Oakley Hammer Odiham

Everything came together for Oakley tonight at Dummer as they dished out a hammering to Odiham. With a decision to umpire strictly on anything down leg side, Oakley bowled first and tore into Odiham with excellent opening spells from Lethaby and the hostile Worthington, but even more credit goes to less experienced bowlers Brown and Clarke, who backed up the opening pair with brilliant accurate bowling. The fielding was also tight helped by a superb debut appearance by Alex Grey behind the stumps as Oakley restricted Odiham to 84.

Chasing down the target George Lethaby and Julian Worthington took the the total to 65-0 (including wides) before both reluctantly retiring with 20 not out each. This left Aaron Brown and Alex Grey to finish off the game comfortably, with Alex finishing the game in style with a thumping six.

This was a major boost for Oakley, and shows the efforts of children and parents this winter are paying dividends. With very promising new recruits recently joining the the club, the summer season, with the right application from everyone, promises rich rewards. Well done to everyone tonight I am a proud manager, and my able assistant Mark Vickers has already rang with his congratulations to you all.

Bowling

o m r w
Worthington 3-0-20-0
Lethaby 3- 0-24-1
Brown 3- 0- 17-1
Clarke 2- 0- 18-1
Van Dyk 1-0- 13- 0

Batting

Worthington ret 20
Lethaby ret 20
Brown N.O 1
Grey N.O 8

M.O.M Worthington/Lethaby