EMW 2' s v Liphook & Ripsley 3's

EMW 2's traveled down the A31 to Alton to play Liphook & Ripsley 3's at Anstey Park.

Skip Foreman lost the toss and was asked to bat on a challenging wicket with a very bumpy outfield.

Simon Struthers and veteran Martin Hall opened the batting, putting on 34 for the first wicket when Struthers was out , playing the shot of the day , only to be caught right on the square leg boundary for 13. U13 Rob Dye then joined Hall and they compiled a partnership of 34 before Hall was out for a well constructed 26. At this stage Easton's had 69 for 2 off 21 overs and when Dye was out for a very good 30, skip Foreman rotated the batting order with Angus Macleod and U15 Arthur Lee batting up the order.Both Macleod and Lee rose to the occasion with Macleod striking 1 six and 7 fours in his 46 and Lee even more impressive with 2 sixes and 9 fours in his 63 not out. Andy Macleod ( 12 ) and Matt Bolland ( 5 not out ) got Easton's to 239 for 6 ( including 45 extras) with 170 runs off the final 21 overs of the match!

Arthur Lee and Ray Lockyer opened the bowling for Eastons and both picked up a wicket in their opening spells to leave Liphook on 39 for 2 after 12 overs. Evergreen Trev Foreman took over from Lee and bowled a tight spell of 10-0-22-1 to put some pressure on the Liphook batters. Number 4 batsman C.Welfare however was going well and having posted a 50 looked like he could get Liphhook close to the their target. Enter Matt Bolland to the bowling attack and in his first over , off a half tracker, he took a magnificent caught and bowled to dismiss Welfare for 51! Man of the match Lee returned to bowl his final 4 overs and took a further 2 wickets with Bolland also taking a further 2 wickets. Lee finished with figures of 10-0-27-3 and Bolland very impressive figures of 5-1-8-3 with Ben Stanbrough provinding valuable bowling support to leave Liphook 142 for 8 at the end of their innings.

A fantastic team effort with some Arthur Lee magic earned Eastons 23 points with Liphook getting 7.