Tanner's ton puts Redlynch & Hale's season back on track
Skipper, Ian Tanner, scored a timely 106 in the first innings after winning the toss and electing to bat first away to Sway CC second team.
It was a steady start from Redlynch, being 44/0 from 10 overs, but it was not free-flowing for the rest of the batters in the innings, with Andy Soutar being the second highest scorer with only a quick-fire 27.
The Sway bowlers shared the wickets with three bowlers claiming two apiece, opening bowler Thomas Randell-Turner stood out with 2-26 from his nine overs.
Once Tanner reached his century in the 41st over he looked to go big in the remaining few but was caught at long-off in doing so, and Redlynch ended their innings on 218/7.
In return, the Sway top order was soon in and out, at just 26-3 inside the 10th over thanks to some accurate new ball bowling by Nathan Pollard.
Wickets kept tumbling as Sway fell into a pile at 86-7, but Jake Smith coming in at number eight scored a run-a-ball 60 to show signs of some fight back.
But it was all too little too late as Redlynch bowled them out for 156 inside 37 overs.
Pollard starred with 4-24, with Dave Webber (2-24) and George Hayes (2-20) taking a pair each.
A big points haul in the closing stages of the season was key for Redlynch after suffering back-to-back defeats, and they face relegation rivals Whiteparish next week.
Redlynch's second team skipper, Ewan Tanner - the younger brother of Ian – was also on a run of consecutive losses but his team got the better of local rivals Hyde in a 33-run victory.
Hyde put Redlynch into bat and they scored 240/8, mainly aided by Peter Biddlecombe's 53, but extras were the second highest scorer (40) which inevitably came back to haunt Hyde as they were bowled out for 207, Dom Sell (3-27) and Oliver Stone (3-46) doing most of the damage.
It was a hard-fought day for Redlynch's third team as they were bowled out for 78 by Ferndown Wayfarers fourth XI but Redlynch didn't go down easy as they managed to pick up seven wickets to give Ferndown a fright on their way to chasing the total.
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