Ryde won their 1st game of the 2022 season by beating Tichborne Park by 1 wicket in a run fest at Harding Shute on Saturday (11th June).
Tichborne won the toss and elected to bat. Opener George Ayling smashed a career-best 154 for Tichborne, including 11 sixes and 11 fours. Ayling was eventually stumped by Oscar Vandecasteele off the bowling of Kerry Rice, having scored over half of Tichborne Park’s 304 all out – but this wasn’t enough to secure victory for the mainland side.
Ayling was upstaged by 16-year-old Oscar Vandecasteele, who struck an unbeaten 138 off 106 balls to sweep Ryde to a remarkable 1-wicket victory with 14 balls to spare. The teenager hit 2 6s and 13 4s, carefully shepherding Ryde from 227-8 and into a winning position. Ryde’s last 2 wickets added 78 runs to secure their first win of the season.
Ryde 305/9 Tichborne Park 304 all out Ryde won by 1 wicket
Victory for Ryde sees them rise from bottom place in the Hampshire Division 1 table to 16th. The Island side have now taken 60 points from their 6 games in the season so far and are 10 points above Alton in the Division 1 drop zone.
Verwood 280/9 Shanklin & Godshill 279/4 Verwood won by 1 wicket
Shanklin travelled to Verwood in Dorset and on losing the toss were asked to bat 1st. Shanklin made a good start with opener Callum Wright continuing his recent fine form, scoring 81. James Lucy continued the good start with 86 runs, and a cameo 32 from skipper Ben White saw Shanklin close their innings on 279 for the loss of 4 wickets.
In reply, Verwood got off to an excellent start with opener Hancock scoring a brisk 51 with fellow opener Mcleonards anchoring the innings with 67. The start allowed Verwood skipper to score 95, and Verwood appeared to be coasting to victory. The introduction of James Lucy changed the game for Shanklin. Lucy took 4/47, leading to a tense and exciting finish to the game, which saw the Verwood last pair scramble the winning runs off the final ball of the match.
Defeat leaves Shanklin 5th in the Division 3 (South) table with 109 points from 6 games.
Bedhampton Mariners 203/6 Ventnor 2nds 202 all out Bedhampton Mariners won by 4 wickets
Ventnor 2nds lost their top-of-the-table clash to unbeaten Division 4 (South) leaders Bedhampton Mariners.
Ventnor made 202 after being put in to bat. Jack Powell was top scorer for Ventnor with a knock of 47.
Bedhampton surpassed the Ventnor total for the loss of 6 wickets with 7 overs to spare. Charlie Turpin was the pick of the Ventnor bowlers with figures of 2/26 off 6 overs, clean bowling 2 of the Bedhampton batsmen. Mark Fletcher (2/43) also picked up a brace of wickets.
Ventnor’s defeat leaves them 3rd in Division 4 (South) with 115 points from 6 games.
Portsmouth 3rds 137/3 Ryde 2nds 136 all out Portsmouth won by 7 wickets
After being put in to bat, Ryde 2nds could only manage a modest total of 136 before being skittled out in the 42nd over. Captain Tom Roscoe top scored for Ryde with a knock of 42. He was supported by Matt Webb (37) and Guy Bennett (25).
Portsmouth took 42 overs to overcome the Ryde total for the loss of just 3 wickets.
Defeat leaves Ryde 2nds in 12th place in Division 4 (South) with 80 points from 6 games.
