Verwood beat top of the league

In a huge upset given we were playing Mudeford who were top of the division and we are languishing at the bottom, Verwood managed to secure an ultimately comfortable win on Saturday. It was hard to tell where the pitch was when we arrived due to the lack of preparation possible following the rain of the past days, weeks, months, and both sides were keen to bowl first. We lost the toss though and struggled for 111 all out after 41 overs. It was hard to score on a slow outfield with the ball moving about all over the place with so much dampness still there.

Charlie top scored with 49 and I hung about for 10 overs for a painstaking 9 as wickets fell about me. I was last man out caught on the boundary as we tried to score a few off the last few balls. However, the bowling was tight throughout supported by good fielding for a change and they were always being pulled up by the loss of more wickets.

I ended up with one wicket for 5 runs after 4 overs, and we won by about 23 runs. It was a great win and is the second time we have won this year beating the top side on both occasions. We ought to play the top team every week.