REGIONAL DIVISION 4 SW

BOURNEMOUTH VI 128 - 8 SWAY  III 129 - 2. Sway won by 8 wickets

When the Bournemouth team eventually arrived at Pennington having travelled to Lyndhurst by mistake (which must have been a lot of fun!) they batted first on a green evenly paced pitch. Charlie Smith picked up the wickets of both openers having Grant Woolley lbw and Rob Pack caught at mid off by Pete Hammett bringing together Elliot Leadbeater and run-meister Neil Pack and these two settled down playing some nice shots and seeing Bournemouth through to drinks at 64 - 2. As so often happens a wicket went down in the first over after the break Leadbeater ( 18 ) brilliantly caught one handed at slip by the diving Smith off of Steve Drayton and next ball Alex Bowes was caught by Rick How at square leg. Pack continued on scoring at one end whilst Drayton gradually picked up wickets at the other with Drayton finishing his spell taking 5 - 31 and Pack hitting an unbeaten 58 as Bournemouth closed on 128 - 8.

Sway got away to a flying start as Andrew Straw and Laurie Symons put on 50 for the first wicket with Straw effortlessly hitting boundaries all around the ground as the young Bournemouth attack was switched around to try and pick up early wickets. It was Bowes ( 2 - 14 ) who did strike having Symons caught in the covers and he then bowled Straw who looked well set having hit 10 fours in his 48. That was as good as it got for Bouremouth as Casper Todd 48 n.o and Rick How 20 n.o comfortably knocked off the 70 runs needed for victory passing the required total in the 29th over.

Next Saturday looks like being a crucial week in this division as the top four teams all play each other with Pylewell Park II travelling to Woodside to play Lymington IV's whilst Sway III take on Brockenhurst II  at nearby Pennington.