Quartet dominate with bat

Kent Regional League

Four batsmen scored most of the runs in the Championship East match that Mersham Sports won by nine wickets.

Put in to bat, Wye made 172-6 with only Alex Watson (56 not out) and Stuart Wise (47) making double figures, although the total was supplemented by 42 extras.

Mersham lost only one wicket, that of Luke Stoner-Lewis for five. Sam Hackney was unbeaten on 73 and Abhi Panda 78 not out as the visitors raced to victory in 31.1 overs.

Craig Mannering (32), David Gray (36) and

Ian Thomas (20), along with 23 extras, helped Boughton & Eastwell to 135-8 but this was not enough against Canterbury 3rds in 1A East. The visitors secured a three-wicket victory despite Mannering and Gray taking two wickets apiece. Ten-man Kennington replaced Elham Valley in the relegation zone after being shot out by their rivals for just 44, Tim Goss taking 5-4 in four overs in the 108-run win in 2A East.

Put in to bat, Elham Valley made 152-7 with Ern Marden hitting six fours in his knock of 46 and Tim Brierley contributing 38.

Leaders Willesborough made hard work of getting past Street End (153).

It was No.7 Abin Babu who got Willesborough home to a three-wicket win with an unbeaten 60. Mersham Sports 2nds’ reply (124) fizzled out and they slipped to a 55-run defeat at the hands of Hythe Green in 1B East.

It was a similar story for Tenterden 3rds who lost by 26 runs to Herne Bay.

Simon Clayson (23) and Mark Kokkinos (29) put up some middle order resistance but the home side were bowled out for 126 in the 26th over in reply to Bay’s 152-7.

Willesborough 2nds (67-2) needed just 16.2 overs to knock off the runs required for victory against nine-man Reculver in 2B East.

Sunil Gaire and Jerry Jose both took two wickets each as the visitors were bowled out for 64.