Playing at Fernhurst as we did not know if Hill Barn would be playable, West Blatchington batted first in a damp start to the day and scored 222 for 9. Alex Dodsworth scored a fluent (67), Tom Thresher came in with some aggressive hitting for (43), Reece Packham held the innings together with (41). Greg Harris (1-84), James Belton (3-62), Andy Culver on return from injury bowled well (3-30), Jack Westlake again bowled with good pace and accuracy in his spell (1-22). A.Culver took a great one handed diving catch at square leg, M.Hinton took one behind the stumps and N.Harris took two out in the field. Jack Dunn remained calm and made a good run out.
We lost early wickets in the appearing sunshine in the run chase. Bastable (0), Quintais (1), Glenn Harris (28), N.Harris (13). Jack Dunn batted well and saw off some good bowling to score (21), A.Culver (19), M.Hinton (0), J.Belton (6), J.Westlake (3). Leaving Greg Harris (59) and A.Squires (15*) to try and finish the job, 10th wicket partnership needing about 50 to get us there came up just 9 runs short of the win, 214 all out.
A real shame to lose a match that really we deserved a draw or better, but 13 points from a possible 15 for the loss means we are 33 points clear of Horsham in second place who have now had their free week. Two games to go against second and third in the table means the title is still in our hands!
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