PDQ Division 2 Match Reports
18th April Boxted Vs Tendring – Tendring 144 allout, Boxted 148-6
Boxted won by 4 wickets, Boxted 20 points, Tendring 5 points.
Boxted started their 2010 season by losing the toss, and fielding. However a slow paced wicket and accurate bowling kept the scoring rate low, and a steady stream of wickets enabled us to keep a grip of proceedings. Richard Sexton (2-14) making his debut took the first wicket and Jon Wilson with a career best 4-16 from 6 six overs ripped the heart out of the innings. Michael Dell & Ian Evans had chipped in with a wicket each before a min revival was thwarted by the returning Sexton and Mathew Francis 2-4. Skipper Mike Pearce behind the stumps kept well and was rewarded with 3 catches.
In reply Boxted started well with Ian Evans 38 and Rohan Khaira 19 adding 36 inside 6 overs before Khaira was adjudged LBW. Another wicket quickly fell, but another debutant Jason Wilkins 21 added 40 with Evans for the 3rd wicket to take the score to 88 before both fell in quick succession. Sexton 29* and Wilson 17 then took us to the brink of victory before Wilson was dismissed followed quickly by Pearce before Francis smashed the winning boundary to finish the game some 20 overs early.
25th April Tiptree & Gt Braxted Vs Boxted – Boxted 119 allout, Tiptree & Gt Braxted 60 all-out, Boxted 20 points, Tiptree & Gt B 5 points
On Sunday unbeaten Boxted visited Tiptree and Great Braxted. Losing the toss Boxted were inserted on a wet wicket that had some very uneven bounce to say the least. Paul Harris and Richard Sexton opened the batting and soon found that they were going to have to battle for every run. Harris was bowled early by one that kept low and that bought together Sexton and Richard Springett. Both dug in very well and weathered some good bowling. Sexton started to play some good shots before mistiming one to midwicket where he was caught for 21. Matt Francis joind Springett and a stand of 36 followed before Springett 23 was bowled after a lot of hard work by him. Francis was bowled a couple of overs later for a quick 19. This put Jason Wilkins and Steve Nolan together who batted several overs on a pitch now starting to dry. Both batted well but Nolan 18 was bowled after trying to push the run rate along. Wilkins 19 followed shortly after and Jon Wilson was unable to add much to the total. The tail was quickly mopped up with the only resistance coming from Mark Lawrence. Boxted finished 119 all out.
In the second innings the conditions had vastly improved with the sun now shining. Wilson (3-8) and Wilkins (4-25) opened the bowling and both picked up where they left off Saturday in excellent form. Both bowled devastating opening spells taking 7 wickets between them 6 of which were clean bowled. Sexton and a very pacer Nolan took over from the opening pair and Sexton soon took two well deserved wickets before Nolan took a catch of his own bowling to win the match. Braxted all out for 60 boxted winning by 59 runs. Another fantastic bowling display by Boxted.
23rd May Boxted v Purleigh - Boxted lost by 9 runs
Boxted with a heavily weakend team lost the toss and where asked to field at cage Lane. With the first wicket falling to Jon Wilson in the second over boxted started lively. With Purleigh making slow progress boxted did well to contain the visitors scoring with tight bowling form Wilkins 1-34 and Springett 2-45 hampering the visitors progress. Khaira then piched up 3-29 in a tidy spell which saw Bosted restrict Purleigh to 195-7 in their 45 overs.
Boxted got off to a flying start in comparison reacing 86-1 inside 10 overs with Whybrow the man to fall for 26. Skipper Mike Pearce doing most of the damage passing 50 in 27 deliveries before falling for a brutal 68. Wickets then fell quickly as Boxteds 103/2 becomeing 118-7, before Mike Dell hit a carreer best 33no with help from Grove 9 to get Boxted to within 9 runs of victory, with the final wicket of John Pearce for 2 feathering a catch to the keeper leaving the home side 186 all out.
13th June - Boxted V Gosfield - Boxted won by 58 runs
Boxted won the toss and elected to bat. The opening partnership of Will Staimand and Richard Sexton rattled allong to 50 in the 8th over before Staimand was out for 2, with Sexton falling in the 9th over for an entertaining 48. Spriggett and Francis came and went quickly before Khaira was joined by Pearce in the 18th over with the score on 89. The pair stedied the ship and progressed steadily until Khaira fell for 34. Jon Wilson then joined Pearce and added 94 for the 5th wicket before falling for 47. Pearce lasted until the 41st over for a well constructed 83, leaving a cameo from Tim Wright and Michael Dell with the innings closing on 271 for 9.
In the field Boxted contained Gosfield early on who did not appear to have the appitite to chase down the runs. The first wicket came to Jon Wilson in the 6th over with his second wicket coming in the 10th over with the score on 21. Boxted werer made to work hard for the 3rd wicket Khaira clean bowling Gosfields no 4 for 61 before picking up a run out in the next over. Springett then picked up a wicket in the 34th over with a catch from Khaira with Khaira himself collecting another victim in the 35th caught behind by Pearce. Khaira then collected a third wicket with Jon Wilson also collecting a third before Andy Wilson picked up the final wicket to give Boxted a good win to put them into second in the table.
