Saturday, 24th June
ANSTY IV v LINGFIELD III
Stoner Conference
(at Warden Park School, Cuckfield)
Ansty IV recorded a very satisfying six-wicket victory at home to Lingfield III in the Stoner Conference. Lingfield had made 185 for 7 off their allotted 40 overs with M Hunt hitting 55, C Forbes making an unbeaten 50 and Alan Evans scoring 34. For Ansty, fourteen-year-old Rory Dormer took 3 for 22 and Jimmy DiBella claimed two wickets. In reply, the home side started briskly with Paul Mountain hitting a swift 21. Fourteen-year-old James Wright joined opener Llewelyn Boshoff and the pair put on a superb 91 for the second wicket with before Wright was dismissed just one short of a first senior half-century. Boshoff made 41, but Chris Barnes (22) and Ben Langridge (22no) saw Ansty home in the 28th over.