Somerset Cricket League, Premier Division: Chard 311-6 (33 pts) defeated North Petherton 242-8 (16pts) by 69 runs
Chard continued their pursuit of the leaders at the top of the Somerset Premier Division with a convincing win over North Petherton.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the opening pair of Josh Short and Reid Mawdsley put on 85 runs for the first wicket to give Chard a good foundation.
When Liam Cleal came in at 102-3, Chard had just lost a couple of quick wickets but Cleal added 72 runs and by the time he was bowled out, the home side were on 245-5.
Jonathon Legg also reached his half century, scoring 56 from 48 balls to see Chard to a total of 311-6.
In response, Chard did not allow their opponents to build a foundation taking three wickets by the time North Petherton reached 85. And a fourth wicket followed shortly to reduce them to 91-4.
North Petherton did get to 196-7 but Chard took a couple more wickets for 30 runs to leave them on 227-8 and eventually they ran out of overs and finished on 242-8, 69 runs short.
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