 Tom Nightingale boundary blitz off David Lloyd, right. |  |
Rowledge all-rounder David Lloyd has been around long enough now to know anything is liable to happen in cricket, but even with his experience he’s unlikely to have ever taken a wicket with the seventh ball of his opening over and then been pasted around the park.
His ten over spell against Village Cup semi-finalists Sarisbury Athletic, which eventually yielded a 3-67 return, began with Sam Floyd being stumped by Ben Wish, but soon followed with a plethora of boundaries by Tom Nightingale, who smashed an all-four 24 off ten balls before Lloyd got his own back !
Tom Mills (24) followed suit before a fifth-wicket partnership of 103 between Josh Hill (67) and Matt Journeaux (34) looked to be taking Sarisbury (at 191-4) before both batsmen perished in consecutive balls to Joe Randall (3-40).
Sarisbury, who visit Hertfordshire Championship side Reed in the VC semi-finals on Sunday, lost their last six wickets for 40 runs, teenager Will Ryman (pictured) catching the eye with figures of 4-30
The Rowledge reply started steadily enough with openers Sam Plater (16) and Chris Yates (27) chipping away at their target.
However, wickets fell at regular intervals to some very accurate bowling and some noteworthy out-cricket from Sarisbury.
Rowledge dropped to 71-7 and but for some The visitors soon found themselves 71 for 7, and were it not for some powerful hitting from the impressive Will Ryman (34) and stroke play of Ollie Baker (34) the score could have been far lower than the eventual 142 all out, 89 runs adrift of their target.
His ten over spell against Village Cup semi-finalists Sarisbury Athletic, which eventually yielded a 3-67 return, began with Sam Floyd being stumped by Ben Wish, but soon followed with a plethora of boundaries by Tom Nightingale, who smashed an all-four 24 off ten balls before Lloyd got his own back !
Tom Mills (24) followed suit before a fifth-wicket partnership of 103 between Josh Hill (67) and Matt Journeaux (34) looked to be taking Sarisbury (at 191-4) before both batsmen perished in consecutive balls to Joe Randall (3-40).
Sarisbury, who visit Hertfordshire Championship side Reed in the VC semi-finals on Sunday, lost their last six wickets for 40 runs, teenager Will Ryman (pictured) catching the eye with figures of 4-30
The Rowledge reply started steadily enough with openers Sam Plater (16) and Chris Yates (27) chipping away at their target.
However, wickets fell at regular intervals to some very accurate bowling and some noteworthy out-cricket from Sarisbury.
Rowledge dropped to 71-7 and but for some The visitors soon found themselves 71 for 7, and were it not for some powerful hitting from the impressive Will Ryman (34) and stroke play of Ollie Baker (34) the score could have been far lower than the eventual 142 all out, 89 runs adrift of their target.
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