Hampshire League County 2
ROPLEY vs HYTHE XI
Saturday 31st July
DIXIE MADE TO SWEAT BUT De JAGER TON SEES HYTHE HOME
Adriaan de JAGER
106* inc 8x4's & 6x6's
Another superb century by Adriaan de Jager 106* helped Hythe beat fellow strugglers Ropley by 2 wickets yesterday.
The Green Caps found like hard in the field as the home side scored 247 for 8 off their 45 overs - Chris Tomason making his debut for Hythe taking 3-41 off 10. de Jager's 106* included 8x4's and 6x6's as he put on 133 for the 6th wicket with Richie Froggett 43. Matt Howe 46 and Rob James 22 earlier put on 61 for the 1st wicket in 15 overs.
Hythe skipper Si Dixon won the toss and elected to field first on a muggy afternoon. Ropley badly needing a win like Hythe were without key man M.Peters but got off to the perfect start through Gerard 66 and Hughes 44. The introduction of Chris Tomason third change finally got the breakthrough as he bowled Hughes then had R.Smith stumped by Kev James for 0. The Ropley middle order all chipped in as they piled up 247 for 8 off their 45 overs. Hythe's best bowler Tomason 3-41 off 10 whilst de Jager took 2-44 off 9.
After tea Hythe set about the chase through Rob James and Matt Howe. 47 for 0 after 10 & 61 for 0 after 15 set a good start but the 16th over saw James bowled by Munday for 22. Three overs later and all that good work seemed to have been thrown away as Tongs fell for 0 and Matt Howe for 46.
80 for 3 with 1 over to go before drinks then 2 quick wickets fell. Wright caught off Maunday for 4 and skipper Si Dixon for o. - Hythe 81 for 5 at drinks and in trouble. de Jagers who started cautiously started to play his shots along with Richie Froggett. By the 30th over Hythe had moved onto 123 for 5. The next 5 overs added 42. and by the 39th over Hythe had moved onto 204 for 5 - 44 needed off 6.
Froggett then fell at 214 run out for 44. Tomason was bowled for 2 by Sutton and Kev James run out for 2. - Hythe 236 for 8 - 22 needed off 18 balls. In the 44th over de Jager brought up his hundred with a four - his second in consecuive weeks and two balls later ended the game with a six. Hythe win by 2 wickets - de Jager 106 not out. More importantly 23 valuable points.
Innings of : ROPLEY 247 For 8 (45 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. N.Gerrad | Run (M.Howe | ) Out | 66 |
| 2. H.Hughes | Bowled | Tomason | 44 |
| 3. R.Smith | St. K.James | Tomason | 0 |
| 4. T.Wood | Ct & Bd | Froggett | 24 |
| 5. A.Stoedon | Not | Out | 49 |
| 6. A.Walker | Bowled | Tomason | 20 |
| 7. T.Stroud | Bowled | de Jager | 17 |
| 8. T.Sampson | Bowled | de Jager | 3 |
| 9. B.O'Sullivan | Run (de Jager | ) Out | 0 |
| 10. M.Munday | Not | Out | 1 |
| 11. J.Sutton | |||
| Extras - 23 | TOTAL | 247 For | 8 |
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| A.de Jager | 9 | 1 | 44 | 2 |
| R.Froggett | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| R.Saunders | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| B.Smith | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| C.Tomason | 10 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| S.Wright | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Innings of : HYTHE 251 For 8 (43.5 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. R.James | Bowled | Munday | 22 |
| 2. M.Howe | Bowled | O'Sullivan | 46 |
| 3. S.Tongs | Bowled | Munday | 0 |
| 4. A. de Jager | Not | Out | 106 |
| 5. S.Wright | Caught | Munday | 4 |
| 6. *S.Dixon | L.B.W | Munday | 0 |
| 7. R.Froggett | Run | Out | 43 |
| 8. C.Tomason | Bowled | Sutton | 2 |
| 9. +K.James | Run | Out | 2 |
| 10. B.Smith | Not | Out | 1 |
| 11. R.Saunders | |||
| Extras - 25 | TOTAL | 251 For | 8 |
Ropley Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| A.Stoedon | 9.5 | 2 | 42 | 0 |
| R.Smith | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| M.Munday | 10 | 3 | 36 | 4 |
| B.O'Sullivan | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| J.Sutton | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| T.Stroud | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| T.Sampson | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |