Wellington Cricket Club

Another perfect batting strip at Ham saw this local derby turn into a run-fest with 533 runs scored for the loss of only ten wickets, but Wellington held their nerve to win by ten runs and keep up the team’s record of only one loss so far in the 2007 season.
David Derrick won the toss and had no hesitation in opting to bat first and David Marshall and James Dyke cashed in with a 95 run opening stand for Wellington.
Marshall made a second successive Sunday XI half-century as he hit a composed 53 with eight fours as he timed the ball well and found the gaps well with good running between the wickets helping the Wellington cause.
Neil Hendy with 1-39 in 8 overs removed Marshall with a good yorker.
Dyke was within eight runs of a second century in this fixture, having made 100no back in July 1999, having made a fine 92 with 15 fours as he was particularly hard on anything slightly overpitched, he was caught by Dave Raybould going an audacious six off of Charlie Last’s medium pacers.
There was no further joy for Nynehead as Rob Moysey with 90no and Chris Nicholls – making his first appearance of the season – adding an unbeaten 95 runs for Wellington’s third wicket.
Moysey continued his great Sunday XI run with 90no and Nicholls made a good 27no – his club best – as Wellington claimed 64 from the last five overs of their innings.
Wellington had posted 272-2 at tea as Keith Haslem’s ability to produce perfect wickets again was proven.

Phil Nicholls got the ball to do much as he opened the attack for Wellington and had Nynehead skipper Stuart Thraves bowled by an absolute peach of a ball on his way to 1-33 in 8 good overs of seam.
When Dave Jewell was well run out by Thom Trott who scored with a direct hit at the striker’s end after Jewell had looked for a quick single Nynehead were 49-2 and further breakthroughs from Josh Hancock (1-24) and Andy Perry (1-37) saw the home side 98-4 in 17 overs, but an innings of superb quality and awesome hitting from Neil Hendy brought Nynehead right back into the game as he hit 142 that took him only 28 overs to make with 23 fours and four sixes.
While he and Graham Sparks were at the crease Nynehead had every chance of claiming a victory of Headingley 1981 proportions, but Sparks was caught behind by Chris Nicholls from David Marshall’s good slower ball, undaunted though Malcolm Turner joined Hendy and they added 66 for the sixth wicket to keep Nynehead’s victory charge on the go.
Hendy was finally out to a great catch from Rob Moysey, who had earlier bowled an excellent spell of leg-spin, at deep mid-wicket as Thom Trott made three vital breakthroughs for his team in taking 3-32 late on.
Tom Baycock with an unbeaten 26 was still playing an innings that may have taken Nynehead over the line, but Trott, Adrian Lee and David Marshall held their nerve to see that Wellington won by eleven runs in what had been an exhilarating run chase by Nynehead.