Kentish Express Ashford & District
Ball hits ton in comfortable win
Tenterden
A hundred from Adam Ball led Tenterden to a 72-run win over Hartley on Saturday.
The Kent-all-rounder hit 106 – his first ton of the season – in an impressive total of 311-5, before rain arrived at Morghew Park.
This triggered a delay, leaving the out-of-form defending champions to chase a revised Duckworth Lewis target of 192 in 26 overs but they fell well short.
It was a return to form for Ball, following a second-ball duck the previous week, as Tenterden did the double over Hartley to move into fifth in the Premier Division.
Ball’s knock, which included six sixes and six fours, was made off 108 balls and the only top flight century of the day in the rain-hit programme.
He was well supported by South African all-rounder Leus du Plooy with 89 and 52 off 31 balls by Linden Lockhart.
Hartley won the toss and put the hosts in, with du Plooy and Ball coming together with the score 55-2, following the loss of Chris Vernon (20) and skipper Ben Price – first to go after scoring 15 of the first 18 runs.
Ball and du Plooy shared a third-wicket stand of 161, taking control of the innings as the score moved past the 200 mark with 10 overs left.
Du Plooy, second top run scorer in the league with 634 – 23 behind Hartley’s Dominic Hendricks – went for 89. Ball went on to reach three figures, third out at 279, adding 53 with Lockhart. B Price b Hockley..............................15 C Vernon c Thompson b Redwood.....18 J Du Plooy c Fattore b Mclean...........89 A Ball c Stickels b Redwood ............106 L Lockhart b Redwood ......................52 T Griffin not out ...................................7 J Drewe not out ..................................5 Extras ...............................................19
The former Lordswood captain hit six fours and two sixes as Tenterden went past 300.
Hartley’s attack suffered, three bowlers conceding 145 runs between them off only 22 overs.
The visitors lost openers James Hockley and Richard Selvey-Clinton, to Tom Richards and Sam Weller respectively with only 17 on the board, before the rain came at 44-2 after eight overs.
When play resumed, they lost Hendricks and James Thompson in reaching 74.
There was then a flurry of wickets – three in the space of five runs – two for Ranjit Singh and one for Ball, as Tenterden T Simcock c A Carney b Thomas.......19 E Marshall b Thomas ........................15 L Marshall c Aylott b Thomas ..............7 S Kidd run out ...................................48 A Kidd lbw b A Carney ......................10 S Edwards c&b Gray .........................28 S Murray c I Carney b Aylott ..............23 N Kraus not out ...................................8 S Ugarte not out..................................1 Extras ...............................................11 eased to victory.
Singh finished with 3-9 from four overs.
The reverse 2nd Xl fixture was abandoned after Hartley reached 188-9 in their 50 overs.
Meanwhile, the club held their first sponsors day on Saturday.
Treasurer Guy Day said: “We get huge support from the local business community so we thought we would try hosting it for the first time at the start of our cricket week.
“They saw a great game of cricket and everybody enjoyed themselves.”
Tenterden were beaten in the final of the Shepherd Neame T20 competition by Tunbridge Wells at Beckenham the following day. Ben Price hit an unbeaten 75 in the semi-final win over Upchurch. A Malik b English ................................3 M Nash c Bryant b J Brierley .............14 L Back not out ................................101 M Banning c English b Bryant ...........16 J Thomas b Richards ..........................5 C Stuckey not out .............................19 Extras ...............................................23 Gary Sutton hit 97 and guided Ashford Town 2nds to a ninewicket win at home to Offham on Saturday. He dominated the run chase as Town reached 168-1, after the
ASHFORD TOWN:
S Wellard c D Annand b Hicklin ...........1 R Sparks b Hicklin ..............................4 A Pask c Ray b Harris........................88 A Newport b Hicklin ............................6 L Mangold c Harris b Hicklin ...............2 N Hope c D Annand b Harris..............33 T Berger b Harris ................................2 P Hope not out ..................................32 N Billing not out ................................16 Extras ...............................................18 A English c A Clark b Ainscough..........5 E Marden b Blackman .......................28 T Brierley run out ..............................23 T Davis not out..................................55 J Lowis c Campbell b Ainscough .......36 A Sellars c&b Campbell.......................2 J Brierley c Barlow b Blackman ..........5 D Bryant c Campbell b J Clark ............3 H Filby-Barnett not out ........................1 Extras ...............................................22 Maidstone villagers had made 166-6 in their 46 overs. Ben Perkins finished with figures of 3-46. Town’s first XI game at Sidcup was abandoned without a ball Z Foulds c Noden b Secrett .................8 D Gibb c Mahadevaiah b Secrett .......15 A Marsh c Wise b Secrett ....................1 P Moore c Webster b Chamberlain ....54 O Schofield c&b Webster ....................0 M Duck c Webster b Noden...............17 S Killip st Webster b Wise .................55 C Smith b Chamberlain .......................3 M Harrington not out ...........................6 N Francis st Webster b Chamberlain ...3 S Marriott not out................................9 Extras ...............................................11 bowled, both sides taking eight points. They stay third in Divison 3, with games involving top-two Harvel and Catford & Cyphers also washed out. I Avery c&b Laurent ..........................11 M Willoughby b Laurent ....................23 P Povey b Cork ...................................0 H Webb c C Bowman b Laurent.........23 J Griffiths c Eastman b Wilson.............1 N Griffiths run out ...............................7 J Womak not out...............................14 J Hopley not out ..................................4 Extras .................................................5
Beckenham v Lordswood, Bexley v Sandwich Town, Blackheath, Kent v Tenterden, Sevenoaks Vine v Holmesdale, Tunbridge Wells v Hartley Country Club.
Ashford Town v Harvel, Bexleyheath v Catford Wanderers, Catford and Cyphers v Leeds & Broomfield, Hythe v Sidcup, Old Elthamians v Orpington.
Folkestone v Sevenoaks Vine, Hartley Country Club v Tunbridge Wells, Sandwich Town v Bexley, Tenterden v Dartford, Whitstable v Beckenham.
Hartley Country Club 4ths v Bromley Town, Harvel v Ashford Town, H Halstow v Tonbridge, Offham v Cobham, Shooters Hill v Bapchild.
Bexley 3rds v Wickham, Bromley Town v Staplehurst, RACS v Mersham Sports, Rodmersham v Blackheath Wanderers, The Roebucks v Kings Hill.
Ash v Boughton & Eastwell, Borstal v Milstead, Cobham v Littlebourne, Nelson v Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill, St Margaret’s v Sandwich Town 3rds.
Deal Victoria & Barns Close v Saltwood, Ramsgate Corinthian v Margate, Selsted v Wye, Worth v Canterbury 3rds.
Elham Valley v Folkestone 3rds, Hythe Green v Minster, Mersham Sports 2nds v Dover Cosmopolitans, Sturry v Hawkinge.
Ashford Town 3rds v Nonington 3rds, Boughton & Eastwell 2nds v Ash 2nds, Exiles at Stelling Minnis v Nelson 2nds, Grasmere Park v Tenterden 3rds.
Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill 2nds v Old Williamsonians 2ndsm, Leeds & Broomfield 2nds v East Langdon, Littlebourne 2nds v Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 2nds, Sherwood 2nds v Borstal 2nds, Walmer 2nd v Westgate-On-Sea 2nds.
Margate 2nds v Whitstable 3rds, Northdown v Stowting, Sandwich Town 4ths v St Margaret’s 2nds, Street End, Deal Victoria & Barns Close 2nds.