Salemites so close to major surprise

By Aaron Scoones

Glenn Le Tissier in delivery mode yesterday during Guernsey under-15s’ nail-biting, one-wicket win over Clydesdale at the KGV. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0613486)

ROVERS very nearly threw away their 100% record in the pool group stages of the GCA Cup against Salemites at the KGV last night.

Up against Division One’s basement boys, Rovers captain and island seamer Stuart Bisson decided not to bowl himself nor Tim Duke and Salemites went on to post 103 from their 16 overs.

In reply, and with their best batsman, GH Smit, dropped down the order, the Port Soif outfit eventually crawled over the finishing line seven wickets down and with eight balls left. Young quickie Olly Lepp looked impressive as he took two for 26 including one wicket maiden. He also clean bowled former Evening League cricketer of the year Duke.

There were some worried looks on the faces of the Rovers team sitting on the boundary edge before Bisson saw them home with two fours off Stef Hothi.

‘We rested our supposed big guns tonight and we almost had our bottom bitten,’ said Bisson.

‘Fair play to Salemites – they’ve got some good juniors and they gave it their all. They probably deserved it in the end.

‘But we’ve still kept our 100% record.’

In the other Division One match of the night, Optimists got the better of St Saviour’s.

Optimists batted first and got 131, thanks to 59 from former island skipper Andy Biggins.

In reply, St Saviour’s fell runs 16 short with Spencer Noyon continuing his good run of form with 58.

The last couple of days has also seen a junior festival take place in the island ahead of Guernsey under-15s’ European Division One Championships in Jersey next week.

On Monday, Guernsey U-17s beat South East Hampshire by 134 runs at the KGV while at the College Field Clydesdale U-16s lost to Northamptonshire’s Overstone U-16s.

The island U-15s themselves went down to their Cambridgeshire counterparts on Monday at the College Field before turning it around yesterday with a one-wicket victory over Clydesdale at the KGV.

Article posted on 30th July, 2008 - 2.29pm

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