Wellington Midweek XI started their programme of evening 20/20 matches with local and not so local opposition at home last Thursday evening when they overcame a poor start to record a three wicket win over Mallards.

Mallards opted to bat first and found James Bath with his brisk left arm round medium pace and Thom Trott’s quick off spin hard to cope with as Trott with 3-7 reduced the Taunton side to 39-4, but through their skipper Liddle with 25 and Vaughan with 26 a fifth wicket stand of 43 came about and Mallards had come back into the game.

Wickets for Sam Baycock, Matt Weaver and Sam Murdock kept the visitors in check late on and the excellent 4-14 returned by Rob Moysey saw that Mallards were all out for 120 in their full 20 overs; Julian Jones with two great boundary catches shone in what was a decent Wellington fielding effort as Aks Latifi with a stumping and skipper Marc Holloway got on the card too.

Julian Jones and Luke Desave got Wellington through the first over with Desave hitting a good boundary, but three wickets in the second over set the Red and Blacks back.

James Bath and Jones got the score to 20 before Jones was caught in the covers and the equation was in favour of Mallards, but James Bath and Thom Trott rose to the task as they added 84 excellent fifth wicket runs, Bath made a capital 44 with four fours and more importantly plenty of good running between the wickets that gave Wellington the energy to win.

Trott lashed 44no with two big sixes and he had the experience to guide Wellington home with ten balls to spare; although 104-4 became 115-7 Sam Murdock gave Trott great support to see his side over the line and to a three wicket win and the team then moved on to host Kent tourists Newington the following evening.