Impressive Osborne does the damage to EP

EAST Preston Cricket Club suffered a heavy ten-wicket defeat at Southwater, thanks to an impressive unbeaten 125 from Paul Osborne.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jul 2013, 10:00 BST
East Preston's Colin SmithEast Preston's Colin Smith
East Preston's Colin Smith

The opening batsman smashed his impressive total off 60 deliveries as the home side knocked off EP’s 150-8 without loss.

EP skipper Andy Reeves admitted his side put on nowhere near enough, before their hosts eased home in just 15.3 overs.

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He said: “They set very clever fields and we were a bit slow and we made nowhere near enough.

“A couple could have kicked on but only Colin really stuck at it. Tim did okay early on, but still did not really press on at all.

“Then we came out to field and Paul Osborne went berserk. It was great to watch apart from for those in the neighbouring houses.

“There were a few stoppages when we had to get the ball out of vegetable patches and allotments.

“It was a great innings and I shook his hand as soon as he got his hundred.

“We did not bowl very good lines, but he did not give many chances until late on.”

Full report in this week’s paper.