Verwood win at last!

Having begun to consider myself something of a Jonah of late with regard to sporting achievement, I was pleased to be part of the first win of the season for Verwood in a thrilling climax to the game against Ringwood. They were top of the league and must have fancied their chances against us in view of our struggles with the bat. That feeling must have increased as they posted 177 although it wasn't the total they looked on course for early on when they batted with great confidence and ease.
The bowlers came back well including me and we were pretty pleased with our efforts in the field. We made a slow start to our reply but Charlie was in good touch and began a match changing partnership with Jerry as they clubbed their way to a 70 run pairing. Charlie ended up on 94 but his departure sparked the famous Verwood collapse.
John was out for 12, Nigel for 2 and Mark Andrew for a first ball duck leaving just two wickets and ten runs required which should have been an easy ask. Jerry was out though after hitting two runs and their fast opening bowler was back on and in the wickets.
I edged two and Chris J saw out a maiden over against the good bowler leaving me with the job of trying to score the winning runs without getting out. A leg side ball was nudged off my hip for two more before a dot ball wide down the leg side. The winning moment came with just 4 balls to go in the game as I swatted a short ball for four and victory.
8 not out meant we took our first win of the season and moved off the bottom of the table.