Wellington Cricket Club

The quality of the surface at Gipsy Lane was underlined for all to see as this match between the winners of the respective Baker Cup competitions produced a feast of runs and hard toil for the bowlers as Wellington ran out winners by 69 runs.

David Derrick opted to bat first on winning the toss and through Rob Moysey and Matt Daniel the runs flowed as they racked up 173 runs in no time with Daniel cracking five sixes on his way to a retired out 101.

The quality of the batting surface at the WEPL (Bristol and Somerset) division club is well known on the circuit and so it proved once more with full value been gained for shots on both sides of the wicket.

Moysey was joined by Alex Sparks and the runs flowed further as Sparks cracked a quick fifty for his side and then chose to retire too.

Moysey was in sight of a ton too when he was the only player to fall in the Wellington innings as he was caught on the boundary for 97.

Thom Trott and James Dyke finished the innings off for Wellington and the Red and Blacks had posted an almighty 291-1 at tea.

Taunton had toiled hard in hot, steamy conditions, but only Barrett with 1-60 had anything to show for his efforts.

Although Taunton weren’t going to chase down the 292 they needed they gave a good display and were only 70 short in the end as they batted with ease.

Adrian Lee with 0-16 in 5 overs kept a lid on matters early on and Paul Short bowled better than figures of 1-48 in 10 overs show.

Max Capaldi was Wellington’s most successful bowler on the day as he took 4-43 in 10 good overs of off-spin.
Good safe catching by James Dyke was a highlight for Wellington in the field.
The bowling personnel was changed often and there were wickets for Lee Nicol, Rob Moysey and David Derrick as the game drifted to a close with Shaikh playing some outrageous shots on his way to 47no.