Haverhill Sunday 210 beat Hartest & Coldham Hall 204-8 by six runs
HAVERHILL lost the toss and were put into bat on a glorious hot and sunny afternoon.
With great concentration the openers amassed a partnership of 126 runs before Carl Bradfor
d was lbw to bowler Moriarty .
This proved to be the only sizable partnership of the innings with wickets falling regularly from then on.
Adrian Wigan eventually fell to a catch by Hodge off the bowling of Moriarty for a magnificent 104.
The innings was all over for 210, with Moriarty taking eight wickets.
Haverhill went about the task on the field with determination and great all round teamwork but it wasn't until a change of bowling brought four wickets that they made the breakthrough.
The last eight overs saw a required run rate of ten per over.
The opening bowlers Poole and Davis were hit hard in the first six of those overs as the visitors tried to hit everything out of the ground.
The final two overs were magnificent as, with only 11 required from 12 balls and the advantage definitely with the visitors, Russell Davis took two wickets, and Dan Poole another one which turned the game back to Haverhill and a win by six runs.
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