Super Ant Fires Threes To Victory

Beaconsfield won the toss and elected to bat. Opening bowlers Jake Seagrave and Tom Darling had an excellent opening spell with 30 runs off 16 overs picking up three wickets. Jake Seagrave’s bowling is worth a special mention after seven overs he had picked up two wickets for seven runs and with five maidens, which demonstrates the level of control this gave captain Mark Bater.

Beaconsfield lost regular wickets and only reached 100 runs in the 30th over, which meant Sanjoy Bassi and Toby Seagrave had continued the bowling control. With 10 overs remaining, Beaconsfield finally accelerated and with a good partnership between Sam Musk and Andy Peace ended the innings on 199.

The Third Team opened with Ant McCormack and Josh Camm and both went about the bowling attack busily, although a little behind the required run rate. Camm, playing against his former club departed for 26 and was replaced by Benn Kempster who joined the party with his usual range of flamboyant shots, however this time, he was dismissed for a quick 26.

Meanwhile at the other end McCormack was finally dusting off his shots and moving his feet and picking up his own scoring rate.. The run rate crept up slowly to six an over as Nick Wale had a questionable LBW decision and Harvey Graham then holed out at deep Mid-Off.

With McCormack starting to struggle in the heat Mark Bater joined him in over 34 requiring 68 runs from the final 10 overs. Both batsman found the gaps and moved the rate forward to eight an over before McCormack was caught and bowled by Musk for 67.

Then Bater and Bassi and then veteran allrounder Ian Ridley shovelled and swiped the ball around the pitch enough to leave five runs from the final two overs. The Beaconsfield captain Andy Peace bowled a wide to seal the win for Third Team in the last over.