Sat 14th May 2011

Baughan drives Sway III to fine victory

Parley 183-8   Sway 216-9.  Sway won by 33runs

Sway III travelled to King's Park and put in a fine performance to go top of the league after 2 league games.

Sway won the toss and elected to bat first at King's Park with the crowd noise at the nearby Bournemouth v. Huddersfield play off match as accompaniment [surely they were cheering for you Mr Hurrell?]

After a brief discussion Tony Owen was promoted up the order to partner Dave Hurrell but after hitting G.Wilson for a boundary he was bowled next ball bringing in Jacob Moore and these two settled down to the task of getting a solid start. With the score at 41 Moore (12) was caught in the slips off of Laura Thomas (1-38 ) and at 68 Hurrell was adjudged lbw to S.Ayres (1 - 20 ) having made 32. The in form Ian Stone was joined by Will Baughan and a cogent partnership of 87 runs were added before Stone edged to slip off of the returning Wilson having made 27 and shortly afterwards Baughan's excellent knock of 64 including 10 fours was also ended by the impressive Wilson who would finish with 4-51 off his ten overs. A mini collapse ensued before the adept Matthew Brearley 18 n.o and Jack Ford 17 put on what turrned out to be a crucual 35 runs for the 9th wicket with Matt Dowding 3-20 bowling Ford with the last ball leaving Sway on 216-9.

Skipper Pete Hammett's policy of opening the bowling with Brearley and left arm spinner Tony Owen continued with the idea of keeping the pacy Ford for later in the innings. With Owen getting two early wickets things were going well however opener D.Edmunds now partnered by former Milford star M.Dowding were looking in good form and when Edmunds cut another four the chasing Ford pulled his hamstring leaving Sway down to 10 men and a bowler short. Fortunately for Sway Andrew Straw and Stone both put in very good bowling spells with Straw removing Edmunds (31) leg stump and Stone in his first over having Dowding caught behind by Andy Glasspool for a fine 36, two more wickets went down with Straw getting Wilson caught and bowled and Daniel Osborne ( 1- 16 ) having O.Dowding caught by Baughan at square leg meaning Parley were 99-6 and now behind the run rate.

The new batsmen skipper Mark Barber and O.Morris settled in and playing sensibly put on 70 runs together both falling late on Barber bowled by Straw for 39 and Owen bowling Dowding for 21 leaving Ayres and S.Edworthy to see out the last couple of overs as Parley closed on 183 - 8 with Straw taking 3 -35 and Owen 3-45.