ARMY v BPCC (Match 2)

In the return match the Army batted first and steadily moved to 13 before Laura Crofts removed Deane in the 4th over with a good catch from Jodie White.

Holly Hopes bettered that in the following over removing Butler with a good stumping by wicketkeeper Sian Phillips, before bowling Polson the very next ball. There was much excitement at the prospect of a Hat trick with the last ball of the over, but Luveitasau dug deep and managed to defend it. The score limped along to 24 before Lucy Johnson managed to remove two Army players in quick succession. The first was Luveitasau caught by Laura Crofts and the second was Vaggers-Webb clean bowled. In her second over Johnson had Marama Stumped by Phillips and the score was 27 for 6 off 8 overs. The Army then progressed slowly to 33 off 10 and Naomi Costley was asked to bowl. “Irish” as she was soon answering to, bowled Wall from her first ball for BPCC, which isn’t a bad start to your tour! She then removed Sullivan four balls later in the same manner. The Army scored slowly for the next three overs with their players keen not to lose their wicket. With the score 46 for 8 Lucy Johnson returned to the attack and removed Newburn-Johnson caught by Shamaila Ahmed and a wicket maiden to round it off. With one final wicket remaining Jodie White clinched it with a good catch by Victoria Mitchell to leave the Army 46 all out!

All the BPCC bowlers bowled well, and this was backed up with some good fielding and catches.

In reply the BPCC knocked off the runs in just 7.4 overs with no wickets lost. Chasing a small score sometimes can be a bit of a minefield but Coach was very pleased how they set about their task. Sian Phillips top Scoring with 31 runs from 26 balls.

This was the team’s first ever win and was celebrated in style. Clearly it could be seen that this group was starting to form a good bond and hopefully things would continue to get better as the week went on.