Back-to-back Defeats for Cranham

Still smarting from last weeks one wicket defeat at Eastcombe, Cranham travelled
to Bisley looking to get their Premier Division campaign back on track.

Stand-in skipper Brad Mears won the toss and elected to bowl on a damp looking track.
Bisley made a fine start through openers Richard Gegg and Rich Tuttle.  Having 
offered the chance of a catch early on in his innings, Gegg cracked an aggressive
half-century before being well caught by Mears in the deep off Charlie Overs.  
Besides Gegg, support was also offered from skipper Oli Smith (28) and G. Baker (22).

After their flying start, Bisley were then pegged back with wickets from Charlie Overs
and Steve Waldon and eventually closed on 173-8, a score which at one stage could have
easily been 220+.

Charlie Overs was the pick of the Cranham attack with figures of 3-29.  Bryony Overs
also bowled well at a difficult stage of the innings and was duely rewarded with 
2-33.  Spinner Waldon also chipped in with 2-44.

Opening with Matt Smith and Jeremy Strickland, Cranham made a solid start before Smith
was trapped plumb LBW by Lloyd Green who bowled in testing areas to all the Cranham 
batsmen.  The wickets of James Mears and Strickland followed quickly after as the Cranham 
slowly began to capitulate.

Charlie Pritchard looked his fluent self before he was superbly caught by a flying Rich
Tuttle at mid-off (to quote Richard Gegg from behind the stumps, "I wouldn't be buying a
lottery ticket tonight if I was Charlie Pritchard").

Cranham were eventually put out of their misery for 66 and in doing so Bisley claimed
a valuable two extra bonus bowling points.  Lloyd Green collected an excellent 4-29.

A dismal batting performance from Cranham but a solid all round performance from a good 
Bisley side who should be up there at there at the end of the season.

Bisley 173-8 (Richard Gegg 52, Oli Smith 28 G. Baker 22, N. Green 20, Charlie Overs 3-29,
Bryony Overs 2-33 Steve Waldon 2-44).

Cranham 66 (Lloyd Green 4-29, J. Fern 3-22)

Bisley (21pts) beat Cranham by 107 runs 

Cranham will look to bounce back as they entertain Minchinhampton this Saturday.