School end on a high with deserved victory
Cranleigh School 255 for 5 dec (Corbishley 87, Jackson 54, Trower 52, Hamilton 3-68) beat Old Cranleighans 204 (Scriven 83, Thorpe 4-29, Scriven 4-49) by 41 runs
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The winning margin for the School might have been exactly the same as it was four days earlier in the inaugural Colin White Trophy Twenty20 match but this was a far closer game and one which was in the balance until the OCs lost eight wickets for 32 in nine overs when wet set for victory.
Ed Henderson stuck the School in – a wise move considering the form of one or two batsmen – and Eddie Hamilton, whose career had peaked in the School 2nd XI, did all the early damage removing Thomas, Jack Scriven and Will Rollings in a seven-over spell to reduce the School to 42 for 3. Scriven, who in the two-day draw with Charterhouse had broken the record for the most 1st XI runs, was the prize scalp. Stuart Welsh paced nervously.
James Trower (52) and James Corbishley (87*) restored stability either side of lunch and then a breezy sixth-wicket stand of 102 in 13 overs between Corbishley and Jackson (54) enabled Scriven to declare when Jackson chopped onto his stumps.It was just as well; Welch was by this tame taking some flack from OC spectators.
Chasing 256,m Brad Scriven and Rob Cowdrey got the OCs off to a good start and then Ted Croker provided a solid anchor as Scriven cut loose. When Croker fell immediately after a drinks break, Ollie Davies came in and put pressure on the field with placement and running. At 172 for 2 with 83 required from 14 overs, the odd were with the OCs.
The School’s quicker bowlers had been expected to pose the most problems but it was the spin of Scriven and Nathan Thorpe who wreaked havoc. Scriven bowled his brother, the first of three wickets he took in five deliveries, and after that there was no resistance, although one over from a hobbling Rollings to Henderson did provide some entertainment.
Fittingly the sun was streaming across Jubilee as the 1st XI briefly huddled in the middle and walked off for the last time, ending an outstanding season in which they had lost only once.
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Ed Henderson stuck the School in – a wise move considering the form of one or two batsmen – and Eddie Hamilton, whose career had peaked in the School 2nd XI, did all the early damage removing Thomas, Jack Scriven and Will Rollings in a seven-over spell to reduce the School to 42 for 3. Scriven, who in the two-day draw with Charterhouse had broken the record for the most 1st XI runs, was the prize scalp. Stuart Welsh paced nervously.
James Trower (52) and James Corbishley (87*) restored stability either side of lunch and then a breezy sixth-wicket stand of 102 in 13 overs between Corbishley and Jackson (54) enabled Scriven to declare when Jackson chopped onto his stumps.It was just as well; Welch was by this tame taking some flack from OC spectators.
Chasing 256,m Brad Scriven and Rob Cowdrey got the OCs off to a good start and then Ted Croker provided a solid anchor as Scriven cut loose. When Croker fell immediately after a drinks break, Ollie Davies came in and put pressure on the field with placement and running. At 172 for 2 with 83 required from 14 overs, the odd were with the OCs.
The School’s quicker bowlers had been expected to pose the most problems but it was the spin of Scriven and Nathan Thorpe who wreaked havoc. Scriven bowled his brother, the first of three wickets he took in five deliveries, and after that there was no resistance, although one over from a hobbling Rollings to Henderson did provide some entertainment.
Fittingly the sun was streaming across Jubilee as the 1st XI briefly huddled in the middle and walked off for the last time, ending an outstanding season in which they had lost only once.
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| Eddie Hamilton took the first three wickets to fall |
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