 Kit Blomfield 4-12 |  Jasper Blackwood |
South Wilts second team youngsters Jasper Blackwood and Kit Blomfield combined with Tom Lewis to shatter Portsmouth & Southsea’s proud sequence of 12 straight wins.
They took all ten wickets as South Wilts came away from St James’s Park with a surprise 81-run win – and a notable Southern Premier Division 3 scalp.
The trio struck after Joe Cranch’s solid 68, which contained ten boundaries, underpinned the top half of the South Wilts batting.
But at 124-8 and after Nick Partridge (15) had planted two sixes out of the ground, South Wilts weren’t in great shape.
Cue Blomfield (19), no mug with the bat, Lewis and Blackwood to add a precious 47 runs for the last two wickets and steer South Wilts towards a competitive 171 all out.
The threesome then did what they are in the side to do – and that’s bowl the opposition out, something they did with stunning effect.
Harrow School’s Blackwood (4-24), bowling right-arm decidedly quick, ripped out the P & S top four, including prolific pair Matt Benfield and Jack Davies, to leave the league leaders wobbling at 47-4.
He handed the baton to Tom Lewis, who bowling in luminous yellow boots, struck two more blows.
The leg-spin of Blomfield was all too much for the P & S tail – the 16-year old taking 4-12 as the SPL3 table toppers lost their last five wickets for nine runs and were all out for 90.
They took all ten wickets as South Wilts came away from St James’s Park with a surprise 81-run win – and a notable Southern Premier Division 3 scalp.
The trio struck after Joe Cranch’s solid 68, which contained ten boundaries, underpinned the top half of the South Wilts batting.
But at 124-8 and after Nick Partridge (15) had planted two sixes out of the ground, South Wilts weren’t in great shape.
Cue Blomfield (19), no mug with the bat, Lewis and Blackwood to add a precious 47 runs for the last two wickets and steer South Wilts towards a competitive 171 all out.
The threesome then did what they are in the side to do – and that’s bowl the opposition out, something they did with stunning effect.
Harrow School’s Blackwood (4-24), bowling right-arm decidedly quick, ripped out the P & S top four, including prolific pair Matt Benfield and Jack Davies, to leave the league leaders wobbling at 47-4.
He handed the baton to Tom Lewis, who bowling in luminous yellow boots, struck two more blows.
The leg-spin of Blomfield was all too much for the P & S tail – the 16-year old taking 4-12 as the SPL3 table toppers lost their last five wickets for nine runs and were all out for 90.
