A disappointing result for the 4th XI as they lost to Serendib 2s, who as a result closed the gap on them at the top.
Having been put into bat by their host Worthing made 237 all out thanks in the main to Barry Cool's unbeaten 165, but aaron Tugnutt batted well to get himself 25 and Dan Stuart with 12 being the only other people to score double figures or more.
The hosts reached their target with 6 wickets gone with James Aylen taking 3 for 38, San Wookey 2 for 26 and Cool himself taking the remaining wicket.
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Sunday 24 July 2011
23.7.11 - 2nd XI v Ifield 2nd XI
"Never put Ifield in at Ifield" were the words of Ifield 2s skipper as Justin Watts opted to field first having won the toss. By 7pm the answer to that statement was "Why not?" as Worthing cruised to a comfortable 8 wicket victory and opened up an 84 point lead on third placed Haywards Heath.
Mason Crane's 4 for 29 and Paul Westlake's 2 for 42 were the main destroyers as Ifield limped to 141 all out from 50 overs - an innings that will struggle to attract too much of a crowd to Ifield Green in the future. There was a wicket each for Tom Chambers, Harry Dunn and Stuart Carter.
Worthing's reply stuttered initially with the losses of Dave Marshallsay and Stuart Carter for 9 and 0 respectively, but a cool 75 not out for Chairman Tim Dunn and a form rediscovering 46 not out from Alex Harris with 14 overs to spare.
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Mason Crane's 4 for 29 and Paul Westlake's 2 for 42 were the main destroyers as Ifield limped to 141 all out from 50 overs - an innings that will struggle to attract too much of a crowd to Ifield Green in the future. There was a wicket each for Tom Chambers, Harry Dunn and Stuart Carter.
Worthing's reply stuttered initially with the losses of Dave Marshallsay and Stuart Carter for 9 and 0 respectively, but a cool 75 not out for Chairman Tim Dunn and a form rediscovering 46 not out from Alex Harris with 14 overs to spare.
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23.7.11 - 3rd XI v Scaynes Hill 1st XI
A fantastic win against the odds in this must win game saw Worthing move further away from danger in the league.
Worthing bowled first with the pick of the bowlers being Dave Leader with 4 for 14 and skipper Kevin Punter taking 2 for 28. There was a wicket each for Joe Westlake, Martyn Swift and Matt Thorne as the visitors posted 188 all out.
The drama was to come as Worthing batted though and they looked dead and buried at 56 for 6 and 134 for 7, but a match winning 95 not out from Dave Leader saw his side over the line with a six.
These are the sorts of performances that the side has been expecting all season but to hold your nerve in that sort of situation is a superb effort for Dave and the team, and congratulations to skipper Kevin Punter.
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Worthing bowled first with the pick of the bowlers being Dave Leader with 4 for 14 and skipper Kevin Punter taking 2 for 28. There was a wicket each for Joe Westlake, Martyn Swift and Matt Thorne as the visitors posted 188 all out.
The drama was to come as Worthing batted though and they looked dead and buried at 56 for 6 and 134 for 7, but a match winning 95 not out from Dave Leader saw his side over the line with a six.
These are the sorts of performances that the side has been expecting all season but to hold your nerve in that sort of situation is a superb effort for Dave and the team, and congratulations to skipper Kevin Punter.
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23.7.11 - 1st XI v Ifield
Another victory after the previous week's wash out for the side as they moved 84 points ahead of third position, albeit with Haywards Heath having a game in hand.
Heavy rain throughout the week meant that the groundsman had little opportunity to get onto the square but a good, if slow wicket greeted both teams. Worthing won the toss and inserted their visitors.
Accurate bowling and good fielding made runs hard to come by for struggling Ifield with Luke Vinter taking 4 for 43 from 17 unchanged overs and Andy Lutwyche 5 for 57. Benn Challen picked up the other wicket with 1 for 6 off 4 overs as Ifield crawled to 142 all out.
Worthing made heavy weather of their reply but achieved their target with six wickets down as Darryl Rebbetts (41*) and John Kaye (17*) saw them over the line. Contributions came from Dominic Clapp (34), Michael Gould (16) and Challen (21).
A free week next week but Worthing will still be well clear of the field at the top of the table.
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Heavy rain throughout the week meant that the groundsman had little opportunity to get onto the square but a good, if slow wicket greeted both teams. Worthing won the toss and inserted their visitors.
Accurate bowling and good fielding made runs hard to come by for struggling Ifield with Luke Vinter taking 4 for 43 from 17 unchanged overs and Andy Lutwyche 5 for 57. Benn Challen picked up the other wicket with 1 for 6 off 4 overs as Ifield crawled to 142 all out.
Worthing made heavy weather of their reply but achieved their target with six wickets down as Darryl Rebbetts (41*) and John Kaye (17*) saw them over the line. Contributions came from Dominic Clapp (34), Michael Gould (16) and Challen (21).
A free week next week but Worthing will still be well clear of the field at the top of the table.
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23.7.11 - 5th XI v Felbridge & Sunnyside 3rd XI
Back after a week off for rain we had a local…home game at Felbridge and Sunnyside…Thanks to our pitch at Hill Barn being in an unusable state thanks to travellers at Hill Barn!
Many thanks to the Felbridge Captain Steve Lovell and his wife Debbie for helping with arranging the pitch and the teas, without them I don’t think we would have had a facility to play at.
We started by being given the toss as most of our team went to the wrong ground and both captains agreed it made sense for us to bat first. Adam Bastable (89) and Jack Stuart (62) opened well and gave us a great start with an opening stand of 158. Adam Squires in at number 3 for the first time in a while did a solid job scoring (37*). Other useful runs from Neil Harris (21), Marc Hinton (11) and Glenn Harris (7*) helped us to a total of 236-4 declared after 47 overs.
After tea, which must have been good as it all went quickly, Felbridge started their chase. Jack Stuart (1-11) made the early breakthrough with the left handed opener chipping one just over Squires who took the catch going backwards at mid on. Greg Harris started well (5-36) was wicketless in his first spell but came back and cleaned up the lower order with some accurate full deliveries. James Belton (2-24) had another good day at Hook Lane and bowled Paul Aldridge who was looking like he could see them to a draw. Harry Reeves bowled with good pace again and took a good (1-23). Luc Hinton got the prize scalp of the Felbridge captain taking (1-2). Other catches from Neil Harris, Harry Reeves and Jack Stuart.
A very strong performance and very good fielding sees us take another 30 points and still remain 8 behind Horsham who also picked up a convincing win.
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Pool Table
The club now has a pool table - 50p per game. Ask behind the bar.
Current World Number 1: The Pirate aka Lutters.
Nice!
Current World Number 1: The Pirate aka Lutters.
Nice!
Saturday 16 July 2011
16.7.11 - All Games
Due to the rain, all games were cancelled.
Good use was made of the new pool table though!
Good use was made of the new pool table though!
Sunday 10 July 2011
9.7.11 - 2nd XI v Glynde & Beddingham
An extremely convincing win for Worthing against promotion rivals Glynde. Having been put in the visitors collapsed to 71 all out with Shane Felton claiming a career best 8 for 37 from 15 overs.
Worthing lost the wicket of Dave Marshallsay (24) in their chase but Tim Dunn (29*) and Stuart Carter (6*) saw them safely over the line and into the bar by 4.30pm.
Worthing now top the league but have played a game more than Chichester in second place. Both teams look favourites for promotion.
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Worthing lost the wicket of Dave Marshallsay (24) in their chase but Tim Dunn (29*) and Stuart Carter (6*) saw them safely over the line and into the bar by 4.30pm.
Worthing now top the league but have played a game more than Chichester in second place. Both teams look favourites for promotion.
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9.7.11 - 1st XI v Glynde & Beddingham
Worthing got a taste of their own medicine as they went down to Glynde on Saturday. Having won the toss Michael Gould opted to bat on what looked a good wicket, albeit with a bit of grass coverage. The Glynde bowlers made good use of the juice available and quickly made inroads with only Gould (38), Andy Reid (32), John Kaye (15), Andy Lutwyche (19) and Luke Vinter (13 not out) the only people get into double figures, but a total of 151 looked reasonably competitive on a pitch that appeared to be full of seam movement.
The seam movement was far less exaggerated for Worthing's bowlers who toiled unsuccessfully as Glynde made their target just 4 wickets down in 44 overs.
The winning run had to come to an end at some point and Glynde are favourites to join Worthing in the top two at the end of the season.
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The seam movement was far less exaggerated for Worthing's bowlers who toiled unsuccessfully as Glynde made their target just 4 wickets down in 44 overs.
The winning run had to come to an end at some point and Glynde are favourites to join Worthing in the top two at the end of the season.
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9.7.11 - 3rd XI v Dome Mission
Worthing moved off the foot of the table with this vital first win of the season against Dome Mission. Finally the batsmen put up a decent total for the bowlers to bowl at.
Worthing won the toss and elected to bat, compiling 190 for 9 from 49 overs, with Mayur Patel, making his debut for the club scoring 58, Jamie Carter 32, Lloyd Crathern 19 and Matt Thorne and Steve Pearse 17 each.
In reply Dome Mission fell 23 runs short with Patel again starring with 3 for 49 alongside Joe Westlake's 3 for 24 and Sanjeev Kalra's 2 for 21.
This should lead to a surge up the table with some big games coming up!
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Worthing won the toss and elected to bat, compiling 190 for 9 from 49 overs, with Mayur Patel, making his debut for the club scoring 58, Jamie Carter 32, Lloyd Crathern 19 and Matt Thorne and Steve Pearse 17 each.
In reply Dome Mission fell 23 runs short with Patel again starring with 3 for 49 alongside Joe Westlake's 3 for 24 and Sanjeev Kalra's 2 for 21.
This should lead to a surge up the table with some big games coming up!
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9.7.11 - 5th XI v Pulborough 3rd XI
Starting the day 8 points behind Horsham Trinity at the top of the table we looked to keep the pressure on with another win.
I won the toss and put Pulborough in to bat, Greg Harris (4-61) bowled well and created chances early with the Pulborough batsmen being very aggressive with their shots. J.Stuart (1-27) provided a good partnership with Greg and kept the runs tight picking up a wicket in his final over. Pulborough looked to have settled a bit to the seam up bowling so Glenn Harris (1-20) on first change with some leg spin picking up a good wicket clean bowled. H.Reeves (1-11) bowled a great spell with good pace and rattled the batsmen, bowling a good short ball, shakily played by the batsmen to J.Quintais at slip who took a good catch. A.Squires (2-4) bowled an interesting first over with a ball down the leg side, then two good spinning deliveries followed by an inspired full toss which was skied to Marc Hinton for a solid catch. J.Belton (1-1) finished the innings off well bowling five deliveries to pick up the final wicket leaving Pulborough 135 all out in just 31.5 overs. Another week where fielding was good, and if we want to win the title we need to continue our good form in the field.
After tea A.Bastable (4) and J.Quintais (16) started the chase. Wickets fell at regular intervals with some interesting moments through the innings making it another tight finish, one of these weeks our top order will all fire again saving the pressure late on, our fourth tight finish in our last five games, wins of 2 wickets, 1 wicket, 1 run, 2 wickets and a draw in between! N.Harris (26) was a bit unlucky when he was out hitting it to slip, who fumbled it about 3 or 4 times before finally holding on, L & M.Hinton (15 each) both hit some good boundaries, A.Squires (9) caught mistiming a full toss. The main stay of the innings was Harry Reeves (39*) showing us what he can do and seeing the team home with a great innings, J.Stuart (4*) also looked solid at the end hitting a great shot for four to hit the winning runs!
Thanks to Andy Culver for umpiring and lets hope the team can continue our winning ways next week at 3 Bridges with the captain missing the game through work. Horsham Trinity also picked up the full 30 points against 3 Bridges so maintain their 8 point lead at the top of the table.
Another good week for Worthing picking up 4 wins out of 5 and congratulations to the 3s on picking up their first win of the season!
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I won the toss and put Pulborough in to bat, Greg Harris (4-61) bowled well and created chances early with the Pulborough batsmen being very aggressive with their shots. J.Stuart (1-27) provided a good partnership with Greg and kept the runs tight picking up a wicket in his final over. Pulborough looked to have settled a bit to the seam up bowling so Glenn Harris (1-20) on first change with some leg spin picking up a good wicket clean bowled. H.Reeves (1-11) bowled a great spell with good pace and rattled the batsmen, bowling a good short ball, shakily played by the batsmen to J.Quintais at slip who took a good catch. A.Squires (2-4) bowled an interesting first over with a ball down the leg side, then two good spinning deliveries followed by an inspired full toss which was skied to Marc Hinton for a solid catch. J.Belton (1-1) finished the innings off well bowling five deliveries to pick up the final wicket leaving Pulborough 135 all out in just 31.5 overs. Another week where fielding was good, and if we want to win the title we need to continue our good form in the field.
After tea A.Bastable (4) and J.Quintais (16) started the chase. Wickets fell at regular intervals with some interesting moments through the innings making it another tight finish, one of these weeks our top order will all fire again saving the pressure late on, our fourth tight finish in our last five games, wins of 2 wickets, 1 wicket, 1 run, 2 wickets and a draw in between! N.Harris (26) was a bit unlucky when he was out hitting it to slip, who fumbled it about 3 or 4 times before finally holding on, L & M.Hinton (15 each) both hit some good boundaries, A.Squires (9) caught mistiming a full toss. The main stay of the innings was Harry Reeves (39*) showing us what he can do and seeing the team home with a great innings, J.Stuart (4*) also looked solid at the end hitting a great shot for four to hit the winning runs!
Thanks to Andy Culver for umpiring and lets hope the team can continue our winning ways next week at 3 Bridges with the captain missing the game through work. Horsham Trinity also picked up the full 30 points against 3 Bridges so maintain their 8 point lead at the top of the table.
Another good week for Worthing picking up 4 wins out of 5 and congratulations to the 3s on picking up their first win of the season!
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Sunday 3 July 2011
2.7.11 - 4th XI v Broadbridge Heath 2nd XI
A youthful Worthing 4th team took to the field against Broadbridge Heath on Saturday and although they lost still remain 23 points clear at the top of the league. In posting just 139 all out they gave themselves little to bowl at, although Lloyd Crathern dug in for a form rediscovering 80 to hold the innings together.
Heath lost just 4 wickets in their reply, but the side shouldn't be too downhearted as it was literally men against boys, and our lads gave a good account of themselves.
I will try to post a more in-depth report when the scorecard goes online.
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Heath lost just 4 wickets in their reply, but the side shouldn't be too downhearted as it was literally men against boys, and our lads gave a good account of themselves.
I will try to post a more in-depth report when the scorecard goes online.
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2.7.11 - 2nd XI v Haywards Heath 2nd XI
Another solid performance to keep Worthing in the promotion places after a 7 wicket victory over Haywards Heath. Heath won the toss and elected to bat making 211 for 8 and declaring with 2 overs remaining presumably feeling that they had enough. Wickets were shared around with Mason Crane claiming 2 for 48.
They were on the wrong end of Stuart Carter's bat however as Worthing's number 3 smashed 99 not out to see his side home as well as 63 from Dave Marshallsay and 27 not out from Tom Lund.
Worthing are now 62 points ahead of Glynde in third place having played a game more.
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They were on the wrong end of Stuart Carter's bat however as Worthing's number 3 smashed 99 not out to see his side home as well as 63 from Dave Marshallsay and 27 not out from Tom Lund.
Worthing are now 62 points ahead of Glynde in third place having played a game more.
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2.7.11 - 5th XI v St Andrews 3rd XI
The second half of the season started with us in second place 8 points behind Horsham Trinity.
Playing against mid table St Andrews I lost the toss but got what we wanted bowling first. Greg Harris (4-33) back from holiday was straight on it clean bowling S.Ager second ball of the innings! Marc Hinton's fielding was terrific and made a number of great stops, the batsmen then made off for a suicide single hitting the ball straight to M.Hinton...I can only assume they thought he would misfield or forgot he was a fielder?!? But Marc made another good stop and throw to Neil getting a great run out early on. H.Reeves (1-30) on first change and struggled a bit at the start of his spell but found his aim and looked ok getting a good LBW. Marc Hinton then made an even better run out with a good stop, and then a direct hit aiming at one and a bit stumps throwing whilst having a sit down. Captain Squires on and bowled with great accuracy taking 1 for just 7 runs from 8 overs. L.Hinton bowled well in his first game of the year and deserved a wicket. Glenn Harris (2-27) gave the ball good flight and tempted the batsmen into a few shots to finished off the innings.
St Andrews 146 all out in 41.5 overs.
After tea we started the chase and looked strong until Glenn Harris (8) was out caught. J.Quintais (27) then fell to a good catch at mid off from a very strongly hit drive. Wickets feel consistently through the innings with N.Harris (26), M.Hinton (13), L.Hinton (17), H.Reeves (17). Both Hinton's and H.Reeves hit clean sixes to add to the excitement. We were 116-8 and it was left to A.Squires (21*), Greg Harris (17) and J.Belton (0*) to try and see us home. Squires and Harris looked comfortable and played everything on its merit hitting anything wide for 4 and keeping out the straight ones, a bit on worry set in briefly when Greg was bowled from a yorker that seamed back in with the scores level. Belton kept out the next two balls from C.Tucker (6-41) to leave skipper Squires facing spinner S.Ager (3-42). The first two balls of the over were on the stumps and kept out, third ball outside off and a swing and a miss! Fourth ball of the over was a nice full toss outside off and dispatched hard for four through the covers to secure the victory!
Worthing win another close game and remain second in the table 8 points behind Horsham Trinity who also picked up the full 30 points.
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Playing against mid table St Andrews I lost the toss but got what we wanted bowling first. Greg Harris (4-33) back from holiday was straight on it clean bowling S.Ager second ball of the innings! Marc Hinton's fielding was terrific and made a number of great stops, the batsmen then made off for a suicide single hitting the ball straight to M.Hinton...I can only assume they thought he would misfield or forgot he was a fielder?!? But Marc made another good stop and throw to Neil getting a great run out early on. H.Reeves (1-30) on first change and struggled a bit at the start of his spell but found his aim and looked ok getting a good LBW. Marc Hinton then made an even better run out with a good stop, and then a direct hit aiming at one and a bit stumps throwing whilst having a sit down. Captain Squires on and bowled with great accuracy taking 1 for just 7 runs from 8 overs. L.Hinton bowled well in his first game of the year and deserved a wicket. Glenn Harris (2-27) gave the ball good flight and tempted the batsmen into a few shots to finished off the innings.
St Andrews 146 all out in 41.5 overs.
After tea we started the chase and looked strong until Glenn Harris (8) was out caught. J.Quintais (27) then fell to a good catch at mid off from a very strongly hit drive. Wickets feel consistently through the innings with N.Harris (26), M.Hinton (13), L.Hinton (17), H.Reeves (17). Both Hinton's and H.Reeves hit clean sixes to add to the excitement. We were 116-8 and it was left to A.Squires (21*), Greg Harris (17) and J.Belton (0*) to try and see us home. Squires and Harris looked comfortable and played everything on its merit hitting anything wide for 4 and keeping out the straight ones, a bit on worry set in briefly when Greg was bowled from a yorker that seamed back in with the scores level. Belton kept out the next two balls from C.Tucker (6-41) to leave skipper Squires facing spinner S.Ager (3-42). The first two balls of the over were on the stumps and kept out, third ball outside off and a swing and a miss! Fourth ball of the over was a nice full toss outside off and dispatched hard for four through the covers to secure the victory!
Worthing win another close game and remain second in the table 8 points behind Horsham Trinity who also picked up the full 30 points.
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2.7.11 - 3rd XI v Broadbridge Heath 1st XI
Another loss for the 3rd XI but plenty of positives to be taken once again, with a weakened side due to lack of availability. Worthing were put in by Heath and made 194 for 9 as Barry Cool top scored with 72 and Matt Payne and Jim Aylen chipping in with 22 apiece.
Heath got to their target 8 wickets down with a spirited bowling and fielding display from Worthing. Aylen took 3 for 69, Matt Thorne 2 for 82 and Sanjeev Kalra 2 for 25.
There are some must-win games coming up if the 3rd team can avoid the drop, but with availability seemingly Ok for next week, things may well be turning a corner.
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Heath got to their target 8 wickets down with a spirited bowling and fielding display from Worthing. Aylen took 3 for 69, Matt Thorne 2 for 82 and Sanjeev Kalra 2 for 25.
There are some must-win games coming up if the 3rd team can avoid the drop, but with availability seemingly Ok for next week, things may well be turning a corner.
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2.7.11 - 1st XI v Haywards Heath
Worthing opened up a 69 point lead at the top of the league with a convincing victory over second placed Haywards Heath. Having won the toss and electing to bat, Heath slumped to 135 all out with Benn Challen taking 5 for 17 and Andy Lutwyche 4 for 63. The pressure of a tidy line and length from the Worthing attack told as Heath had to rely mainly on quick singles to get the scoreboard ticking.
In reply Worthing reached their target with just one wicket lost, as skipper Micahel Gould found his form again (Heath must be sick of the site of him) with a powerful 63 not out, Dominic Clapp scored 23 and Benn Challen accrued 35 not out in their leisurely pursuit of the target.
That's 6 wins on the trot for Worthing who must be favourites for the Division 2 title now, especially with Cuckfield losing to Goring.
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In reply Worthing reached their target with just one wicket lost, as skipper Micahel Gould found his form again (Heath must be sick of the site of him) with a powerful 63 not out, Dominic Clapp scored 23 and Benn Challen accrued 35 not out in their leisurely pursuit of the target.
That's 6 wins on the trot for Worthing who must be favourites for the Division 2 title now, especially with Cuckfield losing to Goring.
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Saturday 2 July 2011
29.7.11 - U15s v Goring U15s
Goring (98 for 4 after 20 overs) lost to Worthing by 10 wickets (99 for 0 after 16.3 overs)
A fine Summer's evening greeted the teams at Fernhurst Drive for Worthing's 2nd U15 league game of the season. On what proved to be a favourable batting wicket, Worthing's opening seamers, Martyn Swift and Jamie Packer, bowled well restricting the home side to just 20 after 6 overs. However, a hefty amount of short-pitched bowling followed, allowing the runs to flow more easily. Two retirements from Harry Anstead and Alex Jones got the Goring innings back on track which was further boosted by Sam Edney with a quick fire 15 off 14 balls. By the end Worthing were looking a little flat in the field unlike Goring's total which had risen to 98.
Worthing's reply started steadily but once openers Harry Dunn and Aaron Tugnutt got into their stride, their was only one outcome. Between them they found the boundary on 7 occasions and by the time they had both retired out, the total had reached 72. And so it was that Martyn Swift and Robbie Anderson would knock of the last few runs to conclude a strong win for Worthing albeit with some areas to work on in the bowling and fielding departments.
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A fine Summer's evening greeted the teams at Fernhurst Drive for Worthing's 2nd U15 league game of the season. On what proved to be a favourable batting wicket, Worthing's opening seamers, Martyn Swift and Jamie Packer, bowled well restricting the home side to just 20 after 6 overs. However, a hefty amount of short-pitched bowling followed, allowing the runs to flow more easily. Two retirements from Harry Anstead and Alex Jones got the Goring innings back on track which was further boosted by Sam Edney with a quick fire 15 off 14 balls. By the end Worthing were looking a little flat in the field unlike Goring's total which had risen to 98.
Worthing's reply started steadily but once openers Harry Dunn and Aaron Tugnutt got into their stride, their was only one outcome. Between them they found the boundary on 7 occasions and by the time they had both retired out, the total had reached 72. And so it was that Martyn Swift and Robbie Anderson would knock of the last few runs to conclude a strong win for Worthing albeit with some areas to work on in the bowling and fielding departments.
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