Cheshire 2 from 2 as Suffolk suffer

KO Trophy Group 1, Toft  CC

Cheshire 338-8 (46), Suffolk 222 (37.4), Cheshire won by 116 runs

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It's two from two for Cheshire as Sam Perry's side followed up last week's win over Cambridgeshire with a 116 run win over Suffolk at Toft.

Perry (75) and Alex Money (89) put on 145 for the second wicket after Dan Newton had been dismissed lbw from the first ball of the game. Gennaro Reddy blasted 66 and there were three wickets each for Andy Jackson and Isaac Brooks in a convincing win, despite a defiant 90 from Suffolk skipper Josh Cantrell.

Two changes to the Cheshire side saw the return of Hyde's Jackson and Alderley Edge's Reddy replacing Harry Dearden and Alex Young.

Overnight rain meant a delayed start at picturesque Toft but great work from the groundstaff ensured the game got away just 90 minutes late, reduced to 46 overs a side.

And it couldn't have been a worse start for the hosts who lost in form opener Dan Newton lbw to Arafat Bhuiyan (3-55) to the very first ball of the match.

But the ship was steadied in outstanding style as Saturday centurion Alex Money (89) and Perry steered their side to 145 before Perry perished.

Last week's centurion and local boy Henry Murray hit 29 and Freddie Vaughan-Hawkins 31, but Suffolk slowed the rate until Reddy thrashed his fine 66 with six 6s and five 4s.

Cheshire's confidence in defending 338 grew immediately as Jack Beaumont was bowled by Jackson in the first over and although there were telling contributions from Kieran Pell (36) and Ollie Burle (34), Suffolk were always on the back foot. Cantrell's idynamic late charge  saw the ball dispatched to all parts of the ground before his side finally fell on 222.

Brooks followed up his debuting four wickets last week with another three - 3-38 - and Jackson looked like he'd never been away with 3-51.  Henry Dobson (2-35) and Dan Wilson (2-54) also got in on the action.

A good day at the office for Perry's side who now face Shropshire tomorrow (Monday 4 May) at Oxton.

Shropshire will arrive in high spirtis having won a dramatic game with Cambridgeshire by one wicket off the last ball (scorecard) 

Cheshire side : Sam Perry (Capt - Alderley Edge), Dan Newton (Lindow), Alex Money (Chester Boughton Hall), Freddie Vaughan-Hawkins (wk -Timperley), Henry Murray (Toft), Kevin Carroll (Brooklands), Henry Dobson (Oxton), Dan Wilson (Northern), Isaac Brooks (Lindow), Gennaro Reddy (Alderley Edge), Andy Jackson (Hyde) 12th man Liam Clorely (Toft). 

Many thanks to Nigel Muirhead and all at Toft for their wonderful hospitality and hardwork. The groundstaff worked tiredlessly to get the game underway.