Exford v Timberscombe 11 July 2010

Timberscombe overcame Exford by 136 runs on Sunday in a game played in good
spirit throughout.

   Timberscombe were inserted on Exford’s artificial wicket and after a
   quiet start lost two quick wickets to leave them 30-2.  A good cameo 17
   for Tom Sparks led on to a 99 partnership between Bruce Lang and Jason
   Abbott, with Lang eventually falling for 57, possibly affected by the
   shock of hitting two sixes in an over.  Abbott and Paul Sparks took the
   total onwards before Abbott was bowled for a typically hard-hit 65, with
   Timberscombe eventually closing their innings on an above par 244-7.
   Pick of the bowlers in what was a wholehearted effort in the field were
   A Bruce with 3-48 and J Williams with 3-36, including a superb caught
   and bowled.

   In reply Exford struggled in the face of tight bowling, with Nick Hill
   and Matt Bowden both being successful in their opening spells despite
   some poor catching.  Alistair Lang and Tom Sparks then took over, with
   both bowling superbly and Sparks narrowly missing out on a hat trick,
   with the key wicket of big hitter JD a great piece of intelligent
   bowling.  Exford limped to 108 all out as Hill claimed his second wicket
   in the twenty-sixth over.

   TCC 244-8 (J Abbott 65, B Lang 57, P Sparks 30*, J Williams 3-36, A
   Bruce 3-48)
   Exford 108 all out (JD 31, T Sparks 3-27)

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