Wellington Sunday XI were well on top in this Three Counties League match on Bank Holiday Monday, but heavy showers washed away the Red and Blacks chances of making it two wins out of two in this year’s competition when the match was abandoned as a draw at 6.30pm.

Thom Trott won an important toss and had no hesitation in asking Dorchester to bat first and the ball was the winner early on as Grant Davey and Adrian Lee bowled an excellent opening spell of eight overs each.
Davey (2-25) bowled with good pace and energy and made the initial breakthrough as Joslin spooned one up to him for a caught and bowled chance.
Marc Holloway gave him his second wicket when Godfrey did not get over the top of a lofted straight drive and was caught at mid-on.
Lee (1-25) got a nice line and length going from the off and with some movement been obtained as well, he gave the Dorchester line-up something to think about.
With Marc Holloway joining the attack and getting a wicket in his second over Wellington had reduced the visitors to 67-4 in 20 overs and were well on top, but a hefty shower spoilt things and an hour (including tea) was lost and so the match became a 35 over a side affair.
Wellington soon hit their straps after the restart with Holloway bowling his medium pace to good effect to claim 3-25 in 7 overs as his pace was just right for the situation.
David Marshall bowled at good pace and deserved more than the 1-20 in 7 overs that he realised.
Dorchester – making their first visit to Wellington since 1995 – never got going after the break for rain as only Campbell with 34 really looked at home on the wet wicket.
Max Capaldi joined the attack late on as he and Bob Trott bowled out for Wellington and by now with Dorchester going for their shots wickets tumbled regularly – the catch that James Dyke took at deep mid-wicket was an excellent one as Capaldi took 2-15.
Wellington had bowled Dorchester out for 123 in 34 overs and they had bowled and fielded well in the testing conditions.

Thom Trott and Alex Sparks got Wellington’s innings off to a good start as they struck 29 in 6 overs and had they continued then Wellington would surely have won, but soon after Trott was bowled for 14 the rain clouds gathered once more and a heavy shower washed away any chance of completing the match thus rendering the game abandoned as a draw with Wellington taking eight points to Dorchester’s seven.