Minster fell short with the bat as they slipped to another Kent League Premier Division defeat on Saturday. It’s five defeats from 10 now after Minster failed to chase down a seemingly gettable 219 at home to Blackheath.
More: Kent League Premier Division weekly round-up Experienced campaigner Chris Piesley didn’t need to beat around the bush in his assessment. “We didn’t bat very well,” he said. “We had a few batters missing, but we gave wickets away quite cheaply, that’s pretty much as simple as that. “We had bowed really well, fielded pretty well, but just didn’t apply ourselves good enough with the bat.
Fair play to them, they took a couple of outstanding catches and that changed the game a bit.” Minster had won the toss and put Blackheath into bat, quickly dismissing the opening pair for just 11 runs.
The Londoners pulled it back with solid third and fourth wicket partnerships but were all out for 219. Three successive wins in June came from batting second but Minster were bowled out 30 runs short in 44 overs against Blackheath.