No win in four as Billingshurst are beat by leaders Bridges
A 115-run triumph by the table toppers at Jubilee Fields leaves promotion-chasing Hurst 61 points behind Bridges.
Sitting back in fourth, Tom Haynes’ side 47 behind Mayfield in the second promotion place and 40 points back from Haywards Heath.
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Hide Ad‘Hurst bowler Ben Williams said: “Things didn’t go our way Saturday. Bridges are a good side and they play the game well. Their overseas batted smartly. We need to commit ourselves as batsman a bit more and show a bit more application if we are to win Saturday. We’re still a strong side who can beat anyone on their day but we just need to put in the performances along with a bit of luck our way.”
Having won the toss and put Bridges in on Saturday, ‘Hurst found themselves chasing 269-7 with their visitors declaring in the 49th over.
After losing Walid Ghauri early for a duck, Oliver Blandford (45) and Regan Derham (38) put on 66 for the second wicket.
David Winn then produced a stand-out 95 runs from 88 balls and was supported by Luke Bellars (45) and Danny Alderman (23*).
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Hide AdBen Williams took 4-97 in the Billingshurst attack with Haynes claiming 2-37.
In reply, wickets fell fairly regularly as Tim Weston (17), Haynes (14), Scott Stratton (12), Stuart Barber (21) and Jake Cross (30) were all out with the score at 95-5.
Matt Blandford (3-27), Michael Rose (3-34) and Archit Patel (1-48) took the early wickets, before Conor Golding (3-43) returned to do some damage to the tail.
Only Paul Osborne added 27 at six, but after he was out with the score on 127-6, the final four wickets fell for just 27 runs with ‘Hurst all out for 154 in the 43rd over.