02-Jun-2003, Under 15's League vs Portishead played at Blagdon

Portishead Win by 24 runs


Portishead Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    R.Todd               lbw                      b J.Withers           13
    L.Chambers           run out                                        17
    G.Van Laun           c L.Mansfield            b A.Palmer            25
    M.Chorlton           not out                                        27
    J.Waring                                      b L.Mansfield          0
    D.Vivien             not out                                        10
      extras                                      (b12 lb8 w12 nb2)     34
    TOTAL                                         4 wickets for        126

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    J.Withers          5     0    37   1  
    A.Crooks           2     0    13   0  
    L.Mansfield        4     0    18   1  
    R.Moore            5     0    20   0  
    S.Honeywill        3     0    14   0  
    A.Palmer           1     0    6    1  

Blagdon Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    S.Honeywill                                   b B.Kelly              1
    L.Mansfield                                   b D.Vivien            16
    R.Veater                                      b G.Van Laun          14
    A.Palmer             c M.Chorlton             b L.Chambers          18
    J.Withers            run out                                         2
    A.Crooks             c R.Todd                 b G.Van Laun          18
    J.Chastney                                    b M.Chorlton           6
    E.Anstee             not out                                         1
    R.Moore              not out                                         0
    A.Burroughs          dnb                                             -
    W.Day                dnb                                             -
      extras                                      (b6 lb1 w15 nb4)      26
    TOTAL                                         7 wickets for        102

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    Baker              5     1    17   0  
    B.Kelly            2     0    6    1  
    D.Vivien           2     0    14   1  
    Luxton             1     0    14   0  
    G.Van Laun         5     0    17   2  
    R.Todd             2     0    9    0  
    L.Chambers         2     0    14   1  
    M.Chorlton         1     0    2    1

MATCH REPORT

Entertaining Portishead at Home could not have been in more contrast in terms of the weather conditions to those experienced at Wrington the previous week. On a pleasant warm summers evening we had just the chance to break our string of defeats.

Asking Portishead to bat first, given our previously good bowling and fielding, seemed a good idea but uncharacteristically we let ourselves down with a sloppy performance, mostly with our fielding. Our bowlers never really got any control on the game to start with although Russ Moore (0-20 off 5 overs), Sam Honeywill (0-14 off 3 overs) and Lee Mansfield (1-18 off 4 overs), making his club debut, were the most accurate. Ali Palmer (1-6 off 1 over) saw off Van Laun (25) in the closing overs but Chorlton (27no)remained undefeated and by then their partnership of 54 runs had proved crucial. Conceding 34 extras boosted Portishead’s total well above the ton to 126-4 in their 20 overs.

Given our previous scores, of which 60 has been the highest so far, this total was a daunting prospect but with a revamped batting order and determination to improve we set about the challenge. Four of the six top order batsmen all reached middle to high double figures in the tens, with Captain Adam Crooks (18, including a 6) leading the way. Ali Palmer (18) did equally well and staunch support came from Lee Mansfield (16) and Richard Veater (14). Despite this we never quite managed to keep up with the required run rate so although, for the first time this season, we topped the ton we fell short of the target by 24 runs finishing on 102-7 in our 20 overs. This was a much improved batting display which hopefully will be continued in future games.