DIVISION NINE

Felixstowe III 77 lost to Haverhill II 79-2 by eight wickets.

HAVERHILL seconds entertained Felixstowe at Manor Road on a glorious afternoon and with the pitch looking good the visiting captain won the toss and decided to bat.

Russell Davis got the breakthrough in his first over when Jon Watkins took a sharp catch behind.

A period of consolidation by the Felixstowe batsmen against some very accurate bowling backed up by sharp fielding by Haverhill saw the score at 50-1 after 20 overs.

A dramatic turnaround then ensued when Martyn Wilkins(11-5-8-4) and Dan Webb(10-6-8-3) bowled superbly in tandem and completely dried the runs up and ripped the heart out of the Felixstowe middle order to reduce the visitors to 77.

The Haverhill reply saw Steve Taylor go early but a hard-hitting 38 from Carl Bradford brought the home side in sight of victory and it was left to the young and the not quite so young in Luke Youngs (18no) and Phil Jones (11no) to see Haverhill to victory by 8 wickets.

Skipper Julian Poole said: "Martyn and Dan take the plaudits today for their excellent figures but special mentions to Russell Davis and Josh Meekings who also bowled with great accuracy on what was a very good batting pitch.

"A mark of how far we have come this season will be tested with a visit to a strong Kesgrave team this week."