Symene back to winning ways

MILBORNE PORT 140 (0) lost to SYMENE 141-8 (4) by 2 wkts

SYMENE scraped home with five balls to spare to keep alive their promotion hopes.

On a lively wicket, Colin Willcox (3-12) and Ryan Hayter (3-24) reduced the home side to 72-7 but Simon Crossley batted well for his 47 to get the home side to 140.

Crossley, helped by the deteriorating wicket, bowled eight overs for just five runs.

After a quickfire 31 from Mark Tozer at 80-2, Symene collapsed and looked in trouble on 95-6 until a crucial partnership of 39 between Nigel Toohill (22 not out) and Willcox (18) took them close.

Hayter smashed a four off the first ball of the final over to stop the nail-biting in the pavilion.

MILBORNE PORT

Fairclough lbw J Hawkins 0; Knight c Hayter b Willcox 21; M Collins c J Hawkins b Hayter 16; Harvey c Tozer b Hayter 2; McDougal c J Hawkins b Willcox 7; Crossley b Blackmore 47; Davis c Hayter b Willcox 8; Hinks c J Hawkins b Hayter 0; Synnick c Baker b Broad 8; J Collins not out 9; Neller b Broad 6; Extras 16

Total (38 overs) 140

Bowling: J Hawkins 5-1-10-1; Skyrme 3-0-18-0; Willcox 8-5-12-3; Hayter 8-1-24-3; Broad 8-1-33-2; Blackmore 6-0-30-1

SYMENE

Blackmore c, b Neller 13; Keech c, b Hinks 31; Baker b Neller 1; Tozer c&b Neller 31; Broad c, b Hinks 0; K Hawkins c, b Neller 9; Toohill not out 22; Willcox b Fairclough 18; Skyrme lbw McDougal 0; Hayter not out 5; Extras 10

Total (39.1 overs, 8 wkts) 141

Bowling: Crossley 8-4-5-0; Collins 8-2-35-0; Hinks 8-3-25-2; Neller 8-0-40-4; McDougal 4-0-13-1; Fairclough 3.1-0-13-1