This was a fine win by Wellington Midweek XI over Buckinghamshire tourists Great Brickhill last Monday as a match that was played in intense heat throughout brought the Red and Blacks a 14 run win when they thought they had not posted enough of a total against a talented batting side.

Rob Moysey and Alex Sparks added 49 for the second Wellington wicket and this looked to be the launchpad for a total in excess of 200, but when Sparks was bowled for a fine 31 and Moysey (43) edged to slip with the score on 90, Wellington were losing impetus.
Phil Nicholls and David Derrick got the score into three figures, but Wellington’s skipper lofted to mid-on and another wicket followed soon after and at 102-6 Wellington were in a spot of bother.
Phil Nicholls – who is in good touch with the bat currently, and Sam Cook added exactly fifty for the seventh wicket and this gave Wellington renewed hope.
Nicholls made it through to 38 before one popped on him and he edged to slip. Cook made 21no with a great pulled six and some nicely hit straight drives, but on the breaking of this stand Wellington’s innings caved in again as the score went from 152-6 to 155 all out on the last ball of the last over.

Great Brickhill, who play their league cricket in a four counties structure encompassing Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire, had done a good job with the ball as they pulled things back when it counted to see that Wellington did not make their desired 200 plus total.

Their openers Holloway (23) and Carter (25) made an early impression on the Wellington total so as to make it look little inadequate as they played some good shots all round the wicket.
The breakthrough came when Grant Davey trapped Holloway LBW and Kevin Symons (who took ten wickets over three games on the weekend) induced Carter to drive once to often and Thom Trott accepted a great low chance at first slip.
Great Brickhill overcame this double setback through a stand between two Northamptonshire Colts players in Tubb and D.Aris and they virtually halved the score required by their side to win when they fell to a double dose of catching from Alex Sparks who took three in total in his varying infield position.
This gave Symons his second wicket of the game and a first for Guy Murray.
Julian Smit conceded 22 runs from his first three overs, but then only eight from his next seven as he bowled at an impressive pace and showed great stamina in the intense heat of the day, a quality shown by all Wellington’s bowling attack.
Murray bowled an impressive spell as he took up the attack from the Football Club end and he did a great job for his team as he probed away and got wickets at just the right time for Wellington.
Sam Cook’s excellent leg-side keeper’s catch was a fine effort and was part of the fine comeback that Wellington were putting together.
Great Brickhill were 113-5, but collapsed to 136-9 as Rob Moysey’s leg-spin not only kept things quiet in run scoring terms, but posed many questions of the visitors lower order.
Moysey took 2-4 in 4 overs as he took a caught and bowled chance and Julian Smit carefully took a chance at deep mid-wicket.
The end came with 3 overs left as Copeman ran himself out going for a single that was not there and Wellington had a fine 14 run win to go home and enjoy.