CRICKET: Clifford and Groves only Ifield batsmen to make double figures in seven-wicket defeat

Ifield's struggles to adapt to life in the Premier League continued as they were well beaten at home by Preston Nomads after another poor batting display.
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Paul Clifford was making the most of his early good fortune and after being hit several times by some short-pitched bowling before he finally succumbed on 34 when misjudging a shot and picking out the fielder to leave the home side on 71 for 6.

There was a sense of déjà vu as Dan Groves came in and again showed what was possible with a little bit of intent and purpose and he scored a run a ball 30 before being bowled by Tim Moses.

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Ifield ended up 93 all out with only Clifford and Groves making double figures, the Nomad wickets were shared around between Blair Tickner (3-30), Navin Patel (3-39), Tim Moses (2-12) and Adam O’Brien (2-6).

Ifield’s opening bowlers James Pearce and Andy McGorian gave it everything and McGorian picked up the early wicket of Moses, trapping him LBW for 0 but there were no further early successes and although the visitors lost a couple more wickets with the score in the 50s, Jeremy Green and Liam O’Brien comfortably saw them home to win by seven wickets.

Ifield visit lower-table rivals Cuckfield on Saturday.