Bosham’s toil in the sun against Tangmere

Match Report Sunday 27 July 2008

Tangmere won the toss and elected to bat on a hot sunny day at Itchenor.

Jay Atkinson then proceeded to tie up one end with a tight opening bowling spell of only 13 runs off seven overs. Jack Hardman also bowled well from the other end for one wicket for 26 off six overs.

However Tangmere marched on and reached 94 for one wicket but Bosham increasingly put the brakes on Tangmere’s run rate and they slowly moved to 115 for 2 wickets off 30 overs.

Bosham’s Noel Kithakye produced a controlled marathon spell of 13 overs, 3 maidens, 1 wicket for 39. Jamie Cox’s spin spell figures of nine overs, producing figures of one wicket for 57 runs did not properly reflect the good quality of his bowling.

However Tangmere’s next nine overs produced 75 runs as Bosham’s fielding wilted in the baking conditions and Tangmere reached 190 for 3 wickets.

Bosham ‘s opening batsmen produced a strong reply and with George Barratt strong in defence and Jay Atkinson carrying over his fluent stroke making from the previous week. However when Jay Atkinson fell l.b.w. for 34 runs wickets fell at regular intervals.

Bosham failed to cope with the spin of Tangmere’s S Golder who produced a fine spell of 7 wickets for 34 runs off 12 overs. Noel Kithakye with a quick fire 14 was the only other batsman to reach double figures.

George Barratt struggled on and was last man out for 40 runs, as Bosham reached 128 runs.

Stephen Griffiths