Venue: Selsey
Match Type: Friendly
Date: 16/04/11
Selsey Cricket Club's season started with a home friendly against Pulborough CC. Skipper Nick Horner, also celebrating his ''28th'' birthday, won the toss and decided his team would field first, his reasoning being that he ''could get out and start drinking!''...
The new ball was taken by Josh Stocks coming down the famed old slope with Tom Amis coming up. Amis struck the first blow to Pulborough trapping the batsman LBW for 0. He was elated. Stocks continued to work hard and bowl well before dismissing the next Pulborough batsman also LBW. The outfield was slow and the scoring rate was low and it wasn't until the 9th over before the first boundary was scored, with keeper Jacob Miles teasing the bowler Stocks that it was he who had been hit for the first boundary of the season.
The first bowling change came when, to his shock, the bearded James Amis replaced Stocks down the hill. Although expressing his desire not to bowl constantly, the newly nicknamed 'Huggy' took his first wicket with a rank full toss, however they all count! Credit for this wicket must be given to his brother Tom for making a very good diving catch (he also was shocked by making this catch). His second wicket also followed in similar fashion with another terrible full toss.
Selsey were firmly on top until Pulborough's star batsman, Rohit, came to the crease. His fine knock of 85 took Pulborough to a total of 195 which, considering the slow outfield and low bouncing wicket (which Miles felt the brunt of standing behind the wickets), was a very defendable total. Other wicket takers including Tom Cripps and James Challinor.
Seley's innings startly poorly when opener Miles was out LBW for 0. However fellow opener Mason and Tom Amis steadied the ship for a while before Mason was also out cheaply. Amis, hoping to be moved from his number 11 position started to play some nice strokes, particularly a sweetly timed on-drive. However a good start was not built on and Amis fell for 28. This would be the start of a dismal batting collapse. Skipper Horner only managed 14 before getting out and proceeding with his boozing and Christy (surname unknown) 15, including a big 6 were the only other notable scores before Selsey were dismissed for a total of 99.
Selsey: Horner (c) Miles (+), Mason, Amis T, Stocks, Amis J, Challinor, Humphreys, Cripps, Christy, Caught
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