Dulwich v Sutton
Jayden Broodryk’s taste for the Dulwich bowling knows no bounds.
He cracked 150no against them in June – a match eventually abandoned to rain – and followed it up with 113 at Burbage Road on Saturday, the centrepiece of Sutton’s 94-run victory which put them back on top of the table.
Despite missing Surrey’s Josh Blake, the visitors sailed to 300-6 after being sent in, Ryan Hackney (39) and Cameron Tanner (28) laying the table before Broodryk dined in, crunching nine fours and five sixes in his 83-ball stay. Rehan Ratnasabapathy (43) was the junior partner in a fourth wicket alliance worth 117, Kaif Ramzan collecting 3-53 in 10 overs.
Dulwich lost in-form Ahmed Khan early, Tommy Wright (65) and William Jenkins (32) ensuring they were not beaten out of sight but two wickets apiece for Aneesh Jhalla, George Compton, George Jackson and Harry Gardner rounding up the hosts for 206 to ensure the yellow jersey was returned along Thameslink. Dulwich now lie 30 points from safety.
Banstead v Spencer
Patrick Rowe’s unbeaten century secured a narrow victory for Banstead, whose fortunes are improving in sharp contrast to Spencer.
It was the home side’s third successive win, pushing them into fourth and still in with an outside chance of hitting the summit.
They could not stop Jack Scriven cracking 126 out of Spencer’s 283 all out from the final ball of their 50 overs, Troy Johnson (33) and Harry Allison (49) offering valuable support but a decline from 236-3 proving costly later on. Harri Aravinthan and England U19 left-arm spinner Ralphie Albert claimed three wickets apiece.
Rowe soon found himself confronting a crisis at 19-3 but the Australian repaired the damage alongside Aravinthan (43) in a fourth wicket stand worth 113. After that, Alfie Haxton (36) and Alex Dodson (25) made valuable contributions but it was Rowe who dominated, his 118no from 120 balls taking Banstead home with four balls to spare despite the best efforts of Max Hunt (4-64).
It was Spencer’s fourth defeat in five matches – the run of losses broken only by an abandonment – and having spent much of the campaign in comfortable mid-table, they are now in danger of accompanying south London neighbours Dulwich through the trap door.
Best of the rest
It’s a case of “as you were” at the top of Division One as all three leading teams won.
Guildford – nine points behind Normandy and one ahead of Weybridge – put a dent in fourth-placed Beddington’s ambitions, bowling them out for 124 on the pitch used by Surrey for two Metro Bank Cup matches. But for Jordan Reifer’s unbeaten 50, plus three straightforward catches being dropped, the visitors might have been dismissed much faster.
Leading a disciplined attack, skipper Olly Birts claimed 3-33, taking his tally for the season to 45, the best in the whole league.
His side were soon in trouble too at 22-3 before Fred McMillan (59no) and fit again Jason Soames (41no) mixed attack and defence sagely to knock off the runs in 23.5 overs.
Normandy had to work rather harder for their five-wicket success at Walton, Chris Jones claiming 4-34 in bowling out the hosts for 208. Tom Haynes (54) and Ollie Gibson (67) ensured victory was achieved with six overs in hand.
Weybridge’s 47-run win over Camberley was built around James Field’s 109no from 95 balls, driving his side to 265-5. The visitors made a strong start to their reply with an opening stand of 75 before declining to 218 all out, Mohammad Shahid (3-38) doing most damage.
League placings at week 14/18
Premier Division: 1 Sutton 217; 2 Wimbledon 210; 3 Reigate Priory 192; 4 Banstead 189; 5 East Molesey 182; 6 Ashtead 174; 7 Spencer 159; 8 Sunbury 144; 9 Esher 142; 10 Dulwich 114.
Division 1 – promotion zone: 1 Normandy; 2 Guildford. Relegation zone: 9 Cranleigh; 10 Oxted & Lmpsfld. Division 2 – promotion zone: 1 Rutlishians; 2 Horsley & Send. Relegation zone: 8 Cheam; 9 Stoke d’Abernon; 10 Wimbledonians.