Trull asked Wellington to bat first and Kevin Crout and Michael Gill were equal to this task as they added 45 opening wicket runs for Simon Rudd’s side – the pitch was firm, but the outfield was long and laden with grass clippings and this made run scoring difficult, so going over the top was the way to go – and Crout did this to good effect as he made 42 good runs before being trapped LBW by leg spinner A.Lake (2-42).

Gill made a pleasing 27 and was working the ball well on both sides of the wicket when he was yorked by A.Lake as he drove over the top of one and had his castle rearranged.

Alex Sparks made a free flowing 57 as he had done at Bishops Lydeard the week before and accelerated Wellington towards 200 in fine style as did Trevor Brooks with a good quality innings of 28 and James Bath, Simon Rudd and Richard Short got good runs in the last few overs to get Wellington to 186-6 in 40 overs at tea – for Trull O’Connell with 0-14 in 8 overs and Parsons with 2-13 in 4 were their best bowlers on a day when they shelled many catches and had they held a fraction of these chances they may well have bowled Wellington out for under 150.

New signing Ross Brayley and Simon Rudd took the opening overs for Wellington and did not let Trull get away to the near five an over they needed to win the match – Brayley, a medium pacer, found a good line and figures of 1-26 in 8 overs delivered in two spells was a good return.

Rudd showed all his old guile and tricks as his medium pacers were a potent weapon for Wellington and with 2-5 in 4.5 overs the Wellington skipper did a good job for his side.

Leg spinner Alex Troake was perhaps the best Wellington bowler on the day – not just as he took 3-21 in 8 overs, but he bowled with good flight and variation – critical properties for a spinner, but he fielded very well off of his own bowling, one caught and bowled and two good victims that were bowled represents good work for the teenager.

Richard Short’s figures of 3-38 in 8 overs do not do him justice as the ball regularly flew in the direction of a fielder, but just seemed to evade all that Wellington threw at it, but Short kept going and got rewards in the end and the game was won with Simon Rudd taking two wickets in three balls to give Wellington a 93 run win with over eleven overs unbowled.