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Tim beats about the Bushmen to spearhead 8 wicket win
Steve Jinman
An unbeaten 130 from Tim Snapes saw Pinkneys Green to victory over the BBC Bushmen in double quick time.
In a game initially similar in tempo to last week's win over Lower Earley, Pinkneys Green took the field, and although finding wickets impossible to come by, retained their discipline to maintain control over the run rate.
Opening pair Ancil and Jones batted for more than 30 overs but despite the odd hint, particularly from Ancil (82) that they were poised to cut loose, they never really got on top of the bowlers.
With captain Nick Jones regularly rotating his attack, a slight wobble after the discombobulation of the drinks break aside, his bowlers continued to plug away on a glorious late summer afternoon, aided by some excellent ground fielding. With Jones' innings summed up by the edge through the slips which brought up his half century, hope sprang eternal that the removal of the opening pair would hand the initiative back to the Green and so it proved when Tony Fuller switched ends to complete his spell with three wickets.
At the other end Ben Snapes' miserly return to finish his eight over allocation for the loss of just nineteen runs, choked the Bushmen in the final overs, allowing the Green to enjoy their tea in the knowledge that they had closed their opponents innings on a far from par score.
Opening with his father Kevin Snapes, Tim continued where he had left off the previous week, bullishly looking to push the scoreboard along as quickly as his Dad could run. Reaching his half century just ahead of the ten over mark, Snapes shrugged off the loss of his batting partner for 20, by resuming his successful partnership of last week with Ben Purchese.
For the second time that afternoon, the drinks did not go down very well with the Green, Purchese ending a tentative innings of 21 in the over after the break by popping the ball back to bowler Israel. His replacement Andy Wilcox was happy to play second fiddle to Snapes who quickly completed his century before knocking off the rest of the runs by the 26th over.
Thus Pinkneys well and truly entered their annual late season run of good Sunday form with a second consecutive win for the cumulative loss of only three wickets.
Opening pair Ancil and Jones batted for more than 30 overs but despite the odd hint, particularly from Ancil (82) that they were poised to cut loose, they never really got on top of the bowlers.
With captain Nick Jones regularly rotating his attack, a slight wobble after the discombobulation of the drinks break aside, his bowlers continued to plug away on a glorious late summer afternoon, aided by some excellent ground fielding. With Jones' innings summed up by the edge through the slips which brought up his half century, hope sprang eternal that the removal of the opening pair would hand the initiative back to the Green and so it proved when Tony Fuller switched ends to complete his spell with three wickets.
At the other end Ben Snapes' miserly return to finish his eight over allocation for the loss of just nineteen runs, choked the Bushmen in the final overs, allowing the Green to enjoy their tea in the knowledge that they had closed their opponents innings on a far from par score.
Opening with his father Kevin Snapes, Tim continued where he had left off the previous week, bullishly looking to push the scoreboard along as quickly as his Dad could run. Reaching his half century just ahead of the ten over mark, Snapes shrugged off the loss of his batting partner for 20, by resuming his successful partnership of last week with Ben Purchese.
For the second time that afternoon, the drinks did not go down very well with the Green, Purchese ending a tentative innings of 21 in the over after the break by popping the ball back to bowler Israel. His replacement Andy Wilcox was happy to play second fiddle to Snapes who quickly completed his century before knocking off the rest of the runs by the 26th over.
Thus Pinkneys well and truly entered their annual late season run of good Sunday form with a second consecutive win for the cumulative loss of only three wickets.
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