WEPL Premier One
Clevedon 340 Potterne 269
Piers McBride Snr reporting

Roget’s Thesaurus has been targeted on all fronts this week but I still fail miserably to do full justice to this this amazing, astonishing, astounding Clevedon performance far away in the wilds of Wiltshire.

Losing the toss on a dark damp afternoon the visitors, not surprisingly, were asked to bat first on a track which was fully utilised early on by Potterne’s excellent pace attack.

Opener Max Curtis and number three Mark Lezar both fell cheaply to excellent slip catches as the ball seamed around. The virtually infallible Masoor Khan repaired the early damage with a counter attacking 50, three sixes and three fours at a run a ball, but on his dismissal at 83 for 3, the hosts held the upper hand.

Connor Crane was trapped in front for 12 but by now, skipper Jacob Lintott had unravelled the mysteries of the home attack and from that point the destiny of the match was decided.

Four towering sixes and thirteen fours highlighted the captain’s sublime innings of 115 from just 99 deliveries, but explosive though Jacob’s innings was he found himself outpaced during a partnership of 163 with Will Carpenter, whose rousing 72 from just 57 balls comprised four sixes and seven fours at a strike rate of 126.

Together they took the score 284 before being parted, but just when the sporting home supporters thought it was safe to come out from behind the sofa, enter Andy Solomons to take just 11 deliveries to make 32, three fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 291.

By the time the dust had settled Clevedon had reached 340 as the final wicket fell.

Set a demoralising target of seven runs an over, Potterne batted with intent but the task was always just out of reach.

Matt Carpenter, ferocious and sharp, nipped out danger men Akram and De Souza while at the other end all rounder Andy Solomons picked up 3 for 53, holding on to a seemingly impossible return catch which brought the house down.

The gritty and obdurate Tom Cullen made a highly entertaining 66 and Odera, a gallant and undefeated 81, but he ran out of partners as Will Plummer’s sharp stumping off Jake Rowe brought the curtain down on a most memorable match.

So it’s played six won five and this Saturday, Dial Hill will welcome newly promoted Lechlade, play commences at 12.30pm.

League standings, all played six. 1 Bath 108 pts; 2 Clevedon 96; 3 Potterne 83; 4 Downend 82; 5 Frocester 77; 6 Bristol 76; 7 Bridgwater 66; 8 Lechlade 64; 9 Corsham 60; 10 Bedminster 37.

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