A tremendous rear guard action
by Damon Hill enabled Waltham St Lawrence Seconds to
get a score on the board but they were never really
in the hunt in spite of excellent bowling from Jones.
After winning his first toss of the season, Connor elected
to bat then quickly elected to take a second run of
the second delivery and was promptly run out with a
direct hit from the boundary.
After this, Woolford and the impressive Sharpe began
to rebuild the innings but as both fell to catches in
quick succession a huge England esque collapse ensued
with WSL losing six wickets for eight runs. In stepped
Hill, playing his first game of the year and well supported
by Olly Brown playing his best innings for the club
put on fifty for the ninth wicket, Hill smashing four
huge sixes over the short leg side boundary and over
the adjacent houses.
When the innings finally ended, Hill had scored more
than half the runs and WSL had an outside chance. After
tea Waltham begun their quest for wickets with off spinner
Nathan Thomas being handed the new ball. The experiment
paid off immediately as Smith was taken at slip by Connor.
WSl were hungry for more but excellent bowling by Lugthart
went unrewarded as Murphy and Fisher put on 30 until
Jones' excellent spell yielded a well deserved wicket.
Near misses were the order of the day but once again
Waltham simply didn't have enough runs on the board
to really press home for victory. |