury Cricket Club's 2nd XI
Congresbury were all out for 41 in the 16th over to give Sodbury 2nd's their largest ever winning margin.
Scorecard
You can views the scorecard here
Leave Comments
