Gloucester Gipsies 14 July 2026

Manager Nick Bishop

Captain Craig Foster

Won by 117 Runs

SOA 275 for 5 dec (Jonny Warner 71, Louis Delport 70, Connor Lamsdale 32*, Trevon Burgess 26)

Gloucester Gipsies 140 all out (Connor Lamsdale 4-2-5-3, Danny Dawson 10-2-33-3, Henry Welch 8-2-24-2, Vinnie Connolly 5.2-1-34-2)

Arriving at Stowell Park in Gloucestershire never disappoints, a lovely ground set in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds. The Gipsies elected to field and the SOA opening pair of Husain and Burgess got us off to a solid start, but the stand-out batting came from Jonny Warner, with an unbeaten 71, Louis Delport, with a quickfire 70, which included four monster sixes, and Connor Lamsdale with 72 not out. The skipper declared on 257-5 after 49 overs.

The Gipsies started well and we thought this was going to be 'game on' with Gipsies' opener Uttman scoring without trouble. A change of bowling brought on Henry Welsh with the almost instant result, having Uttman brilliant caught by Delport for  73. The wickets then started to flow without our hosts showing any real fight. Danny Dawson (3-33 off 10), Lamsdale (3-5 off 4) - another outstanding short spell - and Welsh combined to bowl them out for 140, giving us a 116-run victory. The Gipsies were well below their strength of previous years, which showed in the result.