TODAY IS:

Forest Row, under new sponsorship from Douche the builders, entertained Streat in the 1st round of the Wisdom cup. Row won the toss & elected to field, opening up with Paul Rowe & Neil Divall. Both bowled disciplined lines, backed up by equally disciplined fielding. Rowe made the initial breakthrough, ensuring Christmas (2) came & went early. The metronomical Murray Divall maintained the pressure and was rewarded with Mansfield (13) LBW & bowling Hills (0) – as Jeyes started to chance his arm with some fine drives. Hillen’s 1st bowl of the year showed no signs of rust in his spell, as Davies with Jeyes were building a platform, with 3 wickets down. Britt’s entry witnessed the dismissal of Jeyes (40) – caught N.Divall, then bowled Davies (19) and Walter (7). Mettyear meted out some punishment via the aerial route, managing to evade the field. The return of N. Divall & Hillen brought a wicket a piece, as Streat totalled 170-8. In reply, Row lost debutante Francis (0) early, though Wycherley (15), then Barnett (22) helped the score to 61-3. N. Divall’s acceleration raised the tempo and put Row well on course, adding 74 with Jackson (10), when Ingram got his revenge for earlier punishment. Divall bowled for a match winning 79. If that was the icing, the cherry was added by Sam Edwards – smashing a whirlwind 23 to seal a 5 wicket win, with 4.2 overs remaining.

Streat & Westmeston I 170-8 Jeyes 40, Mettyear 36
Britt 4-0-25-3, M Divall 8-3-20-2

Forest Row I 172-5(35.4) N.Divall 79, Edwards 23*, Barnett 22