Magee magic proves difference

WHITEFIELD bounced back from a horror start to win the Comp's first Battle of Knowsley, beating Prescot & Odyssey by 69 runs in their Division Two clash.

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The visitors’ Rob Magee, who played at P&O in 2016 and 2017, stole the show. “I always loved bowling here,’ the all-rounder told home supporters on the boundary on his way to claiming 6/22 with an intelligent spell of leg-breaks and googlies.

It was one of the latter which gave the game its decisive moment, spinning through the gate to bowl Harsh Shonak - star of Whitefield’s 2023 promotion season, now with P&O after a spell at Rainford.

A post-drinks wobble had already claimed Callum Jacob and Steven Donoghue, both to Magee, to leave the hosts teetering on 83/5.