Bath 1st XI gained revenge for their June defeat by Downend 1st XI in brilliant style, destroying the South Gloucestershire men by 180 runs at North Parade in West of England Premier Cricket League Premier One.
Bath 1st XI blitzed visitors Downend 1st XI to gain revenge for an away defeat in West of England Premier Cricket League Premier One | Photo © Richard Briggs
The city side, who elected to bat, recovered from 9-1 to race to 298-5 in their 50 overs on Saturday 23rd August, Sam Young and James Arney putting on 150 for the fifth wicket in 18.2 overs.
Young cracked three sixes and 11 fours in making 107 off 112 balls. Arney finished undefeated on 65 – featuring two sixes and three boundaries – from 56 deliveries.
Opener Brad Porteous hit 51, with two sixes and eight fours, off 56 balls.
The guests’ Alvin Cameron took 2-48 from nine overs.
Masoor Khan – who smashed an unbeaten century in the earlier game at the WG Grace Memorial Ground – and Cyrus Shafi put on 59 in 11.4 overs for Downend’s first wicket.
But the tables were soon turned as Bath ripped through the visitors, reducing them to 66-6.
Downend were skittled for 118 in 26.3 overs, Khan (32), Blake Sculthorpe (23) and extras (21) making the only contributions larger than 17.
Five of the guests’ batters were removed without scoring, Spencer Gammon and George Axtell doing the damage.
Gammon bagged 3-25 from six overs but was outshone by Axtell, who returned a fantastic 5-24 off 7.3 overs.
Victory lifted Bath into third place in the table with one game to play. That match is at eighth-placed Frocester on Saturday 30th August.
Bristol & District Cricket Association Senior Division champions Bath 2nd XI crashed to a shock reverse at Claverham (Yatton), whose 27-run success on Saturday 23rd August moved them off the bottom of the table.
The hosts clocked up 221-7 in 45 overs after opting to bat, skipper James Copeland (59), Callum Watts (50 not out) and Lloyd Richardson (49) getting the bulk of the runs. Copeland and Richardson put on 85 for the second wicket.
Hamish Bell was the most successful Bath bowler, snaring 3-30 in five overs.
Visitors’ opener Mike Staves made 49 from 54 balls but wickets fell around him, Bath slumping to 40-4.
Number seven Harry Allen scored 43 and added 57 for the seventh wicket with Ross Newman (33) but the champs were all out for 194 in 42.1 overs, Dominic Hooper pocketing 3-32 off eight overs.
Bath 2nd XI will wrap up their league season at home to their Downend counterparts – who lie in second place – on Saturday 30th August.
Another week, another defeat for Bath 3rd XI, who slumped to their fifth straight loss in Bristol & District Cricket Association Division One when they were undone by visitors Keynsham 2nd XI on Saturday 23rd August.
The league title is now out of reach for former table-toppers Bath, who are in fifth place with one game to go – at second-bottom Bristol West Indian Phoenix 2nd XI on Saturday 30th August.
Keynsham posted 255-7 in 40 overs at the Brownsword Ground after being told to bat – and the total was enough for a 36-run victory.
Ben Whittington’s top-scoring 89 off 107 balls contained 10 fours. He and Ollie Hemmings (39) shared an 89-run stand for the fifth wicket. And then Whittington and Sam Parsons (44) added 79 for the sixth wicket.
Luke Welsh (2-50 in eight overs) and Tim Scott (2-53 from eight overs) were the main wicket-takers.
In reply, Bath tumbled to 52-4 and were restricted to 219-8 off 40 overs, number six Charlie Pritchard leading the way with 58 from 59 balls. His knock included four sixes and three boundaries.
John Ormesher weighed in with 41 not out from 33 deliveries and put on 66 with Pritchard for the seventh wicket.
Matt Curzon claimed 4-57 in seven overs and Charlie Husband snaffled 3-31 off eight overs.
