Band of Brothers

Sussex Martlets welcomed Band of Brothers to the castle on a lovely August day in a highly anticipated match. Carter and Hunt opened up fresh from their 100 partnership just 3 days before, but were broughtly firmly back to earth with two premier fast bowlers steaming in. 32-5 speaks for itself unfortunately as the hybrid wicket offered movement to accompany the speed and accuracy of Hulbert and Bee who between them bowled 15 overs, 4 for 18. Rebbetts and Cadle somewhat tried to stem the flow of wickets but at around 50-5 at lunch, it was a certainly different feeling from friday’s game against the juniors. Scoring against spin was certainly easier than the seam but still tough. Rebbetts was deemed stumped on 40 which frustrated Martlets as the only partnership of note ended on 48. Martlets continued to lose wickets and were bowled out for 128. Only Cadle (29) and Murray (18) offered any sort of resistance. A disappointing innings.