Arriving with only 10 men with some noticable players missing including the captain we still felt that after already beating them this season a good start could well bring our second victory in three weeks. However after an early breakthrough with Lewis just about clutching to a catch in the covers off nick t a big second wicket stand broken by another fine catch by Timmo on the long off boundary off Westy was followed by an even bigger third partnership left Marsh chasing the mammoth score of 323. Some positives were taken from the innings though especially the good bowling spell by little Tommy Leonard who then put an even better display in eating more tea than the rest of the team put together.
The Marsh innings got off to a steady but solid start with both openers Lucy and Jules reaching 20′s before being dismissed. Jules a dubious looking LBW shout and Lewis nicking behinddown the leg side. The innings then began to collapse with only Nick T (32) making any real contribution to the scoreboard. With wickets falling regularly including some dodgy run outs (naming no names. Scott and Matt) marsh finished on 119 a long way short of what we required and what we were aiming for with 15 overs of the innings gone.
With bottom of the league West Illsley coming to Marsh on Saturday a much better performance in all 3 areas of the game is needed to keep our survival hopes alive.
