24th July 2011

DRAMATIC END TO RUN BONANZA

WIMBORNE & COLEHILL  249 - 2  SWAY  250 - 7

Wimborne rattled up their usual high score only losing 2 wickets, U15 star Sam "Crumpy" Crumpton on senior debut taking a catch off of Dapper and then picking up a wicket when Ross Clark held a catch in the deep. Captain N.Kiernan scored 75 following his previous scores against Sway of 106 retired and 98 not out ( surely a summer transfer target ) and A.Collinson retired on 100 and a confident Wimborne took an early tea having set Sway 250 to win in a timed game. 

However after Bricko went early doors lbw Jack Baughan and The Pieman launched a savage assault on the Wimborne bowling so brutal that when Jack departed caught for 34 the score was 121 - 2 after just 13 overs. The Piemaster continued undaunted partnered now by Will Baughan and at drinks the score had moved on to 170 - 2 off 18 overs with the 20 overs rule starting when play resumed, FJ must have had two much orange juice as he was stumped first ball of the resumption having hit 82 including 1 six and 16 fours. Will went on to score a fifty ( 9 x 4 1 x 6 ) and when captain for the day Casper Todd and Charlie Smith settled in Sway reached 245 -5 needing just 5 runs to win with 9 overs in hand. However young leg spinner H.Prince bowled the 30th over, Todd hit a 2 then was caught, brother Jack nudged a single then Smith was stumped and with the injured Steve Hannibal on his way to A&E this left just Dapper and Crumpy to bat with two runs needed. Dapper strode assuredly out to the middle leaving Crumpy to find his pads, left the first ball alone then hit a chest high full toss  straight to square leg who briefly celebrated the catch before the call of no ball spurred him into action and with Dapper halfway down the pitch an appeal for run out followed being turned down as the batsman had left his ground under misapprehension ( Dapper is used to being given out but twice in one ball ! ) anyway Dapps fortunately survived the last ball of the over and Jack Todd pushed the winning run three balls later, exciting stuff and a first win over Dave Marshall's home town.