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Hampshire County 2
FLAMINGO vs HYTHE 1st XI
Saturday 4th July
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| Rich FROGGETT 46 |
Hythe Well Beaten @ The Holt
Hythe were well beaten at The Holt on Saturday as once again their bowlers were taken apart in the second half of the innings. At drinks the home side were just 73 for 0 off 23 overs then in the second half Flamingos added 153 in 22. Hythe managed 170 for 9 in reply with Richie Froggett once again top scoring with 46.
Flamingos won the toss and elected to bat first on a hard wicket. Hythe opened with Weall and Grobler and the pair gave Hythe a solid start with just 29 coming of the first 11 overs before Robbie James made the first change. Richie Froggett too was a misely as ever 12 coming off his first 5 overs. At drinks Flamigos were 75 for 0 off 23 overs with Hythe still searching for the breakthrough.
The Flamingos opening pair rode their luck and brought up the century opening stand in the 29th over. After 32 overs and with the score on 123 - Hythe finally got a breakthrough when Manthorpe 56 was stumped by Kev James off the bowling of Chalky White. Runs were coming morer rapidly now with White suffering most. A second wicket did however come in the 35th over when Grobler had Strange caught by Richard Last for 13. Three runs later C.Greer was run out by Robbie James for 58.
I.Heath and J.Greer took White out of the attack in the 35th over when he went ofer 23 in one over. Froggett returned to snap up 2 late wickets and Weall bowled J.Greer for a quickfire 28. Flamingo's ending their innings on 226 for 7 with 151 coming in the last 22 overs.
Hythe needed a solid start and looked to Mike Edwards to open the innings with the skipper. The pair started cautiously scoring just 9 off the first 7 overs before James smacked three fours in one over. At 24 Edwrads was bowled by Heath for 4 and soon after Robbie James was bolwed by Wright for 16.
Hythe took the score to 55 for 2 off 18 overs when Matt Howe was next to go bowled by Heath for 11. Nardus Grobler got a beaut from youngster Gillman and when Tom Porter was caught for 5 Hythe were once again in a mess. 73 for 5 off 22 overs.
A 48 run partnership between Rich Froggett and Kev James did give Hythe an outside chance with 13 overs to go but when Froggett was next out for 46 that was it. Kev James went soon after for 21 and though a late flurry from James Page 12 and Jon Weall 19* Hythe were well beaten.
Innings of : FLAMINGO 226 For 7 (45 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs | 4's | 6's |
| 1. C.Greer | Run (R.James | ) Out | 58 | 6 | |
| 2. * R.Manthorpe | St. K.James | White | 56 | 5 | 2 |
| 3. S.Strange | Ct. Last | Grobler | 13 | 2 | |
| 4. I.Heath | Ct. Porter | Froggett | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 5. J.Greer | Bowled | Weall | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. T.Rolfe | Bolwed | Froggett | 3 | ||
| 7. C.Todd | L.B.W | Froggett | 0 | ||
| 8. S.Wright | Not | Out | 16 | 2 | |
| 9. A.Ames | Not | Out | 1 | ||
| 10. I.Rosenburg | |||||
| 11. S.Gillman | |||||
| Extras - 30 | TOTAL | 226 For | 7 |
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| J.Weall | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| G.Grobler | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| R.Froggett | 10 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| M.Edwards | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| I.White | 7 | 0 | 64 | 1 |
Innings of : HYTHE 170 For 9 (45 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs | 4's | 6's |
| 1. *R.James | Bowled | Wright | 16 | 3 | |
| 2. M.Edwards | Bowled | Heath | 4 | 0 | |
| 3. M.Howe | Bowled | Heath | 11 | 2 | |
| 4. R.Froggett | Caught | Rosenburg | 46 | 7 | |
| 5. G.Grobler | Bowled | Gillman | 0 | ||
| 6. T.Porter | Caught | Gillman | 5 | 1 | |
| 7. +K.James | Caught | Wright | 21 | 1 | |
| 8. J.Page | Caught | Ames | 12 | ||
| 9. R.Last | Caught | Rosenburg | 6 | ||
| 10. J.Weall | Not | Out | 19 | 3 | |
| 11.I.White | Not | Out | 0 | ||
| Extras - 23 | TOTAL | 170 For | 9 |
RESULT : FLAMINGO (23 pts) Beat HYTHE (7 pts) by 56 Runs |