Chard defeat Minehead in Somerset Cricket League Premier

Rob Foy took four wickets for Chard as they maintained their promotion push at the top of Somerset Cricket League Premier Division.

Having lost the toss and been asked to field first, Chard reduced Minehead to 181 all out and then reached their target inside 41 overs.

The West Somerset side made the ideal start, with the opening pair sharing a half century partnership before Chard took their first wicket as Oliver Groves was bowled by Joe Draper for 24 runs.

This was quickly followed by a second wicket with six runs added as the other opener Andrew Stevens was caught by Josh Short off Dominic Williams’ bowling.

Minehead reached 100 before the third wicket fell as Ellis Taylor was caught and bowled bt Reid Mawdsley for 12 and he got his second wicket shortly after removing Josh Hurley for 32.

Rob Foy got the first of his four wickets as Dan Bowditch was bowled for 24 with the score on 147-5. Minehead then lost three wickets for 16 runs as Marc Girling was out to Foy and Rucklidge to Dominic Williams.

The final three wickets fell for a single run as the tail was mopped up by Foy and Williams.

Foy picked up figures of 4-31 and Williams contributed with 3-52. Reid Mawdsley also took a couple of wickets for 20 runs.

In response, Chard lost their first wicket with seven runs on the board as Mawdsley was caught and bowled by Rucklidge but after that, Jon Scott and Harvey Evans put on 56 to give Chard a platform for victory.

Evans went on to get 44 runs before he was run out with the score on 93-4. Another 24 were added when Foy was out for two runs.

Josh Short and Nathan Warren came in and were not out as they put on 58 together to see Chard through to victory.

Next up for Chard is Castle Cary on Saturday (July 26) who have been struggling near the bottom end of the division.