Wellington Cricket Club

Wellington Sunday XI braved the elements and persevered to play a full game against Street and this proved to be a good decision as the Red and Blacks ran out as winners by 54 runs to complete a friendly double over the team from the Somerset Levels.
David Derrick opted to bat first on winning the toss and it was Rob Moysey and David Marshall who got things going well with a 64 run stand.
With the inclement weather conditions run scoring was not easy at all and accumulation was the name of the game and this pair did this well as regular ones and twos were garnered throughout.
Marshall had made it to 25 before experienced campaigner Farrow got him caught at slip – he took both wickets to fall and 1-31 in 10 overs was a good reward.
Alex Sparks found some form with a knock of 23 as he played with freedom once he had assessed the wicket.
He was caught and bowled by Farrow after he had hit one straight back to the bowler.
All the time Moysey was edging towards another Sunday XI ton and he made it in the last throes of the Wellington innings – this time he made a superb 117no and his phenomenal time with the bat on Sundays this season carries on.
James Dyke played with energy and verve to maximise run scoring opportunities as the overs ran out – he made 20no as Wellington totalled 204-2 at tea.

Richard Henwood and David Marshall bowled a full ten over spell on the bounce as Wellington needed to use their bowling options carefully – they rose to the challenge and took two wickets apiece to leave Street at 65-4 when their spells ended.
Marshall trapped Hill LBW and a smart catch by Alex Sparks in the covers saw the back of P.Linter.
Henwood kept on the same lines as he had for the 2nd XI the previous day and his accuracy saw the back of Western and D.Malone.
James Dyke and Josh Hancock joined the attack and bowled a tidy couple of spells as Street saw that the required run rate was rising all the time and with only singles been available to the deep set field they did a good job for their team.
Andy Perry claimed a wicket first ball to give him a hat-trick of sorts and he claimed the crucial wicket of W.Wall for 57.
After that Wellington were in the ascendancy as two run outs and a good controlled spell of leg-spin from Rob Moysey wrapped things up – David Marshall and Adrian Lee both held good boundary catches during Moysey’s spell that saw him claim three wickets.

Wellington had played well despite the testing weather conditions and have still only lost one Sunday XI match this season in all competitions.