Ferndown Wayfarers' bid to bring the prestigious ECB indoor sixes championship to Dorset faltered at the national semi-final stage - but, for the second season running, they lost to the eventual winners.
Whitstable beat them by 21 runs in the semi-final before going on to defeat Derbyshire Premier League club Ockbrook & Borrowash by two wickets in the final.
A middle-order collapse, in which four wickets fell for 17 runs, cost Ferndown Wayfarers a place in the Lord's ECB indoor championship final.
The Dorset club eased themselves into a promising position at 69-1 chasing Whitstable's 125-4 only to slip to 86-5 and an eventual 24-run semi-final defeat.
James Raftrey (40) and Alex Samson (18) put Wayfarers in a strong position the collapse.
Whitstable beat them by 21 runs in the semi-final before going on to defeat Derbyshire Premier League club Ockbrook & Borrowash by two wickets in the final.
A middle-order collapse, in which four wickets fell for 17 runs, cost Ferndown Wayfarers a place in the Lord's ECB indoor championship final.
The Dorset club eased themselves into a promising position at 69-1 chasing Whitstable's 125-4 only to slip to 86-5 and an eventual 24-run semi-final defeat.
James Raftrey (40) and Alex Samson (18) put Wayfarers in a strong position the collapse.
