HAMWORTHY RECREATION 167-4 (19pts) bt PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE 164-9 (5pts) by six wickets

A DEPLETED Portland Red Triangle side fell at Hamworthy Recreation by six wickets for their second successive defeat in County Division One.

Portland had six absentees, and once Chris Leake (32), Ryan Price (37) and Triangle captain Matt Randell (38) were dismissed the rest of the order followed at regular intervals, leaving a total that Hamworthy needed 26.1 overs to chase down.

Portland won the toss and opted to bat first, but soon saw opener Ram Emery (1) caught by Alex Peel from a Ryan Kelly delivery with 11 runs on the board.

Leake and Price were by far the most profitable partnership for the visitors, and pushed the score up to 84 before the former was bowled by Mike Fisher.

Fisher struck again three runs later, with his delivery causing Price to be caught by Ryan Kelly.

Randell managed to stick at it and accrue runs while wickets began falling around him, but he was eventually undone by a Kelly catch from a Sean Mulley delivery, to leave Portland on 133-6.

The Hamworthy bowlers then did well to restrict the visitors until the overs ran out, with Portland posting a manageable total of 164-9.

In reply, Hamworthy, barring two slight wobbles, were comfortable in chasing the total down.

Mulley (22) was the first to go, caught by Cameron Midgely from a Simon Barrett delivery with 65 runs on the board.

Jack Satterley (0) then came to the crease and was almost immediately dismissed a run later, being caught by Chris Theakstone from a Rich Samuel delivery.

Peel then departed to leave the home side on 102-4, being caught and bowled by Andrew Randell, while Harry Poole was the last to go, caught by Barrett from an Andrew Randell delivery.

Ultimately it was in vain, as Hamworthy wrapped up the victory with time and wickets to spare.

Portland captain Matt Randell told Echosport: “We turned up with half a team and we played like we turned up with half a team really.

“We probably lost wickets at really bad points, and we gave away our wickets quite cheaply, people got in, got starts and couldn’t convert which was a shame.”