Isle of Wight cricket team Ventnor impressed with both bat and ball on Saturday (July 5) as they claimed victory against bottom of the league Waterlooville.
The Islanders posted an opening partnership of 209 runs between Joshua Carpenter and all-rounder star Dineth Thimodya, echoing the international batting feats of the weekend at Edgbaston.
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Anchoring the innings, both batters were eventually dismissed by Waterlooville’s Dylan Youngs, who took three-for his 39 runs in seven overs.
Finishing their allotted 44 overs on 253, Ventnor still had work to do with the ball.
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The Islanders got an early breakthrough, with George Watts claiming Luke Anderson for four runs, and despite a partnership forming, Thimodya caught Charlie Whitfield lbw for 51, stemming Waterlooville’s scoring.
The mainlanders then failed to get into a rhythm, and wickets kept falling – the Ventnor bowlers sharing the spoils evenly and Waterlooville stumbling to 191 all out in 43.4 overs.
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Ryde were punished for a slow run rate on Saturday as they faced Burridge Cricket Club.
The Islanders fell to 59-6, but were able to rebuild to post 158 thanks to a valiant 48 by Ellis Ridett.
Due to some relatively toothless bowling, Burridge strolled through their run chase, making the target in 32.3 overs.
Ventnor’s second team got off to a flying start with an 161 run partnership opening the innings between Ben Davies and Hugh Calloway, before collapsing to 199-6 in their allotted 45 overs.
Opposition XI Cadnam, however, made their DLS revised target of 158 with overs to spare, as Ventnor’s bowling attack failed to make an impact.
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In the Island leagues, Newport CC claimed an 159 run victory over Wight Whizzers with Thomas Dye’s 72 and Adam Wilson’s 82 anchoring the innings, and Aaron Hartup and Max Poynter the pick of the bowling attack, claiming three wickets and four wickets respectively.
Ventnor’s thirds weren’t able to stave off Northwood’s first team, despite Rob Snell’s 87, as Gary Cooper and Stephen Keates took three wickets each and George Griffith led the batting reply with 68 to make the 201 run target with overs to spare.
Jeff Barrett and Liam Goldsmith both went well for Northwood’s second XI, scoring 97 and 100 respectively.
The heroic innings ultimately won Northwood the game, as Neil Redmond took four wickets and restricted Shanklin and Godshill’s third team to 171/9, winning by 112 runs.
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Nick Dobson’s 102 not out was a jewel in a dismal innings by Ventnor’s fourth team, but enough to see Shanklin and Godshill’s second team, who despite a solid opening partnership from Steve Egerton-Read and Max Bushby-Harris, failed to mount an adequate challenge thanks to three wickets each from Lucas Cotton and Alastair Cotton.
Newport’s second team’s evenly distributed batting innings saw off Arreton’s first team, who’s slow run rate came back to bite them.
Georgie Gobby took three wickets for Arreton, while Joshua White carried his bat for 60.
Newport’s women’s team also claimed victory over Arreton, chasing 115 with two overs to spare.
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In The Hundred, Kevin Cooper’s 42 for Ventnor led the way to a 72 run victory against Ryde.
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