Verwood grab second

Saturday was the penultimate fixture of the cricket season with Milford on Sea the visitors. They came with a good record but left empty handed after a 9 wicket victory for us which puts us back into 2nd and looking good for promotion. The result of the Bournemouth fixture where they took only 2 points helped enormously and their misfortune was fully exploited.

Dan chose to field first and Ali took three wickets early on despite some good batting on a difficult pitch. Dan toiled away for 12 overs without a wicket following some poor luck leaving the change bowlers an opportunity to make a contribution. That Milford were all out for just 86 was down to some good fielding, particularly from Kevin who took three catches during the innings. John took two wickets while I had a good spell, my best of the season, to take 5 for 13 off 9 overs.

Batting was never easy for the opposition who convinced themselves of the inadequacies of the pitch to such an extent that they played some poor shots in trying to cope rather than simply play straight and forward. That lesson was borne in mind by Nigel and Chris M who put together a winning partnership after the first and only wicket fell with the score on 10 made in 3 balls by Mark A.

One game to go - away to bottom side Ringwood.