Burridge survived relegation at the expense of neighbours Sarisbury Athletic when rain washed out the winner-take-all ECB Southern Electric Premier Division derby at Botley Road.
The match was abandoned in mid-afternoon, with Sarisbury 129-5 in the 30th over, having been put into bat.
The ‘no result’ meant Burridge stay up by a slender two points and 2014 Premier Division 1 winners Sarisbury go back down – after just one season in the top flight.
Matt Journeaux, who replaced Dave Banks as captain in mid-season, highlighted Sarisbury’s results in all-day ‘timed’ cricket as one of the reasons for their downfall.
“We’re obviously disappointed to be relegated after one season at this level.
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but if we knew then what we know now, we could have stayed up quite easily.
“In timed cricket, we struggled. But there were games where we went for wins chasing big targets and ended up losing.
“A couple of draws would have given us those vital extra few points.
“It’s probably a bit naive on my part, but we will learn from it and aim to bounce back next season.’
Although they were five down, Sarisbury were making decent progress in their ‘must win’ game when the predicted rains came.
Openers Ryan Burl (31) and Ricky Rawlins (27) put on 64 runs before Nick McMurray (2-28) and Dan Hewitt (2-29) picked up wickets as the Sarisbury batsmen began to chance their arm.
“The pitch was difficult, so it was hard to score runs and when we did try to force things, we lost a few wickets,” Journeaux said.
Burridge, to their credit, had worked hard to get the pitch playable at all. Heavy rain left the square under water two days before the game.
The match was abandoned in mid-afternoon, with Sarisbury 129-5 in the 30th over, having been put into bat.
The ‘no result’ meant Burridge stay up by a slender two points and 2014 Premier Division 1 winners Sarisbury go back down – after just one season in the top flight.
Matt Journeaux, who replaced Dave Banks as captain in mid-season, highlighted Sarisbury’s results in all-day ‘timed’ cricket as one of the reasons for their downfall.
“We’re obviously disappointed to be relegated after one season at this level.
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but if we knew then what we know now, we could have stayed up quite easily.
“In timed cricket, we struggled. But there were games where we went for wins chasing big targets and ended up losing.
“A couple of draws would have given us those vital extra few points.
“It’s probably a bit naive on my part, but we will learn from it and aim to bounce back next season.’
Although they were five down, Sarisbury were making decent progress in their ‘must win’ game when the predicted rains came.
Openers Ryan Burl (31) and Ricky Rawlins (27) put on 64 runs before Nick McMurray (2-28) and Dan Hewitt (2-29) picked up wickets as the Sarisbury batsmen began to chance their arm.
“The pitch was difficult, so it was hard to score runs and when we did try to force things, we lost a few wickets,” Journeaux said.
Burridge, to their credit, had worked hard to get the pitch playable at all. Heavy rain left the square under water two days before the game.
