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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 15 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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• By Gordon Findlater<br />
A QUICK fire 74 from Dan Vann<br />
saw Sumner end a two-game losing<br />
streak and keep their title hopes<br />
alive in the Metro Senior A oneday<br />
competition.<br />
The Sumner stalwart blasted 74<br />
off just 67 deliveries, as wickets fell<br />
around him, to get his side through<br />
to a first innings total of 160 in<br />
their 15-run victory over New<br />
Brighton at St Leonards Square on<br />
Saturday.<br />
Sumner struggled to put together<br />
any partnerships of substance<br />
with only two batsman in the top<br />
six – Ethan Vickery (24) and Paul<br />
Russell (13) – managing to reach<br />
double figures.<br />
Batting at number seven, Vann<br />
came in with the score at 59/5, and<br />
quickly set about his work dispatching<br />
12 boundaries on his way<br />
to 74 before being the final man to<br />
fall in the 43rd over.<br />
Vann was well supported by No<br />
9 Scott Barber who chipped in with<br />
12 but, more importantly, saw out<br />
42 balls as he and Vann put on 41-<br />
run eighth wicket partnership.<br />
Sumner’s second inning defence<br />
got off to the perfect start when<br />
Tim Gooday took the wicket<br />
of New Brighton opener Wade<br />
Burrell with just the third ball of<br />
the innings. Gooday struck twice<br />
more in the opening five overs, as<br />
Sumner seized the initiative to have<br />
New Brighton scrambling at 21/4.<br />
New Brighton eventually rebuilt<br />
their innings and found themselves<br />
in with a sniff at 138/8 in the 36th<br />
over, requiring just 23 runs for<br />
victory.<br />
However, Sumner’s bowlers<br />
had the final say with the last two<br />
wickets falling for just seven runs<br />
as they sealed the 15-run win.<br />
Captain Johnny Beveridge was<br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
Vann blasts Sumner to<br />
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15-run victory of Brighton<br />
SAVIOR: Dan<br />
Vann blaster 74<br />
as wickets fell<br />
around him to get<br />
Sumner through to<br />
a defendable 160. <br />
the best of the Sumner bowlers<br />
with figures of 4-36 from eight<br />
overs. The result moves Sumner up<br />
to third spot in the Metro Senior A<br />
one-day standings on 36 points, 11<br />
points behind leaders Heathcote.<br />
They will have a chance to narrow<br />
the gap on the competition leaders<br />
when they host them at St Leonards<br />
Square on Saturday.<br />
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