Temple Grafton130-1, Elmley Castle 131-3
TEMPLE Grafton made a cautious start with Selby and Jinks taking no chances against the accuracy of Corbett and Cawson in their WCB Indoor League match.
Trying to accelerate, Selby was run out with 28 on the board after five overs but when Holt took over, he decided that aggression was the answer and with Jinks following suit, they quickly added 50 valuable runs in even time.
When they had to retire, Kirk and Betteridge took over and continued the onslaught. In particular, Elmley's skipper Ian Woodford came in for severe treatment in the final overs, going for 47 in his three-over spell.
This took the Grafters to a healthy 130-1 at the close.
Elmley started in a hurry and Woodford set out their stall, rushing to a quick 25 before retiring. Mullet, his partner, also got into the groove and together, firstly with Corbett and then Cawson, added another 50 to reach 93 before the latter pair were out.
Simon Cooper had been held back and came in to smash runs all round the wicket, but it was left to Woodford to exact his revenge when he returned and together with Cooper put bat to ball to win a thrilling game with two balls to spare.
St Benedicts 87-6, Ashton-under-Hill 89-2
Jamie Powell and Shepherd opened for St. Benedicts but were unable to make headway against the hostility of the brothers Archer with Tom in furious form.
Firstly, Tom Archer had Powell well caught by Keen and then brother Will accounted for Jones and the writing was on the wall. David Hudson-Wood had Shepherd lbw and some excellent fielding accounted for Gardner and Green to leave The Bees on 50-4 after only seven overs.
But Simon Powell batted to the end. scoring 32 valuable runs to give some respectability to the score before he too was bowled by Keen.
Ashton were always in front of the clock and Tom and Will Archer had 50 on the board after five overs before they retired. Hudson-Wood was run out second ball but Jason Haines and Dave Turner had no trouble in knocking off the runs with two overs in hand.
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