On the hottest day of the season so far, the 2nd XI travelled to Woodbury & Newton St Cyres 1st XI. Stirling continued his woeful toss record this season and Woodbury elected to field in the heat.
Thors line up:- A.Daldorph, J.Farley, H.Squire, S.Jefferson, G.Squire, J.Porter+, J.Baker jnr, J.Broom, J.Meredith, J.Baker snr, J.Stirling*.
Farley & Daldorph got Thors off to a solid opening start, helped by a few extras from the Woodbury new ball pairing, pushing Thors through to 43-0 after the first ten overs.
The textile-themed first change pairing of Silk & Harris-Cotton frustrated Farley & Daldorph, keeping thing tight and the pressure building. A release shot came in the form of Farley clearing mid-on for four. He tried the same again an over later, only to cloth the ball into Smale’s hands at mid-on for 29. Thors 66-1. H.Squire came in at three and a feather through to Boundy off Silk saw him depart for one.
Jefferson & Daldorph showed patience against some tight bowling but took advantage of any loose balls. Daldorph passed 50 for the third time this season before being bowled by a jaffa from Jarvis for 51. Thors 116-3 after 30.
Jefferson showed some real intent and now started to find the boundary regularly, pushing the run rate up. The pair added 48 in seven overs before Squire was caught behind on the pull for 7. Porter joined Jefferson and showed similar intent. Jefferson despatched a six over square leg & brought up his maiden 50 for Thors with a drive through the covers, before being caught behind for 58 from 54 balls.
Some kamikaze running saw Jack Baker come and go for 3. Broom was elevated with a license and found the boundary once before being caught at mid-on for 4. Meredith and Porter ran well, with Porter finding the rope three times on his way to 37* from 32. Thors finishing on 229-7.
The returning Broom & H.Squire took the new ball for Woodbury’s reply and the hosts got off to a flier, courtesy of Purohit batting with serious intent and a helping hand with plenty of extras given by the visitors, racing to 78-0 after the first ten overs.
The spin pairing of Baker snr & Stirling came into the attack, Baker first removing Boundy LBW for 17. Purohit went past 50. Chouhan was then bowled by Stirling for 1 to leave the hosts 98-2 after 14.
Stirling struck a total of 5 times in his first five overs, getting Purohit LBW for 59 and bowling Jarvis for 5, Collier for 0 & Smale for 0. The hosts had gone from 98-1 to 121-6. Baker then struck again to remove Brearly caught and bowled. Baker finishing his 9 overs with 2-30.
Meredith came into the attack, bowling Spurrell in his first over. Woodbury 130-8. He struck again in his third, Harris-Cotton caught well by Farley at point and the hosts on the brink at 144-9. Stirling finished his 9 with 5-34.
Pearce & Silk frustrated the visitors for 7 overs before Sam Jefferson stepped up to remove Pearce with just his second ball, a leg stump Yorker. Thors winners by 54 runs.
The result leaves the 2nd XI top of the table with 8 games to play. Thank you to Alan for umpiring and Bob for scoring.
Next up for the 2s is a home game against Sidmouth 3rd XI on Saturday.
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