Winning in the rain
Match report
Taunton won the toss and decided to bat after a short delay but found the wicket to their liking against a Cranmore attack bowling with a wet ball Andy Trott (0-28), Mike Pang (5-23) and Steve Allen (0-36) all bowled well but lacked the penetration against a well organized and stubborn opening batsmans but after 30 overs they had only reached 80 runs with wickets in hand they had to have a go but found Nick Pang (3-14) hard to get away and quickly lost wickets going for runs and with the help of his brother who took 5 wickets in 3 overs their 9 wickets fell in 7 overs for only 26 runs to leave Cranmore wanting 107 runs
In reply Cranmore lost Matt Dury (9) with 10 on the board but Dave Monk (22) and Nick Pang (20) brought the game back to Cranmore until Monk was bowled with the score on 42 and this was quickly followed by Pang with the score on 45 for 3 the game was evenly balanced but Steve Allen (29 no) and Ian Cox (17 no) used all their years of experience to gradually take the game away from a youthful Taunton side and with drier outfield Allen hit the winning boundary to give Cranmore a victory by 7 wickets. Many Thanks to Match ball sponsor Roger Gerrish