St Cross Symondians v Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sat) on Sat 07 May 2011 at 1:00pm

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St Cross Symondians v Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sat) on Sat 07 May 2011 at 1:00pm
Andover Cricket Club Lost by 3 wickets

Match report Andover lost their second consecutive Southern Premier League game in another close encounter when they travelled to title contenders St Cross Symondians. After a heavy night of rain, the pitch was inevitably wet and the toss was potentially very important. Unfortunately stand-in captain Jonty Hadfield lost the toss and was unsurprisingly asked to bat first. Andover openers Ali Hooper and Will Prozesky found it tough going against the opening pace duo of West Indian international Lionel Baker and home-grown Tim Lewis on a seamer friendly wicket. Hooper was first to be dismissed and was soon followed by Tim Saye and James O’Gorman.

Jonty Hadfield then played a superb supporting role to the powerful Prozesky who blasted his way to 75, including 2 huge sixes. When Prozesky was caught in the deep of Perry-Lewis, Andover needed to rebuild their innings. However, Hadfield found little support from the tail as nearly all came and went without troubling the scorers too much and the skipper finished unbeaten on 28 with Andover being bowled out for just 165; a score that was arguably 20 runs short of being competitive.

The St Cross run chase started positively and with the in-form pair Adair (33) and Esson (32) looking strong, the Winchester based side looked like they would cruise to victory. However, the introduction of gangly fast bowler Luke Graham sparked an Andover revival. The lanky seamer ripped out 5 of the top 6 batsmen in a devastating 10 over spell, including the prize scalps of former Hampshire player Lawrence Prittipaul and Australian Ryan Hale. He was ably supported by some superb fielding led by wicket-keeper Cil Van der Merwe who was at his imposing best behind the stumps, snaring a catch and a stumping off Graham.

At the other end, Kiwi star James O’Gorman was doing his best to swing the game Andover’s way as he picked up two wickets, including a breath-taking caught and bowled. The home side found themselves wobbling with 7 wickets down and just 20 runs required for victory. Hadfield brought himself back on to bowl in one last hope to prize out the final 3 wickets but St Cross held their nerve and the West Indian Baker used his experience to sensibly guide the home team past the finish line, winning by 3 wickets.

An entertaining game of cricket once again for the town side but the good performances need to be converted into results if they are to compete in the league. Andover host Lymington in a crunch game at London Road this Saturday, 1:00pm start. The New Forest side have been well beaten in the first two games of the season and will be up against a full strength Andover side as Richard Taylor and Mark Copleston return.

Andover Cricket Club 1st XI (Sat) Batting

Player Name		Runs	M	Ct	St
extras TOTAL :	for 10 wickets	0 167	(0.0 overs)
Ali HOOPER	Caught Adair/BAKER	4		1
Will PROZESKY	Caught Tagnarelli/PERRY LEWIS	73
Tim SAYE	Bowled BAKER	1
James O'GORMAN	Lbw IRVINE FERTESCUE	8		1
Jonty HADFIELD	Not Out	28
Cillie VAN DER MERWE	Caught Prittipaul/IRVINE FERTESCUE	4		1	1
Robbie HADFIELD	Caught Cooke/PERRY LEWIS	9		1
Luke ANDREWS	Caught Baker/FINNEY	18
Luke GRAHAM	Caught Perry Lewis/PERRY LEWIS	0
Andy MCMAHON	Run out prittipaul	2
Mike ADAMS	Caught Adair/FINNEY	6

St Cross Symondians Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Lionel BAKER	10.0	1	39	2	19.50	3.90
Tim LEWIS	7.0	0	40	0	0.00	5.71
Jame IRVINE FORTESCHUE	6.0	1	23	2	11.50	3.83
Matt PERRY LEWIS	10.0	1	35	3	11.67	3.50
Jordan FINNEY	4.5	1	27	2	13.50	5.59

St Cross Symondians Batting

Player name		Runs
extras TOTAL :	for 7 wickets	0 167 (0.0 overs)
Charlie ESSON	Lbw GRAHAM	32
Geroge ADAIR	Stumped Van de MERWE/GRAHAM	33
Ryan HALE	Caught Van de MERWE/GRAHAM	0
Laurie PRITTIPAUL	Caught Hooper/GRAHAM	21
James IRVINE FORTESCUE	Caught O'Gorman/O'GORMAN	23
Charlie COOKE	Caught Hadfield (R)/GRAHAM	6
Lionel BAKER	Not Out	16
Stuart TOGARELLI	Lbw O'GORMAN	0
Tim LEWIS	Not Out	8
Jordan FINNEY
Matt PERRY LEWIS