Horspath U17s won the Honey Bee Trophy in a nail biting finish at the Rec earlier today.
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| Victorious Horspath U17 team |
Chasing Horspath's 131 for 4, with 2 overs remaining, Aston Rowant required just 3 runs to win with 5 wickets in-hand. The penultimate over was bowled by Asad Rafiq who managed to restrict Rowant to just 1 run, while taking a further wicket. That left Adeel Rehman to bowl the final over with Rowant needing just 2 runs for victory. A scrambled single off the 3rd ball brought the scores level but the batsman then failed to connect with deliveries 4 & 5. The sixth ball also beat the bat and a run-out resulted as the batmen tried to scramble the winning run to the keeper.
With Aston Rowant's innings ending on 131 for 7 , Horspath were declared the winners having lost fewer wickets.
Dan Todd was named Man-of-the-Match for his 42no in the Horspath innings.
Aston Rowant 131 for 7 (Matt Henderson 2-28)