RD 3 SW

Sway II 121-10, Lymington III 288-4. Sway lost by 167 runs

Sway II were left in no illusions as to the potential quality of promotion rivals Lymington III when they were on the wrong end of a hammering in a record-breaking afternoon. Sway lost the loss and Lymington chose to bat first opening up with Hampshire U14 star Felix Ambrose alongside the more experienced D Griffiths (99). The Sway bowling attack plugged away and were certainly not wayward, at least not initially, yet the  Lymo pair were respectful and cautious of the pitch for anything on the stumps whilst punishing ruthlessly anything wide, short or overpitched. To be fair, Ambrose, fresh from a double century for Hampshire was in a different class. Early on Dave Marshall had Ambrose worried as he had probably never faced someone so technically incorrect - cricket coaching at Canford has clearly improved over the last 25 years!! Nathan David's spin held also held him in in check for a while, however, perhaps the only thing the Sway bowlers can take from the game was that perhaps in 10 years time they can say they were spanked to 4 corners by someone who plays for Hampshire or even England!

The opening pair soon moved into cruise control with Ambrose recording quite probably the finest and most chanceless innings to be seen at Jubilee Fields. Its was not until the score was on 239 that the partnership was finally broken - Nathan David, in reward for persistence and bravery, having him stumped for 127. Sway were now staring down the possibility of a 300-run chase, however, some decent bowling from Will Woodfine 3-60 managed to apply the brakes somewhat albeit Lymo still managed to rack up a record Jubilee score of 288-4 off their 42 overs.

 In reply the loss of early wickets soon meant that Sway were reduced to survival mode and trying to get batting points. This proved harder than it looked and Sway were skittled out for 115 odd aided by a 5 wicket haul from the tricky Jayasinghe. With the teams previous defeat against Parley they very much beat themselves, however, on this occasion they were beaten fair and square by the better team on the day.