On a sunny day in Shoreham, Southborough won the toss and elected to bat on a damp wicket. Shoreham’s opening attack of J Trick (7-14-1) and N. Jeffrey (9-32-1) bowled tightly and Jeffrey was rewarded with the opening wicket of Young (15). S. Arokiasamy (9-30-4) came on and took a wicket with his first ball and another soon after. Brown (25) then joined opener Spencer (45) at the crease and shared a good partnership to help rebuild the innings. However some good bowling and sharp catches by Shoreham saw the visiting team bowled out for 138 with B.Stacey taking 3 for 29 from 7.4 overs.

Shoreham’s innings got off to a poor start losing both openers in the second over to P.Grayland (5-14-2). This bought A. Monteith (38) and the inform P Edge (76n.o) to the crease. The pair shared a stand of 88 which included a couple of huge sixes by P.Edge and some sharp singles. Hibbett (6-43-2) picked up a couple of late wickets but the damage was already done as Shoreham eased to victory by 6 wickets in the 30th over

- Sam

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Posted on Thursday, 23rd July, 2009 in 1sts Match Reports.