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Nat-West U16 League - Fair Oak wide of the mark Mike Vimpany - 29 October 2002
Fair Oak's young bowlers conceded a staggering 87 wides on the opening night of the NatWest Bank Under-16 Indoor Development League at the Hampshire Rose Bowl. It cost last winter's champions dear against Basingstoke & North Hants and almost wrecked their chances of beating an inexperienced Andover side. Fair Oak fancied their chances of nailing Basingstoke after Richard Featherstone (33) had improved on a sound opening partnership between Ed White (30) and Ed Kemp (27) to post a handy 136-5. But their efforts were wasted as Fair Oak gifted Basingstoke 54 runs in wides alone - and lost the game by two wickets with an over to spare. Hampshire Academy all-rounder Mitchell Stokes hit 25 and then scored 26 in his team's four-wicket win over Andover. Fair Oak were almost as profligate against Andover, who came within nine runs of overhauling a challenging 137-5. Featherstone (35 not out) again top scored, but Ollie Williams (27) and Chris Hadfield (26) profited from some erratic bowling and took Andover's reply to 128-2.
Results:
Fair Oak 137-5 (Featherstone 35)
Fair Oak 136-5 (Featherstone 33, White 30, Kemp 27) © SPCL / Mike Vimpany
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