Fielding Crisis As Oakley Lose Again

An improved display with the bat was not enough for Oakley, as once again they crumbled in the field at Basingstoke. Most of the players got a decent scores, which is encouraging as seven or eight scores between 4 and 15 is more encouraging than one or two scoring thirty and the rest out for nothing. Matt Vickers came in late an hammered 11 of the last over to give Oakley a decent score of 108 to defend.

Matt Vickers hits out in the last over

However right from the start of their innings Basingstoke put pressure on Oakley by running quickly between the wickets, and too many mistakes by Oakley let the score run away too quickly. Some of the fielders will need to learn that you have to fight for your bowlers in cricket, there were a staggering amount of byes, edged fours and overthrows. This comes down to the mangement and captaincy as well, as maybe some fielders are not sure of their tasks. Either that or some players percieve that fielding is not as important as batting or bowling, when that perception, changes so will the results.

Batting
Coates caught 1
Bambridge Bowled 4
Worthington Caught 4
Lethaby LBW 9
Bulley LBW 7
Gray Bowled 12
Lancaster Bowled 13
Newcombe Not Out 6
Blackall Caught 1
Vickers Not Out 12

Bowling
Worthington 4-0-18-1
Vickers 4-0-29-1
Lethaby 4-0-34-1
Bambridge 2-0-13-1
Gray 1-0-5-0

MOM
Matt Vickers: Fine late attempt to get the score as high as possible