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Great Durnford, August 22 '09 (away)
The roller coaster ride that is the 1st team's season continued on Saturday as they returned to winning ways with a reasonably
comfortable win against Great Durnford.
Continuing his prolific tossing form, Turkleton again called correctly and this week opted to bowl, bearing in mind the rout of
the top order inflicted by Breamore the previous week and presented with a dampish pitch. His decision was rewarded with a wicket in the very
first over as the opener propped forward, the ball popped a little and lobbed gently to JD at point. Good start!
At the other end, Charlie was quickly in on the act, claiming the important scalp of perennial adversary Pete Robinson when he attempted
to cut/guide a ball to third man and succeeded only in directing it to Tubby's left at first slip where the big fella clung on to a
fine catch. Charlie claimed a second wicket in his inital spell as well, Richie doing the honours with a rather more straight forward
catch at cover, and Charlie's day got better when he pulled off a stunning diving catch at mid-wicket to dismiss the Durnford skipper.
The home side's middle order did what they could to repair the early damage, but the 'Parish kept chipping away with wickets for both JD
and Jimmy to keep any possibility of a substantial recovery firmly in check. Charlie returned to claim another brace, ending with 4-28,
but neither he nor the Retired Lord Harris could shift the final pair of resolute juniors who refused to succumb and even belted Rob
for a few, much to the amusement of everyone present. Apart from Rob himself, of course.
Jimmy set his stall out early in the 'Parish reply, not being drawn into anything rash and seemingly determined to anchor the run chase.
At the other end, Tubby wasn't quite reading the same script, his wicket being the culmination of offering 3 chances in 4 balls, so probably
fair to say he didn't make the most of his first 2 lives!
Richie and JD both came and went, fluent scoring proving tricky on a slow pitch, and when Jimmy hit a wide long hop he could only just reach straight at cover,
there was just a hint of a wobble. Fortunately AJ's recent baseball education now bore fruit as he took advantage of some generous bowling
to dismiss three full tosses for home runs, err, I mean sixes, over the ancient trees at cow corner. With Charlie providing a jaunty cameo
of 20, the winning post was in sight when he chipped a catch back to the bowler. It was left to AJ and Lord Harris to finish the job, AJ
ending 33 not out and seeing his side home.
With Dinton losing, this win pushes the 'Parish back into 4th spot with one game to go, and a potential promotion place. All to play for next
weekend, the final league match of the season.
Summary
Great Durnford 141-9 (Charlie 4-28, JD 2-42)
Whiteparish 144-5 (Jimmy H 42, AJ 33no, Charlie 20)
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