Wellington Midweek XI 123-7 Berkhamsted 67-9
Wellington Midweek XI closed their 2009 season with a 56 run win over Hertfordshire touring side Berkhamsted last Monday evening in a match that saw the Club’s first hat-trick of the campaign.
Steve Symons opted to bat first and saw Marc Holloway and James Dyke get 14 on the board first up before Aks Latifi launched some big shots on his way to 23 before he was run out with the score on 47, another wicket was lost on the same score, but Paul Short and Holloway more than doubled Wellington’s score with some fine play – both players pushed the ball around excellently as a flurry of twos and threes pushed Wellington’s score higher. Holloway made 49 and Short 36 as Wellington closed on 123-7 in their 20 overs.
For Berkhamsted of the Hertfordshire County League I.Dent with 2-16 and Campbell with 2-30 did the damage.
Wellington never let the visitors get away as Jake Nicol with 1-4 and Alex Troake with 2-18 each bowled four good overs.
The innings was blown apart by George Hooper who took a hat-trick – all bowled – with the first three balls of his second over, he took 4-0 all told with the well-known ITV football commentator Peter Drury being part of his haul, he had commentated on the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Chelsea before joining his club mates on their Somerset tour!
Wellington then took other good wickets as Alex Sparks made an impact and the Berkhamsted innings closed on 67-9 with their skipper I.Dent making 17no late on.
A season of six 20/20 matches with an even split of three wins and three losses and one all-afternoon match washed out is the team’s return for 2009 and with the losses being by four runs, two runs and three wickets these could have been turned into successes, but all in all a good, enjoyable season for both home and visiting players alike.
