Bashley (Rydal) 2022 ECB indoor sixes national champions.
Back (from left): Steve Wilson (coach), Harry Broderick, Dan Goodey, Sam Crisp. Front: Tom Jacques, Michael Porter (holding trophy), Ben Francis. Pic: Photos Unlimited.
Back (from left): Steve Wilson (coach), Harry Broderick, Dan Goodey, Sam Crisp. Front: Tom Jacques, Michael Porter (holding trophy), Ben Francis. Pic: Photos Unlimited.
Sam Crisp clips the match winning three Teenager Sam Crisp was the 'last man standing' hero as Bashley (Rydal) won the ECB national indoor sixes championship with a dramatic one-wicket win over Ickenham in Sunday’s final at Lord's.
The teenage tail ender was left to bat on his own after Bashley, having been 50 without loss chasing Ickenham's 93 all out, suffered a dramatic collapse, losing five quick wickets.
Bashley needed only five runs to win but, with a partisan Middlesex home crowd cheering for Ickenham, Crisp (left) kept his cool, clipping two shots off his legs for three to clinch the title for a relieved New Forest side, who won in 9.3 overs.
Skipper Michael Porter, who played for Poole Town in the 2010 Lord’s finals, emphasised the significance his four-man bowling attack had in the cup final victory.
“Lord’s is a high scoring arena and Ickenham had scored over 150 in beating Horwich RMI in their semi-final, but we bowled superbly well, conceding only five wides while bowling them out for 93,” he said.
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Bashley looked to be going to win it at a canter after Porter (27) retired and Tom Jacques (23) and Harry Broderick (12) trimmed off two-thirds of the target – but five wickets fell, three to Jack Hayward (3-14) and one to former Portsmouth University seamer Krissie Mistry (1-15), who conceded only 29 runs off their six overs.
But the 18-year old Crisp, who is studying History, PE and Psychology at St Edward's School in Poole, had it all under control. With plenty of time to spare, he picked the two scoring shots he needed to get Bashley across the line, albeit far more nervously than they originally anticipated.
Bashley (Rydal) had powered into the ECB national indoor sixes championship final with a crushing five-wicket win over Flitwick in the morning.
They restricted the Bedfordshire side to 121-4 (Bedfordshire’s Harry Thurstance 42*) and coasted to victory with 16 balls to spare.
Tom Jacques (26) and Michael Porter (25*) both retired before Dan Goodey blasted an unbeaten 30 to see the Southern Premier League club home.
Bashley were representing Dorset in the competition as champions of the Hurn competition and join BAT Sports, Havant, Sarisbury Athletic and Winchester KS on the Lord’s honours board. South Wilts were beaten finalists in 2019.
The teenage tail ender was left to bat on his own after Bashley, having been 50 without loss chasing Ickenham's 93 all out, suffered a dramatic collapse, losing five quick wickets.
Bashley needed only five runs to win but, with a partisan Middlesex home crowd cheering for Ickenham, Crisp (left) kept his cool, clipping two shots off his legs for three to clinch the title for a relieved New Forest side, who won in 9.3 overs.
Skipper Michael Porter, who played for Poole Town in the 2010 Lord’s finals, emphasised the significance his four-man bowling attack had in the cup final victory.
“Lord’s is a high scoring arena and Ickenham had scored over 150 in beating Horwich RMI in their semi-final, but we bowled superbly well, conceding only five wides while bowling them out for 93,” he said.
Trimmed
Bashley looked to be going to win it at a canter after Porter (27) retired and Tom Jacques (23) and Harry Broderick (12) trimmed off two-thirds of the target – but five wickets fell, three to Jack Hayward (3-14) and one to former Portsmouth University seamer Krissie Mistry (1-15), who conceded only 29 runs off their six overs.
But the 18-year old Crisp, who is studying History, PE and Psychology at St Edward's School in Poole, had it all under control. With plenty of time to spare, he picked the two scoring shots he needed to get Bashley across the line, albeit far more nervously than they originally anticipated.
Bashley (Rydal) had powered into the ECB national indoor sixes championship final with a crushing five-wicket win over Flitwick in the morning.
They restricted the Bedfordshire side to 121-4 (Bedfordshire’s Harry Thurstance 42*) and coasted to victory with 16 balls to spare.
Tom Jacques (26) and Michael Porter (25*) both retired before Dan Goodey blasted an unbeaten 30 to see the Southern Premier League club home.
Bashley were representing Dorset in the competition as champions of the Hurn competition and join BAT Sports, Havant, Sarisbury Athletic and Winchester KS on the Lord’s honours board. South Wilts were beaten finalists in 2019.
Sam Crisp completes the most important three runs of his embryo career to give Bashley (Rydal) the ECB Indoor Sixes National title.
