Winterbourne Cricket Club Beaten By Chipping Sodbury 1st XI In Thriller!
Article Date: 3rd May 2010
Chipping Sodbury Cricket Club's league season got off to great start with an exciting 4 run win for the 1st XI away to Winterbourne Cricket Club.
Tony Garton said, "Myself and 1st team captain Jay Rendell would like to thank the travelling support to Winterbourne on Saturday to see us home to an epic win, it was really appreciated. And what a win. Great way to start the season."
Both Chipping Sodbury Cricket Club and Winterbourne Cricket Club are this year celebrating their 150th and 100th anniversaries, respectively. Good luck to Winterbourne CC for their 100th birthday celebrations.
The exciting match was taken to the final over... read Steve Clapp's full report below and view the scorecard.
Defeat for 3rd XI and Rain for other teams
Unlucky for Michael Garton's 3rd XI as they lose out in their first ever match in the Bristol & District 2nd XI Senior One league to Pak Bristolians.
The rain sorted out the rest of our Saturday league cricket.
1st XI beat Winterbourne Cricket Club in thriller!
Sodbury got the new season off to a fine start with a tense 4 run victory over local rivals Winterbourne.
Sodbury lost the toss and were asked to bat first on a damp track but were given a solid start by James Hicks and Nick Wake.
Wake was first to go for 18 and new batsmen, Jerry Swatton, soon followed without scoring. Harry Webb joined Hicks but when Hicks was caught for a well made 32 and the returning Daniel Clark was bowled without troubling the scorers, Sodbury were in trouble.
Debutant Kris Davis joined Webb and the pair steadied the ship before Webb was trapped LBW for 17. The Rendell brothers both departed cheaply for 3 but the youthful Davis showed plenty of promise with a run a ball 37.
Jamie Wakefield (13) and some big hitting by Jon Toghill (26) gave the Sodbury innings some late impetus and with the aid of 32 extras Sodbury reached a respectable 183 before being bowled out in the final over.
In reply, Winterbourne were given a steady start by Sodbury old boy Paul Tovey who anchored the hosts innings with 35. However, despite several batsmen making starts, Sodbury picked up regular wickets with all the bowlers contributing.
After Tovey was dismissed, Phil Purnell took the attack to Sodbury with a quickfire 43, however when he became Daniel Clark’s third victim, the game was finely balanced with Winterbourne slightly in the ascendency.
The introduction of Jon Toghill (2 for 9) swung the game back into Sodbury's favour as he picked up two quick wickets and it was left to Kris Davis to round off a memorable debut as he held his nerve with some fine death bowling and picked up the last Winterbourne wicket in the final over leaving Sodbury winners by just 4 runs.
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