Saturday, 11th August MIDDLETON v ANSTY Sussex Invitation League Division One (at Middleton Sports Club, Sea Lane) Toss: Middleton League leaders Middleton maintained their march towards the title with an easy victory over lowly Ansty by 7 wickets. Ansty were put in and looked good at 51 for 1 before they lost opener Leo Anderson to illness. Wickets then tumbled regularly and they were dismissed for 168. Richard Nichols top scored on a rare outing for the club with 33, with the in-form Simon Parsons making 32. Anderson recovered to return to the fray, but fell for 28. Openers Bruce Scott (53) and Jack Lerwill (76) hit an opening stand of 78 in just over 14 overs and Stuart Nelmes (30) helped Lerwill add another 82 for the second wicket. Both openers fell to catches in the deep by Paul Osborn, but had done enough to secure victory. ANSTY J Price ct Warren b Malhotra 7 L Anderson ct Hoare b Rawstone 28 D Senadhira b Hanley 16 R Pakkianathan† b Malhotra 2 J Newsome run out 3 R Nichols lbw b Rawstone 33 S Parsons ct & b Hansford 32 P Osborn ct Hanley b Scott 15 H Fowler st Warren b Scott 0 N Machin b Hanley 8 S Janman not out 1 Extras (1nb 7w 5b 10lb): 23 46.1 overs TOTAL (all out) 168 Wkts: 16 54 54 72 100 110 143 155 164. A Malhotra 15-5-32-2 B Hanley 14.1-3-47-2 A Rawstone 6-0-37-2 M Hansford 8-2-28-1 B Scott 3-0-9-2. MIDDLETON B Scott ct Osborn b Janman 53 J Lerwill ct Osborn b Fowler 76 S Nelmes run out (Price) 30 M Hoare not out 4 G Longhurst not out 4 N Pacey B Hanley A Malhotra M Warren*† A Rawstone M Hansford Extras (1w 2b 2lb): 5 32.2 overs TOTAL (3 wkts) 172 Wkts: 78 160 167. S Parsons 5-0-26-0 N Machin 7-1-41-0 S Janman 8-0-33-1 H Fowler 9-0-48-1 J Price 3.2-1-20-0. Middleton won by 7 wickets (Middleton 30pts Ansty 7pts)
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