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Swanage Cricket Club suffer defeat in 1st XI defeat
Swanage's 1st XI put up a strong fight but succumbed to defeat against Martinstown. The home side set a formidable target of 392 in their 50-over-a-side match. Despite the valiant efforts of Charlie Dyke and Freddie Long, Martinstown's opening pair amassed 171 runs in just 20 overs. Swanage managed to take wickets, with Dyke claiming three and Ben Hodder, Long and Ryan Stearn each taking two. However, the hosts were bowled out only in the 50th over. In reply, Swanage's Mark Stacey and Ben Hodder stitched together a 77-run stand after the early loss of a wicket. Stacey was eventually caught out for a quick 32. Hodder then formed an 82-run partnership with Pete Richards, before being caught at the boundary for 95. Richards continued the fight, adding 70 runs with Long, before being dismissed for 76. Despite their efforts, the visitors finished on 337-9, taking 10 points in defeat. Elsewhere, the 3rd XI celebrated their first win of the season against Wimborne. After losing an early wicket, Matt Dunster and Tim Ives steadied the innings with a half-century partnership. When both fell in the same over, David Alcock and Sam Willcocks maintained the momentum, scoring 66 and 33 respectively, to post a total of 219-6. The bowlers, led by Mike Gould's four-wicket haul, restricted the hosts to 184-9. The 2nd XI, however, couldn't replicate the 3rd XI's success against a strong Hamworthy side at Days Park. The hosts, led by Mike Nash and John Lewis, got off to a steady start, but a mini-collapse saw them slip from 74-1 to 90-5. The innings was rescued by an 80-run partnership between Michael Barry and Matt Beard, who remained unbeaten on 50 and 47 respectively. The visitors, however, batted superbly in response, reaching the target with two overs to spare for the loss of just three wickets. This marked only the second defeat of the season for Nash's side, who have just lost the top spot at the halfway stage.
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17-06-2025
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Hodder strikes sensational 165 to help Swanage to nail-biting win
SWANAGE'S 'star' all-rounder Ben Hodder played an extraordinary innings of 165 not out off just 140 balls - this included 31 boundaries, seven of which were maximums, to help his team record an incredible nail-biting victory in the last over. After losing the toss on a beautiful, sun-kissed afternoon at Days Park - unsurprisingly, Mark Stacey's side found themselves in the field against Marnhull in their latest Premier Division 2 encounter. The visitors got-off to a 'flying-start' - making use of the first 10-over Powerplay, however, when Stacy introduced his two main slower bowlers Charlie Dyke and Pete Richards - the hosts were able to build some pressure (especially, as they both not only bowled with fantastic control, but also, claimed vital wickets). The hosts were, then, hampered by the loss of a key bowler - who damaged his finger going for a catch. Despite this, Swanage's other change-bowlers - James Harding and Harry Long, also, bowled with great consistency too. Harding took a brace of wickets as the visitors recorded 345-7 from their 60 overs. In reply to this mammoth score, the hosts recovered from the loss of an early wicket with a half-century stand between Stacey & Hodder and despite Stacey being brilliantly caught for a quick-fire 32, the momentum of the innings was maintained by Tom Wells - who smashed 48 with a strike-rate of over 100. Hodder was, then, joined by Dan Salmon - who played some ferocious shots (particularly square of the wicket). These three cameo-innings had kept the hosts in with a chance - especially, because they only had 50 overs in which to reach this huge total and despite losing two quick wickets Hodder remained. He was, then joined by Matt Beard and at this point 140 runs were still needed off 14 overs. But together they managed to hit the required two boundaries an over and keep-up with the required run-rate. Until it got the stage where the hosts needed 11 runs off the final seven balls, at which point, Hodder hit the biggest six of his innings. Beard then scored his 35th run to simply get Hodder back on strike, and fittingly, he drove the next ball straight back past the bowler to complete a truly phenomenal innings/run-chase. Also on Saturday, the 2nd XI travelled to their Marnhull counterparts in Division 4. The visitors batted first and recovered from a poor start (32-3), with a half-century partnership between Ben Allatt & Sam Wells. However, when they were both dismissed in quick-succession for 51 and 24 respectively the game remained in-the-balance at 107-5. Despite this, Michael Barry and Mike Nash firstly consolidated the innings and, then flourished towards the final overs with an important stand of 77, until Nash, who also made 24 was dismissed. But Barry remained undefeated on a run-a-ball 63 - which included smashing the last ball of the innings to the boundary (his 9th) to enable the visitors to reach the respectable total of 216-7 off their 40 overs. In reply, the hosts got off to a brilliant start reaching 103-0. Despite this, the game changed with the introduction of Andrew Hancock's off spin. He not only broke this partnership but also bowled with fantastic changes of pace. He went on to complete an incredible five wicket-haul and along with the returning Ryan Stearn & Wells helped restrict the hosts to 151 all out - after being 138-2 at one stage. This puts the team in a positive frame-of-mind for this weekend's top-of-the-table clash against Winton at Days Park. As well as that, the 3rdXI were involved in (another) nail-biting finish on the Nursery Ground at Days Park in Division 5. The hosts batted first made a very respectable 237-6 from their 40 overs. With the stand-out performers being Chris Wood (61), Geoff Willcocks (64 not out), Tony Fowle & Josh Gould. In reply, Poole kept-up with the run-rate, despite some excellent bowling by Mark Savage & Alan Marks - who claimed three and two wickets respectively. Unfortunately for the hosts, one of Poole's up and coming young 'stars' came out and hit the last ball of the match for six to register a three-wicket win - in what was an exceptional game of cricket.
