Shrewton won the toss and put Oakley in on a sticky wicket on a loveley spring afternoon at Oakley.
Adam Robinson and Andy Woodgate opened the batting scoring at 5 an over until Robinson got an inside edge onto his stumps. Scott Bright came in at three and the run rate continued until Woodgate was eventually being bowled on 49 in the 14th over with the score on 89.
In came Sam Holbrook who found it difficult to start with but then he just let loose scoring a quick fire 41 before being bowled. Prior to that Scott Bright was punishing anything half loose and moved onto a well deserved 50 only to fall on 61 when he looked well set.
Captain Clive Welsman then changed the batting order sending Mark Potter with instructions to have a look at a few and then let loose, and he did just that. Welsman(20) joined Potter (30) and between them they put on 44 in 5 overs. Oakley could not use their allotted overs and finished on 239 all out. A very good effort after being put in by the opposition on what was a bowlers surface.
Oakley Ran Out Comfortable Winners Against Shrewton on a Glorious Afternoon
Tom Holbrook and James Bright opened the bowling for Oaks andwith an attacking field set it gave gaps for the Shrewton openers to hit into but most of their runs came from edges falling short or wide of fielders. Jimmy Bright got the breakthrough just when their opener looked set.
Tom Holbrook was the pick of the openers finishing with 4 wickets for 35 off 10 overs. Bright was unlucky with some tough chances going down off his bowling finishing with 1 for 44 off 10 overs. Mark Potter took over from Holbrook and carried on in the same vane, ripping through their middle order and having numerous edges and chances just missing fielders.
Potter finished with 3 for 30 off 9 overs. Clive Welsman and Mark Woodgate were the other bowlers who both bowled a god line and length with Welsman hitting the off stump with a pie chucker that our chairman would have been proud off but it was so slow, the bails stayed intact. Welsman finished with figures of 0 for 17 off 7 overs and Woodgate 2 for 4 off 5.1 overs taking the winning wicket in the final over to assure Oakley earned maximum points.
A good all round team effort from the all the boys and we even showed a sense of sportsmanship by recalling their last batsman when he was given LBW but he claimed he had hit the ball.
Up the Oaks!