Possible promotion hangs on season finale as Redlynch & Hale beat Burley

Possible promotion hangs on the season finale as Redlynch & Hale Cricket Club beat Burley.

The Woodfalls team found their first win in four games as they defeated Burley by 63 runs at the Redlynch Playing Fields.

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Home captain, Ian Tanner, won the toss and chose to bat first, and the top-order anchor played true to his name and form, with another half-century (58) amongst a middle order collapse.

The home team found themselves 154/6 inside the 33rd over and what looked like another first innings total not fulfilled to its best, but some handy lower order runs from Ian Bryan (46) helped push Redlynch to 240/7 from their 45 overs.

Manjeet Grewal was the pick of the Burley bowlers (3/38).

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The visitors lost one of their openers early, bowled by Harvey Boardman (1/18) for a duck, but the second opener, Harpreet Singh, stroked his way to a classy 105.

The century was in vain though as Kevin Kopkins rattled through Burley's middle order, taking three wickets in one over and two in another to claim an emphatic five-wicket haul (5/26).

The final wicket of the day fell to a catch at long-on as the visitors were all out for 177, and as the visitors would make the short trip home feeling blue, the Redlynch team were up as the victory has kept them in the promotion fight with Bramshaw.

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After a long, hard fought season that has been full of ups and downs, Redlynch will need to win away to Lyndhurst & Ashurst with a big enough margin to leapfrog Bramshaw if they win their final game as well.

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