Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
at Pickford Reserve
Despite five wickets from Liam Camps, the run rate flew up as Harry Warwick did his best Wilshere-impersonation from number 9. An outstanding innings with twelve boundaries off 16 balls gave the Blacks a total well past 300, while Patrick, Fuller and Camps all suffered from his blade. Notable were also 92 from Alex Blackman and another one-day half-century from Simon Fitzsimmons.
Blue lost Cloete early, but Goff and Camps rebuilt, and by the end of the 15th over Blue were 96 for 1. However, Callum Thompson got the wicket of Camps for 40, and five overs later Pickup picked up a brace of wickets to see Blue struggling to 125 for 4. Goff was still there, but Pickup got rid of him as well, athletically caught by Thompson for 76. Thompson followed up to break the next Blue partnership, and with 137 needed for the last four wickets, Black looked to secure the bonus point. That was helped by Thompson's inswinging yorker that trapped Halsey for 4, but with Wilshere smacking twenty-three off a Thompson over, the target of 72 off 36 did not look completely impossible. Pickup got Collins lbw at the start of the next over, however, but that over cost 16 - leaving Hoy to save the day. He did, with a smart follow-through to run out Patrick, and leave Wilshere standing on 95 not out
Cricket Web Black 331/7 (50 ovs)
Cricket Web Blue 293 (46 ovs)
Cricket Web Black won by 42 runs
Man of the Match: Neil Pickup