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Sat 31 Jul 2021  ·  Division 1
Frensham Cricket Club
First XI
213/7
164/4
Headley CC, Hants - 1st XI
Frensham sneak past Headley as late rain scuppers visitor’s chances of victory

Frensham sneak past Headley as late rain scuppers visitor’s chances of victory

Tom Nicholls4 Aug 2021 - 09:22
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Frensham CC 1st XI beat Headley CC 1st XI on Saturday by a margin of just three runs after late rain interrupted a game that was seemingly poised to go down to the wire. With the away side chasing 214 to win the game, the match was halted in the 35th over of Headley’s innings with the visitors on 164-4. With no breaks in the rain, the match was eventually abandoned owing to time, leaving Headley stranded just shy of their revised target of 168.

The game began with Frensham winning the toss and electing to bat on a green-tinged wicket. The home side got off to a measured start, finding themselves at 79-4 at one point. However, Frensham’s captain, James Wood, was able to anchor the innings with an unbeaten 94, and was supported by some explosive middle-order batting, including quick-fire 24 and 31 by Seb Grundy and Jack Blythe respectively, which helped Frensham to a score of 213 of their 45 overs. Despite well-controlled bowling spells from Zach Benstead (1-17) and David Stone (2-26), over 100 of Frensham’s runs came from the final 10 overs of their innings.

In reply, Frensham made good inroads with the new ball, with seamer Randolph (Izzy) James being the pick of Frensham’s bowlers once again. However, a counter-attacking knock of 76 from Gavin Arend, including 5 sixes, as well as some good stroke-play from Callum Hawtin helped Headley stabilise and build towards a potential victory. Unfortunately, shortly after Arend was eventually dismissed by an excellent delivery from Jordan Frost, the rain began to fall and did not let up for the remainder of the game, leaving the batting side stranded just three runs short of their revised target.

Match details

Match date

Sat 31 Jul 2021

Kickoff

13:00

Competition

Division 1

League position

3
Frensham CC - 1st XI
9
Headley CC, Hants - 1st XI
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