Hampshire County Division 2

Burridge vs Hythe & Dibden 1st XI

14th June Played @ Burridge Sports Ground

Whits Dominates As Hythe Cruise To Win

Hythe & Dibden turned in yet another strong all round performance beating Burridge by 86 runs with Paul Whitlock enjoying a great day with both bat and ball.

Asked to bat first Hythe openers Simon Dixon & Rob James yet again got off to a good start, against some tidy if not overly threatening bowling from Burridge, with a 43 run partnership before the skipper, again looking good, was well caught for 23, Matt Howe and James kept the score ticking over and before long had added another 52 as Hythe were now looking threatening but when Howe then fell for 17 trying to lift the pace and Simon Wright was unluckily run out with out facing a delivery Hythe suddenly slipped to 95-3 from 26 overs.

Rob James sensibly looked to bat through the innings and with brother Kev at the wicket the pair moved Hythe to 123 when Burridge left arm spinner had Rob adjudged lbw for a fine 60. Ewan Bell joined the in form Kev James but when he fell run out for just 2 Hythe were precariously placed at 130-5 with just 12 overs remaining, but any thoughts Burridge had of taking over the game were severely dashed as James and Paul Whitlock thumped 77 from the next 9 overs with Whitlock in particular dominating the bowling at 207 Kev was run out for an excellent 41 and at 208 Whitlock fell to Burridge's best bowler on the day N.Creal for a splendid 48, and although Jon Weall fell lbw first ball Rich Froggett with a quick-fire 17no took Hythe to max batting points at 229-8.

In reply Burridge themselves got off to a solid start putting on 44 for the first wicket despite some good bowling from both Weall & Froggett, but at 44 Froggett removed R.Cawte lbw for 21, C.Mephan and C.White kept Burridge in the game and got to 75 before Whitlock struck having Mephan caught by Wright for 28. The dangerous C.Slaughter was brought in to lift the scoring rate but he was bowled by Whitlock for 4 and shortly afterwards J.Wright was also bowled by Whitlock for just 1 to leave the home side reeling at 86-4. The Whitlock/Wright bowling partnership was again looking impressive and at 114 Whits struck for a fourth time having B.Lane well caught by Si Dixon for 14, at 121 Wrighty got in on the act running out Creal for 0 and then bowling the stubborn White for a solid 33 and then P.Wilde for 1 leaving Burridge 128-8. Whits still had time to complete his 5 for' bowling Bundy all end up with a real jaffa, the returning Froggett then finished the game having J.Houlton caught by Rob James for 2 as Burridge fell to 143 all out.

Toss Won by : Burridge

Innings of : HYTHE 229 For 8 (45 Overs)

Innings of : BURRIDGE 143 All Out (42.1Overs)

Hythe Bowling.