Ellingham Dent Hythe's Title Push
ELLINGHAM II vs Hythe & Dibden 2nd XI
at Ellingham 14.07.07
On a very wet pitch Hythe won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The usual tight opening spells reduced Ellingham to 50 for 5 from 22 overs but some good batting and indifferent bowling in the last 20 overs allowed the home team to finish 130 all out in the 42nd over. S Miller and S Tongs both took one catch and a run out. G Howe took two catches and M Edwards one. I White and P Stevens jnr each bowled one victim and there was one LBW.
In reply Hythe were 53 for 1 at the 22 over mark but a failure to accelerate the scoring after drinks meant that by the end of the 36th over the score had only reached 100 for 3 which, on a pitch that up to that point had only yielded three runs per over, meant that the asking rate for the later batsmen of 5 per over was too high.
The last pair were left needing to score 9 from the final six balls but unfortunately P Stevens jnr was clean bowled making Ellingham the victors by 8 runs.
Innings of : ELLINGHAM 130 All Out (42 Overs)
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts | Econ |
| R.Bunce | 10 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 |
| M.Edwards | 11.2 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1.52 |
| I.White | 11 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2.72 |
| S.Miller | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 |
| P.Stevens jnr | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 |
Innings of : HYTHE 122 All Out (41.3 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. S.Tongs | Caught | M.Copley | 42 |
| 2. M.Howe | Bowled | M.Copley | 5 |
| 3. *M.Bowman | Caught | P.Wickson | 14 |
| 4. M.Edwards | Stumped | P.Doust | 27 |
| 5. +G.Howe | Bowled | P.Doust | 4 |
| 6. E.Bell | Caught | M.Copley | 1 |
| 7. R.Bunce | Bowled | P.Doust | 3 |
| 8. S.Miller | Bowled | M.Copley | 6 |
| 9. I.White | NOT | OUT | 6 |
| 10. P.Stevens snr | Stumped | M.Copley | 0 |
| 11. P.Stevens jnr | Bowled | P.Wickson | 1 |
| Extras - 13 | TOTAL | 122 All | Out |
Result : ELLINGHAM (20 PTS) Beat HYTHE (7PTS) by 8 Runs |