St Ouen’s continued their good form brushing aside Jersey
Academicals a LQ1 to take them into the Semi-Finals of the JEP KO Cup.
The Academicals won the
toss and decided to bat which looked to be a good move as the second over
bowled by Danny Blasco went for 15 including 3 boundaries. It would not have helped the youngster’s
confidence that Paul Horton in True Matador form gave the big ‘Ole’ to a catch
on the Mid Wicket Boundary, which bounced once before the ropes. ‘The Sun’
Gareth Jeffreys (2 for 21) replaced Blasco and promptly removed
both openers with Moriko Kemp reeling off 3 miserly overs for just 15
runs. The bowlers fed both Dewhurst and
de la Haye short deliveries with width, which they pounced on.
Dendy Thompson was soon into the swing of things and removed both
De la Haye and Dewhurst and took 2 further wickets to finish with 4 for 27 from
3 overs. His figures where ruined by
Will Sinclair who hit him for 2 straight sixes. At the other end Island Batsman Ward Jenner was rushed in to
complete the 2 remaining overs from the LQ2 ground end that Blasco had
left. He removed Glennon, Dicker,
Chipperfield and Travers. The later
removed by a self-preservation catch taken by Thompson at short mid wicket
after the batsman had creamed the ball of the middle of the willow.
St Ouen’s fielding both ground and catching was excellent with
catches from Andy Brown (2), Dave Clark (2, one full length to his right inches
from the ground), Mark Tribe (3) and Dendy Thompson and Ward Jenner one apiece.
In reply St Ouen’s started in purposeful mood as Blasco testing
out the fitness of his partner Andy Brown only dealt in 2s. Finally Brown got the strike and a more
measured and leisurely approach was adopted.
The run rate increased until a blast from Blasco and Brown was removed
by S Dicker for 9. Blasco went shortly
after for 31 and Ward Jenner (33*) and Mark Tribe (30*) accumulated the
necessary runs to see St Ouen’s home with an over to spare.