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Sat 07 Sep 2019  ·  Division Eight
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3rd XI - There's no way through Piddington

3rd XI - There's no way through Piddington

Paul Das12 Sep 2019 - 15:04
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The 3s reached another dead end against Barton Seagrave as Liam Piddington reached his 3rd successive century against us.

Skipper Street won the toss and with an array of spinners (and a slow bowler) in the side, decided to bat. The ball did a bit early on but things settled down as Mike and Zed laid a platform for the rest of the innings. We lost a series of wickets midway through but Ray and Viggy put on a mature partnership of 60+ towards the end. 177 was going to be very competitive if we got early wickets.

Barton got off to a flyer with 60 on the board in no time. The first wicket went in classic Div 8 fashion with an assured catch by Liam at very deep cow corner. The skipper continued to slowly chip away with a few wickets but Piddington reached a well worked 118 before being bowled by the returning Finlay. The damage however had been done.

Overall it was a creditable performance, particularly by the youngsters, more than enough to deserve staying in the division. A win in last 2 games will assure that.

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Match date

Sat 07 Sep 2019

Kickoff

12:30

Competition

Division Eight
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