3rd XI - SJCC Trust
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Sat 18 May 2019  ·  Division 3 West
Ripley Cricket Club
3rd XI - SJCC Trust
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Hampton Hill CC - 3rd XI
Ripley CC vs Hampton Hill 18.5.2019

Ripley CC vs Hampton Hill 18.5.2019

Abbas Sheikh19 May 2019 - 11:19
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Match Report

First home game of the season for the 3s against Hampton Hill, who won the toss and put Ripley into bat on a pitch that looked like it had a bit in it for the bowlers...fair to say in fact it had a lot in it with some balls popping and some staying low!

Steve was first man out, getting a decent ball that hit top of off stump before Nick hit a couple of nice cover drives before playing on to an ugly wide ball! Neil being Neil led the fight back via the aerial route, somehow evading the fielders for a while before hitting a full toss to mid wicket to go for 31! A few more wickets tumble in tricky batting conditions with the ball spitting, before Kash brought a touch of class with some lovely shots before more wickets fall in short succession, including Lee who was unlucky being out to a ball that didn’t get above ankle height!

121/9...feeling like we are still abit short of a par score, when Aaron and Zappy came together at the crease and suddenly made batting look a lot easier, putting on a brilliant, final wicket 50 run partnership to take us to 171, which took us up to a competitive total and swung the momentum.

The second half got off to a great start with Lee taking a wicket in the 2nd over, with the ball popping off the pitch and taking the glove for an easy catch behind the stumps. Zappy and Lee did a great job to keep things tight early on and were unlucky not to have got more wickets.

Hampton Hills number 3 batsman kept the scoreboard ticking over and hit some nice shots, before being bowled by Nick for 29. Chas then came into the attack, taking 2 wickets in each of his first two overs, to take 4 wickets for 4 runs to put Ripley in charge! Lee and Zappy came back as the game was fading away from the oppo to take the remaining wickets despite some late resistance with the bat from their number 11.

Hampton Hill all out for 111, and Ripley win by 60 runs, to make it 2 wins out of 2!

Chris Camm.

Match details

Match date

Sat 18 May 2019

Kickoff

13:00

Competition

Division 3 West
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