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South Wilts, May 23 '09 (away)
League wins are like buses - wait for ages, and then three come along at once, although there were moments against South Wilts when
it looked like the wheels might just come off. Fortunately, the team showed a good degree of patience and tenacity to get the job done.
Losing the toss and being inserted, the Whiteparish innings had a somewhat shaky start as openers Tubby Drew and Mr Darryl were
undone by early movement.
As the ball stopped swinging and the sun came out, the first signs of recovery were hinted at by JD, who took his usual
aggressive route to 25 before offering a catch when looking well set. Not the first time that's happened this season!
Josh and Charlie both started positively but failed to press on, leaving the resolute Jimmy H, like a subscriber to dating-direct.com,
wondering when he was going to get a partner prepared to stick around for a while.
Fortunately such frivolity was beyond the skipper, and Turkleton proceeded to block it for a few overs while Jimmy got on with the job of
scoring a few runs. Just as well really, as the introduction of a 13-year-old leggie to the attack made life very tricky. The attempted late innings
acceleration didn't result in much more than a clatter of wickets as Jimmy was bowled for a well made 56, Turkleton (30) was stumped going after
the final delivery of the leggie's spell, and both Lord Harris and Sir Geoffrey of Dear surrendered in tame fashion.
It was left to Lee James and Greg Baker, making his 1st XI debut, to see out the final over and ensure 'Parish weren't bowled out. 161-9 was perhaps not as
many as the visitors would have liked given a decent track and fast outfield, but disciplined bowling had largely prevented too many scoring opportunities
and it would still take a good effort to chase down.
The South Wilts reply almost started in disastrous fashion when the opener nicked a regulation catch behind off Turkleton's first ball, but Lee "not quite as good as James Foster"
James spilled the chance and suffered a nasty sphincter injury in the process. Combined with his dodgy guts from the previous evening, his physical state meant Lee retired to
the outfield while Josh donned the gauntlets.
As usual, economical opening spells from the captain (8-4-14-0) and Charlie (7-2-13-2) put pressure on the home side, and they looked to get
after the Jims to get back on track. Never a wise idea, and despite some dogged defence mixed with the occassional cultured stroke from the colts batting
in the middle order, wickets began to fall regularly to JD (4-31) and Jimmy (4-34).
After several fumbles and spilled chances, any fraying nerves were settled when Sir Geoffrey nervelessly pouched a skyer on the long off boundry, effectively ending the home
side's resistence and opening the door to clear up the tail.
The winning margin of 56 runs barely reflects that this was a hard-earned victory, and keeps the early momentum building.
Summary
Whiteparish 161-9 (Jimmy H 56, Turkleton 30, JD 25)
South Wilts 105 all out (JD 4-31, Jimmy 4-34)
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