Colwall saved in final ball drama

COLWALL v GARNONS

A sustained effort from the Garnons middle order, mainly thanks to 41 in 43 balls from Alan Jones, saw the visitors creep up to 147 all out. Dave Sutton claimed 3 for 46 off 9 and the accurate fielding of Conein ran out the vital wickets of Andrews and Smithson. James Wagstaff took 1-34 and it needed a last wicket partnership of 29 between Griffiths and Newton to make a respectable total.

However a tidy bowling performance from Garnons matched with Colwall's poor 64 in the first 20 overs meant the game was decided on the last ball.

Tom Wolfendale fell inside five overs and the slow Colwall scoring allowed Brace to concede only 13 runs in his nine overs. Lincoln Marshall's 39 kept the home side in reach but after a middle order collapse it needed a strong unbeaten 57 from Tim Riley to see Colwall through.

His seven boundaries and sharp running between the wickets were crucial as Colwall needed two runs off the last ball to tie and a scramble sprint from him and Dan Richardson saw Colwall draw and win on a lesser wickets being taken.

MALMESBURY v COLWALL

COLWALL were defeated at Malmesbury on Saturday after throwing the game away with another batting collapse.

Batting first Malmesbury made an impressive 83-2 off the first 21 overs but they were remarkably all out for just 106 as Alan Stickles and Dave Sutton took nine wickets in 15 overs. Stickles, seemingly match winning 5-25 off 10 carved through the Malmesbury order and Sutton's 4-7 off 8 overs dismissed the home side's tail.

At 74 for 4 in their innings, Colwall still looked safe to win the match with 31 from Ferguson and 36 from Tim Riley. However the late introduction of Shellard and Gaunt took seven wickets as the visitors caved in and were dismissed for 98 to leave another narrow and disappointing league defeat for Colwall.