After the 1XI game versus Cheltenham St Stephens fell victim to the wet weather, the 2XI travelled to Twyning CC to take on Tewkesbury 3rds, a ground that seemed to have missed any rain in the county.
After captain Ian Nice lost the toss and was asked to bat, the home side's decision was vindicated as the 2XI were reduced to 40-4 within the first 10 overs. Mark Tippins being bowled 2 balls in a row, the first - being a no-ball. Joe McGregor reached 15 with a few boundaries before unfortunately playing on and Rob Hale was ran out for 4 as well as Rich Poole who scored 12 before being trapped Leg Before. Scott Thomas was then joined by Dan Hockaday and they set about rescuing the innings and put on over 100 in just over 12 overs to both increase the run rate and seize the momentum in favour of the visitors with a mix of big hitting and smart running. When Hockaday was caught at midwicket for an impressive 71 with the score on 152-5, Tom Burrows came in and along side Thomas they put on another 63 runs before Thomas was caught behind for 57. Burrows reached his 50 shortly afterwards and alongside skipper Ian Nice put on 50 runs before Burrows was caught in the deep for 66 (6x4s 4x6s) and the tail was wrapped up shortly afterwards and the 2XI finished 270 all out from 40 overs.
When Tewkesbury were quickly reduced to 12-3 thanks to a double from Jeremy Fern and 1 wicket for Burrows (2-1-2-1) the run rate was kept at almost 0 as Fern (9-4-16-2) and Rich Poole (6-5-4-0) meant the home team were only on 44 off 30 overs as the spin of Joe McGregor (9-4-12-1) and last weekend's chief destroyer Ian Broady (9-3-22-1) came on and kept run scoring to a minimum. Once the 4th wicket went down with the score on 55 thanks to a good catch in the deep by Rich Poole off the bowling of McGregor the scoring increased slightly with some late order hitting but Ian Nice (5-1-35-1) and Rob Hale (5-1-16-3) came on to mop up the tail and Tewkesbury finished on 110-9 off 45 overs.
A superb team performance, full commitment in the field and good batting from the middle order to recover from a wretched start and moved the 2XI upto 3rd in the Division 9 table with a very strong points total. Next Saturday they welcome Frampton-on-Severn 2XI to the Parish Hall with a 1:30 start whereas the 1XI travel to Chalford. And if you cannot wait until then; the midweek XI take on Bharat on Wednesday evening at King George V Playing Fields....yeah, me neither.
Tom
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