Hard on the heels of an excellent win the previous week and having posted a very creditable total of 171 for 8, the Twoos could have been forgiven for thinking another good result might be on the cards as they went in for tea at Milford on Saturday 23rd May.
The home team's experienced and more than competent batting line-up clearly had other ideas and blasted their way to 174 for 3 off just 28.2 overs. A reality check if ever there was one!
Asked to bat first, the Twoos were given a sound start by Barry Croucher and Bernie Bridger who put on 40 for the first wicket in 19 overs. The innings was then given momentum by an excellent stand for the 4th wicket of 68 in 22 overs between Bernie and Hayden Newman. Hayden made his second good score in as many weeks with 24, and Bernie going on to make an excellent 78 before eventually being dismissed in the 42nd over. Gratifyingly, our allocation of 48 overs available to the side batting first was fully used.
Milford, however, went for the runs from the off, but even so James Merryweather and Mitch Brown restricted them to 25 off the first 10 overs. The Milford batsmen then took a heavy toll of the change bowlers and ran out easy winners with 7 wickets and 13.4 overs in hand.
Although on paper this reads as a heavy defeat, there is no disgrace in losing to a much more experienced and very capable side. At this stage of the season and with the Twoos still new to the League, it is important to take the positives from every match. The bowlers have been reminded of what is required of them when we have a total to defend, and for the second of asking when batting first we have used up our full allocation of overs in a well-paced innnings to post a competitive total.
Let's build on this.
Report by: Grey Owl
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