Match report for Alistair Forrest 1st versus 2nd in the league - TopicsExpress



          

Match report for Alistair Forrest 1st versus 2nd in the league proved to be a close encounter with some good quality cricket played by both sides. Stretton won the toss and elected to bowl and were off to a good start taking the wickets of both openers early. However a strong partnership was built by Rihann Van Der Merwe (50) and Prees captain Stephen Williams (57) that could only be broken by the slow off spin of Stretton captain Peter Lee (6-44) who ran through the tale supported by Tom Crump (3-45). Prees setting Stretton a target of 191 in 44 overs. In reply stretton got of to the worst possible start losing all the top 4 batsmen cheaply. A strong 50 partnership was built by Adam Harris (19) and Martin Nichols (71) who played some superb shots all around the ground. A quick fire 16 from Tom Crump could not stop stretton being 9 wickets down with 10 overs to spare but last wicket heroics from Adam Groom (13*) and youngster Diddy Williams led to stretton finishing on 166-9. Stretton pick up 12 points whilst Prees walk away with 14.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:49:57 +0000

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